Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-04-09
DEATH OF MISS HATTIE sHBLoR.
Announcement Last Thursday Came
as Shock 80 q Host IL Friends.

as 80 u Host IL Friends.
The Jews of the sad death of Miss
Hattie Shelor came as a great shock
to her hosts OF friends here and else
where in the county. She had been
i'll but Tor six days, and while 1t vas
realized that her condition was grave,
still none, not even the immediate
members of the family, were pre-
pared for the sudden shock that
came in the announcement, a few
hours before h passed away, that
all hope had been abandoned for her
recovery.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
Shelor accompanied Miss Hattie to
Westminster, and from there she was
taken to Rome, Ca, for medical and
surgical attention at the hands Of
Drs. Hardin. An operation was sue
cessfully performed for appendicitis
and a complication of other troubles,
and at first 1t "a thought that the
operation would result in her early
restoration to health, but it was later
found that she was unable to rally
strength sufficient to survive the
shock Of the severe operation and to
recuperate from the ~anaesthetics.
The operation was performed about
8 o'clock Wednesday morning, and
at II O'Clock h X day she breath
ed her last. A few hours before the
end came her father was informed
by telegram that hope OF recovery
was vanishing, and he at once started
for Rome. but was met in Atlanta by
Mrs. Shelor and other relatives and
friends accompanying the body home.
Susan Harriet Shelor was born in
Walhalla on August 18th, 1884, be-
ing at the time of her death in her
10Th year. From a little child she
exhibited those traits that give prom
Use Of a bright and happy future in a
life of Christian work, and for the
past fifteen years she had been active
in the work Of the Walhalla Baptist
church, iirst as an interested pupil
in the Sunday school, later as a. con
sccrated teacher, in which capacity
she had served since Is years Of age.
Always cheerful, ever ready to SYM
pathiZe in sorrow n lend assist
ance wherever there appeared suffer-
ing or need, she had endeared her.
self to a wide circle OF friends in
every walk Of life. She eXempli1ed
to a marked degree those character
istics at all times that so certainly,
yet unostentatiously, point to the
true follower Of Christ. There are
few of whom it could be more truth
fully said that her life was an open
book Kind, loving, tender, she was
loved by all who knew her. The high
esteem in which she was held was
beautifully attested by the lovely flo
raj tributes which came from far and
near, and by the large number who
attended the funeral, paying the last
sad tribute to a lamented friend. At
the time of her death she was serv-
ing her church in the capacity OF a
teacher of one of the primary classes,
the members of which stood at the
side Of her crave bearing floral Offer
lngs. She was also secretary Of the
Ladies' Aid Society and secretary of
the Sunday School Convention of the
Beaverdam Baptist Association Her
life was short, but it was indeed full
of goodgworks,- and in the. honey in.
the church and in the community at
large she will be sorely missed.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home at 4 o'clock Friday after
noon, and Immediately after the short
service there the sorrowing relatives
and friends followed the remains to
the cemetery, where, after services
by Rev G. S. Blackburn, her pastor,
and DR.. John G.. Law, Of the Presby-
terrain church, the remains were ten
derby lowered to their last resting
place by the side of her mother.
Miss Shelor is survived by her ia
Their and step-mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
j.. w. Shelor; n sister, Mrs. G.. p.
Walker, of W~alhalla, and one bro
ther, 7. B. Shelor, of Furman Univer-
sity, Greenville. To these bereaved
ones the sympathy Of the entire COM
munity goes out in their sorrow.