Anson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Mask, Elizabeth, Mrs.  December 16, 1859
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Thurs. Jan. 19, 1860  North Carolina Argus
   DIED, on the 16th of December, 1859, MRS. ELIZABETH MASK, wife of JAMES G. 
MASK of Anson, in the 88th year of her age. She was born in Sussex County, 
Va., on the 1st of Oct. 1771, and joined the Methodist Church when very young, 
and she lived and died strictly according to the tenets of the church of her 
choice, though often deprived of the privileges on account of circumstances 
beyond her control, for the lasty 10or 12 years she was confined mostly to the 
house, and for the last nine weeks closely to her bed, during which time time 
her sufferings were great but borne with great Christian fortitude and 
patience.
   With her husband, she has for many years past had long and agreeable 
discourse on the subject of religion and works, generably ending it by 
saying, "the greatest grief she had in life was that she could not love and 
serve the Lord enough". On the morning of the 16th, she spoke out the first 
line of her favorite hymn: "Have pity, Lord, O Lord forgive." Her husband 
caught up the Hymn Book and gave it out and all present joined in the singing 
it. While doing this, it became evident that she was rapidly passing away. 
   After the hymn was sung, all joined her husband in prayer, from which he 
rose to see her draw her last breath, and receive her last farewell.

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