OBITUARY: Mrs. Nancy Banion Vance, 1 Nov 1884 - Smith County, TX Submitted by Vicki Betts 21 Sep 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, November 22, 1884, p. 7, c. 4 VANCE.—Mrs. Nancy Branion Vance, nee Collatte, was the widow of Rev. Robert Vance, a local preacher of the Methodist church, who died in Jefferson Co., Arkansas, July 3, 1853. She was born in Elbert Co., Georgia, Jan. 24, 1814, and died in Smith Co. Texas, Nov. 1, 1884. She had been a member of the Methodist Church forty years or more, thus giving the strength of her days to the Master. The day before her departure she called the children and grand-children, and joined them in singing, "Jesus, lover of my soul." She wanted to hear them sing together once more. God grant that they may all sing together in heaven. —M. E. BLOCKER.