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HAM. X. C., MONDAY IIX HER GRAVE NOW !Mrs. K. E. Lyon Was Laid :UtM Yesterdav.blt;A Good Woman Has Gone from This orBitter World. v«- orTHE CHURCH TOO MUCH CROWCED tL. uPeople Who Coine and Go—Ilrief Bre\i- ^j, ties of Interest to All Rcmler* of The Globe.inlor-ketoutlessNever in the history of Durham had so laree a crowd assembled to pay a last tribute of respect to a departed friend as that which attempted to gain entrance at Main Street Methodist church yesterday afternoon, where the funeral services of Mrs. Robert E. Lyon were held, as bad been announced at 2 ■10 o’clock. HLong before the hour fixed for these G bay sad riles, every available seat in the u efy building was taken, and the aisles were packed with people standing and vainly P iur endeavoring to work their way to a place just nearer the pulpit, for a 1 st look at the P cruel casket which held the remains of amore.dear friend—u friend whom all loved and j. and whom an mourned. Hundreds who k e could not get in proceeded to the ceme *'k:ity.lam , 80 lore thisriverthIterthencyketsavyionsi tery, to await the procession and join in 11' the ser .ices at the grave. ,list, During the single solemn ceremonies ^ 17, which consigned her body to its last rest- ^ ?nts ing place, there were few dry eyes in that vast multitude—tears of genuine sorrow came unhidden to eyes unused d to tears, and old and young, rich and ^ poor, bowed beneath a common grief and a common affliction.Dr. E. A. Yates, in his beautiful trib a ute to the life and character of this good woman, voiced the feelings of hundreds ^ of others present and struck a responsive f( chord in every heart. j tOn reaching the cejnetcry the remains t were laid to rest in a temporary vault 1( which had been prepared after the news ^ of her death reached here, and where e they will remain until the family mauso-' e lenm is completed. jThe floral offerings, coutiihuierl by c The j loving hearts and fashioned by lov ing ^ jfcn hands, were lavish and beautiful—sweetly g typical of the pure spirit within—typical ( of the glories beyond the shore — in the ^tooless,liree beautiful Gardens of Godt
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The Durham Daily Globe
Durham, North Carolina, US
Mon, Apr 10, 1893
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