1850 - 1934 (83 years)
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Name |
Mary Elizabeth Bailey [1] |
Birth |
9 Mar 1850 |
Georgia [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
6 Feb 1934 |
Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas [1] |
Notes |
- [Related - Crumpler Name - jjones116@aol.com.ftw]
The following obituary appeared in a Wood County newspaper at the death of Mary Crumpler:
We have said goodbye to an old and dear friend, a kindly personality, an unselfish soul--Mrs. Mary Crumpler. This is a world of goodbyes. Every morning bids good-bye to the night from which it springs. Every evening bids good-bye to the sunlight. Every day some ship sets sail, every day a friend departs. "I cannot say and I will not say that she is dead--she is just away With a cherry smile and a wave of the hand She has wandered into an unknown land. And you you, who the wildest yearn For the old time step and the glad return, Think of Her faring on, as dear In the loves of the there as the love of her. Think of her still the same, I say; She is not dead--she is just away."
I am happy in the thought that Mrs. Mary Crumpler was my friend--our friend. Since I could remember I have known her--her family being our nearest neighbors for eight years. As a wife and mother she lived the scripture "She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not but that she could "stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy." A few brief days since she slipped out of the night to enter a fairer day. The gates of the Celestial City must have swung wide, that she might have an abundant entrance to meet one who knew her and one whom she knew and loved. Today her body rests in the silent city of the dead, there to mingle with the earth of which it was a part. Today she walks " in the fields of asphodel beside the timeless sea". I hope she knows we have not forgotten her, and that as we too willingly offer this poor tribute of words, the fragrant memory of her pure, novel life shall rest upon us like a benedicition. Her family of honorable sons and daughters bear testimony to her noble example and Christian life. To these sons and daughters who survive her I would say: "They are waiting for us over there, The young, the beautiful, and fair Who left us, of, so long ago, Lonely and hurt on earth below, Are Waiting bravely, never fear, Until our faces shall appear. Though now you mourn, who stay behind, How sad 'twould be, to leave and find Upon that distant, other shore No loved ones who had gone before-- The gates of heaven to enter through With not one there to welcome you. As now when some long journey ends And we're received by smiling friends Who've watched and waited for the train, So shall they welcome us again; The young, the beautiful, and fair Will be waiting for us there." A Friend.
Mary's tombstone inscription reads: "In life She exhibited all the Graces of a Christian, in death her spirit returned to God who gave it."
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Person ID |
I1323 |
Walsh - Wilson Family Tree |
Last Modified |
17 May 2008 |
Family |
John Asa Crumpler, b. 30 Sep 1842, Alabama d. 27 Apr 1926, Wood Co, TX (Age 83 years) |
Marriage |
26 Oct 1865 [1] |
Children |
+ | 1. Susan (Susie) Rebecca CRUMPLER, b. Wood Co, TX ’6 d. 9 Jun 1963, Pittsburg, Camp Co, TX’6 |
+ | 2. Annie Jane CRUMPLER, b. 9 Dec 1868, Wood County Texas d. 10 Jun 1956 (Age 87 years) |
| 3. Walter Stephen CRUMPLER, b. 30 Oct 1872, Wood Co, Texas d. 3 Nov 1931, Wood County, Texas (Age 59 years) |
+ | 4. Abram Franklin CRUMPLER, b. 5 Jun 1875, Maple Springs, Wood Co, Texas d. 15 Dec 1963 (Age 88 years) |
+ | 5. Daniel Webster CRUMPLER, b. 30 Mar 1877, Wood County, Texas d. 4 Feb 1950, Anson, Texas (Age 72 years) |
+ | 6. Hulda Elizabeth (Lizzie) CRUMPLER, b. 16 Aug 1879, Wood County, Texas d. 31 Aug 1963, Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas (Age 84 years) |
| 7. Emma Florence CRUMPLER, b. 6 Feb 1883, Wood County, Texas d. 30 Apr 1953, Camp County, Texas (Age 70 years) |
| 8. Johnnie Clayton Crumpler, b. 29 Jan 1886, Wood County, Texas d. 31 Aug 1886, Wood Co, Texas (Age 0 years) |
+ | 9. William Arthur Crumpler, b. 29 May 1888, Wood County, Texas d. 21 Dec 1973, Jones County, Anson, Texas (Age 85 years) |
| 10. Winnie Beatrice CRUMPLER, b. 6 May 1891, Wood County, Texas d. 6 Mar 1920, Maple Springs, Camp County, Texas (Age 28 years) |
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Photos |
| John Asa Crumpler Family
Front row: (9) Arthur, John, Mary, (10) Winnie; Middle row: (6) Lizzie, (7) Emma; Back row: (5) Dan, (4) Frank, (3) Walter, Sam Jarret, (1) Annie [Due to his mother’s death Sam Jarret was raised by the Crumplers.] |
Family ID |
F429 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S02786] Correspondence with Crumpler descendant, (Email Address - jjones116@aol.com.).
Date of Import: 7 Aug 2001
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