GRANVILLE COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Mrs. John R. Brooks, 1904 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Tina Tarlton Smith ------------------------------------------------------------------- Oxford Public Ledger Thursday August 11, 1904 Death of Mrs. John R. Brooks.-She died in Louisburg After a lingering Illness.-A telegram was received last night from Louisburg to Mrs. Garland Jones, of the city, that her sister, Mrs. Pauline Hill Brooks, wife of Rev. John H. Brooks, D. D., had passed away. The news was not wholly unexpected for Mrs. Brooks has been an invalid and has been in Raleigh twice this year for an operation. But it was none the less and will bring sorrow to a host of relatives and friends, for Mrs. Brooks was widely known and highly esteemed. As the accomplished and useful wife of a leading Methodist divine she had lived in many towns in the State, visited conferences in most Southern states, taken a leading part in the woman’s organizations of her church, written much and well for papers, and been singularly useful in every department of church work open to a cultivated and zealous Christian woman. She was widely read and highly educated, had grace speaker in woman’s meetings, and wrote with felicity and ease. No woman of her church has been more useful or more beloved. She was gentle in, gracious, full of sympathy, tactful to a high degree, and won her way to all hearts. She has long been ill, but has borne her suffering with patience and Christian fortitude, testifying to the power of the religion to give strength and power in the darkest hour.----News and Observer. Mrs. Books was a sister of Mrs. Walter Stark, of Oxford, to whom we extend our sincere sympathy.---- -------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ---------------------------------------------------------------