The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-11
MRS. ROSA HILL AsHE DEAD.
Passed Peacefully Away Early Yester-
day Morning at Capt. Ashes.


day Morning at Capt. Ashes.
The announcement of the death of
this good woman brings to the hearts
Of a large circle of friends and acquain-
tances a pang of grief. While it is I'M
usual to publish an obituary of women
whose lives were spent largely in the
privacy of their own families and among
intimate friends, it seems but proper
that one who lived so long and useful
life as Mrs. Ashe should have some
thing more said of her than the an
nouncement merely of the dates of hel
birth and death.
Her life of the more than score of
years that she lived in Raleigh, prev
ious to her death, has been benedic-
ton to all who knew her, and the young
women who have been raised in the
church, of which she was an attached
member, thank their Heavenly Father
that hey have enjoyed the benefits of
her friendship, her precept and her
example.
Rosa Ashe Hill was born in the city
Of Raleigh on March 9th, 1916. She
was the daughter of William II. Hill
and his wife Eliza X. Marshall, who
was a kinswoman of Chief Justice Mar
shall. and the first white child born
in the city of Raleigh. Her father was
the son of Hon. William II. Hill and his
wife Eliza Ashe, who was the daughter
of Gen. John Ashe, of Hilton, near
Wilmington. She married her cousin,
Thomas H. Ashe, November Dist, 1887;
and she was left a widow by his death
on September 18th, 1859. They had but
one son, DR.. Alexander S. Ashe, who
died without issue, in Texas in the year
| 1866. About the year 1869 Mrs. Ashe
| became the matron of the Home, con-
nected with st. James parish in Will
mington, and her administration of its
affairs is still referred to in terms of
praise by all who were acquainted with
its operations In 1875 she resigned
her position and removed to Raleigh,
where she has since lived in the home
of Capt. Samuel A. Ashe, the nephew
of her husband, and to whom and to
whose children she has been as dear as
if she had been an own mother to them
all.
Her two sisters, Miss Lossie Hill and
Mrs. Fannie ID. Waddell, survive her,
and were with her in her last days.
She was in her accustomed seat in
the Church Of the Good Shepherd on
Christmas day, and partook of the Holy
Communion, in which she always much
delighted. On the night of the follow
ing day she became paralyzed, and lin
gered, with little or no pain, for two
weeks In the early morning of jan
uary 10th, her spirit passed, as we
fondly trust, to the Paradise Of the
Redeemed.
The character of her daily prayers
and aspirations best appears in the fol-
lowing verses which we're found in her
much used Bible:
Dear Saviour, hearken to me while
pray
For mercy now, and turn to Thee
again.
Thy love is sweeter than the praise of
men;
As days grow shorter, flowers fade
away,
So, soon for me will end this transient
Upon the earth. I ask for pardon when
l die. but do not wait, dear, Lord, till
then,
But come to me in peace and love to
day;
Ny prayers ascending to Thy mercy
seat
Shall breathe repentance, oh! hide not
Thy face
From one who toiling on with weary
feet,
Finds that the world is no abiding
place,
And only asks the comfort of Thy grace
To light the narrow path and make life
sweet"