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Mrs. Ritchey Dead.Mrs. Susan Ritchey after repeatedattacks of severe illness during theFall months, and later sufferings of!seferal weeks duration, departed thislife at her home in this city on theevening of the first, and was buriedon Monday eve in Oakwood Cemeteryon the 3rd day of December 1906,Rev. C. C. McConnell, of Ferris, lexas, conducting the funeral ceremonies.This sad announcement will touchtne heart of this entire community,and bring a sigh and a tear fromevery one among whom the name andpure Christian life of this saintedmother in Israel, had become known,and who, by her gentle loving kindness had won the hearts of old andyoung who chanced to linger in thesunshine of her love.Susan (Gilliam) Ritchey was bornin the state of Tenn., June 5, 1826.Her family afterwards moved toMissouri; and from thence to RedRiver county, Texas, in 1842' Shemarried to Henry C. Ritchey in 184.%and moved to Grayson county in1849; and since that time she haslived near and in the town of Whi esboro. She joined the CumberlandPresbyterian Church sixty-five yearsago—was the mother of seven child-lier~C. E,and Joe Ritchey of Whitesboro.This brief sketch marks the mostimportant periods and events in theme ana ni. lory oi me ueioveeurJ{.nrjstiun woman whose this comrnun'tv so deet;^nm0urn8..lt;* -*But why should they mourn. Shlt;had lived a beautiful life, and dietthe death of the righteous, as wadaily shown in her exalted and soulsustaining faith. During a pilgrimage of eighty year she gave sixty-liv*years devotion at the foot of lhlt;Cross.She was no less devoted and truin her quiet religious life. She wasalways honest and sincere, kind andforgiving—pure in thought word anddeed. The purity of her unselfishnature and pious Christian chaia tlt; r,was beautifully manifested in herdaily walk and conversation. Sheloved her family and her people, loved the church and worshiped God i spirit and in truth.And the passing of this aged andnoble woman practically closes outthe term of the last witness to thestruggles and privations of that nobleband of patriot pioneers who openedthe way to civilization in this sectionHer honored and beloved„vas among those who forced j beast and the savage, andbuilt the homes for their families,while she was among those devotedwives and mothers who carried withthem the Aik of the Covenant, andbuilt the altars around the fireside.Many of the citizens of this community wept with her at the grave of hernoble husband who parted with heron this side of the River, years ago,' bile she was left to weep in herwidowed home. Rut few of thosewho mourned with her then, stoodaround the grave when her body wasplaced by his side; for many of themhave gone before. They rest together in peace. The strength and beautyof h -r long 'ife was the sublime faith,which sustain* 1 and upheld her in herwanning years. She subdued everysorrow and endured every pain without a murmur, trusting in Him whohad promised her a crown of righteousness; md verily she has won thevictory and received the reward ofthe faithful and beloved of the Godshe worshipped.
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Whitesboro Record
Whitesboro, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 06, 1906
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