Obituary of Martha Hand Dale Sansom, Sumpter, Alabama, Chickasaw, Kemper, Monroe 
Counties, Mississippi

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Sumter County, Alabama 

From the Okolona Messenger, Oct. 13, 1910:

In Memoriam

The life of Mrs. Martha Hand Sansom came to a close after three score, seven and 
ten years of efficient service.  She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.G. 
Mabry, on Sept. 7, 1910, the last of a family of eight.

Mrs. Sansom was the daughter of Hugh and Catherine Clanton Dale, and was born in 
Sumter County, Ala., in the year 1834, where her girlhood days were spent, 
though her education was completed in Aberdeen, Miss., she having graduated 
there at the age of nineteen.

Some years later she was married to Mr. William Carter Sansom.  This happy union 
was blessed with nine children, seven of whom were spared to share with her the 
loss of a good, kind companion to her and a loving, faithful father to them.  He 
died suddenly Feb. 12, 1890.

Early in life Mrs. Sansom was impressed with the great importance of living a 
Christian life, so became a member of the Methodist Church at the age of eleven.  
The gentle, meek spirit of the Master seemed to especially appeal to her.  She 
became not only a possessor of this Spirit herself, but a peacemaker among her 
schoolmates and friends.

After the war between the States, Mr. and Mrs. Sansom moved to Monroe County, 
where they lived until his death, making many friends and commending the high 
esteem and respect of all.  Their home was near old "Union", formerly a 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where they and most of the children became 
members, their membership remaining until death.  They both peacefully sleep in 
the church yard near by awaiting the trumpet of the last day.

After ministering to her every want and doing all that loving hands could do, 
her children saw the end was near and gathered around to await the departure of 
one who had been so much to them; whose good influence will live on and whose 
example of quiet meekness should serve as an anchor, fixing their minds and 
hearts on Spiritual things, so that when the final summons comes, each may be 
prepared to meet dear mother in a Home above.  After having suffered for months, 
she passed peacefully away, resting on the bosom of her Gentle Savior.
          "Although oft depressed and lonely,
 			 	All our fears are laid aside.
  				If we but remember only
  				Such as she has lived and died."

Pastor J.W. Mobley