Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-02-09
OBITUARY.
By Henry Reborn, Jr.

, y O'CLOCK, my devoted mother
} passed away into the great be-
yond and was buried at Whitley
vile, Tenn, Tuesday morning,
Nov. %. Only three of the fam
lily were present on that sad and
solemn occasion. Edward, Miles
P. Reborn, attorney-at-law from
Lexington, KY, and myself, the
oldest one of the children and
Miles the youngest.
Mothers death is a sad and de-
plorable affair that brings grief
and sorrow to all. The great
and good Abraham Lincoln in
one of his bursts of eloquence
said, Il want it said of me by
those who know me best that |
always plucked a thistle and
planted a flower where | thought
a flower would grow" All this
can be said of my mother by
those who knew her best.
So good, kind, generous and
merciful, devoted to the welfare,
comfort and happiness of all the
children. Mother lived to make
others happy. No selfsh,person
| living only for self,'s as to pro-
mote their own selfish interest,
agrandizement, power and glory
can stand high in the estimate
of the people. Alas! my mother
is dead, gone to that far distant
country, whence no traveller ever
returns, after all it is much the
better. True it is so hard to
give her up, yet it is consoling
to know that mother is now at
rest, free from all care and sor-
row, free from all misery, aches
and distressing pains. Oh! my
God it strikes a poor unfortun-
ate man hard to fully realize that
he has lost his mother. The fu-
ture looks dark and\ gloomy. 1t
is an old saying, what is home
without a mother. Yes, and
what is home without father, and
what is home without either ia
Their or mother.
The old homestead at Bloom
ington Springs is now deserted,
the family circle is completely
broken and the children are now
scattered to the four points Of
the compass, East, West, North
and South, never to be reunited
again.
Those who have pessimistic
views are inclined to look on the
dark side of life. Those who
have optimistic views. tell us to
brace up, cheer up and look aloft
and on the bright side. Yes, but
when man has lost his devoted
mother his optimistic views will
vanish as the morning cloud.
My brother, Frank, died in
San Francisco, California, not
many weeks before mother died.
He was in Nashville to see moth
er, and during his visit he was
complaining with kidney trouble.
but rot in critical condition.
Immediately after his arrival
home in Fresno, California. he
was stricken and went to San
Francisco to have a surgical oper-
alton performed, the result of
which was he died the next day.
In order to comply with his re-
quest, his body was cremated.
A telegram was sent to Edward
at Nashville one night about IL
O'Clock. The messenger on the
street cried out, Reborn, Re-
horn, | have a telegram for YOU"
Mother was awake. yet she did
not catch on. Later on mother
thought there must be some
thing wrong with Frank, as she
had not heard from him since he
returned home. So one day mo-
Their sent for Edward and said,
Edward explain to me why it
is we have not heard from Frank.
She had not forgotten that mid
night call, and he replied, Mo.
ther, if you are prepared to know
Frank is dead"
At Bloomington Springs, on
April 8, my father died, then
brother and on Nov. rs, mother.
What the future will bring forth
next, | don't know, yet there is
one thing that | do know, this
life is problem that confronts
every man. woman and child be-
longing to Adams poor unfor-
tunate race.