The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-19
In MENOREAA.
"a Woman that Feareth the Lord, She
Shall be Praised.o

"a Woman that Feareth the Lord, Sh
Shall be Praised"
Died, August q, 1878 at Morea
/ 1.-THE home of Mrs. Ii. j. Smith, he.
sister)near Charlottesville, Va. ii
her Goth year, Mrs. Lucy Ann Bills
mes Duke. She was born in Al
bemarle county, Va, near Char
lottesville, March 10th, 1909, and
there lived till Oct, 18th, 1922
when she married Mr.. D. w. Wood
of this county and went to Mem
phis, Tenn. They only lived there
for about six months, and moved
to Hickory Valley in this county.
Left widow in 1910, she return
ed to her old home in Albemarle
county, Va. Her second marri-
age was Oct. %, 1916 with the late
Maj. John III. Bills, of Bolivar.
and here she made her home. Be-
tween the age of 10 and 20, she
made public profession of her
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ land
joined the Presbyterian church
near Charlottesville, under the
pastOrate of the late Rev.Dr Fran
els Bowman. While in Memphis
she with a few more were organ
lied as the First Presbyterian
church, by the Rev. John H. Gray,
lately deceased; and after moving
to this place she headed the list
of members who were organized
as the Presbyterian church Of Boil
ivar, about the year 1850.
By both marriages she become
related to great many in this
town and country as we'll as in
Virginia. She had four children.
By the first marriage, Mrs. I. A.
PARA n of our town, and Mrs.
Jennie Jones deceased first wife
of Paul Z. Jones, Sr. By the sec
Ond marriage, Prudence (deceas-
ed) and Mrs. w. T. Armistead. 1t
were better to be silent about any
who die, if while living they lived
not as those who fear the Lord.
Not unfrequently is it the case,
that persons must wait till they
die to be praised, and then some
one prOnounces a eulogy, which
may not be deserved from the
fact that while living the persons
did nothing to merit praise. Silence
would be golden on the part Of the
living sometime as to the dead. But
the one, for whom l would Irvine F'a
simple wreath in memory" was truly
entitled while here among us to be
praised because she was "a woman"
that praised the Lord, and now when
''lcst to sight, not only may her chill
dren and near relatives, but every one
who knew her to love her, "arise up
and call her blessed" God often
breaches telling sermons to us by the
humble ChristIy lives of his people.
Mary of Bethany, who sat at Jesus
feet to learn to be meek and lowly
like him, has been and is still preach
ing to thousands, and so did she, of
whom 1 here speak learn like Nary,
and her character bore the impress of
his at whose feet for years she sat; and
no wonder, therefore, that all who
came in contact with her were impress
ed by her gent eless toward all, by ler
charity to all christians, by her words
seasoned with sOberness, in a word by
her quiet christian life, and consequent
ly she witnessed well to all around for
the power of that life divine which
God bestows upon the joint heirs with
Christ to an inheritance incOrruptible,
undefiled and that fadeth not away.
1 speak truly, have gone from her
bedside when sick or even from her
presence in the social circle more i'm
pressed with the power of christianity
in softening, beautifying, elevating the
character of men and women than l
was often by sermons preached by the
most eloquent. And so living as she
did to a great extent upon higher
plan of Christian experience and hope
than many, no wonder that she ex-
pressed her willingness Hto depart
and be with Christ; which is far bet
ter"
A poet lately deceased, thus wrote
beautifully of dear friend: