The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
MRS. ]. P. HILL PASSES
AWAY IN EUFAULA
REMAINS BROUGHT TO DAW-
SON FOR BURIAL. impress
SIVE FUNERAL SERVICES.

Seldom has death occurred which
touched with greater and more gen
uine sorrow the people of Dawson
and Terrell county than that OF Mrs.
Mamie Bridges Hill, wife of Mr.. Jas.
2. Hill, one of the leading citizens OF
Eufaula, Ala, which came as great
shock to the family and friends at
$50 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Hill, who for years had been
a great sufferer, had recently improv
ed to such an extent that the family
physician encouraged the hope that
she would ultimately regain her health.
Tuesday afternoon she spent sever
al hours with friends on the lawn ad-
Joining her home, and during the
early hours of the evening seemed I'M
usually bright and happy. Only very
short time before she was stricken
with paralysis she talked with friends
over the telephone After the fatal
stroke, about 9 o'clock, she was rush
ed to the hospital in the vain hope
that something might be done to re-
1ieve her, but she sank rapidly into
Inconsistencies and passed away a
few minutes after her sister Miss Min
nie Bridges, had reached Eufaula.
After a short funeral service at the
family residence, conducted by Rev.
T. H. Tew, pastor of the First Bap-
stist church of that city, the body &C
scompanied by large number Of rela-
tives and friends, was brought to Daw-
son on the noon Central of Georgia
train and taken to the home of Mrs.
Hills father, Mr.. f. B. Bridges.
where the last funeral rites were held
IN the presence of a great cOncOurse,
many of whom had known and loved
the gentle sleeper since childhood, COM
ing with throbbing hearts and tear
dimmed eyes. Revs. S. F. Lowe and
T. H. Tew were the officiating min
listers. Floral offerings in great pro-
fusion and of exceptional beauty
filled the home with their frag
rance. At this simple but deeply
impressive service Mr.. Tew, who was
for years Mrs. Hills pastor, paid a
tender and touching tribute, speaking
in the highest terms of her loyalty
and devotion to the church and of her
unfailing and sublime faith i'll God
which sustained her through all the
trying days of her invalid life. The
influence of her beautiful example as
a wife, mother and friend is an abjd-
ing inspiration, for truly hers was a
life that blessed wherever it touched,
for she possessed all the traits of a
pure Christian character. Every Gay
was a brave and bright forgetfulness
of self. Courtesy and gentleness we're
the natural expression of Mrs. Hills
refined nature and despite her ill
health she met every day calmly and
hopefully, standing not only for the
best expression of life in the making
of a happy home but in the develop
ment of the wider interests of the
church and society that looked to the
betterment of humanity. She instilled
in the minds of her children the high
ideals and noble purposes whihc
characterized her daily walk.
Death to this faithful and devoted
woman was but the bright faced an
gel that uShered her into the larger
and better life, where sorrow and suf-
fering are unknown and tear stains
are never seen.
Mrs. Hill was reared in this county.
She was born July 81, 1871; married
October 10, 1893. She is survived by
her husband, three sons and one
daughter, her aged father and two sis
tiers, Mrs L. c. Durham of Hawkins
vile and Miss Minnie Bridges of Daw-
son. The strong and winning person
atty of Mrs. Hill made her a favor
lite in large family connection, and
with hosts of friends who sorrow with
those of the inner circle in the deep
shadow OF this sore bereavement.