Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Woods (Womack), Mrs. Julia V. November 13, 1905
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The Schley County News  Thursday, November 16, 1905
SHE SLEEPS WELL Never has the expression of grief
over the death of any one in Ellaville been more
general than was called forth by the passing away of
Mrs. Julia V. Woods at her home in the early hours
of Monday morning.  After a protracted illness she
seemed to grow decidedly better and anxious watchers
at her bedside hoped for a speedy recovery, so the
sadness of her death came as a terrible shock. As
much as this good woman was loved and admired we
hardly realized what she was to her family and the
community until the lips went silent and the eyes
were closed in their dreamless sleep.  As one who
gathered inspiration from her life we would bring
this simple offering to lay upon the new made grave.

"Purpose and not place gauge the lives of men and
women."  Duty well met and well performed the
highest aim of the lofty characters who have blessed
the world, and in contemplating the life of Mrs.
Woods we feel that she measured fully up to the
standard.  She was the loving harmony in the home,
the guiding spirit strong but gentle, tender and
true in every relation of life, enriching the world
and shedding an influence of gentleness and
sunshine.

Every moment of her useful life was spent in
ministering to others.

Mrs. Woods was throughly domestic and her life a
home one, but possessing a mind of unusual strength,
she found time for reading and kept abreast of the
times, taking a deep interest in every thing for the
betterment of humanity. The devoted children found
in her their unfailing source of love and
inspiration, and many orphans "rise up and call her
blessed."  Trials only made her stronger and braver,
and her undaunted spirit soared serenly above every
obstacle.

The funeral service was impressively conducted by
Rev. L.B. Davis, of Atlanta, at the Baptist church
in the presence of a large company of sorrowing
friends. Very comforting were the beautiful thoughts
of the minister and he voiced the sentiments of all
present in the high tribute paid the deceased .  The
casket was covered with floral offerings, and it
seemed mete that she who loved flowers and gave them
out so generously should rest beneath a bank of
fragrant blossoms.

Very tender is the sympathy that goes out to the
bereaved.  Aching hearts could not bear these
painful separations if we did not know that sometime
in "the beautiful isle of somewhere" we shall find
those "we have loved long since and lost awhile."
Unselfishness not aspiration is the object of God's
benediction and it richly rests on the character of
her who closing her eyes to earthly scenes has found
"how beautiful it is to be with Christ."  Mary
Hornady.


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