The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29
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 NE New York.
The Late Mrs. Wilmer.
 H.4NwI AR Mr0 XI
New York.

Contributed by friend of Mrs. wilmer
 to Mobile Item
 After a long life of sweet and kindly deeds, of gentle dignity and womanly affection, the remains of Mrs R. IT. Winner. widow of the late lan1ented Bishop of the Diocese of Alabama. was laid to rest this morning beside the grave of her distinguished husband in Magnolia Cemetery.
 The family and friends of this vener- able gentlewoman of the Old Dominion, in witnessing the impressive ceremony which consigned all that was left of one so beloved and revered to the breast of Mother Earth. could not fall to real ize the lesson taught by this simple and uLobtrIsive spirit during it's length ened stay in human guise to all who came within the sphere of it's tender and benign influence. Faithfulness was the keynote of a character at once gen tie and strong; faithfulness to all the claims that life showered upon her low ing heart in eager abundance to all the labors bestowed by Heaven upon those swift and willing hands; to all the high standards accepted in loyal meekness from the holy church; to all the pre- cepts learned in reverent submission from him to whom she had plighted her maiden vows: faithfulness to the high sense of social honor which made her dwelling place truly the home of purity and peace: faithfulness to children and to her Savior, whose guiding love sus- tained her during the sad years of her widowhood. the faithfulness which made her yearn for death as the tender, friend whose releasing touch would re- unite her with him who had gone be- fore.
 Born in the first quarter of the last century, Mrs. Winner had witnessed tremendous changes in social and polit- ical thought. She had been called upon to endure the horrors and privations of war. She had known the most learned and distinguished churchmen of this country. as also many of the strongest and most gifted leaders of the world of politics and letters. She had been admired by all, sought by all, and had remained, as 1t were. untouched in- wardly by change, always herself. ten der and true: the product of that sub tie and exquisite freeding, the birth right of the Virginia gentlewoman. The class to which she belonged and to which she was so strikingly typical, grows smaller with the advancing years and the changed social conditions, which make more precious and more admirable the memory of the noble wo- men of the "OId South" :"
 This lovely lady leaves children and grandchildren and great grandchildren to arise and call her blessed, inasmuch as she performed all the duties of her high position with such fidelity and as- siduity that her example has left as it's fruits love and harmony, peace and af- lection, honor and goodness Reunited with the husband of her youth and old age, regret and sorrow can touch her no more The human heart yearns at the thought of that joyful meeting of which Divine Love at least permits the hope.
 The words of another woman who has sounded the depths of lifes sweet ness and sadness. echoes the prayer in the minds of those who hold in cher ished affection the memory of the faith full and gentle soul who has left us as a holy thought, an inspiration of con starcy and fidelity.