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Note: KY Death Index 1852-1953: no entries for Crittenden Co. in 1888.
Have funeral card for Ambie. Black with gold writing.
Crittenden Press, Thursday, 07 Jun 1888, p.3:
-Obituary-
At her home in Marion, Ky., Sunday, May 27th, at 2 o'clock p.m. God summoned to his mansions above one of his beloved children, AMBIE B. PIERCE.
We are in the presence of another of Gods mysteries. As yet we can not fully realize its sad meaning, and our hearts suddenly sink and soften as each day we remember Ambie is dead!
We, who knew her so well can not help questioning why the same Providence that permits so many kinds of mortals to live, should cut her young life short on the threshold of its sunny andd charming womanhood.
Another severed link on earth, another pure sainted spirit is free from the rude storms of this cold world.
In the morning of life when the future is so full of hope and promise, she is called from us.
To eyes that cannot see the end from the beginning the ways of Providence often seen blind or ruthless and we cannot help but wonder, "Is it well," that she should be taken from her loved ones.
Her loss is more keenly felf by those near and dearer to her, father, mother, brothers, sisters. How they miss her smiling face, the sweet voice, which was ever cheerful, and the willing hands, always ready to perform some labor of love. But her friends - they are all who knew her - especially those who felt oftenest the influence of that sympathetic inteligence, unstudied amiability, and engaging presence, will best understand how we, her chosen companions, loved and lament her.
Sweet girl! So gentle, fair and winsome. We lay an offering of ungarnished truth on your untimely grave - a tribute of love and sorrow, made importunate by bereavement of rare endearing qualities of person, mind and heart.
So fades the summer cloud away,
So sinks the gale when storms are o'er,
So gentlely shuts the eye of day,
So dies the wave along the shore.
At a meeting of the O.R.I.O. Club, the following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, It has pleased our Heavenly Father, in his wisdom, to remove from our midst our dearly beloved member and friend, Miss Ambie B. Pierce, Therefore be it
Resolved, That while we bow with reverence and submission to the will of God, we, with great sorrow, mourn the loss of the valued friend.
That by her death our club has sustained an irreparable loss, but that our loss is her eternal gain, and that we try to so live that we each and all shall meet with her around the Great White Throne, where our circle will once more be complete.
That we tender our heartfelt sympathy and condolence to her bereaved family, with the prayer that the God of all grace may support them in their distress.
That a copy of these resolutions be published in the Press and Monitor and a copy be sent to the family.
Nellie Walker,
Dora Cochran,
Nora Blue, Committee.
(same page) -Resolutions of Respect-
Passed by the Marion Baptist Sunday School,
Whereas God in his infinite wisdom has seen proper to remove from our midst one of our most noble and faithful members, Miss Ambie Pierce, we deem it but fit and proper, as a last sad duty to the deceased, and as a mark of respect to the bereaved family that we thus fittingly record our appreciation of her. Therefore be it
Resolved, That in her death our Sunday school has met with an irreparable loss; the parents and family lose one of their most loving and devoted members, and society one of its brightest jewels.
Resolved, That while we deeply sympathize with the bereaved family, and with them mourn her loss, we commend them to the Great Comforter for the consolation they need.
Resolved, That the exemplary life which she led, and the faithfulness with which she met her duties and obligations as our organist and Sunday school pupil, shall, always be held in great rememberance by us, and that we shall emulate in her all that was good.
Resolved, That a page be set apart in our Sunday school register on which to record these resolutions and that a copy of them be presented to the bereaved family,
Edith Cook,
Grace Wallace,
E.T. Franks,
B.F. Copeland, Committee.
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