RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
Thursday , May 3, 1902
OBITUARY
DEATH VISTED THE HOME J.H. JACKSON AND TOOK FROM HIM HIS BELOVED WIFE , BELL JACKSON , DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. JOE CASEY . SHE WAS BORN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY , ILL. AUGUST 27 , 1874 ; HER PARENTS MOVED TO GREENE COUNTY , ARK. WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD , AND HAD BEEN HERE EVER SINCE THEN . SHE WAS MARRIED TO J.H. JACKSON IN 1897 , AND DIED MARCH 21ST , 1902. BELL WAS A INTELLIGENT WOMAN , A USEFUL WIFE AND A LOVING MOTHER. SHE LEFT TWO CHILDREN , A HUSBAND AND A SCORE OF FRIENDS TO MOURN HER DEATH . WHY SHOULD WE MOURN OVER HER ? SHE IS NOT LOST , BUT GONE BEFORE . HER LAST HOUR SEEMED TO BE THE HAPPIEST SHE EVER EXPERIENCED. SHE DIED SO FULL OF PRAISE OF HER HEAVENLY FATHER , THAT WHEN SHE WAS ALMOST KNOCKING AT THE DOOR , SHE RAISED HER HAND , AS IF TO SAY . " I'LL SOON BE THERE ." HOW FEEBLE ARE WORDS WHEN WE TRY TO EXPRESS THE FEELINGS OF THE HEART-BROKEN HUSBAND ! IT SEEMS HARD TO US HERE ON EARTH TO GIVE UP OUR DEAR ONES , BUT IF WE KNEW WHAT SHE KNOWS WE WOULD SAY , " SLEEP ON , DEAR FRIEND , AND I WILL MEET YOU IN HEAVEN SOME DAY. " THEN SLEEP ON DEAR FRIEND , THY EARTHLY CARES ARE ENDED , AND THOUGH DAYS AND YEARS MAY PASS , THE LOSS CAN NEVER BE MENDED . DEAR IS THE SPOT WHERE BELL SLEEPS , AND SWEET IS THE THOUGHT OF THE PEACE SHE NOW HAS.