Mrs. J. J. Long
The Clarke County Tribune
Last Monday evening Dec. 11th at 6 o'clock, Mrs. J. J. Long of Mari? Miss., passed into the (illegible) of spirits (illegible) a few weeks ago Mr. (illegible) family lived in Clarke County (illegible) Quitman. Recently they had moved on the farm belonging to R. S. and D. W. Gavin, near Meridian. Mrs. Long was delighted with her new home and charmed with her new surroundings. She had (illegible) her (illegible). Her first objective was (illegible) house in order for the happy (illegible) of all the absent children on Christmas tide. But the disease (illegible) been battling with her at irregular intervals for years gripped her (illegible) a tenacity too strong for (illegible) physicians to master. Just after the sun went down on Monday last she succumbed. Everything possible was done to save her. But she herself seemed to realize that she had (illegible) of her journey in the flesh.
Her body was brought back to (illegible) and laid beside the ashes of her departed loved ones. The burial was on Wednesday, her pastor officiating. An immense gathering of (illegible) people from Clarke and Lauderdale counties was at the funeral. The floral offerings bespoke the very high esteem in which the deceased was (illegible) by her host of friends.
She leaves a husband and seven children to mourn her death, namely: Evan, a teacher in Hinds county, John and Almon, who are with their father; Annie, who is teaching (illegible) Crystal Springs, Miss Fannie, in the senior class of the A. H. S.: Helen; and Mrs. Everett Fontaine (illegible), who also lives at Marion.
Mrs. Long was a (illegible) wife a devoted and affectionate mother, a kind hearted (rest of obituary is illegible).
(Another one appears in the 22 Dec issue.)
The Clarke County Tribune
Last Monday evening Dec. 11th at 6 o'clock, Mrs. J. J. Long of Mari? Miss., passed into the (illegible) of spirits (illegible) a few weeks ago Mr. (illegible) family lived in Clarke County (illegible) Quitman. Recently they had moved on the farm belonging to R. S. and D. W. Gavin, near Meridian. Mrs. Long was delighted with her new home and charmed with her new surroundings. She had (illegible) her (illegible). Her first objective was (illegible) house in order for the happy (illegible) of all the absent children on Christmas tide. But the disease (illegible) been battling with her at irregular intervals for years gripped her (illegible) a tenacity too strong for (illegible) physicians to master. Just after the sun went down on Monday last she succumbed. Everything possible was done to save her. But she herself seemed to realize that she had (illegible) of her journey in the flesh.
Her body was brought back to (illegible) and laid beside the ashes of her departed loved ones. The burial was on Wednesday, her pastor officiating. An immense gathering of (illegible) people from Clarke and Lauderdale counties was at the funeral. The floral offerings bespoke the very high esteem in which the deceased was (illegible) by her host of friends.
She leaves a husband and seven children to mourn her death, namely: Evan, a teacher in Hinds county, John and Almon, who are with their father; Annie, who is teaching (illegible) Crystal Springs, Miss Fannie, in the senior class of the A. H. S.: Helen; and Mrs. Everett Fontaine (illegible), who also lives at Marion.
Mrs. Long was a (illegible) wife a devoted and affectionate mother, a kind hearted (rest of obituary is illegible).
(Another one appears in the 22 Dec issue.)
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