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Gowenn-Dufe: In Roanoke. Va., August
14th, 1912, 'by Rev. Dr. Campbell,
of the First Presbyterian church, Oscnr
Gowens. of Roanoke, and 'Miss Hattie
Dale, of Nashville, Tenn.
Kirklln-McCall: At the home of the
bride's cousins, Mr. and iMrs. S. E. Mays,
Shreveport, La., by Rev. H. M. MciLain,
August 7, 1912, Mr. Everette Kirklin, of '
Belcher, La., and Miss Margaret McCall,
of Rocky Mount, La.
Washington-Jackson: August 14th, in
Mexico, Mo., at t!he residence of the 1
bride's mother, by Rev. Walter M. 1
Dangtry, Mr. John I* Washington, of <
Pulton, and Miss Mary H. Jackson, of
Mexico.
Bcatfjji
Yates: ftn Roanoke, Va., August 13th,
1912, Daniel C. Yates, an elder in the
First Presbyterian church, Roanoke.
He was In his 88th year and was buried (
in Salem, Va.
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WILLIAM C. MOORE (
Died August 11th al the residence of
his sister, "Mrs. Mamie Ailan., Strawn,
Tex. Mr. Moore was born In Georgia. (
1862. He moved to Texas when quite (
young and lived in Ellis county some (
twenty years. He united with the Pres- >,
byterian churdh in early manhood and
manifested an active interest in her welfare.
MEMORIAL OF JOHN MOORE
McCALEB.
Adopted 'by the Session of the Vlcksburg
Presbyterian church, August 11th, 1
1912.
John Moore MoCaleto was 'born In Adams
county, Miss., near Pine Ridge,
April 21st, 1837, and died1 at his home in
Vicksburg, August 2nd, 1912, in the 76th
year of his age. He was a son of James
F. McCaleb and Sophia Moore, of Kentucky.
On January 10th, I860, he married
Miss Catherine McOaleb. a daughter
of David MoCaleb, of Jefferson county.
Miss., with whom he lived for more than
fifty-two years and1 who survives him
with two of their children: IMiss L?ilHe
McCaleb and William Dunbar McOaleb.
Tti-oo nfhor umi tm>naprl ararav several
years ago.
Since 1889 Mr. MoCaleb had lived in
Vicksburg and was held in high esteem
by all who knew him. Prom his youth
up he "had been a Tegular attendant at
church and a reverent worshiper, hut
did not formally connect himself with
the church until October 16th, 1892,
when he made a confession of his faith
in Christ and united with the Vicksburg
'Presbyterian church.
On January 26th, 1908, he was ejected
a ruling elder and on the following Sabbath
was ordained and installed. He
made a faithful and efficient officer and 1
enjoyed the confidence and affection of
his associates and of the whole congregation,
for, like Barnabas, he was a
good man and full of the Holy Ghost and
of faith.
His quiet, gentle manners, his evident
sincerity and his humfole piety were
marked characteristics of his simple yet
useful life. As a Session we record our
appreciation of his worth and our so?row
at the separation that has taken
place and we exend to the bereaved
* arrmwoinn, onH nrflv that
itllll HJ VU1 UCC(I Djtupwvtv ???? K*
God's richest blessings may rest wpon
tliem in their great sorrow.
MRS. MARIA LOUISA SOMMFBVIIXE
Rntered Into rest Thursday, June 27.
1012, a<bout 3:30 P. M., Mrs. Marls
T.ouisa SomraervlTle, aged 78 years, one
month and twenty day?, having been
I
THE PR2SBYTEK1
bom May 7, 1834, of Captain Jones Aby
(von Aby), and Barbara Hewlett, bis
wife, of MJddletown, Frederick county,
Va.
From a child she became a 'believer in
the Saviour of Sinners, and down to old
age proved his sovereign, eternal, unchangeable
love. All her life she had
been a great reader and she had a mind
well stored with the thoughts of the best
writers and with gems from the poets.
For several years she had been a school
teacher, and had gifts as a reader With
which she delighted listening children
and friends. A fine sense of humor enabled
her to enter into their lauglfteu
even when (burdened with care and
often to smile in spite of tears. But the
one 'book she knew, much of it 'by heart,
was the Bible. It was her delight
through many years of silence of the
natural ear. Patience, cheerfulness,
trust and unselfish activity for others,
and utter absence of suspicion, were
ever her characteristics.
In 1856, May 29, she was married to
a young physician, Dr. "Wtm. Sommerville,
of Bloomery, Hampshire county,
and soon settled at White Post, Clark
county, Va. Here they labored together
in building the horns and raising in
Christian virtue, a family of eight children.
A little daughter, Nellie, seven
years of age passed on 'before, and on
March 16, 1876, her husband, her ideal
of a man, fell asleep in Jesus. For
thirty-six years of widowhood she learned
a deeper dependence upon the God
of the widow, and of the Father's love.
Her husband had 'been a ruling elder
and theirs was the minister's home.
While at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Welton, in Moorefleld, W. Va., with her
children about her and conscious and
trustful to the very end, she departed to
be with the Lord Jesus.
After a brief service by her pastor.
Kev. u. u. uiiKeson. ner txxiy was carried
to her native county in the Valley
of Virginia and laid to rest in Mt.
