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One of the best citizens of Bradley county, Ark., passed away when the man-loving and god-fearing Henry Brazzell went from us. He was forty-six years. He was married to Miss Cecelia Smith, who with three daughters survive him. This husband and father, for whose departure so many share the grief with the widow and children, was one of the most hospitable and generous men. He had many friends. Noble in friendship himself that disposition in others naturally gravitated around him. His pastor had a warm place in his heart and cordial welcome in his home. His house, like others with him on the Jersey circuit, ever had the "room and candlestick" for the prophet of the Lord. The writer of these lines owes to the friendship and favors of H. C. Brazzell, a lifetime debt of gratitude. Deceased was for years a member of the Methodist church, and it was his custom to be at his place at the preaching services. This fact, together with his personal friendship to his pastor, makes his absence felt in a way to the pastor at it does to no one else except to the bereaved family. As this writer reflects on the three years he ministered on the Jersey circuit how thanksgiving to God abounds in him for Henry Brazzell and neighbors deceased and living! They shall be appreciated not in this life only but in the ages to come. Money is trash comparable to the worth of their friendship. Born of God, such friendship cannot die. It is eternal. We would fondly believe that to his loved ones and friends the departed may be among the guardian spirits: sent forth to minister to them that shall be heirs of salvation." About his bedside was sung among others, the much cherished hymn with the chorus "How I long to be there," and H. C. Brazzell's ears opened to the music made by the triumphant church. May his widow and daughters be faithful to a heavenly reunion.
By: John F. Taylor, February 20, 1908 page 14 col 1 & 2, The Arkansas Methodist Newspaper

Birth	9 Sep 1859	Arkansas
Marriage	5 Aug 1885	Bradley County, Arkansas - Cecilia Lou Smith
Census (family)	3 Jun 1900	Sumpter, Bradley County, Arkansas - Cecilia Lou Smith
Death	17 May 1907	Jersey, Bradley County, Arkansas
Burial		Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Jersey, Bradley County, Arkansas

Spouse	Cecilia Lou Smith (1863 - 1948)
Child	LaUna Magness Brazzel (1895 - 1969)

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