Etowah County AlArchives Obituaries.....McLaughlin, Myra Mitchell April 19, 1910 ************************************************ 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: Meredith Clapper http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002801 April 15, 2014, 5:48 pm Montgomery Advertiser 20 Apr 1910 vol. LXXXI issue 110 p 2 &Montgomery Advertiser 24 Nov 1912 Vol. LXXXIII issue 329 p17 Montgomery Advertiser 20 Apr 1910 vol. LXXXI issue 110 p 2 Mrs. M'Laughlin Dies in Pensacola Pensacola, Fla., April 19 (Special) Mrs. Elmore McLaughlin, formerly Miss Myra Mitchell of Gadsden, Ala., died today at her home here, death being due to a complication of diseases. Mrs. McLaughlin was a daughter of Colonel R. A. Mitchell, a prominent man of North Alabama, and a sister of Mrs. F. H. Elmore, Jr., of Montgomery. The body of Mrs. McLaughlin was shipped to Eufaula, Ala. for burial. Montgomery Advertiser 24 Nov 1912 Vol. LXXXIII issue 329 p17 Tribute to Mrs. McLaughlin- The following clipping from The Gadsden Evening Journal will be of unusual interest in Montgomery where Mrs. McLaughlin as Miss Myra Mitchell was greatly beloved and where she spent much of her time with her sister, Mrs. F. H. Elmore, Jr. She was widely known throughout the State, and was a favorite in many Alabama cities where she visits. The Journal says: At the Carnegie Library, the centre section of the Juvenile Department will henceforth be known as the Myra Mitchell McLaughlin collection. A beautiful name plate has been placed above by members of her family who have donated a number of choice books as a memorial to this loved daughter and sister. The collection will be added to from time to time by them and by interested friends. No more fitting monument to Myra Mitchell McLaughlin could have been conceived. She was one of the most enthusiastic promoters of the Reading Room which led to the establishing of Carnegie Library here in 1906. She had from the first been interested in the Juvenile Department and had contributed liberally to its maintenance. Below is a given sketch of her life by a close friend, Mrs. Hattie Ann Cox. Myra Mitchell McLaughlin was born May 13, 1881 in Eufaula, Ala. Her father, Reuben A. Mitchell, is a man prominent both in political and civic life. Her mother was Miss Birdie Wood of Eufaula, Ala. Always a bright, enthusiastic child, Myra grew into a girl exceptionally studious and lovable. Her early education was received in Gadsden, her collegiate training at Tuskegee College, from which institution she was graduated in 1899. In 1901 she entered Anniston College of Anniston, Ala., as a post-graduate student. It was there the writer knew her. Just budding into womanhood, she was the epitome of culture and genius combined with a personality which drew young and old to her. In 1902 she was elected a teacher in the primary department of the Anniston school. Always a lover of little children, her tact with them was the marvel of all who saw her in the class room. She gave up teaching, however, after one year and returned to her home in Alabama City, where her father was agent for the Dwight Manufacturing Company. As a daughter and sister her life was ideal. A finished musician she added much to the charm of the home life by her beautiful playing. While living in Alabama City, her love for humanity showed itself in her interest in the mill children. She began work with them in the Sunday school class which soon numbered eighty-five pupils. Her sympathies broadened and a number of little ones studied privately in her home and were the recipients of her charity. Her public spiritedness manifested itself in the interest which she took in the Thursday Study club, an organization of young ladies for the study of the best in literature, and from out of which grew the Reading Room which finally led to the establishing of the Carnegie Library. October 7, 1909, she was married to Mr. Elwood McLaughlin of Pensacola, Fla. Although a resident of Pensacola for only a few months she made many warm friends there and was appointed chairman of a committee of three to undertake the establishing of a Carnegie Library. She was taken desperately ill in March of 1910 and on the 19th of April her spirit passed to the great beyond. Of her it may fittingly be said: "She was indeed, a good influence in life while she was still among us; she had a fresh laugh, it did you good to see her, and however sad she may have been at heart, she always bore a bold and cheerful countenance and took fortune's worst as it were the showers of spring." Her influence lives after her and will know no bounds until it breaks on the shores of eternity. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/etowah/obits/m/mclaughl1990gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb