Goldsboro weekly argus., 1915-04-22
"A MOTHER IN ISRAEL"
Mrs Lucy G. Galloway, Colds
boro's Oldest Citizen Passes
A Woman Whom Everybody Loved
Whom the Oldest of Us Do Not
Remember When She was Not
In our Lives and SOlicitOus
For Our Welfare.

No sadder chronicle has ever been
couched in the Argus columns to the
community as a whole, than that which
we here pen-the death of Mrs. Lucy
G. Galloway relict of the late Capt.
A. J. Galloway, and the venerable
Mrs Thos. R. Robinson, of this city,
which occurred this morning at $3.50
o'clock, at the home of the latter, on
William street, where she had gone
some days ago, as was her wont, oc-
cassionally, to spend awhile, making
her home, however, with her daughter
Mrs. Isabel Miller, on Chestnut street,
west, aged 80 years months and 20
days, having been born January 81,
1926.
Few of today can remember the time
when Mrs. Galloway was not in our
lives-an interested, helpful, welcom-
ing personality to the young people of
her circle in her home, which was al
ways open to them, always welcome,
always attractive, always enjoyable
and uplifting She delighted in the
young people, and ever kept her own
heart young that she might sympathlze
with them and give them cheer, and
though her own heartbeats were often
muff1ed by thorns as we'll as by roses,
through the varying vicissitudes of
her long life, mid thorns and roses
alike her faith looked up to Him-to
the Eternal Hills whence her COM
fort came-with unquestioning resig-
nation and trustfu1 joy, with faith in
His goodness, with faith that was
weathered and beaten in the crucible
of bitter experiences, that had been as
sailed by every outward enemy and
all inward weaknesses, but still held
fast and glowed brighter and brighter;
with a love that death itself could not
disturb nor stay, a love that lives on
yonder, whence she has gone, as sure
and eternal as the God who gave it;
and who through it hath wrought the
miracle of salvation unto all who per-
severe unto the end.
There is to US always something
| tenderly appropriate in the death of
the aged. 1t is meet that the drowsy
| tinklings of 1ife's purpling twilight
should lull to sleep-the sleep which
God giveth His beloved. And so, with
all tenderness of sympathy for her
loved ones, whose sorrow is the COM
mon sorrow of the community, we
would not, If we could, call her back
to slowly and surely die again-but
we rather follow her with mental Wis
| she served, and in serving pointed
others the way, to join that "greai
multitude, which no man can number,
"who shall no longer hunger nor thirst
for the Lamb, which is in the midst
Of the throne, shall rule them, and
shall lead them to the fountains of The
waters of life, and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes,
] Besides her two daughters, here
named, Mrs. Galloway is survived b.
eight grandsons and three grant
daughters, Messrs. Andrew J. Elan
ner, of New York; R. A. Watts of thi
city, Frank and Eugene Watts, o
Kingstree, S. c.; Jack, Rea AM
{ Henry Shannon, Mrs. Mary Hedri ]
and Mrs. Florene Hall, of Jacksonville
Fla, Miss Josephine Shannon, ant
/ Master T. r. Robinson, Jr., and severa
great grand children.
4 The funeral will be held tomorrow
: afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from 81
Paul M. E. church, of which she wa
a jealous member and shining ligh