The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-15
DEATH OF A WOMAN BELOVED.
MRS. LEILA f. WHITE PASSES
AWAY.
Life and Character OF a Good Wo-
man. The Funeral.


death Of the Beloved Physician. {"
} and now the partner OF his joys and
sorrows, the wife adored. the wO-
man beloved, has followed him and
we have laid her by his side in the
comforting hope that the union
formed on earth has been made per-
petual in the great beyond
Mrs. Leila L. White. relict of
the late Or. James l.. White. died
at her home on Randolph street. az
ter an illness of weeks, just past tho
hour of noon on last Saturday. the
9Th inst The funeral was held at
the Presbyterian Church at elevea
A. H., of last Monday, and was con-
Quoted by her pastor, the Rev. ".
E. Hill, who was assisted in the SEP
vice by the Rev, H. NJ. Fugate, OF
the Baptist Church.
The ceremony was a simple one.
but Will live in the memories of q
large concourse of friends who were
present as they recall the good
night" tenderly told in sweetest song
by Miss Morgan. of Arvonia. The
pail bearers were: Active, w. G..
Huntington, Wilson Cox, DR.. J. H
Spencer, w. D. NJ. Stokes, w. T.
Clark, c. f. Bugg. Honorary: Col
N Stokes, Judge Hundley, r. B.
Berkeley. J. NJ. Crute. A. d. Wat
kiIs. J. A. Garland. Tucker Johnson,
W. G. Venable, f. w. Mcintosh.
Mrs White died in the home in
which she was born, in which she
vas reared, in which she was mar
ried and in which she lived and la
bored and loved. 1t was not flippant-
ly repeated by her, There is no
place like home" but it came we'll
ing up from a glad and grateful
heart. She travelled often and far,
but on each return would say with
emphatic emphasis: Il have seen no
place like Farmville and been in no
home like my home in Farmville."
And she loved t'armyille, all Farm
Vile, and while strength permitted
there were few if any days that she
did not walk down to our Maia
street, first to call at the store over
" mich her devoted husband presid-
ed, and then to ask of the happen
ngs in general business circles and
10 greet friends from the country.
And Mrs. White loved Virginia with
The love of woman" tender, strong
and abiding. As she grew older
she became more and more interest
ed in the history Of the State, and
spared no expense in buying the best
historical works bearing on the Old
Dominion. She loved TO talk of the
early history of the State and was
always surprised when she met with
a daughter of Virginia who did not
feel like interest in all that concern
ed the old Mother Commonwealth
And she loved the Confederacy
with an uns@erving. unyielding. uR-
dying devotion. And it is a remar-
kable coincidence that she should
have died on the anniversary of the
ieath of the Confederacy, and per-
laps at about the hour of the day
when the immortal Lee surrendered
20 his magnanimous antagonist.
And she loved her church, OF
which she was a loyal and useful
member from early womanhood to
he time of her death. Many of US
'ecall the time when she presided
It the organ and led the singing,
md none who were privileged to
lear her can ever forget that she
vas mistress of the keys and mis-
ress of song. For more than three
lecades she had charge of the COM
nunion service of the church, and
his she guarded in spotless form
nd purity.
And she loved her friends and
hey in turn loved her devotedly.
md she loved her flowers and they
eturned her loving care with soul
atisfying fragrance and fairness.
Mrs. White had much to live for,
iuch that she wished to accomplish
4 this life, and yet those who
-atched nearest her bedside as the
nd drew near were made to feel
nat there were ties drawing from
bove stronger than those that
ound to earth.
There is one home into which
RS. White was accustomed to go
ith well nigh daily regularity, Of
N tt the breakfast hour, simply to
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