In Memoriam
In the afternoon of September Sixth, one thousand one hundred
and nineteen, the gentle spirit of our beloved friends, Amanada Elizabeth Lee,
bade farewell to its “earthly tabernacle” and passed over the bar to take up
its everlasting abode in that “house not made with hands, eternal in the
Havens.” (I think they meant Heavens.)
Tenderly, we placed her body away in the family cemetery, on
the old home farm which she loved so much, there to await the glorious return
of her Master, when its spirit will claim it again.
Present at the interment were a throng of her relatives and
friends who had come from far and near to look once again on the face which
they loved.
Very beautiful, indeed, were the great number of floral
designs offered in the highest esteem of the deceased.
The funeral services were conducted from her home, near
Cremo, by the pastor, Rev. N.H. Shepherd.
The late Mrs. Lee was born February 16, 1864, of David and Nancy
Valentine Lee.
On January 2, 1889, she was united in marriage to Henry
Alpheus Lee who, in April of 1902, preceeded her into the Great Beyond.
To this union was born five children, Raleigh Edward, now of
Rocky Mount, N.C.; Dancy Clemmond, who died on September 17, 1913; Lois
Gertrude, Lanie Belle and Henry Cecil. The last three still reside at the old
homestead.
She also leaves behind, in sadness, seven brothers and
sisters—Mesdames Henderson Brown, James Lee, Eason Thomas, Henry Lee; Messrs.
Joseph, Britton and Warren Lee.
We are glad to be able to record that in her early life she
gave herself to Christ and tried humbly and faithfully to follow Him the
remainder of the way.
As one result of that faithful Christian walk, her dear
children whom she has left have the blessed assurance that the same loved face,
transfigured, shall meet them again.
“Less sad, less, wistful, in immortal beauty, Divinely Fair,
The Moral veil, washed pure with many weepings, is rent
away,
And the great soul that sat within its prison Hath found the
day.”
Mrs. G.H. Powell
Mrs. J.J. White
Mrs. J.F. Wheedbee
Mars Hill, N.C.
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