OBITUARY: Mary Jane Thompson, 16 Aug 1872 - Smith County, TX Submitted by Vicki Betts 10 Oct 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ***************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, March 5, 1873, p. 13, c. 2 Thompson.—Mary Jane Thompson, daughter of Joseph Denton, and consort of N. B. Thompson was born in Mississippi February 28, 1837; professed religion and joined the M. E. Church, South, 1855; departed this life August 16, 1872. She maintained the true dignity and honor of the Christian character, and to the last strong in the faith. Sister Thompson was true and fervent in all her domestic and social attachments, generous and noble in her impulses. She possessed the essential elements of a noble woman. She loved her friends, and was fervent in her friendship. Principle and right were the law of her nature. She was a pure and true woman, ever seeking the happiness of those within the sphere of her influence. She is gone. Let us trust that a happy home beyond the sky has welcomed her pure spirit. But in the sadness of those who linger, there is a profound and beautiful lesson, for sadness is the ground of great and permanent thoughts of a nobler existence. D. M. Stovall. Starrville, Feb. 14, 1873.