Madison County GaArchives Obituaries.....Stephens (2), Elizabeth H. October 19, 1936
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Danielsville Monitor  30 Oct 1936 
Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens

   The old must pass away the the _______ ___ of nature, and  while their 
passing is always sad, yet there is compensation in the thought that their 
lives have been spared for so long and useful service.
   So it was with our friend, Mrs. Stephens--who quietly fell asleep on 
Monday, October __th, after a long life of more that eight four years.  She 
was a strong Christian daughter---unusual in many ____--- ___ spoken when 
____, a sympathetic understanding of others difficulties---an interest in 
public affairs, especially of the church and schools; which interest continued 
thru her long life.
   Mrs. Stephens was a friend of my mother and grandmother.  She was also my 
friend, and I have known her for many years.  My memory goes back eighteen 
years, to a day in Novermber, when word came that the Armistice was signed and 
the dreadful war was over.  I had already heard the news, but my friend did 
not know that I had, so she hurried to my home to bring the glad tidings and 
rejoice with me.  She knew how anxious I had been for my two dear sons, who 
were in the Service.
   Her life was optimistic to a marked degree.  We have known her when clouds 
hung low--when sickness was in the home for long periods--even when Death 
entered and claimed her loved ones she was able to rise above it all and still 
carry on with a cheerful face to the future.
   Her life was a lfe of industry--whatsoever her hands found to do, that she 
did.  She looked on work as a road leading to contentment and happiness, and a 
necessity to our well being.  Her friends will reacll that her hands were 
seldom idle--how much beautiful work she did in embroidery, crocheting and 
knitted articles--much of this done in the last few years.
   She was among thousands of good mothers who seldom see their names in print-
-who crave no publicity--whose sole ambition is to fill acceptably the place 
in which God placed them--who go about doing good--who rejoice when their sons 
and daughters fill acceptably the places in the world which they can serve 
best.  And her children rise up and call her blessed.
   "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."
          -- Mrs. J. C. Tabor

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