Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-08-03
MRS. ANNIE E. MELVIN.

7 Mrs. Annie +. Melvin departed this life July
H. 1884, Born April 10, ISL; married to Will
liam Melvin June Ii, 1894. These few dates,
so common to all, mean much in some lives,
which are measured by their usefulness and
devotion. Annie Grant, as we all knew her
by that name, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lock
lin Grant, has always been Il resident of Chic
ago on the south side. Here she grew up, at.
tended ana graduated from school and made
all of her lite history. Here it was that her
beautiful, pure, modest demeanor and lie
made her trend OF all. From her earliest
years her lite vas in Pauina street Methodist
church rs scholar and later rs member. TO
the old samson church on Bonteld street her
baOy steps were guided by her parents, and
through all the years she has been loyal to
home an church, and now opposite her name
is recorded the words that tell us she is in
my Fathers mansions"-
"Where the wicked cease from troubling
And the weary at rest
In the early winter of 1889 she gave her life
publicly TO God under the pastorate OF Rev.
DR.. VIM. b. Leach, and on Sept. 20, lSs9, she
gave her hand to the church in tull. Faith
fully and well did she perform her vows and
till the Master do, at Is enough, come up to
the church triumphant" On June 10, one
month previous to the funeral services, she
gave her pure, sweet, trustiul life to VIM. j.
Melvin in bonds OF holy matrimony, praying
God tor guidance and help to be good part
ner and Il helpmeet, tor trailty had already
attacked her, and the strong young frame had
already bowed to sickness. No union could
h1N mad more promise, tor hel partner was
a successful, energetic Christian man, loved
and respected by al. It seemed hard to bear,
but He knows best and in the Gland that
never grows oil i our loved one today" An
ME WAS one of the cnarter members of the
"Loyal Daughters OF the King" in which she
worked "in His name" and hello their choic.
est offices. She was also II faithful member
of the Epworth league ana sunday school.
For many years she taught III the primary de.
paTtment. No teacher ever did better work,
As her always large and interested class
proved In after years we Will see the rich
truitage of her planting and watering. | but
voice the sentiment OF the community when |
say that the sweet fragrance OF her precious
memory shall ever linger with us. She will
be missed by church and society in her home,
where her parents and two brothers stil live
by her sister, to whom she was attached; by
her sister Nina and her husband. Henry
Lock, at whose home she was so lovingly
cared fol- in her sickness and last hours; by
the one whose lite was linked to hers by the
sweetest and hottest bands. Annie is not
here; she is not dead, but unto the larger and
better lite she waits our coming. Today by
faith we say -
one swectly solemn thought
Comes to me Ger ana DER,
I'm nearer my home today
Than have been before.
The funeral was held from the home of Mr..
Lock to the Paulina street Methodist church,
where her pastor. Rev. VIM. }. LilbertOn,
conducted the funeral service, preaching n
most eloquent sermon He was assisted by
the writer and by Rev. Mr.. Manchester. She
was carried from the church and tenderiy
laid away in Rose Hill until the sumrlons
shall bring her with s to the marriage sup;
per OF the Lamb. NM ~ LEACU/
Chicago. July Is, 1884.