Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Peevy, Floye Dee June 15, 1901


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Scrapbook of Belle Mills
Obituaries from the Scrapbook of Belle Mills
This scrapbook is now in possession of Mrs. Frankie Mills, the widow of Mr. 
George Mills, who was the nephew of Belle Mills.  It is to Mrs. Frankie that I 
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Most of these obituaries (which are clippings) have no dates on them.  They 
were probably taken from the Monroe News, one of the parent newspapers of the 
modern News-Star or the Progressive Age, a Ruston paper.  Most date from the 
1890-1910 years, which are now lost to time.   These newspapers were never 
preserved.  That makes these obituaries even more valuable to researchers.  
Whenever possible, dates and information clarifying the obituaries have been 
taken from cemetery indexes at the Ouachita Parish Public Library.


Miss Floye Peevy
	Miss Floye Peevy was born Aug. 30, 1877 and died of congestion June 15, 
1901.  Thus passed from earth to heaven the jewel of another home.  Miss Floye 
joined the Methodist Church at about the age of twelve years.  She was soundly 
converted at about the age of eighteen years, just previous to a severe spell 
of typhoid fever.  This conversion took place in the quietude of the home near 
the hour of midnight.  While Miss Floye was always good, yet her conversion 
left the divine stamp upon her.  Her associates were unable to decoy her off 
into frivolity.  The light of her Christian spirit was not a hidden one.  Her 
last associated thoughts of each day were with her Lord.  Her lamp upon the 
floor, her Bible in her lap, there she humbly studied the Word of God.  In all 
my acquaintance I have yet to meet one more universally loved.  Both sinner and 
saint seem to think it a high privilege to praise her pure, attractive life.  
On the funeral occasion, though it was on Monday, the church would not hold the 
people.  Each one was eager to pay their last respects.  No pains were spared 
for her welfare here; no doubts can be had of her safety yonder.  Oh, what a 
consolation this should be!  Dear loved ones, we can only point you to the 
Lord, who doeth all things well.  He has blessed you with this pure, saintly 
life the memory of which should be power sufficient to anchor all her loved 
ones safe in heaven.  God grant you the abiding presence of her dear Savior.
								Her pastor,
							     H.W. LEDBETTER.
	[Miss Peevy was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Peevy of Calhoun and 
was espicially [sic] bright and promising.  One of her teachers has been heard 
to remark that she had as bright an intellect and as sweet and charming 
disposition and manners as any young person he had ever met.  In the school 
room she was always easily in the lead of her classes.  Her friends and the 
friends of her parents are deeply grieved at her sad death, and to her 
sorrowing relatives the News extends its spmpathy. [sic] - ED]

Additional Comments:
Floye Dee Peevy is buried in the Calhoun City Cemetery near her parents Charles 
Henry and Mary E. "Nonie" Peevy.  The dates above are correct.


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