The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
OBITUARY. [
Mrs. Elizabeth Walden.

| Mrs. Eliza beth Heth va en, wife OF the
late ID homas Yad EN- j ~ died yesterdaySat
! twenty minutes a pa ST 3 o, clock 4 a e her
residence, Buck HILL Chesterfield coun-
~, near the city Of Manchester. Il She was
the daughter Of Captain John II eth or
BLACK Heath, Chesterfield county, and
| Margaret Pickett Heth, and was born a t
Black Heath on the 2Sth Sof October.
!! ;lS229.i Mrs. Walden was a sister or theRlate
General Harry Heth. So distinguished IL
! the Civil War, and of the late 4 Major.
John Heth, of Omaha, Neb.., and one of
hergsisters was the first wife OF Colonel
Julian Harrison, .of x oochland and an
other married Mr.. Hamilton, Of South
Carolina, both of whom died many years
liago, .i3 III }lst sss &
She is survived BY one bro Their Captain
Stockton Heth. Of & ntgonlery county
Va, and two sisters, Mrs. Maynard.
California, and Mrs. M. III. Mortimer, OF
philadelphia, W. w
Mrs. Walden was the mother Of Henry
Heth and Robert Edwards Walden ana of
NJ lsses Margaret Pickett. Caroline Gwath-i
rley and. Layinia Randolph Va dem and OF
Mrs. Virginia Michaux Owen, wife of y.
e.. Owen, Jr., ESD, and the late Mrs.
Elizabeth Brooke Taylor. wifi of r. b.
Taylor. ESQ. Mrs. Walden hadsan extern
oHNGo''HNStiollt F6flISIUld
tbs South, and especia lly In Richmond.
Her life was n rema rka BILE one. She was
the personi ficaton OF generosity. and kept
an open house to her friends and rela-i
ttres where she dispensed as only those
can who are descended long from every
side q delightful hospitality Her u e4
had not been without its icissit udes, and
after the death Of her husband, the late
Thomas Walden. Jr..i who had been a sue
trIa ,,tott ,ssr oynI,t,
chester, but whose fortune had been re-
dpced by the war and the loss OF certain
uninsured vessels a. sea- Mrs, Walden had
quite a struggle, but her splendid family
OF sons and daughters met heroically the
situation. and With her guiding mindSto$
direct. they saved the beautiful home
BUCK Hill, andEfor many years noW,, In
comfort and enjoyment. she had met the
!!cngthening shadows, blessed With the
the affection OF friends and acquairit-3
ances No one OF her neighbors was TOO
humble to receive from her con sola ton
and charity in their need and d distress.
And all Of them, white and black alike
mourn their loss. q III 65aB
Mrs, yaden's grandfather was Colonel \
Harry fIeth, or the Cont nen tai army, a
friend of Washing on She was a first
eopsin Of ne brave general Pickett she y
memory. She was Il a fine cony ersat lon
allst. and II was d delight to ne In 'ler3.
society i Ri AZ "a 81
Her funeral viii take pla Ga Tomorrow
at $50 T.. Mat Meade Memorial church
Manchester. Of which church enc wa . one 4
or the founders. and the siriterment VIII
le In Mallry Cemetery,
Her pal-bearers Will be Messrg. y II ~ \
Fatteson WI, IsTln on q orge Sl. sia " !.
den, Judge John III. u Rgra M 4 n6t1as fla
Owen and W. 81. r. Mayo,
Mrs. Lille w, Hankins,
Mrs Lille 81 Ifanklna aleg .at Arnells
Courthouse. va, last Friday. Her funeral
viii take place from No l0t2 East Broad
Street to-day ats2.So il, u
MrsS Hawking was q no tive 81 ltlniit 4
mond She was3a devout member ~ the
Baptist Church in chesterfield county, !