The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-08-09
A GOOD WOMAN GONE.
MRS. SARAH H. SHEPPARD is NO
MORE.
one of NashviIIe's Most Highly Re-
spected Citizens Dies at Pipe old
Age-Funeral from Residence
The Little Children Loved
Her Dearly.

vile in the person OF MIS-. oneppdIu,
the mother of Mrs. Ella Sheppard /
Moore, died this week She had I
been a sufferer for a number OF
years. but was never regarded as
dangerously i'll, as she was able to
be about the home. On Monday she
became critically i'll and died at noon.
AL the bedside were her daughter,
grandchildren and other members of
the family. Mrs. Sheppard, during
her life, saw much development, es-
pecially of the institution that her
daughter is so closely connected
with. The deceased furnished a
member of the original Jubilee Sing
ers. so famous throughout the world.
The funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning at the family resi-
dence on Seventeenth avenue, North.
The funeral was largely attended
The floral offerings were beautiful
There was a large group OF the lit
tie girls of the community present
whom Mrs. Sheppard called her
grandchildren, who acted as flower
bearers.
The Fisk Quartette, led by Prof. j.
w. Work, furnished the music. Lead,
Kindly Light" was the opening hymn,
which was followed by Scripture
reading by Rev. G. W. Hemphill, who
also offered prayer. "In bright man
sions above" Swing low, sweet
chariot" "Steal away to Jesus" and
walk through the valley" were sung
by the Quartette.
Rev. G. Lake lines, of Tuskegee,
read the obituary and made few re-
marks. Rev. W. S. Ellington gave
the funeral address in most fitting
terms. Prof. w. A. Caldwell and his
wife, Mrs. Rosa Sheppard Caldwell,
of Mobile, and their two daughters
were present at the funeral.
Program.
Lead Kindly Light" by Fisk Quar-
tette, led by Prof. Work.
Scripture Reading, Rev. G.. A.
Hemphill.
"In bright mansions above"-Quar-
! tet.
Obituary-Rev G. Lake lines, of
Tuskegee.
Swing low, sweet chariot"-Quar-
tet.
Address by Rev. DR.. W. s Filing
ton
"Steal away to Jesus" by Quartet
and congregation.
Remarks by Rev. G. L. lines.
Prayer-Rev. G. w. Hemphill.
1--WE shall walk through the valley
in peace"-Quartet.
The funeral was directed by Mr..
A. N. Johnson.
Obituary.
Mrs. Sarah H. Sheppard, widow OF
the late Simon Sheppard and beloved
mother of Mrs. Ella Sheppard Moore
and Mrs. Rosa Sheppard Caldwell, was
born in the year 1927 near Nashville.
and died at Nashville, Tenn, August
5th, 1912, at the ripe age of SO.
She went to Mississippi just before
the Civil War, and resided at Okalonf
until she came to live with her daugh
ter in Nashville in 1877.
In 1883 she went with her son anC
daughter. Rev. and Mrs. Moore, t
Washington, D. c., and was there fol
ten years, when she returned will
them to Nashville, where she spen
the last twenty years of her life.
Although she had not enjoyed an!
literary training, yet she was a won
an of rare intelligence. She was con
, verted May 81, 1870, and united will
: the Baptist church of Okalona, Jun,
, 5, and when she came to Nashville
she united with the Spruce Stree
2 Baptist Church. When she went t
Washington to live with her children
she united with the Lincoln Memoria
Congregational Church, and on he
return to Nashville she joined tn
Union Congregational Church.
: She was an earnest and devotet
Christian and lived life of faith an,
prayer,
She seemed to be conscious shortl
before her death and joined with
circle of friends about her bedside a
they sang, Swing low, sweet char
l Of"
She had a wide CYCLE of friends, es
| pecially among the teachers and stt
dents of Fisk University, whom sh
4 met during the last twenty years
4 She was Grandma Sheppard" t
4 everybody In addition to her ow
4 grandchildren and great-grandchi
L, dren, there was a circle Of a score o
] more of little girls and boys whor
+ she regarded in a special sense as he
< grandchildren. She loved them an
e they were devoted to her and it wa
= the joy of her life to have thel
}, gathered about her
o Thus has passed from earth nobl
: Christian spirit Mother Shepppar
a is at home at last in the bright mai
L sions above, where she longed to g
e to join with the spirits of the jus
), made perfect in the eternal adoratio
It of the living God
e Mrs w. B. Ward has returned
t Columbia after an extended trip
y Chattanooga. While there she wa
<. the guest of Mrs. George 3. Clarl