Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-24
IN MEMORIAM.


Miss DOshR Irene DOWdy.
% Soft as the memory Of buried lsve,
Pune as the prayer which childhood watts
Was she-tbe loved and lost IREKE.D
- Her spirit grew faint for undying
waters then she came to the pure fount Of
God, and is athirst no more forever"
Died, at the residence OF her father, in the
city Of Memphis, On the 18th October, OF yellow
| fever, Miss DOsHA IRENE IOWDY. eldest daugn-
ter OF Col. Joseph 4. and Mrs. Mary Jane
DOwdy.
Born at Granger Hill, Marshall county, Miss,
on the Sd November, 1876, this beloved and
widely lsmented young lady was within a
week of her twenty-hrst birthday at the time
Of her demise. Her education, which was
completed at Memphis, had been all that a fond
and liberal father, seconded by her own quick
aud versatile intellect, could make it. Espe-
C ally had She accomplished herself in all use
fui branches and in music, TO which she was
passiOnately devoted, and had become a most
slsnluI performer on the piano, which she &C
cumpanied with q voice OF rare compass and
sweetness. For twelve months preceding the
advent Of the fatal epidemic which carried her
OIL, she taught a Sabbath school class at the
Christian Church in Memphis. Most truly was
It said OF her, by those who best knew her
she was the light and life Of her parents hre-
side, the angel Of the household, and the
prime favorite Of a large circle Of attached
friends and devoted admlrerE."
The papers and ~scrap-bOOks,a and all the let
ters she left behind, show that she possessed a
mind Of singular brilliancy and power, with a
heart null Of all wumsnly l~oveliness, and run
ming over with Affection for the dear friends
and relatives by whom she was surrounded. |
and who reciprOeated her attachment with an
ardor besUtifal to behold, and which marked
an oasis-a IS diamond Of the desert "-in the
dresry times in which We live. Modest and
retiring, she retained the freshness ana purity
OF early childhood TO the last and when
the dread summons came, the anguish Of those
dear ones from whom She was about to be sep
forever, could be mitigated alone by the
understanding thought that their loss was
sure t. be her eternal gain, and the ever present
consolation Of the truly believing Christian ;
81 Our loved and lost may not return to Us. but
We may, and, by God blessing, We WILL GO
TO THEM
The sadness, the agony Of that death-bed
all-haIlowed as it was by the minister
love OF kindred and friends and the blessed
eonsoiauons OF our holy religion, may not be
duy described here. Her deeply smitteB
tather, rising from a siok-bed, came into the
ieath-chamber TO bid adisu TO the idolized
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bis great grief Wrenched from his dotiug heart
he exclamation: " The best, the purest bu-
nan being that ever grscsd the eaIth-that
filled a fathers heart with pride and 10y
s about TO leave MS forever; and well NAV the
angels in Heaven sing together for joy to zee
Ter coming" The weeping mother and the
est Of that fond family, with many loving
Tlends' all bathed IN tears and rent with a grief
nat could no longer be suppressed. were gath
red around TO bid farewell 20 the fair truant
rom the skies about returning home. And
here, too, faithful unto death, stood the manly
md devoted solder TO whom her iroib had
'een plIghted, and 70 whom, but for this sal
she would have been united in a fay
hort days in the pure bonds Of holy wedIock
'nrely, there can be no greater, no sweater
isrthly ~solace, in the hour Of death. than ~
lave with us, hand clasped in hand. the ops
hat in life we have loved the best. A gallant
loionel Of the late Confederate Army, in the
.orps Of FORREST, this young officer had, while
aitling for A COUNTRY faced death on a hum
red stricken fields; but, never had the Grim
ling come near him in guise so terrible, as,
'nen standing by this dying bed, be saw him
az his icy hand upon the dear young heart
hat beat SO truly for him. stiiling its warm
.uLses forever, and rendlng from his embrace
@N-A- ~ n AAhNe UEEn US IN {
union Of the soul which makes w The
7hole sum Of earthly bliss. Alasl the cypress
myrtle must take the place OF the
range wreath and the bridal flowers. thu
uheral dirge, solemn and slow, win sound
Vne e marriage-beils were erst appointed. and
Iur yoeHg bride must be laid away in the |
and silent tomb. Bubble ssed be tbs
rope, the uust, the glorious certainty. which a
lie ana a Christian faith ever vouohsafs 4
o beTaaved ones here belOw-whlle the bod |
inks under the scythe Of Death. the anfran.
hised spirit begins 70 wing its fight 70 BRIGHTER
ealms beyond the skies, viii her il shouId he 1
he lifelong care Of those who are left behind \
D be ever ready, at moments notice. 10 fol.
DIV, on the sane almighty piniors Of Faith
hope and Gods eternal Love!
Rev. DR.. JONES, who read the burial services
DR. the early dead, and administered the eonso-
iions Of the Church 10 the living, when few
ays later, the remains we're consigned 20 the
auIt at ElmweOd Cemetery. To the bereayed
I'D sornowing mother, he said: Mother, dry
our eyes and raise them 20 Heaven, for. Eooky
Ju are the mother Of an dngelg'
Ise happy home that has thus been mar
saddened by the departure Of its host
elovedto the better land, may not be darkened
Dr. long. When the hrst sharp bitterness Of
ilei Is passed, the deathless memory OF her
illlant virtues, her noble intellect, her snow 1
Hlie name, and countless good deeds. must
lAs lne place OF mourning, and dry the ewes
weeping. These priceless mementOes const-
10 treasure now forsver safe-a gem Of prioe
NUS laulSnce death has no power to dim: an I
nHaortal heritage that cannot be wasted and 1
.hleh her family and neods, and her promises
1soand, may enjoy forever D