Southampton-Albemarle County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pretlow, Clara A. Garrett, 1873 
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CLARA ASHTON GARRETT PRETLOW

   January 23, 1873 - Died at Wesphalla, in Southampton County, the residence 
of her husband, Dr. Thomas Jefferson, Sr., on the 23 of December, 1872 Mrs. 
Clara Ashton Pretlow, aged 66 years, the youngest and only surviving child of 
Alexander and Evelina Garrett of Albemarle County.  The death of this 
accomplished and Christian lady leaves a gap in the family circle which never 
be filled.  Married very early, her life had been full of sunshine and 
happiness.  So happy was she in love of her and her children who had grown up 
around her to gladden and bless her life, that she might well have been 
pardoned had she desired to clip the wings of time and live on here forever.  
But true Christian as she was, she knew that this life was not all; that it was 
but a step to a higher, a nobler and more perfect one beyond the tomb, and 
always held herself ready to obey the call and pay the last great demand of 
nature.  Her daily walk in life born witness to her faith.  A true friend, a 
kind neighbor and from him that would ask, she turned not away; generous and 
hospitable those who have so often gathered around her hospital board will miss 
her warm welcome and genial smile.  She has gone - "Escaped the gloom of life, 
an immortal soul, Here leaves its moldering tenement of clay, Safe where no 
cares the whelming billows roll, No doubts bewilder and no hopes betray."


[Clara Ashton (GARRETT; Mrs. Dr. T.J. Sr.) PRETLOW, d. 23 Dec 1872, age 66, 
 "The Norfolk Virginian," obit dated 23 Jan 1873] 

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