Smyrna times., 1882-01-11

The FUNERAL OF Mrs. ANN Denny
When we announced last week, as we did
in short paragraph, that this honored lady
-honored in the affection and loye that her
exalted virtues and gentle spirit evoked
from all who came IN contact with her
had Just celebrated her l04th anniversary,
participated in by number of relatives
and friends and had entered her 10Jth
year with health and faculties unimpaired,
we little thought we should hear the next
day that she was dead. A slight cold, 80
slight that it did not interfere at all with
her participation in the fprmalties and
receptions of the day, was rapidly devel-
oped into congestion of the lungs that cut
her life short in few hours. OF course
the announcement of her death before our
citizens knew that she was sick was a
shock to the community and received
with many expressions of regret that she
was thus cut down by diseas rather than
the effects of age. Mrs. Denny looked no
older and was as we'll preserved as the
most of persons at 60 and 20 years of age
1t is unnecessary for us to remark further
on the history and virtues of the deceased,
as they are so we'll delineated in another
column by the pen of Rev. W. i. Gordon.
The funeral occurred on Monday after
noon. At one o'clock q large number of
relations and friends met at the residence
Of Col. Geo. w. Cummins to pay their
last tribute of respect. The funeral servi-
ces were conducted after the ritual of the
Episcopal Church, the rector, Rev. Mr..
Gordon, closing with brief address point
ing out the great beauty in the Christians
life as eIemplilied in the traits of charac-
ter of the deceased. {" Friend" Patience
Ianlyina Of (NaN,Hou Nal hanaalP oc oI
vanced age and character similar to that
of her beloved friend, revered and loved
wherever known, having been asked to
speak, if she felt moved to do so, responded
ia "a beautiful and pathetic appeal to those
present to strive to lead life of purity
and spirituality like unto that of her to
| whom they had come. to pay the last sad
| rites, closeing with a touching expression
of sympathy for the bereaved family.
( She spoke for ten OF twelve minutes and
was listened to with breathless attention.
| The pail bearers were N T. Jerman,
! VIM. w. Nelson, J. NJ. Voshell, John Van
Gasken, John III. Hoffecker and Wm. NJ.
Bell. The large procession then moved in
the direction of the Episcopal Cemetery,
where the closing ceremony of respect
was paid to a long and beautiful life, 1t
was an event that perhaps not one nf the
company had ever witnessed the hdrial OF
one of such advanced years-and most
probably never will again. Everything
about the obsequies was consOnant with
the life of the deceased, simple and unos-
tentatiOus, but orderly and beautiful.
The following persons from other places
were present to unite with the family in
their expressions of sorrow: J. =. Eyre
and wife and Miss Mary Pcnnell, of Ches.
ter; Mrs. J. g. CatherwOod, daughter and
son of Philadelphia Mrs. Luther w. Rey.
nOlds of Baltimore; Dr. Corse and Miss
Bringhurst of Wilmington; Samuel Reg
ister and Horace Carpenter, Philadelphia
DR.. Emanuel Stout, near LeipsicI Robert
w. Reynolds, Frederica; Jacob Cowgirl
and wife and Palmer Cowgirl, Camden
Manlove Hays and wife, John A. Nichol
SON and wife, John II. Nicholson, Mis-;
Harriet Comegys, Miss Cowgirl, William
Denney and wife, and Albert Cowgirl anC
wife, Dover. Mrs. Denney's two sons
living, Charles Denney living in Texas
and Samuel Denney living in Missouri
were unable to come OH to the funeral.