| Obit For | Mary (Gist) Dodson, P. L. Dodson's Wife |
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| Headline | Obituary |
| Text | Died, Dec. 22, 1908, at her home near McDowell, Mary, wife of P. L. Dodson. She was a daughter of Neal and Nancy Gist, and was born Oct. 23, 1850. Sister Dodson was converted at the age of 15 and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Lone Elm, where she held worthy membership until her death.
For months she suffered with the dreadful disease - consumption, but bore her sufferings with the greatest patience, which showed her faith was in a higher Being. She was given the greatest care friends and physicians could give, but nothing could turn the pale horse and its rider from the door. Slow but sure was life ebbing out and her sun did set to rise no more in this world, and in her dying hour a heavenly smile seemed to light her face and her last words were "Happy, Happy". She was loved by all who knew her and will be be greatly missed, as she was a good neighbor, a dutiful wife and a kind mother. She leaves a husband, three sons, Fletcher, Famous, and Furlon, and two daughters, Mrs. Roy Haskins and Miss Clarence, besides a host of friends to mourn her loss, but our loss is Heaven's gain, and to the bereaved we would say lean heavily upon him who said, "I'll Ne'er Leave Nor Forsake Thee." The remains were taken to he her old home near Crane, where interment was made amidst a crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends after a sort service by Rev. Allman. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Cassville Democrat |
| Date | January 2, 1909, Saturday |
| Death Cert Link | - |
| Resource | State Historical Society of Missouri |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
