The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-10-30
OBITUARY.

PARRAN-Died at Bolivar. Tenn,
Oct. Is, 1891, Mrs. Maria Caro-
line Parran, III the sixty-se second
year of her age.
Mrs. Parran, the daughter of Da-
vid w. and Lucy Ann Wood, was
born at old Hickory Valley. Tenn. !,
August 10, 1880. Eight years of
her youth were spent in Virginia.
Returning to Tennessee, she was
married to- Mr.. 4. A. Parran. Nov.
2, 1913. She was the mother OF
five children, three of whom sur
we her. AT an early age, she unit
ed with the Presby terrain church In
Bolivar, of which she has ever been
a faithful and devoted member. 1t
was thought that she was in excel-
lent health before her last illness,
so that her death was in some meas
ure sad surprise to many friends.
But the Master whom she had so
long and so faithfully served, had
better things in store for her than a
longer sojourn in the wilderness of
this wor d. On Sabbath morning,
shortly after the dawn, this lovely
christian was summoned to enter
upon the enjoyment of the eternal
Sabbath, which remaineth for the
people of God.
Mrs. Parran was a great blessing,
under God, TO her family, her
church and the entire community.
No detailed delineation can do JUS
tice to that character, which was So
long "an epislle known and read
of all men," Indeed, a faithful
portrayal OF her character would
seem, save to those who really
knew her, the enthusiastic extra va
gance of eulogy. Living daily in
close communion with God, and,
"with unveiled face, rejecting as
in mirror the glory of the Lord,
she was changed into the same I'M
age, from glory to glory, even as
by the Lord, the Spirit" Her
brightest epitaph is craven in en-
during letters upon the grateful
hearts of those whom her gentle
ministrations of love have blessed.
The ''ruling passion OF her lite was
the self-sacrlicing service of 9TH
ers. La her last hours, still forget
full of self, she manifested this "rul-
ing passion" by her solicitude for
the salvation of loved one out OF
Christ. Thus, from youth to the
hour of her death, she walked in the
footsteps of her Master, who "came
into the world, not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and 10 give
his life ransom tor many"
Hers was a quiet life, but it was
filled with deeds OF good to othe RS,
and was In turn sweetened by the
love of all who knew her. These
hidden lives are little thought OF
amid the turmoil OF earth, but they
are written in heaven; and the
crown upon her patient brow will
sparkle with renewed radience,
"When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems
Shall blend in common dust"
And thus, in the nOonetide of her
usefulness and influence, her life
came to an end, And yet, in the
true sense such lives are endless.
They ever endure. as an example
and inspiration tor the world. As
one has said +:
HWere star quenehed on high,
For ages would its Ii lat,
still travelling downward from the sky,
Shine on our mortal sight"
$50 when the christian dies,
For years beyond our ken,
The light he leaves behind him, lies
Upon the paths Of men,
Thus with eyes dimmed with grief
that will not be repressed, but with
hearts strong in faith and hope, we
write: blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord from henee-
forth; Yea sayeth the spirit, they
do rest from their labors and their
works do follow them" W.C.A.
RAGS HFEEwTNrH