The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-13
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home esins Blenh eims Ss ia. 4, onSb N fontlay
morning August sos, & ii RS IS !. bbi az
ieSta Donald dson a pier. IS s;sS
Jnstsas the SUI was s flooding the
earth with b its glorious light, the
angel; Of God bore Saloft her s sweet
spirit. to the III Heavenl " mansion, !, i hioh
the dear, Savior had prepared for her
and where she now awaits in blissfrl
ectanoy, the coming Of hersmanly
loved ones q, sss.:1s:s
Mrs. Napier.swas born April 25,
1876, near Parnassus and within a
mile and a half Of ! Blenheim, where,
she lived about thirty years. She was va
the daughter of John and Margaret
Donaldson. She. had three sisters and
two brothers, all of whom survive her,
fsave one sistec who died in childhood.
Her father having died young the
rearing of the five children de7olved
entirely upon his youthful wife, and
how nobly and how well she perform
cd this arduous duty, the lives Of
these children do most fully atteat.
Mrs. Margaret Donaldson was a
woman Of extraordinary type. Beauti.
full III form and feature, frail in con.
stitution, sweet and mild in disposition
she possessed untiring energy, IN in
hexibIe will, and an abiding faith in
her Savior, and being armed with
these, with Spartan determination and
valor, she braved everything for the
welfare and success Of her children.
The personal characteristics and per.
feet womanhood of Mrs. Napier are
largely due to her mothers training,
as we'll as to the innate virtues, : she
possessed. This noble mother survives
her lamented daughter at the ripe age
of seventy eight years.
Early in life Mrs. Napier connected
herself to God and joined the Metho.
dist Church at Parnassus. She was
ever bright, happy and sweet spirit
ed Christian, and in her young woman
hood, shed light divine in her home
and community. Mrs. Napier was
educated at Parnassus Academy, Ben.
nettsville Academy and Columbia
Female College. The writer knew her
in her early schoolgirl days, and she
then possessed, in most marked de-
gree, the happy temperament and
bright sweet disposition, overfowine
with mirth and fun, that could easil !;
bear burden, and scatter sunshine
and .ros along life's dark and thorny
pathway, and which by conservation
to Christ ripened and mellowed into
the full and fragrant Christian CHAR
acter which distinguished her subse
quent womanhood.
On February 12, 1873, she was
happily married to Dr.. james T.
Napier, young physician from Oar,
lington County, who had located near
Blenheim. and who, subsequently,
noYed there, and who, by his ardent
| love and his earnest, untiring zeal for
| his proiession. la. become one of the
Iahiestnhd most prominent physicians
lln giat,bfro Ccunty. She, st once
I 3suliiie.l heraelt with every interest
ol ..l husband, religious as ae!l .:
temporal, anu IN 50 doing. Transferred
her membership from Inc N{athodist
to the Baptist Church, the latter Ecinp
h"r irrH"nd's church end then CT,
! pa&ed, iaQsi hsGrti!y, tha life and
INo Of iiiai ahurob She also largely
IaiaaA Hes husbsnd ii his profession
! hY piaParlng, with har own hsnla
itQoA end clo!hing ior his poor enc
NEEDY patients
She was the mother uf siy cl,ildren-.-
five sons aud two daughtors --all OF =, hon.
survive her and Ill Of WHOM, havc reached
manhcc1 and w0inalho0A, except tho
! 'y1pEgcSt, WF0 passed hi9 sixteenth birth.
f! iiy a few day Proceeding her death.
Il MAJ ulosl beautifully he sais thai
/ 'ove ior her church sud hex family, were
| hof two ni1sa cons .sioious passions. The
4 ioye ior h4l church grew brighter and
/ 1i. :. I.cr unto tho perfect day. whc1
she was transported by couvny of an
gels TO her Heavenly homo. Her dc 70
| lion TO her husband and children was
transcendcntly beautiful. Her husband
was to her an oracle of all that was noble.
pure and good, while, like Cornelia OF
old. her children were her jewels, and
each one "a gem Of purest ray Serene
which she plrced in her Heavenly Faith
er's hands to be set in the stars which
| should shine in her crown. Her love for
her husband and children was go intense
and unselfsh, that no self sacrifice was
considered to great, if thereby their in.
tervals, happiness and welfare were in
creased or promoted.
Being physicians wife. the training
Of her children largely fell upon her. and
like her venerable mother, she most con
scientiously and successfully performed
that sacred duty, all the time relying upon
her precious Savior for aid She was q
sweet and tender mother, yet firm in her
discipline. kind and reasonable in her
dealings, so that her children we're pleas
cd to do her will. Her children rise up and
call her blessed, husband also and he prais-
eth her" Her aged mother was. to her,
q treasure Of untold value, and her rela-
tiyes aud friends were peculiarly sacred
to her The depths Of her love for all of
them could not be fathomed by ordinary
measurement. She possessed warm
heart and generous nature, was flank
cheerful true and loyal 10 friendship,
kind and sympathetic in all the relations
Of life "A welcome guest n-most delightful
hostess, q genial companion, true (fienI
and kim obliging and generous neigh
Dor. The first fruits OF her garden and or
chard were always most generously shared
with her neighbors, and with the poor,
while Of her bounty it is needless to