Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blanchard, Alice M. Lassiter, 1907 

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ALICE MONTGOMERY LASSITER BLANCHARD 

          SUFFOLK LETTER. 

  The "tide of time" bears us all toward the eternal shore, and the grave as 
a hungry monster opens its mouth to receive and devour these mortal bodies. 
When passing through some dangerous country, or dark cavern, one feels safe 
when following a guide, who has been over the way before.  Jesus has been down 
into the grave and He can guide us in perfect safety and says: "Follow me." 
Without Him death would be a dungeon of horrors; with Him it is going home. 

  On September 1st, I buried Mrs. J.W. Blanchard, who had been confined to a 
bed of sickness for fifteen months by paralysis.  She was the half-sister of 
Rev. L.L. Lassiter, was the mother of a large family, a member of Damascus 
Christian church, Gates County, N.C., and noted for great devotion to her 
family, deep piety, and patience.  Her fortitude under affliction was 
beautiful and her hope in Christ was stronger than death.  She was fifty-eight 
years of age and lingered in the borderland, sustained by bright hope in 
Christ. 

[...] 


Alice Montgomery (LASSITER; Mrs. James Welcome) BLANCHARD, 
b. 18 Nov 1849, Gates Co., NC, d. 29 Aug 1907, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 1 Sep 1907, 
"Christian Sun" (Greensboro, NC), Vol. "LIX" [LX], No. "38" [40], Wed., 
   Oct. 2, 1907, p. 5; file at: 
   https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93062839/1907-10-02/ed-1/seq-5/ 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #191444621. 

Find a Grave Memorial #191444574 gives her husband as Jamerson. 

She was the daughter of John B. LASSITER & his first wife Mary.  John 2m. 
   Elmina "Mina" ROUNTREE 1 Dec 1850.  John & Elmina are buried in the 
   Old Damascus Church Cemetery, Gates Co., NC. 

John left will in Apr 1894, pr. 3 Sep 1894; Alice was bequeathed only $1. 
   (Gates Co., NC, WB4:390-92) 

Alice's half-brother Rev. Lucius Lee LASSITER (1863 - 1949) is also buried 
   in Cedar Hill Cemetery - Block C, Lot 76: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 


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