The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-11-01
Death Of Mrs. Elizabeth 4. Scott.

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Sunday afternoon, Announcing III
death Of this most esiimabe lady. reli,
Of the late John Archer Scott, and :
long "A resident of this county.
Mrs. Scott was born in the year 1914
and in 1927 was married at the ol
homestead, near Sandy River church
and Immediately after the ceremony
left, with her husband, riding behin'
him on horseback, for their futur
home, Moylena, where their first mea
was eaten from plank placed on TIN
head of barrel. This primevaI fea
ture Of married life did not long con
tinue, however, for i'm brief time MOy
lena became the "bright particular
star" in the social heavens of this see
ton Of Virginia, aud was the mecca OF
those who loved gentle manners, grace
ful courtesies, cordial greeting, libe al
hospitality and all the charms that
gathered about typical Virginia coun-
try home of the olden day.
Perhaps no one living recalls with
more Of vividness, tenderness and love
those days when Moylena shone out in
its full glow and glory, than does the
writer Of these lines. From earliest
youth to the sad day when the war
alnnH hapata la Ii rgt4H fIuf hntsa. utsd
to the sadder day when the death angel,
flying amongst its flowers. pldcked and
bore away its fairest, it was his inesti-
mable privilege to bask in its light, to
share in its joys, to be moved by its
harmonies, to feast on its luxuries, to
be stirred 10y its hopes, and never once
to know that a sorrow settled there.
over all this of light and love, Of joy
and gladness, the good mother the
queenly hostess, the kindly neighbor,
the thoughtful mistress ruled and
reigned with dignity Of bearing, sweet
ness of disposition, grace Of manner
and goodness of heart which added
"new beams to all their brightness and
new thrills to all their bliss"
Her love for flowers was only excell-
ed by her love for friends, and under
her gentle training Moylena was set in
frame of beauty and enveloped in an
atmosphere of fragrance. Who that
ever entered that home through that
wealth Of bud and blossom, passing 10y
those grace al circles aud mounds of
shining beauty, that did not catch
view of earthly Eden? Who that ever
felt the benediction of her presence
that did not reioice in the fact that
what humanity lost in Adam has been
found in Christ? Who that ever knew
that neighbor, that friend, that mis-
tress, that mother, that Christian, can
ever forget her?
Thirty and more years ago Mrs. Scott
said goodbye to Moylena and left her
home. Thirty years ago she buried her
husband Twelve years ago she left
Prince Edward, the place Of her birth.
the county Of her love and went to find
"A happy home in the county of Meek
lenburg, and at the home Of her
daughter, Mis-. A. j. Davis. And | am
told by those whose privilege it was to
know her i'm the evening Of life that it
was even more beautiful than the rosy
morning or radiant noon, that as the
body wasted and became feeble, the
face shone with softer, sweeter lowell
ness, aud that the sun went down with.
out cloud to obscure it, setting.
There she died, and from there her
remains were brought to Farmville,
taken to the home Of her son, Mr.. JnO.
A. Scott, from whence they were buried
on the morning Of the 10Th, after a
simple but sweet service, conducted by
the Rev DR.. Harding.
Friends and flowers united in paying
tender tribute to her memory, and now
she awaits the resurrection morn by
the side of her husband in the Farm
vile cemetery.
The following children survive her
and ''call her blessed"
Mrs. +. p Wood, of Texas; Mrs a.
b. Cralle, of Norfolk; Mrs. a. J. Davis,
of Mecklenburg; Mr.. +. II. Scott, Of
Macon, Ga. Mr. J. a. Scott, of Farm
vile, aud Mr. b. :. Scott, of Williams
burg.
"And / heard voice from heaven
saying unto me, write, Blessed are the
dead which die i'm the Lord from
henceforth, Yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labors; and
their works do follow them"
h. b. b.