Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1916-05-24
FORMER RESIDENT DEAD
Mrs. Maria Powell Died in Brooklyn, n
y; Buried Here Sunday.

Mrs. Maria s. Powell, aged 81 years
6 months and 13 days, died in Brook
lyn. N. Y, Tuesday of last week ant
the remains were shipped here for In
terrment. The remains arrived Sun
day afternoon and were taken directly
to the cemetery, after being. viewed by
friends in the waiting room of the de-
Ipot. A brief service was conducted al
the grave by Rev. W. c. Martin of the
nj. E. Church.
A profusion of flowers covered the
casket as a token of esteem and love
by those who had known her IN her
early girlhood and by Others who wish
ed to show respect to her son, G. w.
Powell, of Westel.
Relatives and intimate friends pres
ent were: G. w. Powell and wife,
Westel; Miss Hazel Anderson, sister of
Mrs. C. W. Powell, Cookeville; Earl
and Bryan Wheeler, Rhea Springs
Misses Bertha and Ethel Wheeler,
Dora Godsey and Jimmy Wheeler, OF
Dayton.
Every courtesy that could be shown
by sympathetic and klnd-hearted peo-
pie was evidenced by the people of
Crossville, especially by those who had
been personally acquainted with the
kind and loving heart that was stilIed
IN death and those who had learned to
esteem her son, e. W. Powell, SO high
ly.
The remains were laid beside her
husband, W. ". Powell, who died in
1878, few months after their mar
riage. The deceased was the daughter
of Major BENJAMIN Bentley, who lived
on what is knssn as the Bentley farm,
one mile east al town. Only one sonE
waS born " ntSon Il vi 6Ssils
who is engaged as embaImer BY the
undertaking firm of Lamb & Coulter.
lockwood.
The deceased had been operated upon
recently and had practically recovered
when she was taken with pneumonia
and because of her reduced strength
passed away IN short time. funeral
srevlces were held in the home of R.
w. Powell, Brooklyn, with whom she
had been making her home for some
time. The services were conducted by
Revs. Tenney and Dawson, assistant
pastors of Plymouth church.
Rev. Tenney read the following pa.
per commendatory Of the life of the
departed:
''We are met here this afternoon to
join with each other in saying Good
bye to the form of one we shall see
no more In the flesh, ana 1t may be fit
ting for those with whom she lived for |
fourteen years, whom she so much
loved and who greatly loved her, to say
some things about her that you will
be glad to hear. 1t also seems lifting
that these things should be said in the
room where so much OF her life has
been spent during the past five years,
near the chair in which she sat looking
out into the light, near the sofa on
which she so often lay IN pain, seeing |
the flowers tor which she liked to care, |
and IN mind again seeing her sitting
quietly by the evening lamp, seldom
speaking herself but always an inter |
ested and sympathetic observer. From |
this room so dear to her she went to
what she clearly knew was only a
chance for life here IN the flesh, but |
her growing suffering was so great
that life here without the hope of
health could only be looked forward to
with dread, and she took her chance
without fear. with the most absolute
we ever saw, knowing that
,he was in Gods hands and whatever
vas to be would be for the best; il she
from the ordeal before her
,he would have health and comfort for
a few years, but if her age and long
suffering had so weakened her that she
vas to pass on into another and higher
ife it would be to find herself where
The would be more in the light than
she was here and add to her joy and
peace.
Just before she left our home she /
'aid. / do not want to leave you folks
but 1t is all right whichever way 1t
turns, shall close my eyes here and
open them again in the great, new,
beautiful world and my work will be |
laid out for me- She said to mrs.