The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-08-22
DEATH OF 1RS. JAS. ii. LASSITER.
Cody Woman and Active Church
Worker Suddenly Passes Away.

utalu ol MIS-. James IL. Lass tier was
| great shock to the community. Such
painful intelligence was totally unex-
pected even by her most intimate
friends. She had not been we'll since
| Thursday and the doctor had been
with her. But she was thought to be
| getting on very well and had been out
visiting in the mean time. Sunday
morning there was nothing in her con-
dltlon to indicate that the dread mes
senger was SO near at hand and Mr..
| Lassiter attended church as usual.
| Soon after he returned Mrs Lassiter
was suddenly taken worse and died at
quarter past | O'Clock.
In the death of this good woman
| Henderson loses one of its oldest and
| most estlmable citizens, and the Baptist
| church one OF its most active workers
aud strongest supporters. Mrs. Lassi
| ter was broad in her humanity, warm
III her sympathies and generous in
her charities. She was "a devOut
Christian and served the Master with
all her heart and strength. She loved
her fellow-nan and was as eyes to
those with whom she was wont to
mlngle. And although being dead she
vet speaketh, and her name and her
life and all that was therein are as a
priceless legacy to every one who was
bound to her by whatever earthly tie.
Hers was a beautiful, we'll rounded
Christian character and that the world
is better for her having lived in it there
can be no doubt. She went about
doing good by precept and example,
and verify such seed-tlme must have
its harvest. Boundless in her charity,
never Withholding her hand from the
poor and needy, and liberal in her
gifts to the church and the spread of
the Gospel, yet so unostentaiious was
she in such works that only those who
were the recipients OF her generosity
knew how much she did. But her
allotted task on earth is done; her ia
| miliar accustomed place in the church,
| in society and in the home circle is
| vacant; and we may not look upon her
like again. Mrs. Lassiter was a
woman Of strong personal character.
She never temporized. With her right
! was eternaliy right and wrong ever
ittotiuSIy "lODS " itiidl, SIc WAS
gentle, and tender and sympathetic,
| and those most intimately associated
| with her loved her most.
| Mrs. Lassiter was II Years old, and
| had long been resident of Henderson.
| She had been married 81 years, her
! husband but no children surviving.
The union was blessed by son and
! daughter, both of whom died several
years ago after reaching their majority.
The funeral was held from the Bap-
! fist church at 5 O'Clock Monday after
noon. The service was conducted by
the pastor Rev. J. w. Willard, assisted
by Rev. Robert NanDeventer, Of Bur-
! llngtOn, former pastor of the church.
| The Scripture lesson, the hymns and
| the remarks of the ministers were
| highly appropriate to the sad and SOL
| emn occasion. The large attendance
was an eloquent tribute to the respect
and esteem in which the deceased was
held. The floral decorations were pro-
| fuse and elaborate. From the church
| the sOmbre casket was borne to the
awaiting hearse by the pail bearers,
| Messrs. ID. Y. Cooper, II. Thomson,
| F. NJ. Meadows, J. Il. Young, d. II.
! Mangum, J. Z. Massenburg, J. A.
| Kelly, and G. &. Lamb. Arriving at
! the cemetery the cherished body was
| tenderly committed to the ground
| beside the grave of the little grand
| daughter she SO much loved. The last
offices of the dead were performed and
! the noble life of one who was well
nigh a perfect woman-a veritable
! Mother in Israel-was history. And
| each one who witnessed the sad rites
could but turn away in the realization
that they, too, had lost a friend; one
who was helpful i'll every possible hour
| of human need or extremity. And OF
| such as the poet had in mind when he
| wrote:
| Servant of God, Well Done.
Thy glorious Warfare's past;
| The battles fought, the victOry'S won,
| And thou art crowned at laSt!'
A good appetite and refreshing sleep at
| this season indicate condition of bodily
| health. These are given by Hoods Sarsa
| parilla. 1t makes pure blood and good
! health follows.
| Hoods Pills are purely vegetable, harm
I less, effective, do not pain or grippe.
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