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r~iHarriagesf
Barber-Glllls: At the home of the
bride, Selma, Ala., December 22, 1912.
Rev. Jett Thos. "West officiating, Mr.
Thos. Seatorom Barber, of Meridian,
Miss., and Miss Sailie Edna Gillis.
I\lder-Mc3Iillnn: At the residence of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McMillan, in Arabella Street, New Orleans,
Ba., January 6, 1912, Mr. "William
Henry Elder and Miss Henrietta Louise
McMillan.
Erwlu-Elliott: At the home of the
hride'8 mother, Mrs. J. P. Elliott, 47 S.
Elm Streot, Denton, Texas, December
31st, by the Rev. F. L. McFadden, of
Wichita Falls, Mr. James W. Erwin
and Miss Shada D. Elliott, tooth of this
city.
Jackson-Adams: At the Great Southern
Hotel, Meridian, Miss., January 9,
1913, by Rev. E. B. Witherspoon, Miss
Mattie Gray Adams, of Pachuta, Miss.,
and Mr. Robert A. Jackson, of Clover,
S. C.
McWnilnhs-Morton: At the home .of
the 'bride's mother, Mrs. M. E. Morton,
by Rev. l,vnn F. Ross, Jan. 1, 1913, Mr.
C. H. McWilliams, and Miss Daisy Agness
Morton, both of Jackson. Mo.
Morton-Hassell: Married on January
2, 1913, in Richmond, Va., Mr. H. F.
Morton, of Union Theological Seminarv.
from Rocky Mount, N. C., and Miss Elizabeth
Lucille, daughter of Mrs. A. M.
Hassell. of Fredericksburg, Va., and the
late Rev. A. M. Hassell, formerly of
the Synod of Vlrgima.
Sniitli.McLnuglilin: At the manse,
Marlinton, W. Va. Wednesday, January
1st, 11113, by the Rev. A. S. Rachal,
Mr. Odie C. Smith, of Evenwood, W.
Va., and Miss Grace L. McLaughlin, of
Stony Bottom, W. Va.
Kincaid-Yengcr; At the home of Dr
H. P. McCoy, Marlinton, W. Va., Tuesday,
January 7th, 1913, toy the Rev.
a. a. tiacnai, .Mr. u. M. Kineaid to .miss
Mary Yeager, both of Marllnton.
Newby-Flfo: At Thomasville, N. C.,
December 24, 1912, In the Presbyterian
church, by Rev. C. H. Phipps, Mr. Carletcn
Newby and Miss Elmer Fife.
Spencer-Cabnej: At the residence of
Colonel V. Weaver, In New Orleans,
Jja., January 1,1912. by Rev. Dr. George
Summey, Mr. George Cyrus Samuel
Spencer, of Albany, N. Y., and Mrs. Sylvia
A. Cfcbney, of El Paso, Texas.
Yaughnn-lllaidon: On January 7th, at
Farmville, Va by the Rev. Ivanhoe
Robertson, Mr V. Nelson Vaughan, of
Richmond, Va.. and Miss Emma E.
Planton of Farmville, Va.
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Fulen wider; At tho home or her
daughter, in St. Louis. Mo.. November
i!R, 11)13. Mrs. Carrie TJurr Fulenwider,
of Jackson, Mo. having lived considerably
beyond *he allotted period of three
score years and ten.
Toomer: Little Wi.yht. ig?*d d years,
y?ran-gu;t son of S. D. and Alice D.
Toonier. dle.l Novennber 30, 1912, at tho
home of his papor.ts in Long Beach,
.Miss. \ child of the covenant.
Lauderdale; At Seima, Ala., January
4, 191.5, to-* spirit of Capt. Tames Landerdalo
passed beyond. Aged 77. A
i-resoyu-sriKii, a irue cnnracier ana a
brave geldler of the "Lost Cause.'" He
suffered much fcut kind hands ministered
to aim.
"There is rest."
