Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-09-19
MRS. JOS. Il. BROWN DIES IN
TENNESSEE. BURIAL HERE

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who died Friday at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Frank w Pennebak
er, at Memphis, Tenn, arrived here
Monday morning, accompanied by
her daughter and the latter's hus-
band, and was taken to her late
home, where in the afternoon at
1880 O'Clock, funeral services were
held. About the casket were banks
of beautiful flowers, the larger part
] of them being sent by friends of the
family, from Memphis, Tenn Be-
| fore leaving Memphis, services were
| held at that place. Rev. L. B..
Douglas of the Methodist Protestant
church was the minister in charge
here. Miss Augusta True read
| the hymns Lead Kindly Light" !"
and 80 Love That Will Not Let Me
/, Co." Mrs. Frances Sprague read
passages of scripture, and Mrs. An
ME r. Rusk read a tribute. The
services closed by Miss True reading
| Tennyson's Crossing the Bar" and
prayer by Rev Douglas. The pali-
bearers were George NJ. Scott, c.. l..
Stanbery, j. r. Alderman, S. A. Fin
| ley, E. J. Arrick and l.. T. Gray In
terment was made in the McCon-
nelsville cemetery. Among the out
of town persons at funeral were
Mrs. William Mcconnell, w. C. Nc
Connell and wife, Mrs. Phil Mabrey,
Mrs. Harry Thomas, of Columbus;
Mrs. Geo. Pickett Gertrude Ew-
ing) of Newark, and Atty Fleming
III. Grew. Cleveland The sketch
, as read by Mrs. Rusk, follows:
Mary Belle Thomas was one of
five children of the late John E.
Thomas and Mary Sprague Thomas
Her parents were living on what was
known as the John f. Thomas farm
below Malta. The house was built
by Mr. Thomas and was considered a
fine mansion at that time. Here,
not only nature had done her best
for the pleasure of this family, but
there was no sparing of money to
make this beautiful place to live
Here Belle was born and lived to
young womanhood. But death en-
tered that home and took away the
mother, leaving two daughters and
three younger brothers. A gov
erness was provided for the children
when the girls were at home; but
when they were old enough, Belle
and her sister were sent to the sem
mary in Granville. Here she studied
for several years, devoting much of
her time to music.
At the age of % she was married
to DR.. Joseph E. Brown, a promis-
ing young physician of McConnels-
VILE Here they settled and re-
mained. To them was born one
child, Edna, the wife of Frank w.
Pennebaker, of Memphis, Tenn. DR..
Brown passed away six years ago,
and since that time Mrs. Brown
had spent much of her time with
her daughter in the south, but COM
ing to her home here for the sum-
mers. Thus the family residence
has always been kegs 4p in McCon-
nelsville.
Mrs. Brown had been in failing
health for several years, but the
past summer found her Trailer than
usual, SO she was not able to come
from the south to her home here as
she had wished. Friends hoped
that she might get back to spend her
last days amid the familiar scenes
and among her lifelong friends. but
it was not to be. Everything that
love and sacrifice could do was done
by her devoted daughter and hus-
band to prolong her life, but to no
avail. She passed away Friday,
Sept. 13, 1929, at the home of her
daughter in Memphis. Here in her
own home we meet today to pay
tribute to her memory and to lay
her body away beside her husband
in the cemetery near by.
OF those left of her immediate
relatives, besides the daughter, are
Mrs. Flora Webster of Springfield,
Mo-; Edward Thomas of Malta, and
Mrs. Caroline Mcconnell of Colum-
bus, o.
Mrs. Brown was blessed with a
very happy home life. 1t seemed to
those who were near to them that
the family relations were ideal, and
since the fathers death the recipro-
cal devotion of mother and daugh-
ter was most rare. Their home was
a hospitable one and from its pre-
cincts cheer and graciousness rad
lated. Mrs. Brown was interested
in all good things of the community
life, especially in the work of the
w. c. T. u, of which she was a
member. While in school in Gran
vile, she had united with the Bap-
tist church, and she was always
loyal to the church of her choice
In letters to friends she often men
toned the great pleasure she had in
the privileges and associations of
the church where her daughter was
a member Mrs. Brown was of a
smooth, even-tempered disposition,
with a calm exterior, no matter what
might occur to ruffle the depths of
her nature. She seldom criticized
anyone harshly, but was very kind
in her estimate of others. Her
friends were many among the young
and the old, who will grieve at her
loss. She cherished the old-time
friends, but was always at home and
welcome among the young. Her |
daughters friends were her friends. |
Unusually capable in household |
matters, it was surprise and q |
wonder to many what she could ac-
complish in every line of such |
work, while her quiet, placid man
ner would lead the unknowing to |
think she was not doing much of |
anything. Truly she Cooked well |
to the ways of her household" She |
was of an artistic nature, and the |
work of her hands adorns the walls !
of her home. Having a training in |
music in her younger days, she nev-
er lost the skilful touch on the pi-
ano keys. Even this late spring she
pleased one of the women's clubs of |
Memphis with piano number |
which received mention from the |
press, on account of the character
stic ease with which she gave the