Malissa Caroline Williamson

MRS. WILLIAMSON DIES

Malissa Caroline, daughter of Archibald and Mary Coile, was born in Tennesssee, March 3, 1861. She came to Illinois with her mother in 1870 and made her home with Uncle Philip Easterly. She was converted to the religion of Jesus Christ and united with the M. E. Church.   After her husband's conversion she united with the Sato Baptist Church.

She was united in marriage to John B. Williamson on March 22, 1877.

The shock of her husband's death was more than her weakened physical condition could endure and she closed her earthly pilgrimage just five days after his departure. To those acquainted with the perfect companionship of husband and wife it seems fitting that they should not be separated.

Her duties to life were accomplished. She had lived to minister to her husband during his protracted illness; to see her children reared and settled in homes of their own; to give herself unselfishly to the church and her neighbors; and pass out unafraid.

In Proverbs, Solomon portrays the ideal woman which could be read at this time as a faithful statement of her virtues. "Verily, her husband praised her and her children rise up and call her blessed."

She had attained the age of 68 years, 6 months and 19 days, 52 years of her life as the wife of John B. Williamson.

To her children and their companions as well as to the grandchlidren, relatives and friends, there remains a wealth of memories of a life nobly planned and nobly lived.

It is easy to picture the reunion of these beloved one in Paradise.

Funeral services were conducted at the Sato Baptist Church Tuesday, September 24, 1929, at 1:00 o'clock p.m. by Rev. J. L. Meads, assisted by Rev. R.C. Smith. The remains were laid to rest beside those of her husband in the Ava Evergreen Cemetery.

Source:    Sept. 1929 - Submitted by Marilyn LePere

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