Mccracken-Graves County KyArchives Obituaries.....Beadles, Mary Elizabeth Bolinger March 28, 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Weatherford wxfords@aol.com March 23, 2011, 5:48 pm 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/mccracken/obits/b/beadles4369gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/