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Note: Her name was NOT Mary Alice.
From Don Clark:
March 24, 1920 issue of "The LaFayette Sun":
My Tribute to Aunt Alice.
Mrs. Jim Ragsdale was born October 2, 1872, and died March 6, 1920.
It was sad indeed to witness the death of Aunt Alice, which occurred at her home near Penton on the morning of March 6th. It affords pleasure, however, to make mention of her meek and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is of great price. She failed not to win friends wherever she went, and was loved by all who knew her. She was sick only five days, being unconscious most of the time. All was done for her that loving hands and physicians could do, but it was all in vain. God saw fit to take her home.
May God bless her bereaved ones and lead them in the right way so they will some day meet her bright and shining face on the eternal shore. We miss you, Aunt Alice, oh, so much, but we must not think of you as dead - only transplanted to a more glorious home. We know the home is lonely now since you have gone, but we know that "blessed are they that die in the Lord."
Her body was laid to rest in Mount Hickory Cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. Hunt. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which she attended regularly when able, always willing to do something for her Master. She leaves a husband and eight children, besides a host of relatives and friends, to mourn her loss.
She is gone, but not forgotten -
Never will her memory fade;
Sweetest thoughts will ever linger
'Round the place where she has stayed.
Oh, we love her, yes we love her,
But the Savior whispered, "Come!"
And the angels gently called her
To their wondrous Heavenly home.
-One who loved her, Cora.
April 7, 1920 issue of "The Lafayette Sun":
In Memory of Mrs. J. W. Ragsdale.
Mrs. J. W. Ragsdale, aged 48 years, died at her home near Milltown March 6 after a brief illness.
Besides the bereaved husband and a host of relatives and friends, she left eight children - Mrs. Walter Ashburn, of Milltown, and Mittie, Lennie, Dewey, John Lee, Collie, Clifford and Mary Ella, who are at home with their father.
Before her marriage she was Miss Matilda Alice Crisler. She united with the Methodist Church when young and lived a consistent Christian life, being at the time of her death a member at Milltown.
She was a kind and thoughtful neighbor, a true and devoted wife and a loving and indulgent mother. She was a great character, unselfish, and ever ready to help whom she could; an untiring worker, ever going about doing good, and shall be greatly missed. She fought a good fight, won the victory and gained a crown.
Beautiful toiler, they work all done
Beautiful soul into Glory gone;
Beautiful life with its crown now won -
God giveth thee rest.
Beautiful spirit, free from all stain -
Ours the heartache, the sorrows and pain,
Thine is the glory, the infinite gain -
Thy slumber is sweet.
One who loved her. - E.S.B.
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