The Ocala evening star., 1915-02-13

soldiers. She was a skilled horse =
woman, and this accomplishment en- .
abled her to serve the Confederacy IN !
securing information, for which pur- :
pose she often entered the Federal 9
lines.
After the war her work was con-
tinued for the survivors of the Con- .
federate army, and largely through
her efforts a part of the Hermitage
tract of land was secured for the es-
tablishment of the Tennessee Confed-
crate Home, near Nashville. Mrs.
Goodlett was also a charter member
of the Monumental Association that
erected the handsome Confederate
monument at Mount Olvet cemetery
Not to Confederate affairs only was
her activity confined, for she was IN
| terested in many charitable assocla-
tions of her city and prominent as
member of the Humane Society,
and to her efforts is due the placing
of drinking fountains for horses about
the city of Nashville.
i Mrs. Goodlett represented Tennes-
see as one of the commissioners at
the Worlds Fair at Chicago and at
the Portland (Oregon) Exposition.
The Portland authorities presented
her with a diploma in recognition of
her services in connection with the
city and government in having re-
mains of Meriwether Lewis removed
to that city.
In accordance with her wish, the
, funeral services were very simple.
Members of the Nashville Chapter,
No. /, II. d. c., attended in a body,
and many representatives of other
chapters of the city and state were
present At a special meeting of the
!. u. d. C. in Nashville on the morning
I of October 19 many tributes were
I paid to the life and work of the be-
! loved founder, and special memorial
4 service was arranged for the after
noon of Sunday, October 25.
/ Mrs. Goodlett is survived by one
3 sister MRS. R. w. Humphreys, of
, Madison Station, Tenn.), one broth
. er wv. D. Meriwether, of New Or
: leans), a stepson DR.. c. I'll. Goodlett,
| of Nashville), and two grandsons.
Her husband was Col. M. G. Goodlett,
an officer in the Confederate army
| who died many years ago. Her only
child, daughter, died in 1897.
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II The organization of the United
II Daughters of the Confederacy rep
resents, perhaps, the largest organi-
II zation of women in the world, its
membership aggregating about 1OO,.
900. No organization was ever NOV
ed by more philanthropic or patri
otic spirit, for it's purposes are be
= nevolent, educational and historical
Il To this body of women the whol'
South looks when any great under
taking is under way, and TO them ha'
been largely delegated that recogni
ton of Southern valor in the war be
tween the States by which the South
land has become a land of monu
ments.
In the membership of the u. D.
may be found women who suffere'
and sacrificed when wars red It'd
flooded the land, who bore the agon,
of suspense over the fate of Loves
ones on the battle line, who nurse
the wounded and buried the deac
Others are there who went throug
that period as little children, sens
ing but dimly the awfulness of tha
L.
childish ignorance what it all mean
Still others are a part of this patr
otic band who know the "story c
glory only as told by others, ye
none the less true and loyal daugE
ters of the South by inheritance. A
have a place in the great organic;
ton. and their zeal never flags in tt
great work which they have taken VI
on themselves, whether in looking a
ter the comfort and welfare of the i
P digent veterans of that gray-clad no
II or as defenders of their fame. III
\ little bronze cross which they b
stow upon the soldiers of the Sou
lis an emblem of their love for tho
who bravely bore the fire of battle
the sufferings of prison life-loyal
n the end.
L Brave women of the South!
laurel crown yours for deeds of Sc
sacrifice and remuneration, but, G
n shrined in the heart of a gratei
country, all honor is yours as
Il real strength which upheld the ar
of the South through four long yea
of war, which nerved anew the 81
vivors of that awful struggle to ia
up the task of rebuilding count
laid waste, and which is still
strength that fails not when
country Confederate Veter