The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-10-14
In Loving Memory of Mrs. Cynthia
Wright Pardue.

"Tears are not for those who leave
This bleak world for the blest;
Not for the servants of the Lord,
Who from their labors rest;
Not for the loved departed,
In life's glad summer gone,
But for the broken hearted,
Who tread this world alone;
And not for thee who all the paths
OF Righteousness hath trod,
And now, when full of honored years,
Art gathered up to God"
Faith sees beyond the veil a life
supremely blessed. For to be absent
from the body is to be present with
the Lord. So it is always with the
true child of God. But in the pass
ing of this dear friend it could only
be that many hearts are saddened.
Mrs. Cynthia Wright Pardue was
born April Is, 1853, and died Octo-
Der 3, 1921. In early womahhood
she was united in marriage to Mr.
Frank w. Pardue, with whom she
lived happily for many years, he
having preceded her to the Great
Beyond about nine years. She was a
member of the Methodist Church and
also member of the w. G. T. u.
Mrs Pardue was a woman of ma
tive strength of mind and tenacity of
purpose, woman of unceasing en-
ergy and tireless effort. She was eff
ficient and capable, and, though ap-
parently of frail physique, she was
possessed of wonderful vitality. As
a mother she was excellent and most |
admirable, for she spent her life in
unselfish devotion to her children |
and her children's children, and |
mothered with ministering love her
neighbors and the community. She
glorified motherhood by an exhibi-
tion of its beauty of service, wealth |
of love and tender ministry. In re-
turn the devotion of her children was
beautiful. The affection Of her daugh-
tiers, in its purity and intensity, was
daily reflected and expressed, and
yet the affection of her sons was no
less. For they loved her with the
tenderness and strength of true man
hood. They called her sweetheart"
and sent her boxes of flowers and
candy, thus keeping her young till
the day of her death. She reminded
us, in the sweetness of her life, of the
fragrant flower as it is born, then
blossoms, blooms and fades, yet while
fading the fragrance fingered on, the
petals closed on life's fair bloom, the
soul went out, and now it blossoms
at the Masters feet.
One of the many beautiful traits
of her character was her charitable
ness, her love for the less fortunate,
initiating her Master in helping to
bear the burdens of others, thus
sweetening the bitter life of another
and filling the sad heart with hope. To
her loved ones and many friends, the
memory of her beautiful life is a
benediction, and the memory of her
smile is lasting inspiration.
AS oft as l have seen this truest
friend,
With beautoous, silvered, pearl
crowned head,
So oft have l, my inmost heart
within,
and enshrined the sacred
dead.
And in the realm of memorys gilded
hall,
Where love and truth and virtue
sway,
Thy image oft, so oft, shall recall,
In sweet reflection of thy way
Methinks the Master must have
,aid:
Thou good and loyal servant, ever
blest,
Enter thou into thy eternal rest.
so, having lived life of humble
trust,
Seeing, with eyes of faith, beyond the
rust
)f earth and time, thy treasures
heapod above,
Thy soul hath perfect grown in Gods
great love-
MRS. F. J. SMITH.
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ct Mrs. Lester Bennett make your
at. Pierce street, Phone 490-J,