The Angels of Lockhart - Softcover

Wiley, Thomas L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097978610X ISBN 13: 9780979786105

Publisher: Monarch Publishing House, 2007

Synopsis

The Angels of Lockhart Based on a True Story Why did these babies die? One hundred years ago almost every family knew the sorrow of loosing a child. Sickness was a constant threat, and Death a frequent visitor. But to bury seven babies? There has got to be more than “They just died.” Thomas Wiley tells the moving story of his wife’s step great-grandmother and the seven angels she buried in the Lockhart Cemetery. When great-grandfather Stephen Parker’s first wife dies, he is left alone to raise three young children. He soon remarries; his new bride is nineteen year old Lizzie. Ollie, the oldest of Stephen’s children, grieves as he sees his mother slowly being forgotten. But his grief pales in comparison to the sorrow and suspicion that he and his family experience as Lizzie’s babies begin to die. And with each new, unexplained death, Ollie becomes less willing to accept that these babies just died. Who is responsible, and why? In rural Mississippi there is an old church cemetery where seven babies, all brothers and sisters, are buried. None lived past twenty-two months and each died before the next was born. According to the family, these little ones died of common childhood illnesses: innocent victims in a time when medicine had little to offer. But has the truth really been told? Were these deaths as innocent as the family would have us believe? Based on a true story, The Angels of Lockhart is a gripping look at a family whose sorrow turns to suspicion when babies begin to die. Were these deaths unavoidable tragedies, or have dark secrets been concealed by this family for the past one hundred years? “A Heartbreaking and Heartwarming Story of Family, Sorrow, Faith, and Suspicion!” “Powerful, Fascinating!”

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Wiley, a life long resident of Mississippi, lives in Jackson, where he is a physician, practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University and The University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He and his wife, Merrie, have four children and four grandchildren.

Edition details

• Publisher: Monarch Publishing House
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 097978610X
• ISBN 13: 9780979786105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232