The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-08-06
Death Of Mrs. P. j. Madfy.

o'clock Wednesday evening, Jul
10Th. She was born September IL
. 1913, and so was nearly sixty-fv
years Of age.
Her remains were inferred in tn
home burying-ground at S O'Clock
2. IL, Thursday, July 3Oth. Tn
funeral sermon was preached b.
Elder w. 3. Strickland and the con
Guiding remarks at the grave wer
made by Elder A. ]. Moore, of Whit
akers, pastor of Kehukee church, G
which Mrs. Madry was a member
She had been in failing health TO-
some months, and while death wa
not a surprise it was great shocl
20 her devoted family.
/ Mrs. Madry was in many respect
quite a remarkable woman. He
maiden name was Miss Peniza J
White. She was married to Mr.. D
L. Madry February 9, 1860. Hel
husband died July 20, 1875, JUS
thirty-three years before her death
The union was blessed with sever
children, all of whom are still living
except one, a son named James
Thurston, who died about year be
fore the death of her husband.
| Left a widow with six children
she at olce realized her responsible
ty and devoted her remarkable pow
ers to the pleasing task of rearing
and educating her children and pre-
pairing them for good and useful
places in life. The true devotion of
mother to children and children to
mother was always beautiful and
continued to the very last moment
Of her life. In her death she was
surrounded by them all, who wit
messed the final fading out of that
noble and heroic life into the i'm
measurahly greater life beyond.
Mrs. Madry gave strict and per-
sonal attention to her farm and
achieved great success as a farmer.
She kept in close touch with every
detail Of her farm, and often went
in person and directed the work.
She succeeded in rearing and train
ing her children in the correct walls
of life, gave them a liberal educa-
ton, lived to see them all married
and settled with sufficient compe-
tency and left a good estate besides.
For years it has been the custom at
the beautiful Madry home to have a
family reunion in midsummer, and
give a splendid dinner at which q
host of neighbors and friends were
invited and welcomed. On these &C.
casions have been witnessed the
great and abiding affection between
mother and children and the un-
bounded hospitality to their friends.
In September, 1879, Mrs. Madry
became a member of Kehukee Bar-
fist church. being baptized bv Elder
A. J. Moore. She remained a con-
respected and vel! beloved
member of this church to the end,
and the remarks by the ministers
who officiated at her funeral con-
corning her life of conservation to
every duty and the narrow passage
in the prison-house of clay through
which she has passed into the great
and happy Beyond, were beautiful
and reassuring to all.
Nothing better can be said of one
whose years were SO filled with many
duties, all we'll performed, than that
her good name is the greatest legacy
she has left to posterity, and it will
live and live and live in the memory
Of many who come after her.
Mrs. Madry's death is a great loss
to this community, and all who knew
her here and in other communities
readily and fully realize it.
Her sons and daughters left are:
Messrs. D. A. Madry, r. j. Madry,
and w. j. Madry, prominent and
we'll known business men of this
Mrs. W. 0. Bullock and
Mrs. T. L. Worseley, Of Rocky |
Mount: and Mrs. J. E. Bullock, of
Conetoe. To these the deepest SYM
oathy is felt by the people of this
community and the communities in
which they reside.
The large gathering at the grave,
Despite the rain, and the many beau
,iful flowers gave evidence of the
nigh esteem in which Mrs. Madry
vas held. A great tribute was paid
% her worth in the presence Of
twenty-five colored persons who
we're and had been servants and
aborers on her farm.