Smith: At the home of Prof, and
Mrs. J. R. Horndon. Mrs. Frances C.
Smith, aged 7B years and S days. Mrs.
Smith whs a slater of Mrs. Herndon
and a member of ithe Presbyterian
^hiirnh A Phlfltlnn u-rvHimri "ho a *iaW
us to join tlie loved ones who have
gone on to the Celestial City.
J. R. and Mrs. J. K. Herndon.
fHE PKESBYTEKl
MRS. MARY SHIELDS SYDNOR.
Mrs. Mary Shields Sydnor, daughter
of Dr. Andrew J. Wilson and Mary
Porter Wilson, and wife of W. O. Sydnor,
died at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Md., November 25th, 1912,
after a very short I'Iuces.
She was born at Mill'ooro, Bath county,
Virginia, May 5th, iStl, was educated
at Fairfax Hall, "Winchester, Virginia,
from which she graduated in
1SS4. She was married to W. C. Sydnor
on June 17th. ibSo, and reBWed
successively at Mitltoro, Staunton, Virginia,
and Charleston, West Virginia,
at each place making nirny friends
through her lovely Christian character
She was buried iu Blandford Cemetery
l-'eters'burg, Va., November 27th, th?
Rov. Frank St rib ling officiating.
Besides her husband, sbe left th<
following children ?o uiouru their los;
?Leslie W? of llolden W. Va., W. O.
Jr., of Norfolk, Va., and Mary, o
Charleston. W. Va.
Like another Marv. of whom the Ttihli
tells, she very early "chose that goot
part which shall never he taken fron
her," uniting with Windy Cove church
'Millboro. At the time of her death sh<
was a faithful member of the Firs
Presbyterian church, Charleston, \V. Va
Her Christianity was of the quiet
unobtrusive kind, yet making its gen
uineness felt in home and church cir
cles. It is hard to part w.'fh those w<
love, but as ono after another passe'
to the otho- side?
"Heaven seems more real day Iby day,
The glad home-lnnd, not far away,
Where none are sick, or i ocr, or lone
The place whero we shall find our own
And as we think of all wo knew,
\xrv,? ?-? ? ?
vv itV/ HJ'.n- ua^C niri, l" ]>tll L 11U IliUl t
Our longing hearts desire liome too,
With a?l the strife and trouble o'er.'
MRS. NANME HARDIE McQl/IE.
On December 9, 1912, at her home ii
Nottoway county, Va., the. soul of Mrs
Nannie H. McQuie was called froc
earth to everlasting rest and joy. Shi
was born in Halifax county, Va., Jan
uary 20, 1827, where she lived until he
marriage in 1850 to Mr. William H. Mc
Quie, of Nottoway county, Va.
Early in life she united with Mt
Carmel Presbyterian church, Halifa:
countv. and through all thesa mam
years she grew more and more In th<
graces of the Spirit, and left us as j
ripe Christian, with an unusual cap&cit;
for the blessings of the better home li
heaven. Some of the outstanding trait
of her beautiful character were: fldelit;
to her convictions, loyalty to he
church, devotion to her family, and i
deep and abiding faith in the 'Master
Her body was laid to rest at Hebroi
church, Dinwiddle county, Va. She i
survived by one daughter, Miss Susi
McQule, and two sons, Messrs. Win. H
and Whltefield McQuie. Pastor.
t> rtir wrOAv
II. A. VlliniiSU.l,
The Session of Tinkling Sprini
church at its meeting on October th
Cth, 1912, adopted the following resolu
tions in respect to the recent death o
our beloved elder, Afr. W. R. Gilkesor
Resolved: That the Session, wihil
bowing in humlble submission to th
will of him who doeth all things well
nevertheless wish to record our heart
felt sorrow and our sense of loss in th
death of a brother and elder whom w
have come to know and trust and lov?
In our long association with him <w
I # 1 V. I . i...? /-II 1-A1 _?.
nave iuuuu ainii tx 11 uo v^unsiiiiu ?pirn
one wise in counsel, faithful in ser
vice, devoted to the Master's cause.
