The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-03-28
GONE TO HER REWARD.
Former Grenada County Girl Dies
in New Mexico.

On Wednesday evening at 7:lO the
angel of death came to relieve Mrs.
Florence Bledsoe Crofford, aged As
years, five months and four days, of
her earthly pain and suffering and to
usher her spirit into the haven of rest.
The deceased had been i'll for some
time and was weak, yet hopes for her
recovery were held by many. Her i'll
ness consisted of gastro-entero nephri-
tbs, commonly known as Bright's dis
ease. While she was hopeful, she had
not the vitality to support the energy
she possessed and bowed submissively
to the inevitable.
The deceased was a bright, intelligent
woman, a writer of ability, having |
written and had published on different
occasions books of prose and poems; she
has w%rittenOfor various magazines and
for the last year has written the So
ciety events for this paper. Her every
day life was like her writing, pleasing
to those who came in contact with her;
such a life was a benefaction and bless
ing TO all within the sphere of it's in
f~uence, so is the death of such a one
a public misfortune, as we'll as a ire
parable loss to the home circle made
desolate by her departure. 1t is diff
cult to pay a fitting tribute to the men,
ory of so noble a woman-one whose
daily life was embellished by the most
charming and lovable attributes of her
sex.
No one was more willing to aid the
suffering, cheer the Respondent, sustain
the weak and to throw over the frail-
ties of our race the mantle of Christian
charity. Kind and loving friends and
skilled physicians did all they could
for her comfort and relief, but tie great
destroyer had placed his signet upon her
brow and today, those who loved her
while living, mourn her death.
She was prominent in club circles.
being an active member of our Bay
View Club ard other organizations OF
J! the city.
= She was a member of the M. E.
church, South, and her life was in &C.
cordance Herewith.
n. The funeral service was held at the
cd M. E. church, South, Saturday morn
"a. ing, by Rev! A. N. Evans, the pastor
w and the church was Crowded with thu
r.. friends of the deceased, after whicl
m. the body was inferred in Sunnysid'
n cemetery.
he tributes in club c%olors, white and green
iu- and designs, placed there by the mem
bers of the Bay View Club and B. P
,rd O. Elks, the body being accompanie
by members of each organization.
Honorary pail bearers were Mes
danes j. C. Jones, l.. E. Sherwood
1T. FARRELL and Kinds; active were Messrs
Walton, Corn, Chapman, Sandusky
Peyton and Keator.
Special music rendered was a solo b
Mrs. &C. Chapman, Zone Sweetly So
emn Thought" piano accompanies
ass by Mrs. Meeker and violin obligato b
Raymond Perkins and the male qua
tet Beautiful Isle by Messrs. Sal
dusky, Gafford, Herring and DR.. Cou
ter.
The deceased was married to Villa
N. Crofford in Grenada, Miss. in tt
month of December, tw~enty-three yea
ago, to which union seven childr'
uz.1 auu fnnr oro luipU fhraa a
dead, her husband is also living a
was at her bedside when the end cam
The bereaved ones have the sympatl
of the entire community and the Ne,
joins in extending sympathy in tt
their great loss, the loss of one who
life was gentle, but, like the still W
tiers, it was deep.
Weep not that her toll is over;
Weep not that her race is run,
God grant that we may rest as sweet
When, like hers, our work is done.
Till then we would yield with gladne
Our loved ones to Him to keep;
And rejoice in the sweet assurance,
He, giveth His loved ones Sleep
The above from the Tucumcari, NJ
Mexico, News will be read with since
sorrow by the many friends of M
Crofford in Grenada, who knew her
the bright and charming daughter, FIJI
ence, of Col. and Mrs. O. F. Bledst
She was devoted to her home and
her husband and has left a rich Iega
= tc the world in her children and in t
Efo she lived AZ mother h Sentil
joins in rendering sympathy to the s.