Mitchell County Georgia Obit Martha Cochran Adams 1921 ***************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ***************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Martha Cochran Adams as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 4 Nov 1921. Mrs. Mattie Cochran Adams, wife of the late Mr. L. H. Adams, passed away at her home on Sunday afternoon, 30 Oct 1921, at 5:00 PM after an illness of nearly a year from heart trouble. A genuine sorrow was felt throughout the town when it was learned the end had come. Mrs. Adams, already afflicted with the infirmities of old age, was taken the first of the year with a heart trouble, which grew more and more severe with each attack and the past several months were spent in long and tedious waiting for the end, which had but one meaning for her, a happy release from her weary sufferings. Noticeable to the many friends during the illness, was the beautiful devotion of her daughter, Miss Gertrude Adams, who lived with her mother, and who never left her side for an hour during the long months of illness. All Mrs. Adams children were with her when she passed away. Funeral services were held at the home Monday, 31 Oct 1921, afternoon at 2:00 PM. Rev J. I. D. Miller, son-in-law of the deceased and her pastor for fifteen years, conducted the services. "Sometime We'll Understand" and "Land of Beulah" were sung by a choir composed of Mrs. H. B. Woodward, Mrs. W. C. Spence, Dr. J. L. Brown and Mr. A. J. Pinson. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful and there was a large number of friends and relatives present at the funeral. Interment was made in the family lot at Oakview cemetery. The pallbearers, all nephews of the deceased, were Messrs. J. D. Cochran, G. M. Cochran, W. B. Cochran, B, H, Jones and Roy Stripling. Mrs. Adams had passed her seventy-eight milestone in life when her death occurred. She was a daughter of the late Robert and Elizabeth Cochran and was born in Alabama, coming to Mitchell county with her parents and large family of brothers and sisters in early childhood. In her early womanhood she was married to Mr. L. H. Adams with whom she lived happily for a long number of years and who preceded her to the grave about three years ago. The deceased was a woman of strong Christian character and influence. With a heritage of godly parents before her, she entered early into the Christian life and united with the Baptist church in her girlhood. In the home, where she raised a large family of children, among her friends and neighbors and in the church and community she quietly and steadily lived out her Christian life and exerted an influence for good to all with whom she came in contact. Her last days, though days of suffering, were days of expectation as she looked toward her home coming and her life ended in peace, which is the promised reward of the faithful. Two brothers and two sisters, Messrs. G. B. Cochran and B. T, Cochran, Mrs. G. J. Stripling and Mrs. Rosa Jones, all of this city, survive Mrs. Adams. Her six children also are left to mourn her departure. They are Mrs. J. I. D. Miller and Mrs. D. B B. Collins of Flint, Mrs. W. M. Acree, Miss Gertrude Adams, Mrs. W. F. Stoudenmire and Mr. W. C. Adams, all of this city. The deceased leaves also twenty grand children and one great grand child, besides a large number of other near relatives and hosts of friends who with the family mourn the loss. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in their sad hour.