Obituary for Maggie T. Webb, Randolph, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/mtwebb.txt ==================================================================== USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: William Fischer, Jr. ==================================================================== March 2001 ROCK MILLS ---------------------------- March 13. -- Our town was saddened by a telegram Thursday, announcing the death of Mrs. Mag [Maggie T. EICHELBERGER] WEBB [14 Sep 1880--9 Mar 1911]. Mrs. WEBB had been a citizen of this place for many years until a few months past when she moved to Lanett [Chambers county, AL]. She leaves a husband [Charles E. WEBB, 18 Jul 1850--26 Oct 1925] and five children [including William Bryan WEBB, 1908-1911]. Funeral services were conducted here [Rock Mills] Friday [10 Mar] by her pastor, Rev. W. J. LAYTON. Wert EICHELBERGER and family came down from Atlanta Friday to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. WEBB. [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 15 Mar 1911 , p.8] [Also interred in the family plot at Rock Mills cemetery are: Dallas B. WEBB, 1904--1906 Pauline D. EICHELBERGER, 22 Feb 1873--25 Jan 1918 Charles W. EICHELBERGER (CO I 9th MISS CAV CSA), 1846--1936 Lula D. EICHELBERGER, 1867--1961] -------------------------- IN MEMORY OF MRS. WEBB -------------------------- Death has again visited our midst and bore from us the spirit of Mrs. Maggie WEBB. She was born in September, 1880, and on the morning of March 9, 1911, while devoted friends and loved ones watched beside her, the tired, gentle spirit of our friend and relative went to join the host of hosts and long departed loved ones, waiting on the fadeless shores of the silver sea. As quietly, calmly and softly as the folding of a flower was the passing of the spirit. Just a folding of the dear hands that had aided so many along life's way, the whisper kiss of the angel of silence, and all was still. And while we cannot stay the hot tears of grief, we know "it is well." It seems hard to think God should call her from her loved ones, but He ever has a wise purpose in calling such ones away. But an undying faith calls us, as we pay this simple tribute to her memory, to look beyond the veil into the sacred but uncertain mysteries across the river in hope of another and happier meeting in the sweet bye and bye. For several years she had been a member of the Missionary Baptist church, and lived a faithful Christian life. The deceased leaves a husband, five children, father, two sisters and two brothers besides a host of relatives and friends to share this bitter bereavement. And while we cannot obliterate this great grief, let us look up with a perfect trust and child-like faith and say: "We cannot say, and will not say, That she is dead, she's just away. With a cherry [cheery?] smile and a wave of the hand, She has wandered into an unknown land. And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since she is there. Think of her still, the same, I say; She is not dead -- she's just away." Dear relatives and friends, let us not mourn, but thank God for the comforts of the christian [sic] religion, and seek to live such a life that we can go to meet her in that beautiful home above, Miss Dora FOSTER, Mrs. W. N. PIKE, Mrs. E. B. YATES. [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 31 May 1911 , p.8]