Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lucas, Mrs. W. S. (Linnie Matthews) 1914
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, September 4, 1914
Mrs. W. S. Lucas died about seven o'clock last Friday evening at Dr. W. A. 
Walker's Sanitarium.  Mrs. Lucas had gone there on Wednesday for an operation, 
which was performed and she had rallied from the effects of the ether and was 
seemingly doing nicely until about thirty minutes before her death, when she 
took a sudden turn and soon after, the end came.  The body was taken to the 
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Matthews on north Broad street, where 
it remained until 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, when it was taken to the 
Baptist church, where the funeral services took place.  Dr. B. D. Ragsdale was 
assisted by Rev. W. L. Wright in conducting the last sad rites over this 
estimable woman.

Following the funeral services interment took place at the city cemetery.

Mrs. Lucas was about 28 years of age and was the eldest daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Matthews.

She was a woman of lovable disposition, gentle and kind and her many friends 
feel a personal loss in her demise.  She is survived by her parents, her 
husband, two daughters, two sisters and two brothers, all of whom are residents 
of this city, besides numerous relatives throughout south Georgia.  Those 
acting as pall bearers were: Messrs. J. M. Poulk, R. C. Bell, L. B. Powell, W. 
T. Crawford, J. R. White, and B. M. Johnson.


A Tribute to Mrs. Linnie Matthews Lucas  
Truly it has been said that "Death does a shining mark," and when the grim 
reaper came and took from our midst, Linnie Lucas, and God sent an Angel to 
take her spirit to Him, who gave it, then it was more truly verified for it 
took from the husband the most devoted of wives, from her precious little 
girls, Mable and Mildred, the sweetest of mothers, and from that mother and 
father, the dearest child, and from brothers and sisters, the most loving 
sister, from the dear old aunt that has been helpless on her bed of affliction 
since March, the "Greatest Blessing," and from her neighbors and friends, one 
true and ever-ready to lend a helping hand.

As I stood and watched friends and loved ones as they passed and looked upon 
her face for the last time and as each said something kind of her and shed 
tears of sorrow, I thought surely, "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to 
die."

Linnie was born Oct. 7, 1886 and married Dec. 21, 1906 and leaves a husband, 
two precious little girls, Mable, 6 years and Mildred, 3 years of age, also her 
parents, brothers and sisters and numerous relatives to mourn her loss, and 
while this hour is so dark to the loved ones let them look to Him above who can 
comfort them in this dark hour and feel and know that He is too wise to commit 
error and too good to be unkind, but say, "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh 
away, blessed be the name of the Lord." For Linnie is not dead, but only 
transplanted from earth to Heaven and her influence will be felt in all our 
lives.  Weep not loved ones, as one without hope, for she does not lie in the 
cemetery, that is only the temple where her soul dwelleth and her spirit is 
gone to dwell with Him, where there is no more pain, and beckons us to come.  

May God's richest blessings rest upon her family and loved ones in this home of 
sorrow, is the prayer of a friend.

      

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