The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-08-13
RULDAH EDRONDSON JOSEY DUNN.
September 80, lSS3-August g, 1903.

SoRAoAASoA wv AoSo -
Breaking hearts! broken hearts! ye
are desolate and lone.
And low voices from the past DER
your present ruins moan!
In the sweetest Of your pleasures
there was bitterest alley,
And star'ess night hath followed
on the sunset of YOUR JOY.
Broken hearts! God is JOY.
FATHER RYAN.
On the 30th day Of September,
1888, was born to Mr.. and Mrs. R. C.
Josey, of Scotland Neck. their first
child which brought light and joy into
their new-made home. The grand
child of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Edmondson,
her name was Huldah Edmondson
Josey.
On the 18th day of January 1905,
the babe of hope and promise of
twenty years before stood at the
altar a charming bride of surpass-
ing beauty as she was united in holy
wedlock to the man of her choice,
MIR. Sam A. Dunn.
On the 9th day of August, 1908, at
3 o'clock in the afternoon the death
angel bore her spirit away, leaving
the queenly form and the smiling
face beautiful in death as at her
marriage day, for they said, ''in her
shroud she looked like she did in her
bridal dress"
Her illness had been brief, and
while her death was a great shock,
it was beautifully quiet. AS with her
mother-five years ago-in the holy
stiffness of the blessed Sabbath day
the sweet and gentle spirit babe
adieu to home of love and pleas
ure here for the mansions of eter-
nal perfection in the skies.
With pure white flowers banked
and piled about it, the lovely form
lay in the silent death chamber I'M
til 4:30 o'clock on the afternoon fol-
lowing her death, when, followed by
a long and Borrowing procession of
loving ones at home, with a host of
friends from this and ether COM
munities, it was carried to the Bap-
fist cemetery and laid to rest to
await Gods call on the resurrection
morn when the graves shall give up
their dead and the redeemed shall be
reunited in that perfect realm where
loves golden links shall ne'er be
broken. The burial exercises were
beautiful and touching, conducted
by her pastor, Rev. R. A. McFar-
land, who spoke with great tender
ness and pathos Of the beautiful and
worthy life cut away as full blown
rose in the first hour of its choicest
fragrance. As the casket was lower
ed into the grave it was covered
with wreaths Of beautiful flowers,
as token that true devotion to the
loved one follows the earthly course
until the last glimpse is closed out
by the cold, dank clods of clay.
Rev. G. A. Jones. of the Methodist
church, offered prayer and Rev. C.
G. Christian, of the Presbyterian
church, pronounced the benedic-
ton.
Voices quivering with grief sang,
"Abide with me. Come We discon-
solate," and ct is well with my
SOUL" while the body was covered
away in the prison house Of death.
During the years of their welded
joys two children have been born
unto Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn, charm
ing little girl and a bright little boy,
who are left to become stars of hope
and lights of cheer to the noble
young husband who now gropes I'M
der the pail Of inconsolable grief at
the loss of the dear and devoted
companion of his bosom in this the
day of hi. soung nanhood's hope
and strength.
Mrs. Dunn leaves, besides her hus,
band, two little children, father and
step-mother, two brothers, large
number OF relatives, and great host
of friends and admirers.
She was young woman Of cul-
ture, having had the best of training
in good home and local schools,
and being one of the first young
women to go from Scotland Neck to
the Baptist University for Womei
in Raleigh, where she made splen-
did record and many friends.
In early life she became member
of the Baptist church of this place
in which she labored well and die
her part in the church and Sunday
school. She was gifted with the swee'
voice Of song and often has she de
lighted the audiences in her church
both with the choir and in solos O.
her selection. She was tender, af
fectionate and faithful wife ant