Chambers County AlArchives Obituaries.....Pearson, Amanda Lorena Higgins March 19, 1921 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Brewer http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00032.html#0007896 August 28, 2018, 1:27 pm Newspaper LaFayette Sun "The LaFayette Sun" - April 6, 1921: In Loving Memory of Mrs. Rena Pearson. Early on the morning of March 19, 1921, at six o'clock, just as the golden bud within the blue was peeping through, and in the stillness of morning, God sent His angel into her home at Roanoke, Ala., to claim the pure soul of my precious aunt, Rena Pearson, and escorted it to Heaven, where the pearly gates opened wide, and her sweet spirit gladly entered in, welcomed by Jesus and loved ones gone on before. She was a strong Christian character, possessing many virtues. The most marked was her unselfishness. She had the rare faculty of not waiting until she could do some great thing, but in wayside ministries she did what she could with what she had. Through the infirmities of age, being in her seventy-fifth year, she preserved to the last that genial, loving kindness so characteristic of her - living to make the world about her better, and ever solicitous of the well being not only of those nearest and dearest, but all whom the gentle current of her life had touched. She was the very soul of hospitality and honesty. Truthfulness and sincerity were the precious jewels that bedecked her life. She was a great sufferer in her last days, but bore it with all patience and Christian fortitude, never murmuring or complaining. The end was not unexpected, and yet we were not ready to give up dear Aunt Rena. We are sadder, but Heaven is nearer and brighter because she is there. Truly it may be said of her "none knew her but to love her." The kindness of loved ones, neighbors, physician and nurse - the bewildering profusion of beautiful flowers in various design, and the sincere and well- deserved tribute paid to her memory by her pastor, Elder J. T. Satterwhite - bore eloquent testimony to the esteem in which she was held by those of her church and community, who knew and loved her in life. Accordingly, a very large concourse was present at the First Baptist Church to attend the funeral services, which were conducted by her pastor, Elder J. T. Satterwhite, assisted by Dr. W. P. Hines and Rev. Claud O'Rear. We laid the temple of her sweet and beautiful spirit to rest in the family cemetery near her earthly home. Hours of sadness still come over us, Tears of sadness still come over us, We strive to hide our longing In the midst of mirth and fun, But we are thinking, thinking, thinking, Of you, dearest absent one. - Her devoted niece, Mrs. John D. Harris. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/chambers/obits/p/pearson2380gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb