Obituary for Mrs. J. D. Guthrie, Tensas Parish Louisiana
Mrs. J. D. Guthrie, 1868-1918
Submitted by Edith Ziegler, 03 OCT 1999

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      Again are we called upon to chronicle the passing of
another resident of Tensas Parish, a good wife, a devoted
mother, daughter and sister and true friend.   Mrs.  Sallie 
Seddon Guthrie,  beloved wife of Mr.  Jeff D.  Guthrie died at
the home of her sister, Mrs.  W.  S.  White, at Waterproof, on
Thursday, in the 50th year of her age.  
      Deceased was the eldest child of the late Christopher
Seddon and Mrs. Seddon, of Waterproof, and was born, reared and 
married in that town and spent her entire life in her native
Tensas.  On December 27th, 1887, she was married to Mr. Jeff D. 
Guthrie, and to this union two children were born, Miss Jennie
Dora Guthrie, the popular trained nurse, now with the Red Cross
Corps and engaged in tenderly nursing our wounded boys in France
and Master Clyde Donothan Guthrie, happily too young to fully
realize the serious loss he has suffered in being deprived of
a mother's love. 
      Mrs.  Guthrie has been in indifferent health for the past
several years, but her faithful husband, with a devotion that 
knew not weariness, provided her with everything calculated to 
prolong her life, but the battle was against her and after a
brave and noble fight she finally yielded to the Grim Spectre
and answered the call of her Master, "Enter ye into the joys of 
your Lord" 
      Deceased was a good woman and devoted Christian, to whom death
had no terrors. She lived a useful life and having finished labor
has gone to that reward that is laid up for those who love and
serve Him. 
      Her remains were interred in the family burial ground at 
Wesley Chapel and were followed to their last resting place 
by a concourse of devoted friends and loved ones who mingled
their tears in a common sorrow as the last sad rites were said. 
May they find comfort in the thought that her entire life was
spent in preparation for the end that has finally come to her
and which must some day come to all. 
      Aside from her husband and two chhildren, Mrs. Guthrie is 
survived by her mother, Mrs. Seddon, of Waterproof, two sisters, Mrs. 
W. S. White, of Waterproof, and Miss Mary Seddon, trained nurse of
New Orleans, and three brothers, V. L. Seddon of Monroe, Geo. Seddon
now with U. S. government at Orange, Texas, and Charles Seddon of
Waterproof. To these and many friends, the Gazette extends deepest
sympathy, but especially to the grief-stricken husband, in his
utter loneliness, separated by the grave from his wife and by
the ocean from his daughter, left all alone in the waning of 
life, with none to cheer and comfort save his little boy. 

From The Tensas Gazette