Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-05-28
OBITUARY.

Died. on the 18th of March last, at her pa
ternal home, Mrs. MARY E. HUNTER, consort
of Mr.. Sherod Hunter and daughter OF Mr..
Thomas c. Goodrich, merchants of this place.
The deceased was orn in the county of
Rutherford, in this State. on the 4th Ssptem-
Der. 1899, and removed with her father in
1874 to Fayetteville, where she resided until
the time of her death.
To her friends and acquaintances we need
not repeat the praises so frequently bestowed
on the dead They need from us no assuran-
ces Of her affection, her devotion, and her
obedience, as wife, sister and child. To them
no words of public eulogium can afford stron-
ger recolections, or higher appreciation. Of
the many virtues and graees that adorned her
life. Least of all do her sorrowing parents
and beresyea husband require at our hands
sncb fuisome euiogies on the dead as would
flatter the vanity of the living. I'VE would
simply saw OF the deceased that she was but q
woman--one that we knew to be possessed, in
large degree, of woman's exceliencies-a
woman. voune, kind. gentle, and graceful
cut down BY the ruthless hand of death in the
early summer of her existence; when the
present was affordng so many comforts and
pleasures. and the future promised long years
of happiness and JOY.
Death. the common lot of all, though from
the freouency of its observance too often un-
Needed by those not directly concerned. is,
under all circumstances. solemn and affecting.
Whether it be the old or the Young, the high
Or the low. the famous or the obscure, the vir-
tuous or the wicked hat pass from earthly life
o'the life of the spirit-world, the event is one
suggestive of serious reflections to those that
sooner or later must themselves "post forward
to the judgment of the great day." But, if
death is solemnity in every case how melan-
cholv are its suggestions in the instance before
MS Here was one Young and lovely--united,
but a few short months ago. TO the object of
her choice--a mother who had just "feit her
first-born's breath" surrounded by every
comfort that could render life's journey agree
able-and vet she died--suddenly called from
present enioyments and from anticipated plea
sures Under such circumstances death Is
terrible
The tear.
The groan, the kneil, the pail, the bier.
And all we know, or dream, or fear
| OF agony. are his
No. the least singular circumstance connect
cd with the death of Mrs, Hunter was its nil
mute parsllelism to that of another. which had
occurred short time before at the very house
! in which she breathed her last Death has
F., ITS condolences not less than life; and in all
our experience, we can recall none more stri-
king than those in the cases referred to--thaf,
/ in the same bridal chamber, fathers and hus-
bands, united by the ties of business as well as
of kindred, should be called to mourn the de-
cease of those who just lived long enough to
\ ask Gods blessing on their first-born. How
truly has it been said tina. in the midst OF life
we are in death. And What adebt does hu-
manity paw, when the life of the mother be-
comes the price of existence to her child
In the present case death, however affiict-
ing. was not without its alleviations. Human
skill lent all its agencies to save; and no care,
/ or watchfnlness was wanting to stay the cur
rent of ebbing life. A fathers eye that had
guarded the pathsof life. watched with death
! agony the sunset of its existence. mothers
heart wept prayerful supplcations to Him who
/. holds the issues Of death: whilst friends, sad
4 aud sorrowful, formed hailowed circle around
the object Of their attachment. Had tears Of
affection, or heart offerings OF parental prayer
been able to stay the hand of death, then'ha al
the young mother still lived. They were IN
vain. She is gone-gone to that world where
no second fever can disturb the calm and holy
serenity of her heavenly peace.
t To the partner of her lie, and the iond pa
rents who called it into being, irradiating It by
every available intellectual agency, and "sqn'