The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-08-04
DEATHS.


Mrs. Wilson had spent the whole of
her u years of married life in this
city, and her kindly ministrations
to the wants of the sick and the suffer-
ing had been widely felt in all those
years. We meet no more lovely char
acters than was hers, anywhere along
the journey of life. She was true
and devoted wife, who held in the
highest degree the love and conf
dence of a devoted husband So,
| pleasant did she make home for himi
that he was away from home less thanS
a dozen nights of all the years of their
married life, save when minis-1
tering to the sick. AS motheri
she was almost an ideal one, andI
was repaid with filial devotion
beautiful to.see. Truly, it is pleasure
now TO her children to recall their
tenderness toward the mother to
whose wants they can now minister
no more. She leaves beside the
stricken husband, three sons, William,
Charles and John, and two daughters,
Misses Rebecca and Matte, one boy,
Jimmie, she had buried some years
ago.
For several years she has been
sufferer from that dread scourge con-
sumption, but all uncomplainingly
she bore her sufi'erings, the tender
thoughtfulness of husband and chill
dren doing much to help her bear the
burden patiently. Though the blow
was long looked for it fell none the
less heavily on the afflicted family,
and now that she has fallen asleep,
their hearts are filled to bursting, that
they must be separated from her.
For many years she was faithful
member of the Christian church of
this city, and by her gentle, earnest
life showed her faith in the Savior of
Her funeral was preached
by Elder B. w. Trimble and DIR. r.
Hiner, on Wednesday, after which all
that was mortal of her was laid away
in our beautiful cemetery.
A letter received the day she died
by one of her sons, from one who
loved her well, shows the apprecia-
ton in which she was held by those
who knew her best.
SAINT 10, TEX, July 10Th, '91.
My DEAR NEPHEW:
Your letter con-
veying the said intelligence of your
your dear mothers illness has Just
reached us, and words fail to express
the deep sorrow it gives me to think
that in all probability she is now with
you no more. You wrote me in May
that she had been very poorly, but
had improved so much that 1 had
fondly hoped that my sweet and gen.
tle-spirited sister would soon be re-
stored to her usual health, and l vet
hope that it is possible for her to rally
from the attack. / do feel so SORROW
ful for brother. What a great loss it
will be to lose the loved one, who has
been by his side so many long years, to
cheer him when trials and disappoint-
ments have crossed his pathway, and
what comfort she would be if she
could be spared in his declining years.
AS to her children, 1 feel like L can
not express the sympathy l have for
them, to lose the dearest friend they
have OH earth. | have so often told
my younger children Of their auntH<
Mat and her sweet, amiabIe disposif%s
ton, and how | always loved her as
an own sister, as they were too
young when we left Kentucky to re-
member her. One by one our loved
ones in Kentucky are passing away,
and as L ain so far away 1 cannot be
with any of them i'll their last DAYS
on earth, i'll my far away Southern
home ] can only think Of them as
when l bid them a long farewell, ali
in the enjoyment of health and happi-
ness. But oh how many of them
since then have passed over the dark
river Of death, and all that I have to
console me is that l hope one day to
meet them when the sorrows and
separations Of this life will have
ended.
We have had good health this sum-
mer. | am feeling better now than
have for long time. The family
Join me in much love and sympathy
to you all in your deep sorrow.
Hoping that you will write often and