The Grenada sentinel., 1907-03-30
The Wife of the Editor of The Sen
tinel Has Passed Away.

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and sad. Language is inadequat
tn and no togue or pen can picture tn
agony am undergoing, She was m
Mirst and only sweetheart. When M
3eyes first beheld her beautiful form
land lovely features, amid the com
Hpany Of prehapS thirty other youn,
@adieS, | said "the girl with the RET
dress on is mine" and at once pu
Hall the energies Of my nature to worl
to win her. She gave me her hear
land her life. We were married or
1.-THE 31St day of December 1891, al
Ethe home OF her father /. l. Kornegay
#near West Point, Miss. Our voyage
&tOgether has been one sweet dream
SShe has diSpelled the shadows, she
has caused the birds to Sing more
sweetly and made tho flowers to grow
more beautifully along life's turbid
way for me. She was beautiful
woman and the grace Of hercharacter
&evidenced the noDlest Instincts and
4 purposes, and her life was psalm to
her maker day by day. She was a
: |wife OF the heaven born conception.
$She and were truly one in life, aim
#and purpose. She entered heartily
Minto all my plans and aspirations and
Ill into hers. She was my counselor
Sand my guide, my sunshine and my
my joy and my love. AS
Ia mother she was grand and noble
q M hlied the highest divine concep-
q ion of the word, and her children
& ould read in her the effulgence Of
q DDS enduring love as the days came
nd went. She abhOred can't and
3 'aception and lived in word and deed
4 That her life might bear a search
light from the only righteous One
lat any moment. Yes, she is gone and
I sme and my household are left in sor-
i ROW and darkness. The clouds hangl
4 low about us. | realize | should subj
2miSSively hail her crowning day be
:ause she was SO well prepared to trod.
he ElySian fields OF bliss and because
III know there was SO much JOY inI
3leaven at her entrance. Our dear.
4 title boy, Olney, was at the portals;
4 II that abiding home to greet his;
Mamma and one by one other lovedI
mes, who had preceded her over the
iver, gathered around to bid her we'll
Ome but being of the earth, | am
arthy and do not understand whya
be good Lord could not nave SparedS
! ny angel wife to me and our six littles
1 hildren at least for few years lOn-s
ger. In due time His reasons will bes
Infolded to me and | pray for thats
pirit which will patiently and meek,
y wait His day of revelation.
In her last moments, she talked SOB
a>weetly of my love and devotion-re-
peating what she prehaps had said al
sthOuSand times before AS she lveds
$50 she died and she again gave evi-E
5dence Of that faith which knows nOS
! }halting. Realizing that her feets
] were touching the chilly waters andt
sthat she was going DOM into theh
VALLEY Of the shadow OF death, SheE
repeated the twenty third Psalm andy
said that Christ was all in all. I
with mind perfectly clear and WithE
voice audible and distinct, she tur-
ned to me and her six little children, I
whom she called by name in the order
4 # their ages, and gave each parting
; Injunction and bade us meet her inf
heaven. | feel sure that she will
leep watch over us and will plead for /
Is in the heavenly courts. While ame
srieved beyond any ones mind. WHO'D
5haS never had like experience, to com-B
sprehend. her going away adds newI
abeauty to that golden shore beyOndE
! the river and puts new life into myI
determination to walk the streets off
Goods eternal home where | shall jOinI
) my Darling wife never again to say
SLoodbye. May l have a Savior
Shelp in also leading our six precious
: little ones to that same celeStia
home. What we lose heaven gains
and some day | will understand theJ
: Holy purpose in sending this arrow tOI
: my heart and thus depriving me of
{ the life and companionship of my sweet
: wife SO early in her life. / loved her
passionately and devotedly. God isl
love. He is the source of all love and]
! plead with Him to have mercy onI
me and the six cherubs He has en-(
struSted to the rearing Of me and myI
angel wife. Yes, my dear you areI
gone away, but your life and memoryi
shall ever be kept fresh in my heart
Z and mind and it shall be my aim and;
: and pleasure to carry out what l be-
. .lieve to be your desires in all things.
{ AS your redeemed spirit hovers overs
Jus, shall hear your angel voice inI
1 my ears.
81 NEVER HAVE DIED" (
\ ''she is dead" they said to me. Come away;
! Kiss her and leave her-thy love is clay s
I They smoothed her tresses OF beautiful
hair, 4
SOn her forehead of stone they laid it fair.
eOver her eyes that gazed too much
sThey drew the lids with a gentle touch.
dWith tender touch they closed up well
tYNa smaat thin lipc that had tt, tall.