On Thursday evening just before sun had set, a heavy cloud hung over the home of Mr. Putnam Hill. When at 5 o’clock the great I Am said “Come unto me and take thy rest,” the gentle spirit of my dear mother, Mrs. Alda Jane Hill, winged its way up to glory.
Mother had been afflicted for two years, but she bore her suffering with patience and was hardly ever heard to murmur or complain. She was a kind wife and a loving mother, and was loved by all who came in contact with her. All was done for her that a kind husband, brother, sisters, children and three physicians could do but to no avail.
Alda Jane Hill was born June 28, 1860, and died September 1, 1921, making her stay on earth 61 years, two months and three days. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband, five children, Messrs. J.P. Rufus, Ralph, Timothy, Ethel and Miss Virginia Hill; one brother, M.F. Blackman; and two sisters, Mrs. S.M. Cole of Bentonville and Mrs. J.S. Massengill of Princeton.
She was laid to rest Friday afternoon in the Blackman burying ground amidst a crowd of suffering relatives and friends.
A dear one from us is gone,
A voice we love is still,
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be filled.
Written by a heartbroken daughter, Virginia Hill
From The Smithfield Herald, Sept. 13, 1921
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