Mccracken-Graves County KyArchives Obituaries.....Beadles, Mary Elizabeth Bolinger March 28, 1907
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The Paducah Evening Sun, Friday, March 29, 1907
MRS. M. E. BEADLES
ONE OF PADUCAH'S BEST BELOVED CITIZENS DIES

Long Life Spent in This Community Comes to End

After Nature Surrenders, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Beadles, 83 years old, one of 
Paducah's oldest and most prominent residents, died at her home, 209 North 
Fifth Street, last evening at 6 0'clock of rheumatism and infirmities incident 
to old age, after an illness of a month. Her condition was considered hopeless 
Saturday but remarkable vitality prolonged her life. Mrs. Beadles was born 
November 3, 1823 at Abington, Va., the eldest of nine children, of George W. 
and Lucinda Bolinger. The family went to Graves county shortly after Mrs. 
Beadles' birth when Mayfield was but a very small settlement. On December 7, 
1843, Miss Mary Bolinger married William Beadles, one of the most prominent of 
West Kentucky bankers and merchants in Mayfield. Mr. Beadles came from 
Virginia in 1820 and settled in Mayfield. During these years in the mercantile 
business. He also engaged in politics and served one term as representative in 
the legislature from Graves county. Shortly after the war he removed to 
Paducah and was instrutmental in converting the state bank into the founding 
of the First National bank. In 1892 he died. But two children survive; Mrs. 
James E. Wilhelm of Paducah and Mrs. George W. Bains of Birmingham, Ala., both 
children were at her bedside when death came. Two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Ligon, 
Mayfield, and Mrs. Thomas Beadles of Fulton and one brother R. M. Bolinger, of 
Sheffield, Ala., survive. Mrs. Beadles was a Methodist and an active church 
worker. The funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the 
Broadway Methodist church, the Rev. W. T. Bolling conducting the service, 
assisted by the Rev. Calvin M. Thompson, pastor of the First Baptist church. 
The burial was at Oak Grove cemetery, The pall bearers were the Messrs. Eli 
Guthriek, W. H. Patterson, Charles R. Hail, J. W. McKnight, Jacov Well, W. Ho. 
Rieke, Eucid Covington, Captain John Webb. Mrs. Beadles was woman of 
remarkably strong and fine individuallity, and all who came in contact with 
her in anyway felt the impress of her character. Coming to Paducah to live in 
1868 she is prominently identified with the town in many ways, and was known 
to almost every man, woman and child in it. Cordial in manner, social in 
nature, she easily made acquaintance, and her circle of friends was almost 
unlimited. Her cheery greetings will be missed by many. Her mentality was 
unusually strong and forceful, and her keen wit and clever repartee made her 
an always enjoyed companion. Mrs. Beadles was prominently identified with the 
religious life and work of the city. Joining the Methodist church when sixteen 
years of age, she was through life a devoted member and attendant when her 
health permitted. She was a leading member of the Broadway Methodist church 
from its earlliest days. In her charities she was liberal, and the poor of her 
church and the city, especially the poor who are not paupers but sorely need 
help found her a ready and sympathetic friend always. She carried her years 
well and was ever young in her feelings and sympathies. Her indomitable energy 
and will held age at bay and defied time.

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