abiding faith in God's wisdom, justice, goodness and love enabled her to
meet the problems of life serenely and unafraid.
In her death her children, her friends and her neighbors have sustained
a grevaus loss, but we are grateful for her life of loving service and
realize that our lives are the richer and better for her example and
influence; and we know that she is now enjoying the reward for her long
life of faithfulness, sacrifice and loving ministry, in being called to
the higher service, freed of life's disappointments and limitations.
One who esteemed and loved her,
John B. C.
Another measure of this great woman is gleaned from a letter written by
her to a daughter-in-law, Mollie Caufield Cavitt, wife of Joseph
Franklin Cavitt of McGregor.
Wheelock
April 17, 1912
Dear Mollie
I received your most welcome letter yesterday. I am glad to hear from
you and appreciate your writing to me for I think it is always
inconvenient to write away from home, and now when you are so near as
Marlin. I wish you could come on to see us. I am sorry that your time
is limited by the church work and too it is a hard trip for a person who
is not well, but I do think that Joe could have left you long enough to
run down here for a little visit. It seems that I am not much of a
drawing card for my boys. I trust you will receive much benefit from
the treatment at the Wells.
Nerva and I are here doing whatever seems best. I am thankful that I
have her to depend on. Ruth is in Austin, still in the infimary. I
think she will go to San Antonio before she returns. Florence has been
to see her twice. She wants the fact of an operation kept quiet, but
she wrote me that Joe knows about it. Cora and family were out to see
us last Sunday. Sam and Florence were here too. They have a fine baby,
and are proud of it (as they have a right to be.) Florence is as pretty
as she ever was, is a very fond mother.
I am surprised that Volney has undertaken such a responsibility as
poultry raising. I hope he will succeed better than I ever did. I am
doing things on a small scale these days. My energy has departed and I
have very little help. Lucy Davis, while
· she is not very little, she is poky. I am making very little effort
at gardening, though my potatoes look well.
Mrs.Van Cleave is making light bread for me.
Before you build, go down and see Cora's new house. I think
you will like it. They will have a beautiful home when
it is finished. The location is the prettiest (I think) in Bryan, and
the town, the resident part, is going in that direction. The country
here is beautiful now. We took a long walk and gathered wild flowers,
but we want to go again before the dogwood blooms are gone.
Sam is having hard luck. His crops, like all others here, will be late
on account of so much rain. Little Cedar overflowed and left a large
catfish in the field 18 inches long.
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