Newhanover-Cumberland-Davie County NcArchives Obituaries.....Worth, Mary Elizabeth (Carter) December 31, 1896
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Wilmington Morning Star - Friday, January 1, 1897
DEATH OF MRS. B. G. WORTH.
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   This estimable lady passed painlessly into rest yesterday a few minutes after
noon.  For years she had been in feeble health and for more than a year her
decline has been steady, but the end came at last after only a few days of
confinement to her bed.
   Mrs. Worth was by birth Mary Elizabeth Carter, the daughter of John Paine
Carter and his wife Cornelia Murphy.  She was born at her father’s place, “The
Oaks,” in Davie county, near Mocksville, Oct. 1, 1827.  On the death of her
father when she was three years old, she went with her mother to live with her
grandfather, Judge Murphy, of Haw River.  Her mother died when she was about ten
years of age and she returned to the place of her birth to live with her uncle,
Archibald Carter.  Here she was educated and spent her girlhood until she went
to live with her first cousin, the wife of Mr. Jonathan Worth (afterwards
Governor) near Asheboro.  Here she met Mr. B. G. Worth, and they were married
June 26, 1845.  In 1853 they came to live in Wilmington, and with the exception
of a few years after the war, have lived here continuously, so that they have
long been reckoned among our oldest citizens as they have been among those most
valued and respected.
   Mr. and Mrs. Worth have been blessed with a large family.  Our readers will
recall the interesting occasion Summer before last of their golden wedding when
all their children and all but two of their grandchildren gathered to honor
them.  At that time the remarkable circumstance was noted that there had never
been a break in the family by the death of either a child or grandchild.  Their
sons present were Mr. Archibald Worth, of Orange, N. J.;  Mr. Joseph B. Worth,
of Petersburg, Va., and Mr. W. E. Worth, of this city; and their daughters,
Cornelia, the wife of Geo. R. French, Mary, the wife of W. J. Woodward, both of
this city, Eunice, the wife of J. Weller, of Covington, Ky., and Julia, the wife
of W. S. Herring, of this city.  All of these survive her except Mrs. Herring,
who died in August, 1895.  From this loss Mrs. Worth had never recovered.
   Mrs. Worth’s protracted ill health, lasting for twenty-five years, caused her
to lead a very retired life.  But she was very strong in her friendships and
devotedly attached to those within the circle of her friends.  She was full of
kindness and charity and used freely to give up the society of those dearest to
her that they might engage in ministering to others in which she could not share
herself.  She early gave her heart to the Saviour and was a devoted member of
the Presbyterian Church.  Its services were her greatest happiness while she was
able to attend with regularity, and the rare occasions when she was able to
attend of late like oases in her life.  One of these occasions was within the
past few weeks.  When the shadows were falling over her mind almost her last
conscious act was to engage in prayer with her pastor and family on Christmas day.
   The funeral will take place from the First Presbyterian church on Saturday
(to-morrow) at 10:30 a. m.

Additional Comments:
Mary Elizabeth Jessie Carter was the sister of Archibald M. Carter.  A. M.
Carter died at the residence of his brother-in-law on the 26th of August, 1884,
but was buried in Fayetteville beside his wife.

A picture of the family members, at the 50th wedding anniversary, can currently
be found from a link on the following web page:  
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/8008/photos.htm

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