I am hoping to have it posted in Obion and Gibson Counties, TN. I hope I have appropriately sent this. This is how I send my stuff to the La. Gen-Web archives. Thanks, Gregg Davies -- OBION COUNTY, TN - MISC - OBITUARY OF MRS. ELLA GARRISON ILER McANALLY File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Greggory E. Davies gedavies@iAmerica.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ From The Winnfield News-American (February, 1935) Mrs. Ella (Garrison Iler) McAnally Succumbs To Long Illness Thursday Tribute Is Paid Life of Deceased By Friend of Family By Judge R. W. Oglesby "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household and a portion to her maidens. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her." The above and the other verses of the 31st chapter of Proverbs beginning with the 10th verse, was the basis of the funeral oration made by Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Winnfield, Louisiana, February 1st, 1935, over the remains of the above named dearly beloved citizen. No more fitting text could have been found and no more fitting life could have been found for such a text. The text fitted her and she fitted the text. Ella Garrison McAnally was born in Obion County, Tennessee, in the Ebeneezer Community, October 20, 1866, and died at Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, on January 31, 1935. She sprang from the Garrisons, pioneer citizens of Obion County who, although they believed in the union, when President Lincoln called for volunteers to invade the South, threw their beliefs to the winds and enlisted in the Confederate army. Her uncle was in the same company with my father. He paid the supreme sacrifice at the battle of Perryville where the Avalanche Company was cut literally to pieces. After four years of heroic fighting and untold suffering those that remained returned to their devastated homes to start life all over again. Coming from such a source, with such a wonderful background, it is easy to understand her admirable qualities. She grew into beautiful womanhood and married Dr. Iler, a promising young physician who soon sickened and died leaving a young widow and a beautiful little girl baby. To add to her already great load of sorrow, this little girl developed a spinal disease which left her a badly deformed cripple for the rest of her life. The young mother, hoping against hope, took her to all of the great surgeons of the United States in her efforts to check the inroads of a terrible disease. Her life was prolonged for many years and she grew into one of the most beloved characters I have ever known. After some years, of widowhood, she married Mr. C. F. McAnally who was a widower with three children. To this union were born three children, Madge, Wallace, and Mary Lou. Her step children loved her as if she had been their own mother. This is a true test of genuine goodness. About twenty years ago they moved to Winnfield where the children grew up, went to school, and married. Grandma Standfield, mother of Mrs. McAnally, who came to live with them passed away in 1920. Then followed the passing of the beloved daughter, Verta Iler, to be followed soon after by Mr. McAnally. On top of all this grief her health began to fail, but she carried on uncomplainingly. She worked when she should have been in bed. Too feeble to move about she sat in her chair and did needle work. Thus she carried on as she had always done until she was stricken with the fatal illness and her daughter, Mary Lou, (Mrs. Parker Thompson) took her to her home to care for her. She was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church and was always ready to serve in whatever capacity she might be useful. Her home was always open to her friends and to those who asked alms she turned not away. Surrounded by loved ones she passed into the great beyond on the last day of January and her broken body was laid to rest by the side of her loved ones who had preceded her in the Winnfield Cemetery, mourned by a large number of friends. Her grave was covered by many and costly floral offerings sent by friends from every point of the compass. (Judge R. W. Oglesby, the author of this obituary, was also a native of Obion County, Tn., and served in both the Tennessee and Louisiana legislatures, as District Judge in Winn Parish, and also as an appellate court judge. Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, a cousin of Mrs. McAnally, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)