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Wife of Pr. J, Turner pie* After ......... Brief llinm. rv' ' '
Death, the grim reaper, haa passed this way again and taken aa hia viotim, Mrs. Laura Butler Turner, the wife of our townsman, Dr. R. J. Turner. Whep thia 8 a d intelligence became known Saturday afternoon, sadness was brought to many hearts in this city, especially among the pupils of the little Sunday school, to which she haa devoted her x! wise, faithful and efficient efforts for the past several months. Only last Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Turner met with the little flock which she, assisted by Mrs. Stell and others, had organized into a Sunday school, and distributed among them fruits and candies, having been prevented by bad weather from meeting with the school during the Christmas season. By her faithfulness and superior fitness for this work, her efforts were so crowned with success under the blessings of God, that her influence will live on and on indefinitely, and the far-reaching results can not be measured until ?we know even also as we are known.?
Mrs. Turner was so enthusiastic in the furtherance of her M aster?s work that she gave not only the 3! best part of her life but a very liberal portion of her substance to the poor and helpless. Of her it may be truly said:
1 I ?She lived for those who loved her,
Fo?those wao tunsw ner true*,111 For the heaven that shined aboVe|l
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? And awaite our spirJ'W too.'- v For all human ties 'that bound her, '
For the task that God assigned her,
And the good that she could do.?
It VJaa very fitting that the service over her remains should have been held on the Sabbath day; the day that she loved best of all others. And it was the hour that she would have most likely chosen; if she had been allowed to name the lime; at the time when she was accustomed to meet the bright-faced children and co-workers in the Sabbath schoul.
The subject Df the above, Mrs. Laura Butler Turner, died a?r\he residence of her son, T. B, Turner, Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o?clock. She had suffered from pneumonia only a few days prior to her death. Mrs. Turner was 70 years' of age, laoking three days. A large concourse of friends were present at the service, conducted by Rev. Tally and Rev. Ford yesterday at the residence on Sunset Avenue, a long procession following the remains to the city cemetery where the service was concluded briefly.
In this hour of grief, when the sense loss is still so fresh and the loneliness of the way so I great, we would say of the bereaved, aged husband, children and grandchildren, may they find ?Him a present help in this, their
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