DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Mrs. Mary J. Biggers, 10 May 1899
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Exact Transcription of Obituary Published by Highland Avenue Church of Christ
Nashville, Tennessee
May, 1899

"It is with the deepest sympathy for the bereaved family, and the kindest of 
friendship and love for the deceased, that I write these lines. Mrs. Mary J. 
Biggers, daughter of John and Sarah McCrory, died at her home on Highland 
Avenue, Nashville, Tenn. May 10, 1899. She was born on March 16, 1831, and
was married to Thomas J. Biggers in 1849, with whom she lived until her death. 
She obeyed the gospel under the preaching of that noble servant of God, F. H. 
Davis, at a meeting held by him at New Hope, Williamson County, Tenn., in 
1866, and lived a pure and upright life until death. At her request, Brother 
J. S. Dunn came down from Murfreesboro and was with her at the time of her 
death, and preached her funeral in the presence of a large audience of 
sorrowing relatives and friends at Highland Avenue Church of Christ, of which 
congregation she was a member. She leaves a husband, three sons, four 
daughters, and a host of dear friends to mourn her death. She has the 
satisfaction of seeing all of her children obey the gospel, save one, before 
her death. In conversation with the writer only a few days before she died, in 
answer to the question, "Are you ready, or are there any doubts in your mind 
as to the future?" she answered: "None whatever.  I am ready when the Lord 
shall call me." 
In the death of Sister Biggers the husband loses a loving companion; the 
children, a dear mother; and the church, its most zealous member. O how we 
miss her familiar face in the congregation! None knew her but to love her. I 
would say to the husband and the dear children: Sorrow not as they who have no 
hope, but let us all live day by day so that we may one day meet again in that 
blissful home above. 
Truly, a mother in Israel has gone to her reward.
                                         H. H. Clark"