The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-04-11
Mrs. Bowen Answers
Final Summons

Mrs. Mary K. Bowen is no more,
Man, whose wisdom is finite, says she
is dead. God, whose knowledge is in
finite, says she yet lives. Jesus said
unto her, am the resurrection and
the life; he that believeth in Me,
though he were dead, yet shall he
live"
Mrs. Bowen gave up the struggle at
$50 o'clock on the morning of April
7th, 1920, at the home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. W Sherman, on North
Highlands. She was born in Ten
nessee in 1926, hence was in the
ninety-ffth year of her life. Death
was due to old age and hardening of
the arteries. She had been a widow
for many years, coming here from
Aberdeen about three years ago to
make her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Sherman.
Mrs. Bowen came from Tennessee
to Mississippi in 1858, locating at
Beuna Vista, near Aberdeen. During
the war she and the members of her
household moved to Aberdeen, and
she lived in that city until 1917, when
she came here. She was most of her
life an earnest, consecrated member
Of the Presbyterian Church. She lived
her religion every day and every hour
of the day. She was firm believer
in prayer, and the many answers she
received to her petitions proved con-
clusively that her faith was "well
founded"
Mrs. Bowen did. not approach her
grave like Cromwell, who, in his dying
hour, said: ut is a fearful thing to
fall into the hands of the living God"
but, Sustained and soothed by an
unfatering trust" she approached the
end Like one who wraps the drapery
of his couch around him and lies down
to pleasant dreams" The tomb had
no terrors for her. She had served
her Savior with the utmost fidelity,
and, trustingly, could lift up her eyes
to Him and say, "Lord, unto thy keep.
ing | commend my spirit"
Deceased leaves three children to
mourn the loss of a sweet, patient
devoted mother. They are Mrs. G.
w. Sherman, of Columbus; Mrs. Bes.
sic Albers, of Knoxville, Tenn, anC
Mr.. Orsa Bowen, of Aberdeen. Three
of her grandchildren also live in Col.
umbus Mrs. d. T. CASTOR, Mrs
Coleman Hamilton, and Mrs. Bailey
Hardy. Mrs. Bowen enjoyed the rare
distinction Of being a great great
grandmother. She was the aunt Of
Former Governor Robert Taylor, Of
Tennessee. She was a Colonial Dame
and Daughter of the American
Revolution.
The remains were carried to Aber
deem, where, on Thursday, funera
services were held, conducted by thu
Rev. Mr.. Dorsey, Of the Methods
Church. The body was laid to rest il
the Aberdeen Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs
G. w. Sherman, Mrs. d. I. CASTOR
Mrs. Coleman Hamilton, and Mr. ant
Mrs. Bailey Hardy attended the fun
era.
To those who grieve because Of tn,
transition of this noble specimen o
Southern womanhood, many friend
would offer word of consolation; an,
yet they know that in grief so deel
words Of comfort fall with a hollow
sound. From man no comfort cal
come; only from God can there fov
in dark hours like these a balm tina
is healing to aching hearts. To Hi
kindness and love we would, there
fore, commend those who are sorrow
stricken, with the hope that they vii
not look directly down the cliff o
death, where the waves beat furiously
but out upon the broad sea Of eternity
where, to those whose faith is stage,
on Him, all is calm and serene.