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Obituary of Margrette Roland "Leslie, Margaret Lane 23 Dec.1865-16 Sep.1947 wife of Leonard "

Miss Margrette Delaine Roland was born December 23, 1865,

in McMinn county, Tennessee and was converted and joined

the Baptist church in Double Springs, Tenn., when very young.

She was the daughter of Phillip Roland, deceased. She was

married to C. J. Leslie on Aug. 27, 1887, in Tennessee. They

came to Texas in the fall of 1893 settling in the Bailey com-

munity where she spent the remainder of her life with the

exception of four years she spent in West Texas.

She was the mother of seven children, five of whom survive;

Bill of Bonham, Fannie Sudderth of the home, Frank of Dallas, Leonard of Bailey, Hurbert of Houston, Mrs. Aster Smith and

Homer who have passed on. She also leaves her husband and

four brothers, Cal Roland of West Texas, Henry Roland of

Denham, La., Tom Roland of Athens, Tenn., Little Jim Roland

of Kamih, Idaho; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Boyd of Hillsboro,

Texas, Mrs.Parthenia Crittenden of Orlando, Fla., and Tessie

Perkins of Charleston, Tenn.

Mrs. Leslie passed away at the hospital at Greenville, Texas,

October 5, 1943, after a lingering illness of five years being

seriously ill for two weeks prior to passing on. The funeral

was held in the Baptist church at Bailey, October 7, with Dr.

B. F. Milam officiating. Burial was at Grove Hill. Pallbearers

were Harry Edwards, Charlie Karr, John T.Leslie, J. M. Brown,

Elmer Bearden and Billie Bradshaw. Flower maids were her neighbors, sweet old ladies some near her age, some were young

that they might assist the elder ones, namely Mrs. Cora Tefteller, Mrs. Hubert Brown, Mrs. Grace Brown, Mrs. Sallie Bradshaw,

Mrs. Cordie Boldin, Mrs. Charlie Karr, Mrs. Harvey Edwards,Mrs. Virgie Lee Edwards, Mrs.Lilas Wilkinson and Miss Addie Journey.

In the passing of this dear woman a dutiful wife, a precious mother and a good neighbor was given up. She was a woman of few words. Never speaking ill of anyone. She always had a kind word and a smile for everyone. All the years of suffering were borne in patience. Just a few days before her going she told her family she knew she was going to leave them but she told them not to grieve that she

was ready and had no fear. Like the true mother she was when her children were small she was ever ready a toy to mend, a wound to bind, she had no fear as she approached the river of death, for she was confident of Christ's approval of her finished life. She regretted to leave loved ones behind but the glorious future that unfolded to her vision dimmed the carnal eye and opened the spiritual eye to

life everlasting. And what a blessed thought to know that she is at rest, no more suffering, sorrow, sickness or death, just life eternal, just waiting and watching for her faithful husband and devoted children and grandchildren, so don't disappoint her, be ready when the summons comes that you may join her on that golden shore.

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When cares are passing you down a bit,

Rest if you must---but don't quit.

----A friend and neighbor