Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-23
MRS. ]. B. MEEK
DIES SUDDENLY
Well known Burke's Garden
Lady Was Ill Only Few Days
Funeral And Burial on
Last Sunday.

Burke's Garden, Feb. 2l.-After II
brief illness of only five days, Mrs. j..
b. Meek died Mt her home in Burke's
Garden last Saturday morning. Not
even her own family knew of her Sc
rious illness until the soul had taken
its departure. Her death was entire
ly unexpected.
Sallic Katherine Long was born
August lG, 1872. She died ut the
age of lI years and months She
was confirmed in the Lutheran church
in 1889 and remained Il faithful men,
bcr to the close of her life. She mar
ried Jos. b. Meek April "a, 1891. To
this happy marriage was born seven
chldrcn-siX sons and one daughter.
One son preceded her to the grave.
She is snrvivcd by her husband, chill
dren, parents, sisters and brothers.
along with host of friends and rcla
tiveS.
Language halts lame and helpless in
contemplation of our loss 1t seems
that she has only gone away for n
brief visit. We can hardly believe
the precious life is gone, the loved
one dead. But early in the morning
her life went out.
In the Book of Life we read: "When
the morning was come Jesus stood on
the shore" 1t was early in the morn
ing, away out in the dim, misty gray.
out where earth and sky seem to
meet, out where time ends and cterni-
ty begins. Jesus stood, hands out
stretched, greeting her He said,
Come unto me-" and 10, she went.
With II heart of tender love and CON
iiding faith she departed, and went
down the dark valley of the shadow
of death with no fear or evil, for .Jc-
sus gently led her and lie had gone
that way before.
Without doubt the most prominent
characteristic of our dear friend was
her simple child like faith in God. Al
faith unmiXcd-a faith without frills.
That made her Christianity MS plain
rs PEASANTS face and as practical
as good Samaritan. Her faith was
not Il dead faith with folded arms, but
an active, living thing that bore fruit
ut home and away from home.
Interested in the church MS she
bors was only natural.
Where there was sickness i'm the
community she was found as II nurse,
Il mother and Il friend. Sho never
passed by on the other side when
help was needed She was n friend
to all, because she had mastered the
Gospel of the helping hand. Her in
iluencc in this community is immor-
tai, for it will ever live after her
Verify she was Gods good woman-a
faithful friend, n cOnsccratcd Chris
tian, devoted mother and a loving
wife.
Mrs. Meek was deeply interested
in her community. She worked faith
fully for its moral, intellectual and
spiritual uplift. She loved good books,
kept them in her home and gave them
to herfriends. When the community Ii
brary was established she was elect
ed librarian. TO that duty she cheer
fully and ably gave her time in the
midst of Il busy life. She was also Il
great church worker. In the Sun
day School she was an efficient teach
er. In the Missionary Society she
was leader of marked ability. For
years she organized the children in
missionary work and kept them to-
gether by her sympathetic tact. She
carried on an active correspondence
with several missionaries in Japan,
encouraging them in their great work
for the Master. She held to high
ideals of Christian stewardship that
made her teaching and her example
most effective. She especially loved
the 103rd Psalm. No preacher ever
had better hearcr. Her life was
not all sunshine, but she found His
grace sufficient
Her body was laid to rest Sunday
afternoon in the Central Church cem-
ctcry. After brief service Mt home
the long procession of friends and rel
atives made their way to the church,
where the concluding service was
held. Her pastor was assisted in both
services by Brother w. C. Thompson,
of the Methodist church. A great
crowd of people followed the body of
their friend to her grave. The flow
ers were many, of all shapes and de-
signs-"beautiful," does not express
half of it. And as her grave was
beautiful, so was her life.
Words cannot describe the painful
afiiction that is ours at seeing her
sink in an early grave. But she was
ready when the call came, and as she
live so she died, lin he Lord"
r. II. A.