The daily times., 1921-08-16
MRS SUSAN HOPKINS FINCH.
Old age, serene and bright, and lovely
as a Lapland night,
Shall lead thee to thy grave.

as a Lapland night,
Shall lead thee to thy grave.
Mrs. Susan Hopkins Finch was
born in Nash County May 10, 1886
and died in Spring Hope, July 13,
1921 at the home of her daughter,
Mrs w. w. Richardson, in her eighty
Joakin l.. Finch who died about
twenty years ago. Their union was
blessed with three sons and two
daughters, viz: Nathaniel B., of
Spring Hope, Charles o. B. (deceas-
ed, of Stanhope, William Atlas,
prominent attorney of the Wilson
bar, Mrs. Mollie Richardson, of
Spring Hope, and Mrs. Fannie Harper,
of Stanhope Besides these, she left
surviving, several grandchildren and
six great grandchildren.
She was buried at the old family
burial ground at Stanhope, her grand
sons acting as pail bearers. The funer-
al services were conducted in the M.
E. Church at Stanhope by Rev. Mr..
Constable, of the Spring Hope Cir
cult, in the presence of many relatives
and friends.
] When good person, by reason of
strength lives more than the allotted
time for man, which is put at three
score and ten, and attains to more
than four score years as did the
subject of this sketch, more than a
passing notice of their departure, is
in order when they finally put out to
sea, and cross the bar into the great
beyond. With this thought in mind.
and with an intimate knowledge of
the history of this good woman's
| life for many years, 1 am impelled
to write this humble tribute to her
memory.
In the first place, 1 would say that
Mrs. Finch loved her home and her
native county. 1t was the home of
her ancestors who. were among the
pioneers of the county and who were
ever noted for their courage, good
common sense, sociability, hospitality
and many other commendable quail
ties. These virtues, which were also
found in the character of the man of
her choice, were transmitted to their
children as everyone can testify who
is so fortunate as to know them. Low
ing her county therefore as she did,
she made it her home for the eighty
five years of her life.
Her home life was ideal. Those
who knew Mr.. and Mrs. Finch and
their children in their home knew
THAT it was a home in which love and
kindness reigned and in which law
and order were respected. They were
Christians, not only in name but in
practice as we'll. Mr.. Finch was for
many years the superintendent of the
Sunday School which the writer at
tended in his boyhood days and no
one was ever more sincere in his ef-
forts to instruct the young than was
! this man of God. He taught them by
example as well as precept. He was
, devoted to the Methodist Church and
dearly loved to attend it's meetings
and conferences. Those who had the
pleasure of meeting him in those
| bishops, presiding elders and other
dignitaries of the Church, could see
plainly the effect of his ideal home
| life and the influence of the compan-
| ion in his labors.
! Her husband is known in the gates
when he sitteth among the
elders of the land"
"Strength and honor are her cloth
| ing and she shall rejoice in time
| to come.''
ttShe openeth her mouth with wis
dom; and in her tongue is the
law of Kindness
| Her children arise up and call her
! blessed; her husband also; and
he 2raiseth her,
Mrs. Finch was born one year be-
fore Grover Cleveland and one year
before Queen Victoria was crowned
Queen of England. She lived through
the administrations of twenty, OF the
twenty eight Presidents of the United
States not including the present ad-