Actual obituary published in the Houston Herald newspaper on Aug. 20, 1903. All spelling and capitalization errors have been left as printed:
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Another of our good neighbors has gone to that land from whence a traveler ne'er returns. She has quit the walks of this life and her spirit has passed into the great beyond and is now in that mysterious realm.
On August 12th, 1903, the death messenger came and took from us the much beloved wife of John Williams, Mrs. Armayinda Frances Williams, who was born in Crawford county, Ill., on January 26, 1853, making her at time of death 50 years, 6 months, and 26 days old. In her maiden days she was united in marriage to John Williams, from which union eight children were born, four boys and four girls, all of whom still survive her. She was a loving mother, an affectionate wife, a good and kind neighbor and in fact a noble woman indeed. She was a Methodist in her religious principles, and always endeavored to live as christians should, ever teaching by example as well as by precept, the inestimable elements which constitute a true character in man or woman.
But now, alas! no more is she numbered among the living, but is an inhabitant of the pale nation of the dead. She awaits that innumerable throng, for the coming of the judgment, for we have all learned that it is appointed for man to die and after death judgment. Then what a consoling thought that she was prepared to meet her God.
Her life was one by which we might all pattern and the world would be much better.
By her death her husband has lost a loving companion, the children their nearest and dearest friend, and the community an excellent woman.
A place is vacant in that home which never can be filled; no more will her loving and tender voice be heard around the hearth-stone; no more can the children in their troubles counsel their best friend, and no more will she weep with an anxious heart for her loved ones, but she is gone.
Sleep on, thou worn and weary one, take thy long and peaceful sleep.
She is now free from all sorrows, cares and anguish, resting sweetly in the control of a just and merciful God, and no doubt when we see her again she will be robed in spotless white, crowned with a starry crown and be playing a golden harp. Then let each and everyone so live to meet her in that celestial paradise above.
She had been suffering for about three weeks with typhoid and malaria, during which time she was as always during her life, kind, patient, and obedient. After a short talk by Rev. Johnson, her remains were interred in Liberty cemetery Thursday evening, in the presence of a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives.
Bereaved ones, the sincere sympathy of the community is extended to you.
-- G. H. S.
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( Originally posted by Jan Miller )
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Another of our good neighbors has gone to that land from whence a traveler ne'er returns. She has quit the walks of this life and her spirit has passed into the great beyond and is now in that mysterious realm.
On August 12th, 1903, the death messenger came and took from us the much beloved wife of John Williams, Mrs. Armayinda Frances Williams, who was born in Crawford county, Ill., on January 26, 1853, making her at time of death 50 years, 6 months, and 26 days old. In her maiden days she was united in marriage to John Williams, from which union eight children were born, four boys and four girls, all of whom still survive her. She was a loving mother, an affectionate wife, a good and kind neighbor and in fact a noble woman indeed. She was a Methodist in her religious principles, and always endeavored to live as christians should, ever teaching by example as well as by precept, the inestimable elements which constitute a true character in man or woman.
But now, alas! no more is she numbered among the living, but is an inhabitant of the pale nation of the dead. She awaits that innumerable throng, for the coming of the judgment, for we have all learned that it is appointed for man to die and after death judgment. Then what a consoling thought that she was prepared to meet her God.
Her life was one by which we might all pattern and the world would be much better.
By her death her husband has lost a loving companion, the children their nearest and dearest friend, and the community an excellent woman.
A place is vacant in that home which never can be filled; no more will her loving and tender voice be heard around the hearth-stone; no more can the children in their troubles counsel their best friend, and no more will she weep with an anxious heart for her loved ones, but she is gone.
Sleep on, thou worn and weary one, take thy long and peaceful sleep.
She is now free from all sorrows, cares and anguish, resting sweetly in the control of a just and merciful God, and no doubt when we see her again she will be robed in spotless white, crowned with a starry crown and be playing a golden harp. Then let each and everyone so live to meet her in that celestial paradise above.
She had been suffering for about three weeks with typhoid and malaria, during which time she was as always during her life, kind, patient, and obedient. After a short talk by Rev. Johnson, her remains were interred in Liberty cemetery Thursday evening, in the presence of a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives.
Bereaved ones, the sincere sympathy of the community is extended to you.
-- G. H. S.