Hebron cemetery in "Winchester besides
her husband. "Christ rose and she shall
surely rise." Rev. J. H. Lacy, D. D..
conducted .the last services and her
friends attending sang the hymns trtie
loved: "How Firm a Foundation,"
"Tarry With Me, O My Saviour," "Abide
With Me," and "A Sleep in Jesus."
The children surviving her are Mrs.
L/ulu S. Bowen and Mrs. Cleland B. Welton.
Moorefleld, W. Va.; Mrs. Ada S.
Hatcher, Winchester, Va.; Rev. C. W.
SommervilJe, Clarksville, Tenn.; Mr.
James Aby and Miss Sophie White Sommerville,
Newport News, Va.. and "Prof.
Richard C. SommervIHe, Lewisburg, W.
Va.. Of her father's family only one
survives her. Capt. Thos. Jefferson Aby,
Port Gibson, Miss.
''Blessed are the mire in heart: for
they shall see God."
IN MEMORY OF MRS. BETTIE SMITH
BELL.
On the 4th flay of August. 1912, Mtr.
Bettle Smith Bell, of Bay City, was taken
home to rest. She was ill only a few
days, was taken to Houston to a Sanitarium
and after a serious operation
passed away.
She was buried at Beeville, Texas, her
former home by the side of her husband,
J. W. Bell, and two children, in the presence
of a large assembly of bereaved
relatives and sorrowing friends. .
Services vrttro conducted hv Rev. T5d.
Hudson.
She leaves two bous, Dewev and Lenoir,
fourteen and ten years of age. and
Bess, a little daughter of seven.
Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to
theae dear children, her bereaved sister.
Mrs. J. W. Mafdll, of Bav City. with
whom she made her home. Miss Alice
Smith, of Beeville and Mr. Tjenolr Smith,
of Bay ORy.
Words fail to express our apprecia
AM OF T&E SOOTH
tion of the worth of this noble Christian
woman and the Iobs our church and
community has sustained.
She was a devoted mother, a loving
sister and a true friend.
"Ready in every good word and work"
to give her time and service in the ministry
of Qove and helpfulness. All who
had the privilege of sharing her companionship
felt the Inspiration and impress
of her Christ-like spirit, the sunny
nature and gentleness and sweetness
of her character.
Cod has taken thiB sweet flower from
his garden here to "bloom In the home
above. We miss her sweet presence, but
the fragrance of her life will ever be
cherished in our memories.
A Friend.
MRS. HARRIET J. BRATTON.
The writer of these lines entered upon
the pastorate of Beithesda church, York
countv. S. C.. in Msv. 1R87 having
preached there as suprply for a few
months. He soon realized the disposition
there was between htaieelf and his
task. He had become Shepherd of a
large and cultivated congregation in
the track of one of the most lovable
pastors and delightful preachers. Dr.
J. L. Wilson. Looking back now over
the seasons of depression that used to
be his in the beginning of his work, coming
with the consciousness of weakness
and failure, it is right to recognize the
help that came from some who did not
know they helped, in scattering clouds
and encouraging to efTort. Certain
mothers in Israel, some of whom are
now gone, by their quiet and affectionate
words of kindly sympathy and love,
oftlmes refreshed the youn-g pastor and
largely helped him to be what he is and
do what he does. God calls some to a
ministry of quiet helpfulness which they
perform out of mere love, little realizing
what it means in the way of encouragement
and refreshment to those who are
at work. The wTiter wnn called nn Mnv
22nd. 1912 to Bethesda church to burv
Mrs. Harriet J. Bratton. He felt a keen
sense of personal loss at her grave
with many frlnds, reffmembering his relation
to her as pastor In the beginning
of his ministry. Who can estimate the
power and work of quiet, sympathetic,
affectionate, motherly Christian womanhood
of which Mrs. Bratton was most
assuredly a type? Who can tell how
much it means to a pastor, sometimes
discouraged as other men, to oftimes refresh
him with kind words of sympathy,
love and encouragement which she
never failed to do?
We well remember being called among
our first pastorate duties to bury Mrs.
Bratton's husband, Coll. John S. Bratton.
in 1888, whose sudden departure sad
^ncu uVb VFUI'JT uio uwu UUUBC, ifill t?n
many friends who admired him for hl?
--e*t personal work and his splendM
service to his church. community and
State. To these simple words of sincere
and affectionate tribute we wish
add the simple facts of Mrs. Bratton's
life.
Mrs. Harriet J. Bratton was born in
York county, S. C., twelve miles below
Yorkvllle on the 31st day of October,
1826, where she s?pent her entire life
except the year spent in Yorkvllle before
her death. She was a daughter of
Samuel "Rainey and "Lethea Beckham. In
early childhood she united with BethWard
Semina:
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esda church. She waB married to John
S. Bratton on November. 27th, 1847.
The four children surviving are: John
S. Bratton, of Chester, S. C.; Paul R,
Bratton, of Columbia: 'Mrs. Robert
Witherspoon and -Mrs. Ernest Lowry,
both of Yorkville, 9. C. She leaves also
one half sister, Mrs. Scott Wilson, of
Chester, S. C.
"The eye that closed in the dying
hour was opened the next in bliss. Her
welcome was sounded in the heavenly
world before ere her faTewell was hushed
in this." B. P. Reid.
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References required. Address
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