West Carroll County Louisiana Archives News.....A Good Woman At  Rest May 16, 1915
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West Caroll Gazette May 16, 1915
  Mrs. Annie Grathwell, the beloved wife of Lou Grathwell a member of the 
Village Council, departed this life at midnight last Friday after an illness 
of twelve days, on March 29 she was stricken with paralysis, and on April 4th 
she took meningtis which caused her death.  She was born in Davis County, 
Indiana Febuary 10, 1866, and was married July 3, 1888.  A large cocourse of 
sorrowing friends followed the remains to theidr last resting place in Oak 
Grove Cemetery Saturday afternoon at 5:o'clock.
  None but those who have sat in the shadow of a great bereavement can justly 
weigh such a sorrow as this.  Those who have gone down into the valley of 
suffering and stood for weeks by the side of a loved one, as hope after hope 
dropped away as the petals fall from a fading flower, know that anguish cannot 
find solace in the tenderest words.  She who has gone forth could not be 
supported on her solitary path by any earthly friend.  The husband with a 
devotion few men are capable of, whose strength was given sweetly, tenderly to 
this precious invalid, whose heroic devotion never faltered, could not detain 
her by the clasp of earthly love; but after the last word had been spoken, the 
last sign of recognition was gone, a look of peace settled on her face which 
proclaimed victory, and he knew she was resting on a mighty arm.

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