The Springdale news., 1919-01-31
RUTH kATURA BEASEEY

oprlhEaale tflendS ot Miss Ruth Beasley, daughter of Mrs Mattie Beasley of Cassville, Mo. were shock ed Tuesday morning to learn of her death, which occurred Monday even ing at eight o'clock at Roswell, New Mexico, where she was employed g. teacher in the High School. Mrs. Beasley received a message Saturday evening at 6:30 at her home in Cass- vile advising her of the critical ill- ness of her daughter and telling her to Monett where she caught q train and arrived at Roswell Monday after noon only a few short hours before the spilit of Ruth took it's departure.
 At this writing the nature of the illness which caused Rath's death is not known, and nothing is known as to what the arrangements for the funeral will be- Fay Stafford. a cousin of the deceased, left Tuesday afternoon for Roswell and was due to reach there yesterday afternoon. It is probable he and the bereaved mother will start with the remains on the return journey Thursday night, in which event they should reach Cass- vile Saturday evening Should this prove to be the case the funeral will no doubt be held Sunday
 Deceased was about g years of age and was born at CassvilIe, Mo, being a daughter of L. and Matte ] Beas- ley Some four years ago death came into the home for the second time, taking away the husband and father, q daughter having died H early child- hood about twenty-five years ago. At the time of her fathers death RatH was a student in Drury College at Springfield, Mo, and, notwithstand- ing the great sorrow that had come to them, she braVely resumed her work. graduating two years later She had fitted herself for teacher and fol- lowing her graduation taught for two years in the high school at Purdy. her home county She received number of flattering offers for this year, but accepted the position of teacher of English and history in the high school at Roswell, entering ap- on her duties the latter part of Sept ember. Letters indicated that she was delighted with her work out there. her only regret being her ab- senee from her mother.
 Ruth was ambitious to be success ful teacher, and in her school days it was with some difficulty that she was restrained from overtaX!ag her self. so eager was she to press on. 1 She was succeeding, and would have gone on to greater success had she not been stricken down on the very threshold of her career. Such oc- eurrences cause us to wonder at the inscrutable ways of providence, That one so young and tender, so capable of doing good in the world, and who was the sustaining arm of lonely widowed mother, should be called from earths activities in the early morning of life. is one of the myster- ies which the finite mind fails to comprehend We stand appalled, and bow in helpless grief.
 Ruth was one of the most beautiful characters l have ever known. Al ways thoughtful and considerate of those around her, she never, by word CT act. knowingly gave offense to any one. The center of affection of a loving father and mother, she grew from childhood to womanhood m a home where no diseord ever came and where harsh words were never spoken. She reciprocated in an unusual degree the affection bestowed upon her, and in the great sorrow caused by the death of her father her fortitude was the sustaining influence on which her mother leaned and took courage to look to the future The power to assuage the wounds of the dear one left, grief torn and weary, with bur dens almost beyond human endurance, must come from the One above.