The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-12
A SPLENDID TRIBUTE TO A
NOBLE WOMAN
THERE IS REST FOR THE WEARY"

THERE IS REST FOR THE WEARY"
Without pain or struggle, Mrs. Mil
dred German passed peacefully away
Monday afternoon, March 1, 1T one
o'clock. She had not been 90 well as
usual for q week but there was no real
suffering. or discomfort, but was mere
~ worn put or lust tired as she ex-
pressed it to those around her.
She died at the home of Misses
Martha and Ellen Carr where she had
been taken from her little cottage in
the same yard only two days before by
these noble women, who, with their
sister, Mrs. w. NJ. Huntington, have
for twenty-six years cared for her as
though they were her own daughters,
instead of merely a friend.
The funeral occurred at the Carr
residence Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock which vas largely attended by
relatives, neighbors and acquaintance,
all of whom held this venerable lady in
exalted esteem, as all who knew her
have always done.
The service was conducted by Rev. J..
came with her parents to this place
where she lived eve since-a period of
neutrality-suspicious. years.
At the age of seven, she united with
the Methodist church and for all these
four score years remained a true, con-
sistent member and cheerfully con-
tributed to its support to the very last.
She was a charter member of Methodist
church here and the last to pass away.
Not only vas she the oldest member
of this church but was the Oldest citi-
zen residing in the town Of P~ontotoc.
She was married to Mr.. James Cor
man April 10, 1874. To them were
born seven children, four of whom,
John, Carror, Henry and Bell, grew to
manhood and womanhood and are
pleasantly remembered by many in
Pontotoc. The husband, a veteran of
the Mexican War, died June Is, 1889,
the last of the family to go. Two sons
and a daughter preceded the father
only a short while before, the four
deaths occurring during nine months
time, three of them taken in less than
H. Holder and a more appropriate one
was never heard in Pontotec. He told
much of her long life which was filled
with more shadows and sorrows than
befall most people, but borne with
wonderful patience and endurance,
with such fortitude and resignation as
is rarely known. Prayers, eloquent
with feeling, were offered by Revs. T.
L. Holcomb and F. D. DanieL A Sc
lected choir, Mr.. and Mrs. R. l.. Camp
bell, Mrs. E. G. Boyd, Miss Annie Mis-
bet and w. l.. Thomson sweetly sang
Sometime, Somewhere" and There's
rest for the weary" The pall-bearers
bore the remains to the hearse and the
procession started to the cemetery.
There the tired old body was kindly
laid to rest near husband, children, par
ents, brother and other members of
her family long since departed. Beau
tiful flowers were placed upon the now
made grave by loving friends who
had known her throughout their lives.
Mildred Ann Gillespie was born in
Charlottesville, Virginia, December Ia,
1923, but when thirteen years of age
three months. Widowed, childless and
alone in the world tho she has been all
these twenty-six years, Mrs. German
has been we'll and kindly cared for as
few are under similar circumstances
and frequently spoke gratefully of
those who we're so considerable of her
daily comfort, and of others who
showed her kindness and remembered
her with various attentions from & time
to me.-Pontotoc Sentinel, March
5, 1915.