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OBITUARY
OtimJAUY,
Mrs. Emma Agee Broughton,	wid-	|
ow of the late Deacon W. E. Brough-	.
ton, was born in 1863. she was	mar-	,
rled January 11, 1888, and died	July
15. 1916.	;i
She was the mother of three children, one of whom died in infancy.	|
Dr. W. E. Broughton, a successful and	I
deservedly popular physician of Per-	I	f
due Hill, Ala., admirably fills his fa- > ther's place as deacon. Also Agee S.	!	<
Broughton, a successful merchant and	I
leading citizen of Perdue Hill. These	'
young men are undertaking to carry	!
out to the letter their father?s and mother?s -wishes in businoss and re- ? ligon, proving the value of home train- ; ing in i*eligon.	j	1
Mrs. Broughtou was a daughter of James Monroe Agee, a prosperous	!
merchant of Claiborne in Us palmiest	1
days, and he was also a Baptist. The Agee family Is prominently connected l| with the history of Monroe county * and Alabama.
Of a large family of brothers and 1 sisters, only two brothers. Henry J., of Atmore, and William P., of P#rdue Hill, and one sister, Mrs. Norwood, ' of Marengo county, survive.	I
The Broughton home was one of the happiest that I ever knew anything about. There was always an unlnter- , rupted pcace and happiness prevailing in the home, which made it beautiful and attractive to every one.	1
Mrs. Broughton was in feeble health for a number of years, and it was gratifying to see the interest, undisturbed patient attention given his mother by Dr. Broughton through- i out her entire sickness, never tiring nor complaining.
During the college days of Agee of j four years he never missed a day In , writing to his mother. He is making lie liint type of husband that he was a sou.
1 had the honor of serving the Baptists at Perdue Hill as pastor for nine years and knew this remarkable family well, intimately.
The great number of automobiles and other conveyances from different portions of the county, the great crowd already gathered at the gravy. Including a great many negroes, th?, beautiful floral offerings which more than covered the grave, all bore mute 1 testimony to the popularity of our departed sister.
' Mtb. Broughton was president of the U. D. C.'b, was prominent In its -work and every other movement for the ajilitt of the community.
Surely she is at reBt, leaving the world better for having lived in It.
Her pastor, Kev. C. W. Henson, paid a beautiful tribute to her memory In his talk at the borne.
Peace to her asheB! v ...	8.	P.	LINDSEY.
hlrs, Catherine W. Apee was born near C?mdfn, South Carolina, April 14111,1837. She removed to Alabama with her father, Capt. Jas. H. Sylvester, when she was about seven year* of age. On the 29th of February, 1048, she was married to J. Monroe Agee; eleven children were born to them, sii of whom survive her.
About 35 years ago she was united with McCunico Baptist church and was baptized by Elder A. J. Lambert. Since then she has ever lived a consistent Christian life. She loved her pastors, and did all that she could 10 help them; she loved and worked for her church, but above all she loved her Savior.
A short time before her deat^i she said to the writer, ? I am not afraid ^o die, because my faith is in Cod, an<^I bet ^ trusting my Ijavlo^ sinfy	a	little
girl. I regret the sorro\y th^t will come to my children, but 1 an< rendy to go.? Alter 13 days of suffering sne went to sleep. It did not stem to us that she was dying, hut vntoring on a tranquil rest. On the list of October she {ell asleep, only to awake with Jesus on the morrow.
Weep not for mother, de?r children, lor she would not have you weep, but endeavor to meet her in heaven.
S. P. Linbsiy.
in August 21, 1912, Brother W. E. Broughton, then of Perdue Hill, Ala., now of Heaven, was called upon to leave his community, his church and his family and enter upon his eternal rest with the saved. His was an unusually faithful life in every relation. For nine years the writer was his pastor, and could always locate him on any question and depend upon him under all circumstances.
"Brother Ed" was born In January, 1862, and died August 21, 1912.
When but a youth he joined the Evergreen Baptist church. He was In the constitution of the Barbara Lock-lin Memorial Baptist church, of Perdue Hill, Ala., and was a member there for 24 years. He was superintendent of the Sunday school for 15 years consecutively, and was a favorite among youug and old. He was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason by Clairborne Lodge No. 3, and worked efficiently wherever called upon to serve.
In 1895 he was ordained a deacon, and served his church as such till his death. 1 was then his pastor, and was assisted n bis ordination by Dr. W. D. Hubbard. On January 11, 1888, he was happily married to Miss Emma Agee, a jnember of one of the most prominent families of Monroe count. She, like her husband, has always been true to her Master and His church. Two noble sons, Edde and Agee, blessed the union, the former a leading physician of great popularity and Agee a student at the Marlon Institute. Both are church members of the right type. I have been In many, many homes, but have never been in a happier one nor one where each life blended more perfectly one Into the other. In the paasing away of Brother Broughton one of my truest friend* ax.4 Qkittl irtaUsi ti'iJ	ax*
cedcd n.t.
May God blesa and comfort u?e dear wife, and may the mantle of usefulness bo worthly worn by the father fall upon each of the noble soub.
Lovngly, their former pastor,
S. P. LINDSEY.