Tuscaloosa County AlArchives Obituaries.....Eddins, Martha  J. October 25, 1899
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Tuskaloosa Gazette 26 October 1899
Tuskaloosa Gazette Thursday October 26, 1899

AT REST. After Weeks of Suffering Mrs. Martha J. Eddins Is Summoned Home.

For seven long weeks a good and beautiful soul battled with pain and intense 
suffering, with a with a vitality wonderful for one of her age, but the strife 
was too unequal and yesterday evening as the day was changing into night Mrs. 
Martha J. Eddins closed her eyes and “was asleep in Jesus”.

For days it had been evident that the dear lady was being summoned home, and 
now the city mourns for one of the oldest and one of the best women that ever 
lived in it.

The accident that resulted in Mrs. Eddins death is still fresh in the minds of 
all. While crossing at Greensboro St. where it intersects with Cotton she was 
knocked down by a team driven by Mr. Frank Clements, who did not see her and 
who deeply deplored the terrible affair. 

Mrs. Eddins hip bone was broken and she was otherwise seriously injured. Her 
great age and only having recently recovered from another accident rendered 
her less able to withstand the suffering and it was plain from the first that 
she would never recover. She had displayed remarkable vitality but when blood 
poisoning set in about a week ago she began to sink rapidly. The end came 
yesterday evening at six o’clock at the home of Mrs. Maria B. Foster where she 
has been tenderly cared for since the accident. Her daughters, Mrs. Pattie 
Radcliffe of New York, and Mrs. T. H. Watts of Montgomery were at her bedside. 
Two other daughters, Mrs. Janie Kirkman of New York, and Mrs. Nannie Fitts of 
Bowling Green, Va. could not reach her.

The death of Mrs. Eddins removes one of the last links that bind the present 
with the historic and palmy days of Tuskaloosa when it was the capital of the 
state and centre of culture, education, and commerce. Her maiden name was 
Bealle, her father being one of the most prominent of Tuskaloosa pioneers. She 
was married to Dr. Simeon J. Eddins, a leading physician and a man connected 
with the foremost enterprises of the town.

The Eddins home was noted for elegance and hospitality and the good woman now 
gone was one of the most popular of her time. She was very bright and 
cultivated, and took a lively interest in all the active affairs of life to 
her very death. She was kind, considerate and lovely in manners and was a 
beautiful Christian character. Being 76 years of age she was one of the oldest 
members of Tuskaloosa Baptist Church, from which place her funeral will take 
place this afternoon at half past three o’clock.

The Tuskaloosa people all knew and loved Mrs. Eddins and great is the sorrow 
of her death. Deepest sympathy is expressed for those for whom the blow falls 
heaviest.


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