Seminole County GaArchives Obituaries.....Minter, Eva Funderburke October 6, 1944
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Bainbridge newspaper
Mrs. M. M. Minter
Passes Away
      _________

      With the going of Dr. and Mrs.
M.  M.  Minter t here  passed  from
Donalsonville  a great institution.
For  nearly  half  a  century  they 
have  stood  in the  heart  of  our 
town building a family of charicter
and   worth,  building  a  home  of 
hospitality and Christian influence, 
and  building   a  finer  and  more
worthwhile town.
     Mrs.  Eva  Funderburke  Minter
wife  of the late Dr. M. M. Minter,
died  on  March 17th 1945 at Donal-
sonville, just five months after the 
death of  her  beloved husband.  The
funeral services  were  held  at the 
Church  of  the  Nazerene  on Sunday
afternoon  at 4 o'clock, March 18th.
The  attractive  little  church  was
banked  in flowers  sent  as  a last 
token  of  devotion.  The Rev. Doyle
C. Smith,  her pastor, officiated at
t h e  services,  assisted  by  Rev. 
Whitt  Aiken,  Baptist Minister, the
Rev.  M.  C.  Liddell,  Presbyterian
Minister,  and  t h e  Rev.  Anthony 
Hearn,  Methodist   District  Super-
intendent  of  Thomasville.  Rev. B.
E.  LeJune,  Nazarene  Minister  of 
Bainbridge,   accompaniedat   t h e 
Piano  Mr.  Clark  Mosley, who sang
"The  Old  Rugged Cross",  M r s. C. 
D.  Thmoas  (sic)  who sang "No Night 
There",  and  Jesse  J.  Morris, of 
Emory  University  School  of  Den-
tistry, who sang  "After".
      Active Pallbearers were R. M.
Holman,  P.  E.  Shingler, John Lee
Drake  Julian  Webb, Y. L. Roberts,
J. L. Barber, Jr. B. B. Clarke  and
C. D. Thomas.
    Mrs. Minter was born at Lela in
this county  and came as a bride in
1904  to  Donalsonville.   For many
years  she  operated  t h e  Minter
House, where  all who  came found a
a  warm  welcome,  a  cheerful word
of  encouragement  and  advice, and 
a christian influence. To her fami-
ly she gave  unselfish devotion and
service.  Her children are all liv-
ing  monuments  o f  character  and
leadership and christianity result-
ing from her  lifetime of  training
and example.
    The first thought  which  comes
in thinking  o f  Cousin  Eva, Miss
Eva,  Aunt  Eva,  o r  "Ma Minter",
a s she  was  affectionately known,
was  h e  constant  love  for   her
Christ.  It was  the foremost qual-
ity in her personality.  She was so
full of the love of God that it just
spilled over  onto  all  those  who 
came in  contact  with her and made
.............
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