The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-11-23
MRS. ElIlA SHIELDS
Oils At Adv ECEO
Il Of n lII SIX
END COMES TO ONE or TIE OLD
EST RESIDENTS or TIE
COUNTY.
Retained to the Very End of Her Long
ard Useful Life the Full Use of All
of Her Mental FaciItics-Tuneral
on Sunday.

of the most remarkable women OF the
county, died at her home here this
morning after an illness of some
time. She had been desperately sick
! for several days and the end was not
unexpected although severe shock
to her numerous friends.
Mrs. Shields was in her ninety
seventh year and was probably the
oldest woman living in the county.
She is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Camilla A. Boyd, A,
| n. Shields, Will H. Shields, Eliza
beth j. Shields, all Of Columbia and
Mrs. Wesie s. Hansel. OF Albert,
Vile, Ala, and Mrs. Kenzie Smith, OF
Lynnville.
| The funeral services will be held
at the First Presbyterian church to-
morrow morning, conducted by DR.. j.
C. Molloy at 9 o'clock. The remains
will leave on the 10 o'clock train for
Lynnville, the old home of Mrs.
Ghields, where the burial will take
place.
| Mrs. Shields retained to the very
end of her long and useful and ex-
| ceedingly active life her full mental
faculties. She was as bright as any
,erson, many, many years her junior.
She always took the liveliest interest
4 everything around her and was
usy to the end of her days in good
'orks. Her hands were never idle.
he had sweet, sunny disposition
| nd was especially fond of the young
people and was fayorite with all
tho knew her.
Mrs. Shields was born in the early
Fart of 1921 and would have been
! ninety seven in a few months. She
| lived through the most momcntous
century of all the worlds history. Her
life spanned the period of earths
| ,reatest progress and development.
When she came into The world there
we're no railroads or telegraph or
telephones The stage coach was the
means of transportation. She lived
! 20 see the cable and the wirele1s and
the submarine and the flying ma
chine.
When Mrs. Shields was born Ma
poleon the great was yet living.
James Monroe was president of the
United States and Maury county was
emily about a dozen years old. James
K. Polk was just beginning his bril-
liant career in the politics Of the
state, and the nation was ultimately
to lead him to the White House. She
| live ed through and viyidly remember
ed all the stirring scenes of the Mex
lean war, the war between the states,
the Spanish American war and three
and a half years of Acmageddon.. d,
Mrs. Shields was a most charitable
woman. She loved to make others
happy, to make the world a more
cheerful place in which to live. She
was a consecrated and devout Chris.
tan woman, having been for three
quarters of century a devoted mem.
Der of the Presbyterian church and
for the last quarter of century was
a member of the First church of that
faith in this city.
The following named friends will
act as pail bearers: Active. William
j. Dale, VIM. B. Wooten, Robert ]
Craig, Robert l.. Mckinney, Ernest f
M'Lemore, Conner J. Akin
Honorary, the elders Of the Firs
Presbyterian church and J. P. Street
Hiram L. Hendley, DR.. Robert Phi
tow, ST., Rush Gresham, Eugene An
derson, John j. Wilson, Mora B. Far
!, riss. Lynch C. Perry and Cord D
Park.
Cakes & Nichols in charge