OBITUARY:, CAMPBELL, Mildred - Warren County, Kentucky Date: 16 August 2003 Submitted by Martha Lamkin, Email Registry ID# http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001235 NOTE: This obituary column, cut from newspapers of the time period, was found pasted in an ancient dust-covered book at a yard sale I attended in Louisville KY. I'm posting them verbatim in the hopes they will benefit others. I have no further information and have no connection to any of these names. I have no additional information on dates, or about which newspapers the original columns were in or the year of publication. The following notice of the death of Miss Mildred CAMPBELL was written by Mr. John TRIPLETT, editor of the Times Enterprise, of Thomasville, Ga.: "Last Saturday morning, at Bowling Green, Ky., two young ladies, Misses Mildred and Ellen CAMPBELL, boarded the south-bound train. The former was an invalid and was coming south for her health. All day long the train sped southward. Night found the travelers speeding along through Alabama. In the meantime the invalid grew rapidly worse. As the train rushed on through the darkness, which enveloped the hills and valleys along the way, the angel of death hovered over the dying girl. Little thought or reck'd the engineer, as with steady hand on the throttle, he drove the great mogul engine over the far stretching rails of steel, pulling its load of living freight, that one of his passengers was taking another route. But so it was. Swiftly as sped the train, it could not outstrip death on his pale horse. Relentless and inexorable, it followed and claimed its victim who was racing for life toward the land of sunshine. On rushed the train, swaying around curves, while a loving sister bent over the berth and caught the last whispered message for loved ones at home. Very gently the silver cord was loosened and the spirit winged its flight to a brighter, better happier world. And the tired, pain-racked body was at rest, at rest forever. No more tickets to buy; no more baggage to check; no more changing of cars. The last journey had suddenly, sadly ended. Death is often more kind than we think. In this case, bodily pain and suffering ceased, and, instead of looking vainly, perhaps, for health in the sunny south, the sufferer has found rest in a perfect clime, where all is sunshine, and where God eternal reigns. The train reached Thomasville about 2 o"clock on Sunday morning. The body was taken charge of by an undertaker and prepared for shipment back to Kentucky. The bereaved sister, though stranger here, found friends and sympathizers who tendered their aid and services, and who did everything possible for her. On Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock the remains were taken to the railway station. Very tenderly the frail form, in shroud and casket, was lifted on the train, and the silent journey back to her old Kentucky home, which she had left only a few hours before, was begun. From this southland goes to the stricken family the heartfelt sympathies of many for those who are grieving over the death of their loved and lost one." (No date was indicated in this article, but the preceding obituary was dated 1895, and two following ones were dated 1898 and 1877, so it is presumed that this one fell within the last quarter of the 19th century.) ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.