Obituary: Mary Elizabeth Childres, 13 Feb 1892 - Smith County, TX Contributed by Vicki Betts 12 January 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, March 24, 1892, p. 7, c. 3 CHILDRES.—Mary Elizabeth Childres was born March 31, 1874; departed this life February 13, 1892. Mollie (as she was familiarly called) was always a good girl; she made a public profession of faith in Christ, and united with the M. E. Church, South, at the age of twelve, and lived an exemplary Christian life till her death. She died with inflammatory rheumatism. Her suffering was intense, yet she bore the pain with Christian fortitude; she was loved by all who knew her, as was evidenced by the many friends who visited and lingered around her bedside during last hours, the and [sic] the multitude that thronged the cemetery to see her body laid away to await the resurrection morn, when it will come forth a glorified body. Loved her? Yes; she was so amiable, pure and lovely; she was indeed a model girl, dutiful to her parents, gentle to her brothers and sisters, kind and loving to all. She will be missed not only at home but at church, and by her many friends. Earth has lost a jewel, but heaven is richer. Let me say to the bereaved, look upward, think of her in heaven and the associations there. W. F. MAYNE. GARDEN VALLEY, TEXAS.