Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-07-18

A CALAMITY HAS BEFALLEN the thousands of people
who call this city their home calamity more serious
in it's effect on the lives Of people than would be any
destruction Of property great loss OF life For
in the death of Mrs William H. Sullivan this community
has lost its splendid generous tenderhearted mother
with all that such loss implies.
She occupied and her memory will ever hold unique
position in the hearts of the people Coming here with
her husband when the first great pine tree fell to make
way for city hers has always been the welcoming hand
to every new conner And few there are of our people
who have not enjoyed the privilege of her personal
friendship few there are Of families which have not
experienced the strength and comfort of her sympathy
and help in time of trouble and few indeed there of
homes in which tears of have not been shed
over her untimely death.
Through all these years she has been not only the
loving wife and mother but the trusted counselor and
adviser Of her husband in all the great enterprises
trusted to his care and yet wthal has had the inspiration
and found the time constantly and to the limit of her
endurance to looA after the comfort, the welfare and i'm
provement of heeople who to this city and made
it their home II is doubtful whether anywhere in this
broad land there is another whose life has meant
at once, much to family to great industry, and o
entire community has the life and work of this sweet
and gracious lady,
The record of her work is the history of Bogalusa
The of the Young Mems Christian Association
the Young Womens Christian Association work. and the
Mothers Honor Commission but part of a splendid
philanthropy which filled her busy and useful life.
She was one of Goods Women" endowed with big
generous heart, sweet, gracious personality and al
gentleness helpfuness and wholesomeness which made
the world better wherever she went.
1t is source of satisfaction to the people of this city
to know that the years she spent here were the happe
of her life and that in the loyalty and devotion of our
people to her gifted husband and her pride in his great
achievements she found her supreme happiness.
This should not be altogether time for sadness and
regret Every life must end and could she have lived for
years she could have had bigger hold upon our hearts
could have had any clearer appreciation of the
greatness of her character Rather should this in part be
time of thanksgiving that have had the privilege and
advantage of her life among and than that should
it be time for solemn determination on our part that
the things she stood for shall be maintained
We men and women of this city who loved her for
her work and worth and whom she loved should make this
sad time high resolves that her sweet gracious and
tolerant spirit shall be cherished priceless heritage
and shall become far we can make it our own spirit
that Loyalty support her husband in all his efforts for
the improvement and bettement of this the city of his
pride; that her work among be taken UP ana continued
without petness jealousy but in the broad generous
spirit in which she started it. and that so as we are
each and every of live the contented wholesome
useful life of which she set so splendid an example
Thereby will we prove worthy of her friendship
thereby will we to her finer monument than marble
produce, and thereby will we all be better men and
women for having known her.
And to that end and that we may not fail in these
resolves, let us in familiar words invoke the mower
from whom she derived her strength to guide help and
watch each OF through all the days of this troub
lous life until the sadows lengthen and the day is over
and the fever of life ended and work is DONE and
then to grant us safe lodging and rest at the last