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21 Feb 1900 issue of the Farmerville Gazette:

"IN MEMORIAM. 

On the morning of October 16, 1899, God in His wisdom saw fit to call from our midst 
Mrs. Ella Westbrook, aged 23 years, 11 months and 22 days. She leaves a devoted husband, 
three small children, an aged father, a kind step-mother, six brothers, one sister and 
a host of relatives and friends to mourn her departure. She was a kind wife and mother, 
a useful neighbor and one that will be sadly missed by all who knew her, and mother 
especially around the sickbed. She was a true christian, full of life and brightness, 
but when she was called to go, she bore her sufferings very patiently and prayed to  
God that her darling little children might be well cared for. Oh! hose hard it is to 
give up our loved ones! Let us all strive each day to be prepared to meet them on that 
golden shore around the great white throne, where all of our sorrows and grief will be 
turned to joy and happiness. Sister Westbrook was a member of treh Baptist church at 
Concord, La. She united with the church at about the age of sixteen, and lived a 
consistent member until the day of her death. 
Whereas, in view of the loss we have sustained by the decease of our friend and sister, 
and of the still heavier loss sustained by those who were nearest and dearest to her,
Therefore, be it resolved, that we tenderly condole with the family of our deceased sister 
in their house of trial and affliction and devoutly commend them to the keeping of Him who 
looks with pitying eye upon the bereaved.
Second. That in our natural sorrow for the loss of a faithful sister and friend, we find 
great consolation in the belief that it is well with her forwhom we mourn.
Third. And that we deeply sympathize with those who were bound to her by the nearest ties 
and share with them the hope of a reunion in that better world where there are no more 
partings and bliss inefiable forbids a tear.
So, let us not sorrow as those who have no hope but be resigned to the will of Him who 
doeth all things well. Her seat among us is facant, nevermore to be filled, but there is 
another seat occupied in Heaven and one more who shall forever glorify our blessed Lord.
One precious to our hearts is gone,
The voice we loved is stilled
The place made vacant in her home,
Can never more be filled,
Our Father in His wisdom called
The boon His love had given,
And though on earth the body lies
The soul is safe in Heaven.

Emily Edwards
Lizzie Norman,
Lillie Walker, Committee."

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