Coosa County ALArchives Obituaries.....McEwen, Archive D.
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THE CHRONCILE

                          Death Cast Sadness Over Community

Mrs Archie D., wife of Geo. B. McDonald and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. 
K. McEwen, died here in the evening of 13th, inst., and was interred in the 
cemetery at Sears Chapel on the day following.  Rev. W. W. Rutland, assisted
by Revs. C. H. German, and J. F. Fielding, conducted the funeral rites. 
Mrs. McDonald's entire life of 31 years was spent here in Rockford and with 
each passing year her high qualities of mind and heart became more apparent.
During her entire life, from early childhood to death, she occupied a high 
place in the esteem and affections of the people of Rockford and community, 
and her death has cast a sadness over our community. She was a membe of the 
M. E. Church South and her life life of purity and innocences was consistent 
with the teaching of the Master.

She leaves a young husband, a father and mother, two brothers and two 
sisters upon whom her loss fall most heavily, and many other relatives and 
friends who with sadness remember that we will see her kind pleasant face 
no more in this life.(1)

                              In Memory of Archie D. McDonald

A face and form so much beloved
Has vanished from our sight
And hearts are left sadness
We wonder why 'twas right

Her deeds were pure and kindly
Her voice was sweet and low
A flower from God's own garden
That's why we loved her so

"A perfect woman nobly planned"
In every walk of life
Dutiful daughter, truest of friends,
A faithful, loving wife

Send solace to the husband
That is left so sad and lone
Who often feels that on this earth
He cannot have a home

Prepare for him, oh! Father
A mansion in the skies
Where reunited with the loved
He can dwell in Paradise

To the father and mother
Who so keenly feel her loss
Oh! may they sometimes understand
Help them to bear the cross

She has only gone to the fairer shore,
That's built in the skies above
To await with joy and gladness
The coming of the loved

So as time rolls on and the years go by
One by one do we pass away
May we all be gathered around the throne
In the land that is fairer than day

               Mattie McD. Jones           Rockford, Ala., May 4, 1910.(2)

(1)The Chronicle, 22 Apr 1910, p. 5. Printed in Rockford, Coosa Co., AL. 
Microfilm: Located in the Alabama Archives and History, Montgomery, AL.
(2) The Chronicle, 6 May 1910, p. 4.

Note: Archie D. McEwen(b. 17 Dec 1878 in Coosa Co., AL & d. 13 Apr 1910 in 
Coosa Co., AL) married George B. McDonald on 31 Jan 1906 in Coosa Co., AL. 
State of Al, Department of Archives and History. Inventory of County 
Archives Marriage Records. Coosa County. She is buried in Sears Chapel 
Cemetery, located about a mile north of Rockford, AL.


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