The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-27
The Press and Banner.
" ednesday, March 81, 1878
Death Of Mrs. f.. &. GrnYdon.

Mrs. F.. G.. Graydon, better known by he,
naiden name. Hatiy LythgOe, died at Able
Fillc Court House nj p minutes after midnight
asst monday the 9th day OF March. She was
i he YOUNGEST daughter of Col. AuSlStusJ j. who
WAS killed Mt MurfrcShOrO. and MarSaret l..
=. ythgoc, and was the wife OF T.. &. Gr1ydon,
Esq.
There are many circumstances connected
nth the illness and death OF Mrs. Graydon of
b peculiarly sad ana touching nature Tier
routh-Shc WAS only nineteen years oid,-her
Hlelicutc beauty and gentle swectncss-her
brief welded life-for she had been n wife for
bnly twenty-five days,-all combined to sur
Found her death with unusual m~ournfulness
J nd to enlist and draw ont the tcndereSt and
] ccpeSt Synlpathies of the whole community.
Eo widespread and sincere was the sorrow ut
Ter illness and expected death that every
household In Abbeville mourncd rs If for one
bf its own mcnhcrS.
Mrs. Graydon had been confined to her bed
Utmost constantly since the I'D day of last
December. For change OF air she wtnton the
$d OF January TO the SalubriouS climate OF
Aiken, where she lived at her uncleS house.
There, although under the treatment OF skill
ful physicians. 1t soon became evident that
Ultimate recovery II possible at all, would GER
&ainly not be speedy. Towards the close o,
he month OF February her malady showed
more alarming symptoms, and for some days
Bier life was dcspaired OF Her mother and
Mir. Graydon went to Aiken and found her
8nuch improved: and on the 18th OF February
She became the wife OF Mr.. Graydon. Under
his charge she was brought with utmost care TO
her home In Abbeville which she reached on
] he End OF March. From that day until her
hate hopes and fears. At last the end came.
(fIcr last hours were painless and peaceful.
death came tn her as slumber comes to an in
liant. 1t may truly be said that those who
$tood at her bedside
Thought her dying when she slept
And sleeping when shielded.
Her funeral took place on Monday after
moon. The pall-bcarcrS carried the coffin from
Ethc Aston House to the Presbyterian church,
where n large cOncourse or friends were as
kemblcd. Rev. Mr.. Martin conducted the
burial services. Thereafter the funeral cortcge
proceeded to Long Cane Churchyard. During
he internicnt. the choir OF the Presbyterian
2shnrch SAN 0 TWO h apgP strrwn ,b rE rr, vc With Ith
Flowers, the sOrrowing company came home
wards leaving the remains of the young, fair.
and well-beloved under
THE Churchyard's lonely mound
Seldom have the gates Of death opened to
admit so fair Il guest. and seldom has our
boss Of q member so much loved. The devoted
whose filial affection solaced and
|cheercd her mothers widowhood, the sister
Whose unSelfshncSS could not prevent her
brorn being the household favorite which her
sweetness and gentleneSs made her, the beau
1tIfnl new.made bride endowed with oil the
that are fitted to make II happy
|homc,-those only who knew her best can
bell how great Is the loss her family and hns-
band suffer in her death. She has gone to the
grave. q flower .untimely faded Death had
|Srt his mark upon her brow before the we'd
|dinv.ring was placed on her finger One con-
abidcs with the loved ones she has
left bchind.-she died the death OF the
and har last hours were swcet"ned
by the assurance that the grave had no terrors
for her. Not long before her eyelids closed In.
death. she asked her friends to sing 'NeareE
my God, to Thee" and II would not live All
ways'' and she Joined her voice with theirs
they sang.
Hcrsuferings ended with the day
Yet lived she at Its close: ,
And gently breatlied the night away
In statue-like:rcpose.
But when the sun In splendid state
Illumcd the eastern skies,
She pasted thro' glory'S golden gate
And walked in Paradise.