Clara Edith Bawden
Obit
1909
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
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Jan. 30, 1909 - FRIDAY
CLARA EDITH BAWDEN , BELOVED WIFE OF A.W. HOWARD AND DAUGHTER OF FRANCIS RHORENA HOWARD , AND WHOM THE MANY WARM , NEW FRIENDS OF PARAGOULD LAID AWAY AT REST AT LINWOOD CEMETERY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THE 28TH .
WILL EVER BE REMEMBERED BY THE HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER AND HER DEAR BROTHER , CLAREING R. BAWDEN , WHO CAME FROM MICHIGAN TO BE WITH HER.
HER CHARACTER WAS ONE OF THE MOST CHRIST-LIKE , VERY CONSIDERATE TO ALL SHE CAME IN CONTACT WITH , PATIENT AND LONG-SUFFERING , AND DURING HER LONG ILLNESS OF FOURTEEN WEEKS AT THE SANITARIUM HER NURSES WHEN ATTENDING HER ALWAYS RECEIVED A WORD OF THANKS FOR PERFORMING THEIR SERVICES TO HER. SHE WAS ALWAYS CHEERFUL AND MUCH PLEASED TO HAVE HER NEW CHRISTIAN SISTERS AND FRIENDS TO CALL UPON HER OR TO LEARN THEY HAD CALLED AT THE SANITARIUM TO INQUIRE OF HER CONDITION WHEN SHE WAS NOT WELL ENOUGH TO SEE THEM.
SISTER HOWARD'S PATIENCE , FORTITUDE AND CHEERFULNESS DID NOT COME FROM WORLDLY RICHES OR ENVIRONMENT AS SHE HAD VERY LITTLE OF THIS IN HER LIFETIME , BUT IT CAME A HIGHER SOURCE AND POWER FROM THE GREAT LORD WHO RULES OVER US FULLY IF WE WILL LET HIM. HER RELIGION AND HER GOD WAS HER MOTHER'S RELIGION AND HER MOTHER'S GOD. AND WHE SHE PASSED AWAY MONDAY THE 25TH INST. SHE WAS READY FOR THE MASTER'S CALL. SHE HAS NOT LIVED WITHOUT DOING SOME GOOD HER RELIGION AND HER GOD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY HER BEREAVED HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER AND THROUGH HER EXEMPLARY, CONSISTENT CHRISTIAN LIFE.
DURING HER EARLY LIFE , LOSING HER MOTHER AT TWELVE YEARS OF AGE AND HER FATHER AT FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TAKING CARE OF FOUR SISTERS AND FOUR BROTHERS YOUNGER THAN SHE , FELL UPON HER YOUNG SHOULDERS BUT SHE WAS EQUAL TO THIS GREAT TASK. THROUGH HER EFFORTS AND SOLICITATIONS TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES , SHE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEM ALL. HER SURVIVING BROTHERS ARE WELL TO DO BUSINESS MEN AND HER SURVIVING SISTERS ARE WELL AND HAPPILY MARRIED.
TO HER SISTERS OF THE LADIES HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY , SHE LEAVES HER LIFE TO THEM AS HE BENEDICTION.
TO HER BEREAVED BROTHER , PRESENT AT THE FUNERAL , CLAREING R. BAWDEN FROM BRONSON , MICH. TO HER ABSENT BROTHER , GEORGE BAWDEN AT DETROIT , MICH , TO HER ABSENT SISTERS , MRS. H.B. SORTOR , RAIAMAZOO, MICH, AND MRS. T.H. GOBBLE , NEW HAVEN , CONN. AND WHO WERE UNABLE TO BE AT THE FUNERAL.