West Carroll County Louisiana Archives News.....A Good Woman At Rest May 16, 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pauline Mobley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00028.html#0006760 December 9, 2009, 6:13 pm 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/westcarroll/newspapers/agoodwom146gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb