Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-11-18
ID 1T MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT TIE DAY. THOU
SOUTH CAROLINA, wEDN
MRS d. r. sTRIBLING DEAD.
PASSED. Away Last Thursday at Ripe
Old Age of 83 Hears.

Ridhland, Nov. 16.-Special: In
the early hours of morning, while
everything was yet in darkness,
light went out-not one that was
hidden Under bushel, but one that
had beensa bright, golden light set on
hill. k8Eighty-three years it had
been shedding soft, beautiful radi-
ance ove(5a all humanity In reach, but
it fiickerAd and went out, and the
gentle split Of Mrs. Emily r. Strib-
ling was3at rest. 1t was on Thurs
day, November 18th, that she passed
away. 8
She Isl not dead; she is only
sleeping.gfor the influence Of this no.
BILE Christian woman will be for good
down through the ages, like the
waves that start from the shore and
have no ending. Her life was of the
three CHRISTIAN graces, and the great
est of these was her love. Her life
was made up of it; it ever shone
round about her; it started in her
home andsRent to the stranger; and
best Of alisshe loved her God with an
almost perfect love. She loved her
church next to her family. In her
whole life her pew was never empty
except in sickness. Richland Presby-
terian church has lost one of it's
best members, she having been
member 70 years. Indeed her place
will be hard to fill. Her kindly face
was always an1nspiration to her min
lister, and her home was his home.
She was the daughter OF Capt.
James H and elizabeth Dendy and
had spent herl life here. She was
born June 5th, 1881. In 1850 she
was married. to- Warren w. Stribling.
After not tmany years of happy we'd
ded life her husband was taken from
her, leaving her with eight small
childrento TO fight life's battles alone,
but by eyer Keeping her eye on her
Master she came out at the last con-
querorE in everything. She educated
her chlldfen, all of them receiving a
collegel leqtucation, and she never had
cause tosbe ashamed OF a single act
of onelo them. They are all follow
ing in her footsteps, and with such a
mother ~ lead them by the hand
they h}yAsmade some of our best and
most Tcitizens. All are Chris
tian nd women, each one train
ing his 5sr her cniidren like tneif'
mothen led them.
Twofof the sons died while young.
Stiles died June 20, 1879, and j.
Dendy died June 8, 1897. The other
children are: Mrs. j. B. Wilson,
Granbury, Texas; Mrs. G. B. Jordan,
Greenville; Marshall S. Stribling.
Westminster; Rev. T. NJ. Stribling,
CedarOwn, Ga; Mrs. Sloan Bruce,
Avalon, Ga, and J. Paul Stribling,
who lives at the old homestead. The
losing Of his mother will be doubly
sad for the latter, for the reason he
had never been separated from her
except when at college.
Mrs. Striblng loved The Courier,
and had been a regular subscriber
since the first copy was published.
On Friday afternoon her remains
were laid to rest beside her husband
who had gone on before 60 long ago
But now they are reunited and are
waiting for their children. Her pas
tor, Rev. l. e. Wallace, delivered a
beautiful eulogy on her life, and in
deed he spoke the truth. Her six
grandsons were the pail bearers. Be-
ing just in the bloom of youth, they
made very impressive picture.
And so another Mother in Israel
has gone from us, and might we not
say of her:
Beautiful toiler, thy work well
done;
Beautiful soul into glory gone;
Beautiful life, with it's crown now
won,
! God giveth thee rest"