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( Originally posted by Jan Miller )
Actual obituary published in the Houston Herald newspaper on Aug. 20, 1903. All spelling and capitalization errors have been left as printed:
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Another of our good neighbors has gone to that land from whence a traveler ne'er returns. She has quit the walks of this life and her spirit has passed into the great beyond and is now in that mysterious realm.
On August 12th, 1903, the death messenger came and took from us the much beloved wife of John Williams, Mrs. Armayinda Frances Williams, who was born in Crawford county, Ill., on January 26, 1853, making her at time of death 50 years, 6 months, and 26 days old. In her maiden days she was united in marriage to John Williams, from which union eight children were born, four boys and four girls, all of whom still survive her. She was a loving mother, an affectionate wife, a good and kind neighbor and in fact a noble woman indeed. She was a Methodist in her religious principles, and always endeavored to live as christians should, ever teaching by example as well as by precept, the inestimable elements which constitute a true character in man or woman.
But now, alas! no more is she numbered among the living, but is an inhabitant of the pale nation of the dead. She awaits that innumerable throng, for the coming of the judgment, for we have all learned that it is appointed for man to die and after death judgment. Then what a consoling thought that she was prepared to meet her God.
Her life was one by which we might all pattern and the world would be much better.
By her death her husband has lost a loving companion, the children their nearest and dearest friend, and the community an excellent woman.
A place is vacant in that home which never can be filled; no more will her loving and tender voice be heard around the hearth-stone; no more can the children in their troubles counsel their best friend, and no more will she weep with an anxious heart for her loved ones, but she is gone.
Sleep on, thou worn and weary one, take thy long and peaceful sleep.
She is now free from all sorrows, cares and anguish, resting sweetly in the control of a just and merciful God, and no doubt when we see her again she will be robed in spotless white, crowned with a starry crown and be playing a golden harp. Then let each and everyone so live to meet her in that celestial paradise above.
She had been suffering for about three weeks with typhoid and malaria, during which time she was as always during her life, kind, patient, and obedient. After a short talk by Rev. Johnson, her remains were interred in Liberty cemetery Thursday evening, in the presence of a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives.
Bereaved ones, the sincere sympathy of the community is extended to you.
-- G. H. S.
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( Originally posted by Jan Miller )
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Another of our good neighbors has gone to that land from whence a traveler ne'er returns. She has quit the walks of this life and her spirit has passed into the great beyond and is now in that mysterious realm.
On August 12th, 1903, the death messenger came and took from us the much beloved wife of John Williams, Mrs. Armayinda Frances Williams, who was born in Crawford county, Ill., on January 26, 1853, making her at time of death 50 years, 6 months, and 26 days old. In her maiden days she was united in marriage to John Williams, from which union eight children were born, four boys and four girls, all of whom still survive her. She was a loving mother, an affectionate wife, a good and kind neighbor and in fact a noble woman indeed. She was a Methodist in her religious principles, and always endeavored to live as christians should, ever teaching by example as well as by precept, the inestimable elements which constitute a true character in man or woman.
But now, alas! no more is she numbered among the living, but is an inhabitant of the pale nation of the dead. She awaits that innumerable throng, for the coming of the judgment, for we have all learned that it is appointed for man to die and after death judgment. Then what a consoling thought that she was prepared to meet her God.
Her life was one by which we might all pattern and the world would be much better.
By her death her husband has lost a loving companion, the children their nearest and dearest friend, and the community an excellent woman.
A place is vacant in that home which never can be filled; no more will her loving and tender voice be heard around the hearth-stone; no more can the children in their troubles counsel their best friend, and no more will she weep with an anxious heart for her loved ones, but she is gone.
Sleep on, thou worn and weary one, take thy long and peaceful sleep.
She is now free from all sorrows, cares and anguish, resting sweetly in the control of a just and merciful God, and no doubt when we see her again she will be robed in spotless white, crowned with a starry crown and be playing a golden harp. Then let each and everyone so live to meet her in that celestial paradise above.
She had been suffering for about three weeks with typhoid and malaria, during which time she was as always during her life, kind, patient, and obedient. After a short talk by Rev. Johnson, her remains were interred in Liberty cemetery Thursday evening, in the presence of a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives.
Bereaved ones, the sincere sympathy of the community is extended to you.
-- G. H. S.
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( Originally posted by Jan Miller )
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