Here Lies the Body of Susannah (Tombstone Tuesday)

Here Lies the Body of
Susannah
Wife of Williams Brown
Born in Jones County, No-Carolina
12th March 1803
Died in Houston County, Georgia
17th March 1847
In the 45th Year of her age.
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We miss thee from a band so dear,
That gathers round our hearth.
We listen still to hear thy name
Amid our household mirth.
We gaze upon thy vacant chair,
Thy form we seem to see.
We start to find thou are not here
Yet joy that thou art free.

Henderson Church Cemetery
Houston County, GA

Note:  Epitaph from poem entitled "The Loved and Lost,"
but cannot find an author.