Cassville Republican, Thursday, Weekly Paper, Dec 21, 1893 Sister Lamar, mother of Benjamin Lamar, died Dec 10, at N. J. Thomas' age 64 years, 10 months, and 26 days.

Sister Lamar was taken away quite unexpectedly, but a few days illness with bronchial fever. She has passed into the great beyond, after endeavoring to live a Christian life, though wading through troubles. She always tried to live cheerful so as to be a satisfaction to her children. It may seem at times that God deals harshly with us, but infinite love and wisdom cannot err, and in the morning when all mists are cleared away, we will see and understand all that is perplexing here. Ben, her son, together with her five daughters, who mourn the departure of a faithful mother, have the sympathy of all, and above all they may know that in the hour of bereavement none can be so close to us Christ.

May the Lord bless Ben who has taken such great care of his mother so long. The funeral services were held at the Jenkins Cemetery conduced by Eld. J. F. Thomas.

Died Dec 13, 1893, Florence Card, aged 16 years. the deceased was a daughter of Wm. and Martha Card of Monett. She leaves her parents, two brothers, three sisters and host of relatives and friends to mourn her departure from this world. Florence was highly respected by the people of the community in which she loved, who join with the parents and relatives in their deep sorrow. She expressed a willingness to depart and to be with Christ. The remains were interred in the Clay Hill Cemetery service conducted by Rev. B. Ellis. In the midst of our tears we praise God and there is a home where there are no partings; that when this weary waiting time is over, we shall gather in our father's kingdom, to enjoy the riches of his boundless.

Obituary: Died, Dec. 8, 1893, Henry Greenway, aged nearly 32 years. The deceased leaves a wife and three children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his departure. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and was a devoted Christian at the time of his death. The remains were interred in the Clay Hill Cemetery. Services conducted by Rev. B. Ellis. May God comfort the family in their lonely hours and lead their minds to the brightness of the resurrection morning, which the mangled body will be brought like unto Christ's glorious body. How uncertain in the time and the manner of our grief.

Died, Monday, Dec. 18, 1893, at 1 O'clock a. m., Minnie Ophelia Black, age 20 years, 8 months, and 2 days. "Pat" as she was familiarly called by her school mates, was born two miles north of Cassville where she passed her childhood. Coming to Cassville with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Black, she made many friends during the years of her residence here, and the same is true of her later life at Purdy and Washburn, where she died. Her demise was the more startling as it was so unexpected, she being in the best of health, and a few days before, and in the bloom of youth, but six days of pneumonia ended all.

During her sickness she said, "I am going home. I want you all to get ready and go with me." She professed religion in August 1892 in Washburn, during he revival there. She leaves her parents, brothers and sisters, together with many friends to mourn their loss. May we all meet her in the sweet home above. The remains were buried in the Cassville Cemetery, Thursday from the residence of Mr. J. M. Black. The Lord bless the bereaved ones [poem follows] E. W. McCracken
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