Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-06-01
SOME DEATHS.

Mr.. John L. Sanford, of Chiltons,
Westmoreland county, died of measles
on Tuesday of last week. A widow and
three small children sdrvive the de-
ceased The funeral obsequies were
conducted under the auspices of Mt.
Vernon Council, Jr. o. u. A. M, of
Chiltons.
Life know not what thou art.
But this / know, that thou and must part;
And when or where or how we met,
own to mes a secret yet.
Life we've been long together,
Through pleasant and through cloudy
weather:
Ills hard to part when friends are dear;
Perhaps twill cost sigh, a tear;
Then steal away, give little werning;
Choose thfse own time:
Say not Good night" but in some brighter
cline
Bid me Good morning."
The night was clear and still, the
earth was covered with its mantle of
green, and the genial showers of few
hours before had coaxed the myriads of
flowers to raise their heads in praise to
the Giver of all Good Gifts, when the
mysterious clock, wound UP by the
Angel of Life, run down, having licked
nearly ten years beyond the allotted
time of three score years and ten.
Mrs. Henrietta r. Coulbourn, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Berry, was
born in Middlesex county on the 18th of
August, 1926, where she. spent her girl
hood days, and where was laid the
foundation of her strong character.
When but Is years of age she became
the bride of VIM. Coulbourn, of Mary
land, who passed beyond the vale of
tears some 10 years ago. After their
marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Coulbourn
moved to the Eastern Shore of Mary
land where for more than so years was the
home of the deceased But, since the
shadows had begun to lengthen and her
children had made homes of their own.
she divided her time among them, and
1T was at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. +. A. Gunby, in Irvington, that
the end came about II O'Clock Tuesday
night. Mrs. Coulbourn had been an
invalid the last three years of her life.
having suffered stroke of paralysis
from which she never recovered; and.
not being physically able to support
herself, fell in her room Saturday night
and received blow which caused her
death three days later. She did not
again become rational after the fall.
= Two daughters-Mrs. Clara L. Lewis.
of Chicago, Ill. and Mrs. F. A. Gunby,
of lrvington-two sons-Isaac II. and
VIM. K. Coulbourn. of Crisfeld, Nd,
and Roanoke, Va, respectively two.
sisters-Mrs. Jas. Watts, of Baltimore.
and Mrs. VIM. Moore, of Middlesex
county-besides a number of grand
children and other relatives survive her.
The remains were taken to Marion
Station, Nd, where they were laid to
rest Thursday afternoon at the old
Coulbourn homestead
She had been a consistent and faith
full member of the Methodist Episcopal
church from early womanhood and had
been great worker for the cause of
her Master, always ready to administer
to the distressed, relieve the necessities
ofthe poor. To her death had no terrors,
and her spirit sank into that eternal and
blissful rest as a repose from the labors
of well spent life, and she now, no
doubt, partakes of that reward reserved
for such as she, in the full enjoyment of
a perfect rest and never ending hap
piness in the presence of the God whom
in life she loved, revered and served.
Rest from thy labors. rest.
Soul OF the just set free:
Blestbe thy memory, and blcst
Thy bright example be.