OBITUARY: Rebecca M. Barber, 16 Dec 1886 - Smith County, TX Submitted by Vicki Betts 1 January 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, February 24, 1887, p. 7, c. 3 BARBER.—Rebecca M., wife of James L. Barber, was born in Alabama, December 18, 1852; moved to Texas in the year 1866. She professed religion in 1869 and joined the Baptist Church and lived a consistent member of the same until 1881; then she united with the M. E. Church, South. She was married to Bro. Barber June 9, 1870; died December 16, 1886. She was a devoted wife and a tender, affectionate mother, a kind neighbor, a quiet, earnest Christian woman. She suffered severely for twelve months before her death, but bore it with a great deal of patience and fortitude. Before her death she called her children to her and admonished them, assuring them she was going to heaven, requesting them to be good children and meet her in heaven. Oh, how sad the sight! A group of little children without a mother. May the husband and children imitate the example and meet her in heaven. Albert Little. Tyler, Texas.