The Jones County news., 1915-01-28

In Memory of Mrs. Saral
Stevens Carter,

u mas peen suggested Inal write
memorial tribute 10 the memory c
my friend, dear Mrs. Carter. Indeed
1t seems even TO myself, that may b
one who should do this, having know
her SO long and intimately, dahn
the time back to my early girlhoo
when the friendship of true Chris
tlan woman means so much To
young and impressionable girl. Sh
was then a happy wife and mother
young and beloved by kind and ten
der husband / was in and out OF he
home at my pleasure. It was one o
my several homes, as / have offer
claimed, when speaking of thos,
earlier years, and the friendship o.
my life. And here let me say In thi,
home where i was shown the courtesy
of guest, the intimate association
were such that had there been discord
and unrest, l should have known it.
never heard an angry or high-pitch
ed voice, be 1t said to her praise.
Even down to her last days when
disease and the infirmities OF age had
impaired her memory, she was still a
type of the old-time antebellum gem
tlewoman, a.type which is fast passing
away. The open handed hospitality
OF her husband was proyerbial, and
after he was gone she was left In a
widowed home, her door was still open,
not only to her friends, but to all In
need of her kindly service. Often in
these last days she has said to me In
her weak and gentle voice, "Will
you spend the day?" Or, nstay with
us tonia ht, we have room and we will
be glad" No one was ever over
looked, or sighted in her home.
My friend was woman of deep
toned pietY. She loved her church
and was ever her PASTORS friend. She
was glad to go up to the house of the
Lord, and filled her place there when
not providentially hindered.
Soon after I met Mrs. Carter the
civil war was on, and it's privatious.
anxleties, and sorrows, seemed to be
taking all sweetness and hope from
our lives. She was very lonely then,
With her husband gone to the front. |
was with her and the little children
much, and 1T was during this time
-troublous and stormy, that I learn
ed to know her best.
Mrs. Carter loved the beautiful
things of Theoretically, flowers and
little children, and sick babe ever
appealed to her tender heart. EyLn
down to the last, friends brought
flowers and their little ones to be ad.
mired and caressed
She was useful and unselfish in
to those who needed her
kind affices. Without astentation
she was as one who Served" not |
oeeding an answer to the question
who is my neighbor2 She was
Christ taught, and knew.
And then, after those early years
andI had gone into my own husbands
home, there came a time when she
md hers were as ministering Angels |
here, 1t was time of suffering and |
leath--of thick clouds and great |
darkness, and So I loved her more
when the grave closed over my hus.
,ands mother, who was a mother be-
owed by me, and also his only and
asst sickness. She closed her eyes,
urrounded by her son, and four faith
ul daughters (Ohl how faithful, God
lnowo Near also were friends who
lad been untiring in helpfalness.
Ter physician, DR.. S. o. Smith who
yas also her friend was with her at
he last.
We are told that in Heaven there
hall be no more death neither sor-
ow nor cryingl neither shall there
'e any more pain"-and We are glad.
early loved sister.
Mrs. Carter was born in Mobile
September 7th 1888 ard obeyed the
"iA Couio uP uiShet Ou january L
lst of present month, 1915, in Ellis
lille Miss. o. D. Bowen a beloved n
'astor of former years, assisted her
'astor j. L. Low in conducting the
uneral services, also, E. B. Wither-
poon Presbyterian pastor and L.
)arley resident Methodist minister.
'hese men of God together with J. e.
T. Ferguson Methodist pastor, often
listed and prayed with her In her
asst sickness. / loved her and without
tudied words of praise, l lay it as
flower upon her grave. In her life
brought the real flowers, and also
ave those of appreciation and love.
o her children l would say-She is
lis own, and He took her Home -
The Home of the Soul.
After LIES fitful fever is over she
ests WELL
''He giveth His beloved sleep" II
Mamie Fl. Hardy. II
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