At the same time the Session woul
thank the "Giver of every good an<
perfect gift" for giving him to us am
permitting us the (benefit of that godl;
life and the many years of faithful seavice
in our midst. For an unus-ua
number of years ho has served faithful
ly his church and ihia God as a goot
AM OF T EL ? BO0TB
Christian, as deacon and elder, as Sun
day school superintendent and clerk
of the Session, and we witness of him
that be used all these offices well, he
was a workman that needeth not to he
, ashamed.
The Session would extend to the bereaved
church and to the afflioted
family and kindred our slncereet sympathy
and assurance of our mutual foll
lowshlp in their sorrow, commendJng
them to the Father of all mercies and
i the God of all comfort.
(Signed) Committee.
i J. L. STITT.
At his home in Fort "Worth, Texas,
November 30, 1912, James Leander Stitt
5 naSHOd to his eternal rest- after months
of decline, at the close of a useful life
; extending to his eighty-fifth year. He
' was born in 'Mecklenburg county, N. C.,
September 28, 1828, eldest son of Col.
f John K. Stitt and Matilda Stitt (nee
Williamson). He was the last survivor
3 of that family. He beoame a member
1 of Providence church about 1843. He
1 came with his parents to Pauola county,
-Mississippi, in 1848, and moved to Tip3
ton county in 1855, having previously
1 married, in that county, Lizzie Hall,
" daughter of Joshia Hall. Of this union
one son was born, E. H. Hill, now of
Arkadelphla, Ark. Mrs. Stitt died in
1858. A second marriage took place in
3 I860 with Adaline H. llavnie, daughter
of Jesse Haynie, of Covington, Tenn. Of
this union there were five children, all
of whom survive. Their mother died
in 1908 in Ft. Worth.
' The subject of this notice was a man
of God who had the joy of raising a
family devoted to him and to the God
' whom he served. No one could he with
him an hour without knowing whose
servant he was, and without feeling the
sweetness and power of his quiet and
unohtrusive life. He was made elder
i as early as 1858 in Tipton county, Miss.,
i. afterwards serving in Covington, Tenn.,
a Doibyvllle, Ark., and Broadway church,
0 Ft. Worth, in the same capacity. He
- leaves two sons elders in the Broadway
r dhurch and one son, Rev. J. L. Qtitt, in
- the ministry.
William Cald-well.
Ft. Worth, Texas.
K
f MRS. ANNA R. ADAMS.
B " In Baltimore, December 24,1912, alter
1 a lingering Illness, borne -with great
Y fortitude, Anna R., beloved 'wife of W.
I H. Adams, of Bristol, Tenn., but for
9 several years a resident of Radford,
Y where he was a ruling elder In the
r Presbyterian church. "He glveth bis
9 beloved sleep."
Whereas, It hath pleased an All-Wise
II Provldenoe to take out of this life our
8 beloved sister and charter member of
e the Aid Society of the Radford Presbyterian
church. Mrs. Anna R. Adaans:
Therefore be It Resolved:
1. That we bow In. humlble submission
to the will of our Father In removing
? her from our midst,
e 2. That we thank God for her beau
tiful Christian life which has been an
f example and inspiration to us all.
t. 3. That we extend our deepest syme
pathy to the bereaved husband and
e family, committing them to the loving
I, keeping of One who alone can comfort
them in their sorrow.
e 4. Tnat a copy or these resolutions be
e sent to the family, a copy to the Press.
byterlan of the South and a copy "be
e spread upon the minutes of the Society,
t, Mrs. A. iD. Stevens,
*Mrs. W. A. Wilson,
Mrs. J. Harry Whitmore,
d Committee.
d
d Qood words -will do more than hard
y speeches; as the sunbeams, without any
- noise, made tthe traveler cast off his
,1 cloak, which all the blustering of the
- wind could not do, but made biro bind
3 it tighter.
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