Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-04
OBITUARY.


The Late Mrs. VIM. b. Hamlin.
The following deserved tribute to the mem
| ory Of Mrs. LIZZIE LUMPKIN HAAILIE, appears
in the New York Churchman:
/ "Ifever the death OF any deserved q more ex-
| tended notice than the simple announcement
of sad an event, it surely is that Of the
subject of this imperfect tribute. Indeed the
| entire loveliness ofher life merits more elab-
crate and enduring testimonial than can be
bestowed in the brief lines which the writer
of this can possibly pen.
Mrs. LIZZIE LUMPKIN HAMIIN was born in
OgIethorpe county, Georgia, and was, at the
time of her death, about forty-seven years old.
She was the youngest child of William and
Elizabeth I:umpkin.
civilian Lumpkin was an elder brother of
Governor Wilson, and Judge Joseph Henry
Lumpkin, names nlustrious in the annals of
that renowned old State. Colonel William
Lumpkin did not however, long live in Ogle-
thorpe For the advantages of educating his
children, ,he settled at that seat oflearning and
refinement, Athens, Georgia. whence he
moved about 1888 to Marshall county, Missis-
sippi, near Holly Springs.
"There are many whose eyes may chance to
meet this meagre testimonial, who win well
remember the enlarged and elegant hospital
and lovely home Of the deceased during her
giTlhOod days. 1t was the seat and centre of
social elegance and refinement; and no one
who has ever, in the days that are past, visited
that happy mansion, but can bear testimony
to the graces and beauties that adorned it.
No one, young or old, ever came within the
charmed circle OF that household of Athena
who was not made the more happy by the
coming.
at was, however, when she, of whom we
write, was the bright star of attraction there,
that all the social spleDdors OF that grand old
homestead shone most brightly. 1t was there
that the brilliant career of a much admired
young lady was closed, by wedding the one
Of her choice-William B. Hamnn, Esq,
most refined and cultivated gentleman, who
at his beautiful but now desolated home, in
the suburbs of the city, this moment mourns |
the loss of SO lovely wife, and fondly cher
fshes each shrub and flower, the creatures OF |
her constant care.
SIN contemplating the character Of one like |
Mrs. HAAILIN, in whom were blended so many |
and varied attributes which adorn woman, II /
is difficult to tell which most challenges our
admiration. Blessed with an intellect natur-
ally bright, the cultivation of the schools had
given to it rarer polish. 1t was not, there
fore, wonderful that at all times her society
should be sought by the refined and culti-
waited, If for naught else than the brflliancy OF
her conversation. But blended with this in
tellectual charm there were other attributes OF
q purer and holier character. There was a ra-
dance that came from the heart which out
shone them an-gentIeness, tenderness, affec-
lion, these celestial gifts, not Of the intellect
nor Of the schools, but the God-given treas
1res Of the heart. But, then, above all these
Intellectual and moral qualities which
adorned the character of this most lovely
woman shone, in still more resplendent lus-
re, her Christian life.
Hers was, indeeI, the life of a Christian.
Not only was she most devoted and devout
lhurch me nber, but those heavenly duties
which adorn the character of q true Christian
he delighted in. Nor were they duties to her
done; they were the promptings of a true
'hrtsttan heart. Affection, tenderness, love, I
N out-Teaching charity, were the browning
lOries OF her Christian life,
Born in sfiuence, and nurtured in all the
uxuries that wealth could give-with TWEEN.
= nve years of q married life OF unsurpassed
appiness, the while surrounded with all
hat hesrt could wish, until her later days
10 great shadow had ever darkened the
hreshold OF her more than happy home.
lot many months ago, however, that shad-
" came. Her drst-born boy, noble youth
the pride OF a mothers heart-had fallen a
1cttm to cruel code in that terrible affair
ut too fresh In the recollection Of us all.
iver since that dark day she has been dying;
ut not until one day last month was she
fted shove this overWhel ming grief to the
lOrious sunlight of the skies.
''Thus has passed from earth to heaven one
the most lovely women the writer OF this
OOr tribute has ever known. These simple
-oTds are penned out of no spirit OF adula-
on. They, indeed. fall Tar short of the full
ieasure of merit due to the eloveliness of her
narsc er." - q
MEMPHIS, December, 1871. G