Obituary: Emily Treadaway, 24 Jan 1887 - Smith County, TX Contributed by Vicki Betts 8 January 2003 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, April 21, 1887, p. 7, c. 4 TREADAWAY.—Sister Emily Treadaway was born in the State of Georgia Oct. 2, 1823, and died in Bullard, Smith county, Texas, Jan. 24, 1887. Was married to W. B. Treadaway Nov. 19, 1843, and came to Cherokee county, Texas, 1879. Sister Treadaway was converted and joined the M. E. Church when fourteen years of age, in which she lived until the division of the church in 1844, and from thence ever after a consistent member of the M. E. Church, South. Her troubles in the latter part of life, were severe, but she endured them all as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, without murmuring. The grace of God was sufficient until crowned in glory. Her house was the preacher's home as long as she had one. Some of the preachers of the Alabama Conference will remember her as a devout Christian friend. She loved her Bible, and the sweet songs of Zion, and her place was always filled at the house of God, if possible. She was the mother of eleven children, eight of whom survive her and mourn their loss; but, thank God, they may go to her. The separation need not be forever. May God in his infinite wisdom and goodness bring them all to a happy reunion beyond the skies, dear children. Let this vain world delude no more; Behold the gaping tomb. It bids us seize the present hour; To-morrow death may come. T. T. Booth.