Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Connell, Ella December 19 1909
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, December 31, 1909
Obituary - Mrs. Ella Connell
Mrs. Ella Connell, one of the most esteemed ladies in our community, passed 
away from earth, at her home in Cairo, late Sunday evening, the 19th inst. 
after an illness of about two weeks.  The best medical skill and the most 
careful nursing failed to preserve a life exceedingly precious to her children, 
her brothers and sisters, and very dear to a large number of devoted friends.

Mrs. Connell had been in delicate health, for several years, during which she 
had resided in this town, her household consisting of her self, one sister, 
Miss Lizzie Poulk, her son, John, and (since his marriage a year or so ago) his 
wife.  The greater portion of her precious life she had spent at her pleasant 
home, eight miles distant, in the country; which home she presided in a manner 
so graciously hospitable as to win and retain the affectionate friendship of 
many people.  In that quiet abode, a gentle-hearted mother, as wise as she was 
tender, reared to maturity six sons and two daughters, all of whom, except one 
child of each sex, survived her.  The two exceptions were Mrs. Lula Allen, who 
died, in Florida, two years ago, and R. A. Connell, whose home, at the time of 
his disease, was in Texas.  Besides that daughter and son, she had previously 
lost in infancy, two other children, years before.

The life of the excellent woman whose memory this little sketch would honor was 
one of sweet, constant devotion to the welfare of others and all who knew her 
can testify to her unselfish goodness.  It is certainly true, as quoted from 
the Bible by one of the ministers, at her funeral, that "Her children arise up 
and call her blessed."  And a similar sentiment is entertained by each brother 
and sister and grand child.

Mrs. Connell has left six children to mourn their loss:  Walter and Beulah 
(Mrs. Bennett) of this county, Hiram and Hill, of Gilmer, Texas, John of Cairo 
and Joseph, of Hurtsboro, Ala.  All of them reached her before she died, and 
attended her funeral.  Her surviving brothers and sisters are John L. Poulk, 
Hardy J. Poulk, Miss Lizzie Poulk, Mrs. Katie Johnson, Mrs. Ada Sapp and M. M. 
Poulk -- all of whom reside in Cairo, except Hardy, who lives on his 
plantation, nearly four miles out of town.  In addition to these relatives, are 
twenty grandchildren and several nephews and nieces, the sons and daughters of 
her deceased brothers, Milton and Joseph Poulk; all of whom are sadly affected 
by her death.

The funeral services were conducted principally in Cairo, by Dr. R. H. Harris, 
the pastor, with the assistance of the Methodist minister, Rev. W. E. Towson, 
her son John's pastor, on Tuesday morning, 21st inst., concluding with the 
interment in the new cemetery.  Appropriate hymns were sung by a quartet 
composed of Mrs. M. H. Burts, Miss Kathryn Brown and Messrs. R. C. Bell and G. 
W. Hurst, with Miss Lena Mauldin at the organ.  The pallbearers were Messrs. M. 
L. Ledford, W. B. Brown, H. G. Cannon, Walter Davis, W. H. Robinson, M. G. 
McManeus, D. L. Williams and F. A. Richter.
A friend   



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