The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-22
FUNERAL OF MRS. p. II. WINSTON
Her Remains Were Laid to Rest al
Windsor on Yesterday.

WINDSOR on Yesterday.
Tuesday morning, March u. 1890. at
1890 O'Clock from the Protestant EplS-
copal church in Windsor. y. c., the flu
neral of Mrs. Patrick Henry Winston,
whose death was chronicled in !ester-
days News and Observer, was bad.
There We're present of her children.
Hon. f. II. Winston, Hon. X. w. Win
ston and Mrs. Frank :. Spruill. The
other sons were too far away TO make
it possible for them to attend
Beneath a sky as bright as ltaly's. and
in the warmth of Il generous, joyous sun
shine that seemed out of harmony with
the solemn occasion and Knocked the trag-
ic grief of her sorrowing children. she
was softly laid To rest ut the side of the
husband who thirteen years ago had
preceded her
She was connected by ties of blood
with all the leading families of the
county, and was their oldest female rep
resentative. 1t was meet, therefore. that
by her open grave should gather great
crowd to do honor to her memory. Many
there were present in whose faces grief
had written its sign manuel of personal
loss, and many more were there whose
hearts bled for the cruel sorrow of her
children; for it was Mrs. Winston's good
fortune. as well as desert TO have been
loved as few mothers are.
Flowers those emblems alike of life
and death. Of wedding bell and funeral
knell." were there in rich profusion, AMI
with their kindly beauty almost hid from
sight the sombre black of the buriel cas-
ket Some had been sent by friends
from distance, and some were brought
and laid by loving hands upon the new
made grave. Notable among the floral
offerings from distance were an eN-
uuisite anchor wreath from Col. ]. 5.
Carr. and beautiful pillow of roses and
carnations from Hon. +. l.. Fuller, both
of Durham.
kilograms of coincidence had been com
ing ever since the tidings of her death
had reached the public, and these spoke
the high esteem in which she was held
by all who knew her.
In the absence of the rector. who was
engaged in performing similar duty
for another of his parishoners III anoth-
err parish of his work. the service of the
church was read by Mr. Richard Askew.
the lay rector and a family connection
of the deceased. The short. simple, grand
old office for the dead was read, few
prayers said, and in the church yard of
the church where she had worshipped for
more than half century, she was laid
to rest side by side with the man she
had loved and married. Their dust will
mingle, and the weary years of separa-
ton endured since he went before, al
ready are forgotten.
In her life Mrs. Winston typified the
Christ she so humbly and devoutly fol-
lowed. TO a rare degree she possessed
that charity of which the Great Apostle
wrote. Her faith was unquestioning,
mwayering, and no matter what the cir
cumstances or the vicissitudes of life
she could look up and say with perfect
assurance. He doth all things we'll ;"
Endowed to an unusual extent with
common sense, she never suffered herself
to be in the least affected by the positions
of honor and distinction to which her
husband and each Of her sons attained
In their success she had just and rea-
sonable pride; but there was no spirit
of exultation begottcn thereby and to
the end she was the sweet, refined gem
tleWoman, whose courtesy to the hum
blest person was as genuine and UNI
varying as to the loftiest citizen of the
State. She reminded those who knew
her of those grand old Roman matrons
who gave to their country sons who inn.
mortalized il and them. 1t falls to the
lot of few of the women of the earth
to bear and bring to splendid manhood
so many sons whose names are synonyms
of greatness and goodness.
Above the tomb of her husband. which
is also now her tomb, there stands ii
massive monument hewn out of granite.
upon which the chisel of the sculptor
engraved Il few short sentences. telling
the story of his life and deeds. Looking
at it one has the idea of impershablity
1t is broad of base, strong and lasting
Centuries hence it will still stand there
to speak of the merits and tell of the
life of the man whose dust reposes be-
meath ii. But in the life and achieve
ments of the descendants of those two
who sleep together there, they will have
a monument which will outlive the quar-
ried granite, and in the memory of her
whose body was buried today her chill
dren will find a type of that perfect wo-
man of which Solomon spoke in his
Proverbs.