EV. NATHANIEL B. HONEYCUTT died at his home in Johnson county, August 28, 1892. He had gone to Pleasant Grove near his home to fill an appointment for Rev. J. A. Jones, but did not preach, being taken speechless. He left a wife and family.

      At the North Carolina and Virginia Conference at New Elam, in Chatham county, North Carolina, in 1887, N. B. Honeycutt of Pleasant Grove church, in Johnson county, was examined by the committee on Education and [393] recommended for licensure. He was appointed on the standing committee on Sunday schools. In 1888, he attended the Conference at Youngsville. He had preached at Pleasant Grove (Johnson county), Amelia, and Spilona. At the Conference at Hanks' chapel in Chatham county, in 1889, he served on the committee on Sunday schools. At this Conference he was recommended for ordination, and was solemnly ordained to the work of the ministry by the following presbytery: Revs. W. S. Long, J. W. Wellons and W. G. Clements.

      In 1891, at Pleasant Grove in Halifax county, Virginia, he reported as having preached seventy-five sermons, and six conversions in his churches. This was the last Conference that he attended. In 1892, at the Conference at Wake chapel, the committee on Memoirs in its report says: "That in the death of Bro. N. B. Honeycutt, who was taken in the noonday of life from his post of duty to receive his glorious reward, and while his place is vacant in the Church Militant it is filled in the Church Triumphant, we rejoice in his gain, but mourn in our loss."

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