Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-29
MRS. KATHLEEN SAMUELS

The Presbyterian of the South O
a recent date publishes at length, al
obituary of Mrs. Kathleen Samuels
who died March Is, 1925, at From
Royal. at the age of SO.
Among the older generation OF
Woodstock and Valley people. are
many of her school mates. The fol
i lowing extract from the obituary is
taken from the church paper.
Mrs. Samuels was product of the
Old South of chivalry and her early
years were spent amid ante bellum
scenes of culture and refinement that
left their impress and were full of
pleasure and happiness. Carefully
reared and educated in the private
schools of Front Royal, Winchester
and Woodstock, Va, in all the &C
complishments of the young ladies
of her day, she was a favorite in
the homes and society of the neigh
borhood. With a brilliant intellect,
a beautiful appearance and a rare
charm of personality that made her
attractive and interesting, she won
friends easily and was delightful
companion and an interesting con-
versationalist, even to the end of life.
In 1862 she was married to Cap
tain G. B. Samuels, then a young
lieutenant of the Muhlenburg Rifles,
C. S. A, Woodstock, Va, and son of
Judge Samuels, distinguished law
yer and member of the Virginia
Court of Appeals, who passed away
number of years ago. The close
OF the war brought many changes.
for her, but with faith undimmed.
and fidelity to right principles as
she saw them she rose to a high
plane of Christian living, rearing a
large family of sons and daughters.
who revered and respected her to
marked degree. Such expressions of
hlial love and loyalty as existed in
this family are rare indeed And
also she had that joy so peculiarly
delightful to a mother of seeing all
her children successful and some of
them eminently so, and who in their
of her comfort.
crowning her last days as the bright
est and best of all the years.
In addition to the duties of her
own busy household, she was inter
ested in the progress and welfare of
the community and found time to
give counsel and helping hand to
its organizations. She was the last
surviving member of the Ladies' Me-
mortal Association, an organization
formed Immediately at the close of
the war, and in which she took an
active interest in raising funds for
the erection of the monument to
the unknown Confederate Soldiers
buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Front Royal, Va. She was also
loyal and honored member of the
Warren Rifles Chapter of the U. d. C.
Mrs. Samuels was the oldest in point
of years and membership of the
Front Royal Presbyterian Church, to
which she was loyal and whose bless
lngs she sought not only for her own
soul, but to which she carried her
children for spiritual instruction and
counsel.
There survive her Crarles p.
Samuels, DR.. Bernard Samuels of
New York City, W. B. Samuels of
Syracuse. N. Y, H. G. SamueIs of
Texas, Mrs. James A. Spencer of
Farmville, Va, and Miss Edith Sam
uels, Front Royal, Va, the eompan-
ion of her declining years.
The funeral took place at the home
and was conducted by Rev. H. w.
Shannon, her pastor, in the presence
OF a large assembly of friends and
loved ones and the body was tender
ly laid to rest in Prospect Hill Gem
etery amid blankets of most beauti-
full flowers to await the Savior's call
at the Resurrection.
The pall-bearers were Judge w. H.
Turner, Messrs. NJ. B. Turner, j. b..
Earle, Col. S. r. Millar, Gen. S. G.
Waller and DR.. Giles B. Cook.