Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-06-24

AT 10 minutes TIL two O'Clock on
Saturday April 30th. 1921, cur moth
er. Sister aunt Clarissa Byrd
brcathed her last breath aud passed
to her Heavenly reward. For sever
al weeks she fingered between life
and death, but Gods will was done
when He called for her TO come homc.
The autobiography Of the life may be
summed up 10 the words that were
spoken of the oldest man that histo-
ry records, when il was said OF Me-
thuselah, "All his days were nine
hundred sixty aud nine years; and
he died =
The majestic and eourtly raads
which monarchs pass over the way
the statesmen tread, the. paths the
warriors traverses, the short and
simple annals OF the poor, all lead to
the same place, all terminate, how
ever varied in their ways, in that
one enormous ordeal which is APP
pointed to ali living. And he
died"
Aunt Clarissa was born on Sunday
April "a. 1853, making her 68 years
and one week old. She married
Uncle Joe Byrd Ger. 8, 1870, aud
unto that happy union We're born
eleven children, all married having
homes OF their own and all in good
health. She being the first one to
break the family circle. She has 81
grandchildren and 6. great-grand-
children.
Mother! ecstatic sound so twlnes
around our hearts that they must
cease to throb before we forget it,
IT'S our first love; it is part OF our
religion. Expressed in figurative
form motherl is both the morning
and evening star of our lives. This
dear old Mother was the guiding
light of her home aud her family.
A mother to all as to her words Of
instruction! We may. ask can
mothers love be supplied2 BY the
deep, earnest yearning of our spirits
for mothers love; by the weary
aching void in our hearts and by
the restless, unsatisfied wanderingS
1 of our affections we may answer No
A thousand times Mol 1t cannot be-
supplied. Aunt Clarriea Away:
taught and directed her children to
: wards noble aul high ideals forever
implantlng into their heart and per
sonaliiy the sublime principle thai
, rules the Christian world. Love
She taught all to love one another
She manifested ali unuring effort
to promote all the interests OF hel
community. She took an active
part in helping in every good pro
ject that was launched in the settle
ment. Her constant, regular, hab
ltual ard systematic application t6
he. church, her school and home
plan ted a unit around which there is
one OF the respectable churches ano
schools in the county And almost
} in her dying request she asked thai
We carry on the good work of pro
motion of all things for the good o
4 our church and school. We THANK
| God, for the stamp OF her industrious
I life on the character OF her children
and may the influence be not onll
on. them but all succeeding genera
|, tons.
The home gill miss her, the church
will miss her and the communit,
, will miss her; but death is a common
, lot to all and though she has left u
with our hearts ands homes desolat
for time; we cannot prevent it, no
: would it BE- best if we could. AS W
i have lost her heaven has gained her
3 And as we mourn, she relolces. A
q we sorrow over her departure, doubt
less she sympathizes with US an
/ could we hear her sweet voice sh
r would tell us to dry our tears an
q bind ourselves to her children, he
= her grandchildren and her friend
' and ioyfully; perform all duties
i love and devotion on this earth ii
2 ourrtine to ascend shall come. liz
= loss from Pleasant Hill communit
+ is the greatest since its organizatie
= naarly fifty wears ago. She was tx