The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-31

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MILDRED ELLEN CRANCUM.
Their, grandparents and uncles, and it
seemed like taking their hearts to
lose her, but God knows best.
Mrs. Gideon, her grandmother, was
as sweet and kind to her as any moth
er or grandmother could be to a child,
which her father knows and appreci-
ates in greater terms than words can
express. Several of her fathers
best friends have called to see Mil
! dred when visiting in Washington and
found her in attendance of loving
grandparents, and the surroundings
! indicated good treatment, peace, plen-
ty and a good home.
From the day that Mildred was born
: until her death, her fathers daily
prayer was that her every day neces-
slty might be supplied and that she
might be good Christian girl, and he
thanks God that his prayers were an
sWered.
Mildred's every necessity of life,
since the death of her mother, has
been looked after by a father, grand
parents and uncles, consequently she
suffered for nothing while on this
earth.
When she was seven years old, her
father visited her and placed an &C.
count in the bank in Washington, D.
c., for her, turned the bank book over
| to her, which she has had in her pos
session ever since. He neglected her
for no one. With him she was first,
making up in his mind to begin with,
that he would never marry as long as
he had on this earth his little daugh-
ter, Mildred. He kept his promise,
but always hoped that Mildred would
be the longest liver.
Mildred was converted when seven
years old-a fully confessed Christian.
Just a few days before her death, she
proclaimed to her grandparents that
she would soon be in Heaven with the
angels, where she would meet her
mother and Aunt Effie, whom she said
she saw in Heaven in vision.
1t was easy for her to live a care.
full Christian life, for she was trained
that way. Her parents, grandparents:
uncles and great uncles on both sides
were Christians and lived very careful
lives.
Mildred was smart from childhood.
When only two and one-haf years old
she could visit the neighbors alone
and could tell you the number of the
house in which she lived.
She was very apt in her studies at
school. Her Aunt Effie began to teach
her the alphabet before she was four
years old. When only six years old
she could write notes to her father,
which she would put in the letter writ
ten to him by her Aunt Effie. Her
writing was legible and her father
could read every word. When Mil
! dred was little less than seven years
old, her Aunt Efie passed from this
world to the world beyond in her sew
ententh year, and from. that day until
/ six weeks before little Mildred passed
away, she assumed the responsibility
!! of writing the letters to her father for
grandma and herself.
She kept her father posted as to the
progress she was making in school,
letting him know when she was pro.
NOTED from one grade to another. Her
father always complimented her
which she always appreciated and
p. studied for high percentage in rat
! ing, which she always received.
When she was promoted to the Sew.
enth Grade her father began to advise
her in reference to her studies, sent
her many books of service. He also
related to her that as soon as she
graduated from the public school and
the high school that he would send
her to Howard University (his Alma
Mater) to take teachers course in
the Teachers College. From those
kind remarks from her father she was
enthused, graduating from the Sew
enth grade leading the class with q
NOTED to the Eighth Grade (A) wher
thirteen years old. Ill health pre-
vented her from starting to school,
i the past September.
She delighted in her school books
and studies in general, in fact, to
study for her was natural. She came
from an educated family on both sides
Her mother, aunt and uncles had the
advantage of a high school education
and her father, after graduating from
the public school at Centerville, Va.
and from the Private Preparatory
School at Pleasant Valley, Va, en-
tered Howard University, D. c., where
he was student three scholastic
years, and was for two years a CORE
spondent student of the Columbia Cor
respondence College of Washington
D. C. His object was to review his
former studies in order that he might
be able to advise and give valuable
assistance to his little daughter dur
ing her four years in the high school