The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-02-26
MRS. B. A. WHITE
PASSES TO REST
ESTiMABLE WOMAN, AFTER A
SHORT ILLNESS, DIED YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON.
Superintendents and Field Workers
From All of the Southern States
Will Be Present and a Bio Meet.
ing Is Expected.

Mrs. Benjamin A. White one of mo
most estimNble and best beloved wo-
men Of The city Cf Brunswick nassed
away at her home on Gloucester street
at three o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Inc death of Mrs. White. with it's
fr1ghtful suddenness, came In the ma
ture OF severe shock TO her hnn-
dreds of friends, and no woman in
Brunswick had more of them. Strick-
en- on Wednesday, with an illness
which developed to be peritonitis. the
seriousness of her condition did not
develop until Thursday, when a con-
sultation of physicians was determin-
ed upon and resulted in the case be-
ing diagnosed as critical one. Grad
ually her condition became more
alarming and throughout the day
many callers and countless telephone
inquiries were made by anxious
friends all over the city.
NO Improvement occurred through
Thursday night, though three physi-
clans were constantly at her bedside
and Yesterday morning dawned with
the patient practically in extremis,
though perfectly conscious of the
gravity of her condition. to which.
with true womanly instinct and christ
ian character she bowed her head
with tIe sweet humility that charac-
terized her entire life. Gradually her
life ebbed away at three o'clock yes
terday afternoon, the spirit of this
truly noble woman returned to the
God whence it came, as calmly and
as sweetly as if summoned by those
she loved best she had laid herself
down to some pleasant dream
Ars. White was 80 years old and
was the third daughter of Alderman
l.. Goldsmith, and from her very IN
fancy she has been a favorite with all
who CHANGED to come into the sun
shine of her bright, cherry life In
the days of her young ladyhood she
was always popular in social circles
and her wedding to Capt B. A. White
on April 21, 1892, then the command
ing officer of the Brunswick Riflemen,
was a military event of interest in
the city generally
Her young womanhood has been
marked with a liberality of spirit. a
deep devotion to her chlrch-St.
Marks Episcopal-an broad mind
ed and Christian charity beautiful in
its simplicity. To her union with
Cant Wbitn tyun ohi
born, jeanette, aged and Benjamin
aged four years, who, together with
her husband, father and three sis
ters, Mrs. ]. c. Lehman, Mrs. H. L. B.
Virgins and Mrs. A. B. Hardy, sur
vvie her and they have the deepest
sympathy cf a host of friends and ac-
quaintances poured out in a wealth
of real sincerity.
The funeral will occur from St
Marks church at three o'clock this
afternoon, Rev. r. E. Boykin, Off
ciating. The following gentlemen will
act as pail bearers
julius Levy, J. II. Morgan Geo H.
Smith, F. e. Twitty, p. w. Fleming,
II. M. King, Sr., j. E, Young, F. A.
Wrench
To the grief stricken husband and
to those dear little motherless child
ren, to the aged and devoted father
and to those sorrow burdened sisters,
The News tenders its heartfelt condo
lence, safe in the faith, that if peo
pies sympathy could lift the gloom of
this hour it wcIld be penetrated by
a sunshine as glorious as was the
young life just snuffed out