The Forrest City times., 1911-02-10
DEATH OF ELDER PRSLAY
Venerable Ditlhe fsssss kuag eaa day Afternoon After Long Hines

2LAEH EAEEAEN1 Aa@tt EaEE Creator. but of cns 0f tfe 9sd laud- marks e St Francis co4nts and c Forrest City. Another telored citi. zen Las gone to iiis reward. He voice of an able chHFcbman is StiIied, and in the hearts Of coUntless congfega- tions of those who in years gone by have listened 10 him as he sxp8and- ed fbe gospel. as Il vas given to him 10 him to preach. feeling ef in expressibIe sadness comes. and in aii of our city there was not q ie4rs baf duickened with pain. .ndrmany eFes Dat held tear. when the sad tiiiHzs fies. as sad tidings always do. on Sgu day afternoon. of the death of fi4At venerable patriarch. who for 90 many years had faithfully serseei tiIi,. le0i Ie. and though his deafh sas not uH- expected. VI noHe 2 E ess wee ti.a tidings sad. aad neiIs Iess tLe Tears that fiowea
 Elder N II Paslar WAS horn in Laurens county. South Carolina. oh December ls, 1s3I His father eas q Baptist minister and physician Of note. After receiving an academic course in the different branches Of studies, he entered Furman Uni- l yersity, in GreenFille, S. C.. and graduated with first honors from that institution. After this he moved 10 1 Dallas county, Alabama, where he taught school. In 1858 he entered | the ministry, in which lie has since been actively engaged.
 Mr. Paslay came 10 Arkansas in | 1872. and located Oh farm near l Wheatley. Hehas been married three l times, and has now living three sons and three daughters, as follows: Mir 1 II. W. Paslay. of this city: Messrs. R. l F.. and Willie Paslay. Of Oregon: Mrs. 1 J. T. Johnson and Mrs. Murray l Hambleton, Of this city, and Mrs | c. H. Paslay, Of Memphis
 Elder Paslay vas greatly Eonored | by his denomination, being elected 1 Treasurer and Moderator Of Mt Yer non Association consecutively for the 1 last thirty years. He held the DO. sition of County Examiner for several years, and was closely identified with l the educational interests Of this state i and county.
 He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of the Commandery, and was ever ready to put into practice the honor able .tenets Of this illustrioas fra ternty, dispensing light in darkness. joy in sorrow, and sustenanee 70 the needy.
 Elder Paslay had been in feeble health for number Of years, but only recently would he consent to give up the work he had 50 lohg and faithful y performed. He had been confined to his room and bed for over twelve months, and though all that medical skill, and the loving care and atten- tion of devoted family could do was done to prolong his life, all efforts were unayailing, and the gentle spirit passed to the Maker, whose disciple he had been through all the years of his maturity, and "finisn was written in the story Of life well spent-a fife that was not lived in vain
 In his daily walks he has been called upon to unite scores Of loving hearts in the holy bonds Of matri. mony, and has spoken most comfort ing words to hundreds of families in this and adjoining counties, when in the Providence of God they have been bereft of loved ones.
 In the pulpit lie was eloquent be- cause earnest, and his applications al the throne of Grace were the most beautiful we ever heaad, and made the heart quicken with their sincerity.
 The funeral services were held from the Baptist church Monday afternoon at , o'clock, Elder F. T P. Garrott. officiating. lnterment was had in the City Cemetery, ta which last resting place the funeral cofttge Has follow ed by large eoncourse of sorrowing relatives and friends, who went to pay their last respects to Elder Pas lay, and to mingle their tears with the members Of the bereayed family.
 The life of a good man needs no epilogue, Any words of commenda- tion we might write of him, would be all inexpensive of the sincere esteem and veneration in which he was held by our people, and bg all those who knew and loved him. Would that we could pen words that would in some degree assuage the pain Of the aching hearts of those who are left to mourn. But to them can come the sweet as. surance that Elder Paslay was ready and willing to go-that he could, in