Obit: Mrs. Adaline Amanda Carr, Grant Parish Louisiana
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Almer Vinson
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THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY COUSIN THREISA HODNETT
LAVESPERE  AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH ALL, I DO NOT KNOW WHICH
PAPER IT WAS FROM.

CARR - At the home of Mr H.D. Preuette, on Thursday, January 20, 1916, 
Mrs. Adaline Amanda Carr, born in Pike County, Ala., Jan. 19, 1831,
departed this life aged 85 years and 1 day.

Mrs. Carr's maiden name was Mann. She was married to William S. Carr in
Union parish, Louisian in 1850. Two children were born to this
union;viz: Mrs Sara Carr Preuette, and William C. Carr. She had 17 grand
children and 22 great grandchildren. She leaves one daughter and many
grand children to mourn her loss, her husband and son having already
preceded her to the great beyond.

Since her husband's death she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs.
H.D. Preuette. Mrs Carr was one of this communities oldest neighbors,
she and her husband having settled here many years ago and most everyone
in our settlement knew and loved Grandmother Carr. She was true
christian having joined the Bethel Baptist church many years ago and
lived a faithful devoted Christian Life.

After she was confined to her bed, she often expressed her willingness
to die, said she was perferctly submissive to the Lords will and
expressed herself as being ready and anxious to go, said she had lived
long enough.

Before she pssed away she called all her loved one to her bedside and
told them she was going to leave them and that she wanted them to live
so that THEY  would meet her in heaven. As I looked at those fine 
stalwart grandsons, as they tenderly administered to their grandmother's
ever want and after she had passed away they stood with sad hearts
around her cold form, I could not refrain from breathing a prayer that
some day her request would be granted and that they would be christians,
if not already and all meet again to rejoice together in the resuraction
morning. To the bereaved ones we can only say live as Grandmother Carr
requested you do, with almost her last words, and you will surely meet
and live with her again some day.

Religious service was held over her remains at Bethel Church by Rev. W.
N. Creed, and her body laid to rest in the Bethel Cemetery in the
presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends.

The above was signed "A Friend"