Armstrong, Sarah Matilda

Passed: 1895-04-12

Age: 60

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Obituary Date: 1895-04-17

Information: DEATH OF MRS. B. F. ARMSTRONG After years of patient suffering Mrs. Armstrong on Friday last passed peacefully away, surrounded by relatives and friends, and since mourned by all. Mrs. Sarah Matilda Armstrong was born April 8, 1835.  She was converted and joined the M. E. Church, South, when about eighteen years of age, and lived a consistent member until the day of her death, which occurred at her home in Ripley, Jackson county, West Virginia, on April 12, 1895. She was happily married to Benj. F. Armstrong, a Christian gentleman of sterling worth, November 1, 1855. To this union were born three children, one of whom, a son and first born, preceded the mother to the world of spirits--dying in infancy.  Two remain on this side with their father. Christian womanhood, when cultivated and refined and made strong is a power for good immeasurable and almost unlimited.  Hers was of the lofty kind.  She gave her heart and hand to the sweet fellowship of the Church in early life, and utilized and made serviceable the forces found in such associations, to aid in the development of the soul and mind powers, which made her an acknowledged leader in church and social circles.  She maintained her individuality on all occasions, and was not slow to speak on questions of eight and wrong.  She had suffered a long time from malignant disease that baffled the skill of her physician.  All was done that money and loving hands could do to keep her here, but the Master had need of her and called her home. She bore her suffering in meek submission, and when the summons came she obeyed it with the assurance that all was well. The immense procession that followed her remains to their last resting place evidenced the high esteem in which she was held by all.  May the period of all grace sustain the sorrowing ones, so that the home circle broken here may be made complete in our Father's home.  S. A. Donahoe, Jackson, W.Va.,  April 15, 1895