The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-09
MRS. w. L. BADGER

Mr. W. L Badger, only daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. q A Carmichael died al
me home Of he PARENTS in the fourth
ward, a few minutes after o'clock
this morning.
Mrs. Badger came here from San
Antonio, Texas, about ten months ago,
20 pay a long visit 10 her parents. ii
being her first visit 20 Ocala in several
years. She was taken III about six
weeks ago. and has been gradually
growing worse. and for the past two
or three weeks the physicians held out
no hopes for her recovery. though her
death just al this time was not expect
ed. She was a victim Of tuberculosis
and suffered intensely at times and
had TO be given opiates TO ease her
sufferings during her last days.
Last night she was taken much
worse. Her brother. Mr.. Ed Carmi-
chael. was summoned 10 her bedside
at o'clock this morning, but found
his sister dead when he reached the
house. The end came very peaceful
Ily Mrs Badgers mind was perfectly
! clear during the last hours Of her life.
and she seemed comparatively free
from pain.
| Mr. Badger was telegraphed for on
|.
| Mrs Badger was born in Crenshaw
county. Ala, Nov. 18th. 1866. She came
with her parents and brother to Ocala
| twenty-eight years ago and was mar
ried when quite a young girl to Mr..
/ Culverhouse. Three children survive
this union. Mrs Matte Culverhouse
Mrs. James Engesser and Miss Edna
/ CuIverhouse. She was married to Mr.
/ pa a
| to San Antonio. Texas, two or three
years later. where she and her hus-
i band have since resided She was a
member of the Baptist church, a good
Christian woman, a patient sufferer. a
dutifuI daughter and a loving mother
The funeral will be conducted at 8
/ O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from the
residence. Rev. y. B. Plummer OF An
thony, a Baptist minister and an old
friend of the family, will ofhciate
Messrs. McIver & MacKay have charge
of the funeral arrangements and the
| body will be laid al rest in Greenwood
cemetery annex.
| The pallbearers will be Messrs. ]. P
Galloway, ]. H Spencer r. r. Carroll
]. o. Dekle. r f. Harris and W W
Stripping.
The Carmichael family is a long lived
one and the death of Mrs Badger Is
the first death in the Immediate fam
lily, and breaks the chain from great
great grandmother to great, great
grandchild. Mr. Carmichaers mother
Mrs. NJ. E. Carmichael, at the old home
in Union Springs. Ala. though nearly
ninety. is hale and strong and write.
to her son weekly.
Many lovely flowers have been SEN
to the residence during the day BY
sympathetic friends. The beautiful
casket is covered with them, the tokens
of friendship and love are banked al
about the bier and their fragrance
pervades the house.
The entire community feels deer
sympathy for the parents, the daugh
ters and the only brother in the loss
of their loved one. Many citizens call
ed at the home throughout the day tt
pay their respects to the dead ant
offer their sympathy to the living.
| The Star extends its most SINGER.
sympathy to the members Of the be
| reaved family. They have the salts
faction Of knowing that in her las
months she had the tenderest care ant
that every attention and kindly minis
tration that could be procured wa
hers