The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-12-05
MRS, v. B. BEAN
DIES SUDDENLY
ONE OF MARIANNA'S SWEET
EST SPIRITS ANSWERS FINAL
SUMMONS-WAS WOMAN OF
RARE CULTURE.

Mrs. Helene Wadsworth Bean,
aged al years, wife of Dr. w. B.
Bean of this city, died at the family
residence on East Main street at B
| o'clock last Sunday night after an
illness of "a hours with intestinal
| obstruction. Her sudden illness and
shocking death were, in fact, a COM
munity blow that occasioned genuine
grief among hundreds of friends. On
Friday night Mrs. Bean had been to
musical rehearsal, practicing for
the Elks' Memorial services to be
held next Sunday afternoon. Upon
her return home she complained of
pain in her stomach and it was nee
sary for DR.. Bean to administer an
opiate before she finally become
easy. All day Saturday she suf-
fered, but her condition was not
considered alarming until Saturday
evening, when other physicians in
the city were called in consultation
and it was concluded an operation
was imperative. Hasty preparations
were made and the physicians, upon
making an incision, found a condi-
tion that is nearly always fatal. The
patient was so weak from suffering
that the physicians could not COM
plete the operation. All Saturday
night and all day Sunday Mrs. Bean
hoyered between life and death.
Sorrowing friends and members of
the grief-stricken family clung to the
slender hope that nature would come
to her relief and turn the tide in her
favor. All that human hands and
medical skill could do was done for
her. But the Supreme Architect had
made other plans, and at o'clock
Sunday night, surrounded by her hus-
band and other members of her fam
lily, her spirit winged its way to its
Maker.
Funeral services over her remains
were held at the home on Monday
afternoon at $50, by Rev. C. l..
Hammock, pastor of the Baptist
church. The body was inferred in
Cedar Heights cemetery. Scores of
beautiful floral tributes bore silent
witness to the love of friends. The
pallbearers were c. N. Houck, c. C.
Mitchener, c. E. Yancey, Hugh Mix
on, G. F. Gambrell, J. NJ. Bush, DR..
w. A. Thornton and P. r. Turner.
Mrs. Bean was a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. T. |, Wadsworth. She was
born at Byhalia, Miss, and came to
Helena with her parents in 1894. La
ter the family moved to LeXa, where
Mr.. Wadsworth was manager of the
Coolidge interests. At that time DR..
Bean was practicing his profession at
Lagrange. He met, wooed and wed
the lovely young lady, the marriage
ceremony being solemnized in Hell
ena. DIR. and Mrs. Bean resided in
Lagrange from the date Of their
marriage, January 3, 1899, until
1909, when they moved to Mariana,
where they since resided. In addi-
tion to her husband, Mrs. Bean is sur
vived by sweet little daughter,
Frances, and three sisters-Mrs. ].
z. Oates of Helena, Mrs. t. p. Fos-
ter of Mariana, and Miss Jennie
Wadsworth of Memphis. All were
present at her death.
Others who were here were DR..
J. w. Bean and wife of MARVEL, j.
w. Williams and wife and Mrs. J. T.
Fordren and son of Forrest City.
No kindlier, sweeter, more sympa-
thetic or more self-sacrifcing woman
ever lived i'm Mariana. Her life was
devoted to the service of her church,
her friends, to the poor and needy.
Always smiling, always cheerful, al
ways ready for any call where only
the tender touch of lovely woman can
give relief-it may indeed be said
her life was a sweet benediction to
every person who came within the
magic circle of her influence. She
was peculiarly endowed with all the
christian graces and she lived them in
a fullness and richness and simplic-
ity and singleness of purpose that
only woman filled with the spirit of
heaven and a consuming sympathy
for humanity could live them. Her
mission in life was to scatter sun
shine, to make others happy, to serve
where her Master called. For years
she had been a leader in religious
work and in musical circles. She was
an accomplished pianist and vocalist
and gave her talents without limit
whenever called upon. Her death
removes one of the brightest, most
optimistic, self-sacrihcing spirits that
ever lived to bless and brighten
community.