Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-29
OBITUARY.


Died at the residence Of DR. John W. Jones.
in LaGrange, Tenn, on the 18th Of July. at
ll1s o'clock am, Mrs. VIRGINIA A. RIvEs,
consOrt of Thos. W. Rrves, Esq.
The SD ject Of this notice, in the enjoyment
{ her w0nted health, had re aired ON \ visit
10 ner daughter to Gs ist her alieYiai gihe
lckness her little grandson, and vhilst
mini ,tering in this rood work she was very
suddenly a lied with violent fever that,
battling the best medic i kill. after the lapse
# i've days summoned her TO repo Q in he
blind cave OF eternal light; the lbs tate
arch5 launching Om his memorable quieer
hi' b rbed arr Nv aud piercing as warm and
gene'O a heart rs W. yer inca'. 10 tu-
maaity, has garnered to the grave one Of the
brig test aud pufe.t jewels teat RI ist ed in
tbs crown of earth, nobility. he In de t
and unassumlng, c0mhintd Ia he ,tur in
IN emlns I'd g ee tho en- ohling qualities
OF head and heart w. ieh con titdte the beau
and true excellence 4 femaie chSra ter rhe
adorred the inhate puIit'es { her b ing with
the m ait active all fements Of the genu-
inc piety Of the Jealous and snli htened
Chr ian. She endeaVOred 10 con Orm her
walk in acc rdabce with thu preeepts o holy
writ. She eve. seek ng fter truth. N ide ii the
polar star that lighted her voyage tn ough the
tempe.s nd rocky shoals which billeS and
bes the sea of Ifs. Her prid was replete
th such laudable ambition rs i'm yelled her
with the desire TO excel in whatever she un-
dedook to do. Her phila thrOpy and Oh Ar ty
was bounded only by the means she had to be
stow for gen al and kindly impulses alw. rs
prompted her TO mitig tie the sorr WIS and to
relieve muuihceDtly the wants Of the dis
tre,std. One had but to know her we'll 10
appreciate and iovo her as n truly noble
man TO her many sterling virtues and en-
chan ing graces which d,ffused a halo OF love
in her family circle and snone with eifalgenee'
In h.r daily intercourse with the outside world
Affection for home Invariably challenged her
ardent dew ton to its end arments. Herpre'-
ence illumined it with the domestic sunshine of
cheerfulness, and impaired happiness to her
charmol ooterie Of relatiyes and friends,
whom she d, lighted to have assembled with
her to participate in its enjOyments ana social
plea-u es But these hallOwed fascinations
add endearing scenes have vanished forever
and are alone enshrined in and deeply en-
graved upon the tab cts Of our memory She
who animated them has crossed that unfath
omed river which separates tire shores of
Time from those of Eternity. The voice that
was heard so cheer ly is hushed into sill .nee.
The eye that beamed with brightness is
dimmed into obscurity. The smile of rapture
has ceased to transport with its welcome
greeting Her converse no longer advises
with its wise counsel. The hearthstone which
glowed with gladness is now veile,l with the
brOOding shadows of darkening desOlation
and grief holds high carnival in the mansion
her like an u ytimoly frost upon the sweetest
flower Of all the field We mingle our cor
dial cOndolenee with the afflicted family, to
whOm from the midst Of the gloom which
clouds the heart-sOrrowing bereaved CLEANS
the solaee Of we'll founded hope that
though this beauteous flower has faded away
aud no more dispurses its fragrance amongst
the living. she has been transplanted 70 the
purer atmosphere of heaven, where she in
uaison with the loved ones preceding hsr,will
Tedolenby Dom in perennial glory in Para
disc, where severed ties are reunited, no tears
oflamentation are shed and the weary and
heavy lad bllssfuliy rest in the bosom Of
the savior
And the anthems of rapture increasingly
roll,
And the smile of tho Lord is the feast of tho
soul"
July 2S. 1881, JET.