The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-12-22

ArS. y. a.. Il. Gl2gU%h tOkttEf
known as Aunt ?anthy"l. wife ot
Rylis filsyden. wss barn NoGembss
10. lS47; departed this life Dec. |.
l9l6---ase % years and Z days.
The cause OF death Mas pneu.
mania. she vas only con6aed 10
her bed but iew days. aud at firs.
Der coaldition Didn't seem alarming,
hut In the course OF few days she
grew orse-deIirious--and there
the end came. Good.byes were
spoken, the Angel came. and this
dear old women OF unhruken labors
was called TO her final resting place
She was attended during hsf illness
by the willing hands Of her hus'
band, children and friends, aud aid
that could be done for Der pleasure
aud comfort was done. but all TO no
avail, The good Master saw Ill "a
call her home and she answered the
summons, just like the rest OF Us
will do, sooner or later, Death and
decay il written upon the face OF
every living thing live to die
ana die tn iive--and it Is JUS. as
much right to die AZ II is to hive.
When Dickens wac bringing out
Old Curiosity shop by chapters,
the readers appealed TO him; DO.
not lei little nellie die; it's life SO
beauiiiul." but Dickens replied; Il
have to let her die; | can't help it;
she must die 10 complete the story
and her life work.
When Aunt Pantry" was re.
ported seriously i'll, hearts krom all
over this country went up:N On!
God. don +, let her die, " but God
saw I'll for her to die---dlc tu coin.
plete her life story, die to bury out
OF sight all little human defects and
and ltlt her unto that sub
Inner light and life, where people
are blended into such brotherhood
az to remember only what is good
and true.
She was a member u the old
Primitive Baptist Church. and lived
A consecrated Christian llie--loved
by her neiehhcFs and irisrds. The
tears which irlNlrom the many eyes
Of the people present at her burial
are tokens OF Gods minlstering
Angels, and speaks louder than
words the esteem in which she was
held and those tears will stand as
a monument. symbolzing the atlee.
ton of sorrowing friends, and are
worth more by far than all the warm
love words that could be chiseled
on a cold tombstone.
The writer has had the honor of
her acquaintance since he was a
child, and he must say there was,
there is. no better woman, and IN
he; death this country has lost one
NJ its best citizens, the church a
Jealous member. the husband de.
voted wife. and the children a good
mother, but let u hope that our
.ors is her eternal gain, and while
we are yet spared to live in this old
world OF atllCtion, where misery,
sorrow. pain and death surround W.,
that she il resting IN that sweet
peace which the world cannot give
or take away. She professed a hope
" eternal life and Immortal glory
and believed that Christ was III,
savior "a whole savior, ever look
ing To Him as the author OF etena
salvation and for home after death.
80 let us not gritye over her demise,
but rather look forward To a time
when thru and by the tender mer
cies Of God we too may partake OF
The pleasures Of that happy homs
which we trust and believe that she
.-,RaR snioylua. .Song and ptayel
service wac conducted at the gray,
by Elder Chandler. after which hei
remains were quietly laid away il
the family hurying ground.
Written by friend--F. J. NJ