Beckham County, OK - Obits: Mrs. E. J. Minnis, 1904
05 September 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MINNIS, E. J. MRS.
(12 Oct 1904, Wednesday, Elk City Record, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Wednesday evening Sept. 21 as the sun had set the death angel descended
and summoned Mrs. E. J. Minnis home.
Her sickness was not long and trying, as some, only being sick a few
hours.  She lived a useful life up until death claimed her.  Her last
hours were as a burden; yet she never complained, and displayed remarkable
patience in the trying moments.
Mrs. Minnis was a devoted and kind hearted woman, and no one stood higher
in the estimation of the whole community.  To her husband she was a loving
and devoted wife; to her children she was a mother who loved them with a
mother's love; and to her neighbors she was always upright.  Indeed her
life was as beautiful as the rays of sunlight which brighten and cheer.
Her character was as pure and spotless as a character can be made.  In all
walks of life, in all deeds and in her conversation she was the same,
without fault and due consideration for others.
In view of all her many noble traits is it not perfectly natural, that
when her eyes were closed in death's silent sleep, we are grieved and
sadness rent our hearts.  Does it not follow that the relatives should be
bowed down with a sorrow that cannot be portrayed with tongue or pen, as
they look at mother in her last sleep, and see her labors are over and the
trials past?
Mrs. Minnis served the Lord faithfully, and He has prepared for her a home
in that great place not made with hands eternally in the heavens.
The body was taken back to Missouri where the funeral services were
conducted by Brother Owens at Antioch church, and the remains laid away in
the Antioch cemetery, Carroll county, Missouri.
Mrs. Minnis was 68 years, 6 months and 24 days old at the time of death,
and was the mother of eleven children.  Five of whom have gone to the
spirit world, the others remain to mourn her departure with their aged
father.  May we all so live that we will meet her in glory is our earnest
prayer.  A. Friend.

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