BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 1900 OBITUARY. Again we have been called together to witness the last ceremonies over the remains of a neighbor, whose lamp of life has been extinguished in the noontide of his manhood. William Hubbard was born in Daviess county, Ind., and at the time of his death was 36 years, and 3 months old. He was married to Rhoda E. Smilley Aug. 15, 1883. To this union were born six children, one of whom has gone before. Two sons and daughters remain to mourn his loss. He united with the church in his fifteenth year and has ever since lived a Christian life. He has passed away amid family and friends to that heaven of rest, where sickness, sorrow, pain and death can never enter. No sex is spared; no age exempt. Death comes to us all, and makes us all equal. Every thing must perish, but there is a sweet assurance for those who die in Christ, that instead of being the end it is only the beginning of life eternal, and he has gone before to await our coming, when there will be no paring and no more tears. His face with its kindly smile we shall see no more. And as we see the vacant place may we fully realize the uncertainty of life. The wife and children have sustained a loss that is irreparable. They have the sympathy of the entire community in their hour of sorrow. Often from the heart will come the bitter cry, Why, oh, why, should our father die? Then comes the answer, so solemn and deep, "Children, your father is asleep."