Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-10-07
OBITUARY..

Doth cling remembrances
Sacred, all powerful
And lasting us the seul's Immortality
An intimate and almost daily acquaintance oil
many wears with the ased, has afforded the vii
ter opportunity of forming correct opinion OF
her character and OF knowing The many virtues and
amable qualities which she possessed. he feels his
inability 10 do justce To those vlr,ues and # he were
competent To portray them with pencil OF light, yet
he would not, lest her angel spirit chide him Tor
drawing aside The mantle with winch her innate mod
esty, during life oceaed aud adorned the highest
and purest its ni heaven.
oh who speak her praise, the beautiful and good,
Whose highest fame was proof OF highest worth
In worth exceeding and IN virtue great,
Words would want iorceher virtues 10 relate.
1t Is trur, that
Her years were few, ind checquered DER
Wnbjoy and sorrows minge store,
And fortunes lreacherous game
But never since creation shom,
Sent forth from heavens Almighty power,
Apurer, sneeter, breiier spirit came
In ali the various rela IONS OF lite, she was most ex
empa,y and parents pointed her out TO their daugh~
tefs as an exemplar worthy of imitation.
While the memory OF beloved and deceased father
seemed never absent from her mind, for his name
was among the last words that she uttered. no mo-
ther blessed with mare affeconaie, ia'ih-
ful and duIlu daugh That mothers happiness
and comfort he Fl 81 obi rcts of her heari-thdt
mothers wish, the supreme law which controlled
her actions.
To her brothers, she ever manifested the gentle
the anxious solcltude If a fond mother. 10 her
u,ghbors, she VAS most kind and obgine; sincere
and faithful irend to her servants. mild mistress,
and careful to alleviate then condition. Aud such
her charny, that II was often exercised even 10
her own prIvatIon. Well might her sick chamber
be crowded with sympdthiZng friends; well might
tears Of heartfelt sorrow flow from the eyes OF all
who had the good fortune 10 know her.
So much alnabllliy- the possession and practice
ofso many virtues, would, in by gone days and other
cmes have ranked her among their deltles; and The
marble column and splendid temple would have been
reared, monuments to her memory, and 10 perpetual
Of her fame.
Many higb-wrought Puloges of the dead
bought by wealth and affl fiiends-but this, by
the merits Of the deceased. Many glowing pane
gyrics are paid to gilded vice-his is humble
tribute TO the memory Of her whose character was
adorned with every ennobl'ng quality Of the soul.
When her last BREATH ere Nature sunk to rest
Her meek submission 10 her God expressed;
When her last look, ere thought and feeling fled,
a mingled CLEAN OF hope and triumph shed;
Whatto her soul its glad assurance gave,
It's hope in DEATH its triumph DER the gravel
The sweet remembrance of unblemishd youth,
The still inspiring voice OF innocence and truth
Some who read this obituary. who knew not the
merits Of the deceased, may attribute II TO The par
uality sf devoted hend; but those who knew her
will, with one voice respond much sald but II is
less than her merit 1t may be safely asserted, that
none, MOI even the princess, with brow encrtled
with daden Of richest jewels and Golfers fall TO scat
lei aims and pure base trends, has ever lived more
esteemed more Lived, wherever known; or died, more
sincerely, more deeply regretted. few hours be
fore her death, her able aud most attentive physi-
clan, who, for nearly "a hours, had watched by her
bed side and detained her futerlng spirit in its cell,
remarked Il have been he, physcI,n from her nian n
cy, have known her almost from her CRADLE and
feel confident that have never known her superior,
and believe might truly say lever her equal
Gray headed men and women, while the big teas
rolled down the cheek, said they had lost, some,
brothers; sOme sisters; and one, an only daughiet;
but in The desth OF none, had sustained loss that
distressed them more.
These are The riches hch true meIH earns; tins
he rich dadem that yiItue wins and wears. ln lile
The es,eem admiration and affection Ut all-n DEATH
their sy,n,a ny and regret. Thus has the humble
individual whose death we rec"id, thrown around
the name of Ann Eliza halo and a charm, when
shall make 1t ever sweet to be uttered, and music TO
the ear.
And to crown all-she had found favor WIN her
God-she T. It that He was merciful TO her and dieu
in the hope Of blessed Immortality, thro' the merits
Of her Redtemer.
Let the eagle change its plume,
The leaf It's hue, the flower its bloom,
But, ties around our hear is spun
That will not, cannot be undone.'
Not here affection finds its scope,
Its heritage is fixed above
COMMUNICATED.