Wilcox County AlArchives Obituaries.....Janie Miller Dale September 20 1903
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Wilcox Progressive Era, Thursday, September 24, 1903

Mrs. Janie Miller Dale.
  This well known and estimable lady, after long illness at her 
brother's, Mr. J. N. Miller, died last Sabbath evening, Sept. 20th, 
1903, at 3:40 p. m. Her death adds another peculiarly sad chapter to 
the recent sad history of our town.
  Mrs. Dale came to her brother's about ten weeks ago to nurse an 
invalid son, and after two weeks nursing, was herself taken sick, and 
was confined to her bed for seven weeks, fluctuating between hopes and 
fears for her recovery. Her malady was a violent and malignant type of 
Dysentery. In spite of careful and constant nursing and skillful 
medical attention the end was death, and sorrow to her large family 
and circle of friends. She was the second daughter of Rev. Dr. John 
and Sarah Miller. She was born on the 8th of Nov. 1855 and was married 
to Mr. Calvin Sterrett Dale on the 29th of Oct. 1874. To this marriage 
was born ten children nine of whom survive their mother. She was 
educated at the Wilcox Female Institute under the Presidency of her 
father in 1871. Her education was completed in her sixteenth year and 
she was specially gifted and accomplished in music. In the midst of 
extensive and growing responsibilities of domestic life, she gave 
lessons in music to all her daughters. She was an ardent member of the 
church of her father's and took delight not only in the personal 
enjoyment of her religion but brought her children up in the fear and 
admonition of the Lord. Her hallowed memory with them will cluster 
around religious truth, and though she is gone from them, her life and 
teachings will live in them. "She looked well to the ways of her 
household and ate not the bread of idleness." 
"Her children will praise her," not in words but in their lives; her 
husband also, "for she did him good and not evil all the days of her 
life."
  She was buried on Monday last in the Oak Hill Cemetery, her pastor, 
Rev. H. M. Henry, D. D., conducting the services. Her brother, Mr. 
Jno. H. Miller from Birmingham and her sister, Mrs. A. G. Brice of 
Chester, S. C. came to be with her in her last hours. Friends far and 
near came to see her to cheer in her days of sickness. She was 
patient, hopeful and bright to near the end. We feel deeply for the 
stricken husband and her children who in the home of their life-time, 
will miss her most of all. May God bless them.


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