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ctober 27, 1909. THE !
the sunset?beyond the shadows of the
night, she waits till they come. Until
then they have the heritage of a lovely
Christian life, who helped others all along
the way.
L. E. M.
MARIA ARMSTRONG.
A funeral service occurred in Nashville
*> October 9, the history of which will
he both interesting and instructive to
the general reader. It calls for the unfolding
of a record of faithful service
which is rarely equalled in the history
of life.
The elegant home of Mrs. Samuel J.
Keith, on West End Avenue, in this city,
was the place of the service, and the
casket around which the company of
sincere mourners gathered contained the
remains of Maria Armstrong, colored,
who had been the faithful "mammy" in
that home for fortv-one years.
She came into the home when the children
of Mrs. Keith were very young, and
after helping her faithfully to rear them,
she had continued her service, and only
recently had been helping to rear the
grandchildren. She was a woman of high
type of character, and possessed a sense
of culture and intelligence far above the
majority of her race. She was faithful to
her duties, both regarding the parents
and the children. Acting for the parents,
she demanded the obedience and respect
of the children, and always received it.
The best of her own race, as well as
the good people of the white race, held
hor in high regard. She was a devoted
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G.-iujicimii, tiuu wuu a. great iieip ana
strength to the St. Andrews' (colored)
Presbyterian church. During recent years,
when the congregation has been securing
its present property, largely through its
white friends, Maria Armstrong was a
generous contributor, sending three or
four times, fifty dollars each time, to pay
on the debt. \
Two days before she died, through Mr.
Walter Keith, she gave to the St. Andrews'
church, now in course of erection,
two hundred dollars out of her .savings,
and left in her will still more to be given
to this cause.
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hoi iiaaiui, nt;i. o|ieucer jacKauu, was
very faithful In his attentions to her. and
two days before her death, at her request
and the request of Mrs Keith, called tot
Dr. Wm. M. Anderson, of the First Presbyterian
church, to come and see her.
The scene that occurred during this pastoral
visit was touching in the extreme.
There on the white single bed lay the
suffering old servant of the household.
On one side the youngest daughter of the
lamMy, recently married, was kneeling,
and beside her Dr. Anderson leading the
nraver. On the ether aiHo nf the hall
Mrs. Keith was kneeling, at the foot of
Kev. Spencer Jackson, and by a chair
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near the door the colored trained nurse, i
Any who doubt the friendship and cordial
relationship between the colored people
and the southern white people would
have looked upon an interesting scene.
On the day of the funeral Rev. Spencer
Jackson was assisted by Dr. Anderson.
The casket was stationed in the front
hall of the spacious residence. Mrs. Keith
and all her family, children and grandchildren,
were assembled in the library.
A number of friends were gathered in the
parlors. A large number of colored people
were gathered in the hall by the
casket, and a quartet of young colored
men from Fisk University sang hymns.
The whole scene was not soon to be forgotten
by those who looked upon it.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy D. Maddin, the latter
one of the daughters of Mrs. Keith,
made a handsome gift to the St. Andrews'
church as a memorial tribute to the beloved
nurse, Maria Armstrong.
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