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sonllhraSon.is(Mlay;la-is'at*W.Uylum*■ea1U-ho-siten,in-'ntit?«T-U‘d„)iiofIne*-:ixvaalieIveks,its-ltyin-Hhmeu-rterithndtoJ.■onpn-as*th-ud-sesledten i Dills,ibetrues*essdietheoptHr,inntheira-ationtrisA Good Woman Gone to Her Reward.On August 5, mo. Mrs, Sarah Woodall Turlington, widow of Ell Turlington, departed this life, aged nearly seventy-throe years.She had been in declining hodllh fur more than three years itud for many months holplers and blind, so death tame to her its a happy release, a boon for which she had prayed.She was boru August tiit, 18317, the second daughter of James G, and Sarah Woodall- At the ago of seventeen she was married to Kit Turlington with whom she lived moat happily at the old WiUU Turlington homestead for thirty-three yearn, until hia death, March 28, 1SS7. The greater part.of her life since that aine was spent in the home ot ner daughter, Mrs. Jesse D, Morgan, at which place she died.Perhaps there are not many women of whom it eduld better be jutd, She hath done what she could. In her father’s large family of twelve children she grew up unselfish, always thoughtful fur others. always willing to help bear the burdens and sbnro the sorrows.Her life In her own home was marked by the same beautiful spirit. Her home was the home of her bus-band's father and his motherless boys There were nlso several fan, I lies of slaves to be cared for. Although she was never very strong, owing to the effects of an attack of scarlet fever In her early childhood, 60 earnest was her desire to fulfill her whole duty in every realtton of life that she became as a tower of strength'’ to those dependent upon her. She spun and wove and sewed and brewed medicine mid cared for their bodies and their souls. She managed her hour-hold wisely and well. Her women servants were noted for their skill and good training.When time and tba freeing of the slaves had relieved her of snmo of th? burdens that she bora with so much patience and courar , she saw new tasks before her. With more than ord nary devotion she applied lierstlf to the rearing of her own large family. Of this family there survive six sons, James G., Ira T., William T„ Ell S., RaDdall A„ and Ztb V. Turlington, and two daughters. Mrs. John R. Denning and Mrs. Jesse 1 Morgan.Two sons, Willis E„ and Jefferson D., dnd in 1890 and 1900, All ot her living eons and daughters were with her when she died.There was never a more devoted mother, there was never a prouder moth-r. It was her modest boast that she had raised eight boys to jjiiai'bood, and not a black sheep in it he flock, but the flush of her eye and the proud smile with which she said it dared the listener to lot It rest th1 re. She loved to hear you praise her boys and girls.Nor Was there ever a mother more beloved. In her weakness and blindness she was still the center of the family, the magnet that drew the sous from their busy lives In their distant homes to the place where she sal In her chair and bound her children and children's children Into a circle of strong affection.Although she bad lived the life of a Christian and professed the hope of one for many years, she was never a nu mber of the visible church until a few weeks before her death. She then Joined the church of her choice, the Primitive Baptist church, and her funeral sermon was preached by a minister of that belief. Elder Janies Johnson. After the sermon the light burden of her body was borne from the house by her sons and carried to the old Turlington grave yard and laid beside her husband's, there to rest till the Resurrection Morn.HloSBcd are the dead that die In the Lord, for they rest from their la* bors and their works do follow them.’ ’ H.THE FstovenotHAHTrouble Growing Cotton in India.Ill
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Smithfield Herald
Smithfield, North Carolina, US
Fri, Aug 12, 1910
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