Wednesday, July, 7, 1926
Mrs. Rose Cornwell Oden
Mrs. Rose Cornwell Oden, daughter of Charles and Margaret Roberts Cornwell was born March 7, 1863 and died June 30 1926 aged 63 years, 3 months, and 23 days.
On January 18, 1888, she was united in marriage to William C. Oden. No children were born to this union, and she was left widowed at the death of her husband some years later.
Mrs. Oden's death reminds us forcibly of some of the dark days of the sixties. Her father, Charles Harrison Cornwell, responded to the call to the colors and was one of those who never came back, the babe Rose coming after her father's tragic death to help the bereaved mother endure the loss of the husband and father.
Many years ago Mrs. Oden gave her heart to Jesus Christ and was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist church. Of this organization she has remained a member. She was called upon to drink often the very dregs from the cup of sorrow and suffering, but her unwavering faith remained fastened to the Rock of Ages. Realizing she must soon be called home she talked freely of the coming transition and met death unafraid.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Mather of Campbellsburg, Ind., Lina Cornwell of Alton, Ill. and two half-brothers, Frank Holler of Indianapolis, Ind., and John Holler of St. Louis, Mo.
Death, The Beginning
Shapeless and grim,
A Shadow dim
O'erhung the ways,
And darkened all my days.
And all who saw,
With bated breath,
Said, "It is Death!"
And I, in weakness
Slipping towards the Night,
In sore affright
Looked up. And lo!--
No Spectre grim,
But just a dim,
Sweet face,
A sweet high mother-face,
A face like Christ's own mother's face,
Alight with tenderness and grace.
"Thou art not Death!" I cried--
For Life's supremest fantasy
Had never thus envisaged Death to me--
"Thou art not Death--the End!"
In accents winning,
Came the answer,--"Friend,
There is no death!
I am the Beginning,
--Not the End."
--John Oxenham.
Funeral services were conducted Thrusday, July 1, 1926 at 10:30 A.M. at the Saltillo Christian church by Rev. Wm. R. Seat, pastor of the Salem Baptist church. Interment was in the Saltillo cemetery.
Mrs. Rose Cornwell Oden
Mrs. Rose Cornwell Oden, daughter of Charles and Margaret Roberts Cornwell was born March 7, 1863 and died June 30 1926 aged 63 years, 3 months, and 23 days.
On January 18, 1888, she was united in marriage to William C. Oden. No children were born to this union, and she was left widowed at the death of her husband some years later.
Mrs. Oden's death reminds us forcibly of some of the dark days of the sixties. Her father, Charles Harrison Cornwell, responded to the call to the colors and was one of those who never came back, the babe Rose coming after her father's tragic death to help the bereaved mother endure the loss of the husband and father.
Many years ago Mrs. Oden gave her heart to Jesus Christ and was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist church. Of this organization she has remained a member. She was called upon to drink often the very dregs from the cup of sorrow and suffering, but her unwavering faith remained fastened to the Rock of Ages. Realizing she must soon be called home she talked freely of the coming transition and met death unafraid.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Mather of Campbellsburg, Ind., Lina Cornwell of Alton, Ill. and two half-brothers, Frank Holler of Indianapolis, Ind., and John Holler of St. Louis, Mo.
Death, The Beginning
Shapeless and grim,
A Shadow dim
O'erhung the ways,
And darkened all my days.
And all who saw,
With bated breath,
Said, "It is Death!"
And I, in weakness
Slipping towards the Night,
In sore affright
Looked up. And lo!--
No Spectre grim,
But just a dim,
Sweet face,
A sweet high mother-face,
A face like Christ's own mother's face,
Alight with tenderness and grace.
"Thou art not Death!" I cried--
For Life's supremest fantasy
Had never thus envisaged Death to me--
"Thou art not Death--the End!"
In accents winning,
Came the answer,--"Friend,
There is no death!
I am the Beginning,
--Not the End."
--John Oxenham.
Funeral services were conducted Thrusday, July 1, 1926 at 10:30 A.M. at the Saltillo Christian church by Rev. Wm. R. Seat, pastor of the Salem Baptist church. Interment was in the Saltillo cemetery.
Wednesday, July, 7, 1926
Mrs. Rose Cornwell Oden
Mrs. Rose Cornwell Oden, daughter of Charles and Margaret Roberts Cornwell was born March 7, 1863 and died June 30 1926 aged 63 years, 3 months, and 23 days.
On January 18, 1888, she was united in marriage to William C. Oden. No children were born to this union, and she was left widowed at the death of her husband some years later.
Mrs. Oden's death reminds us forcibly of some of the dark days of the sixties. Her father, Charles Harrison Cornwell, responded to the call to the colors and was one of those who never came back, the babe Rose coming after her father's tragic death to help the bereaved mother endure the loss of the husband and father.
Many years ago Mrs. Oden gave her heart to Jesus Christ and was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist church. Of this organization she has remained a member. She was called upon to drink often the very dregs from the cup of sorrow and suffering, but her unwavering faith remained fastened to the Rock of Ages. Realizing she must soon be called home she talked freely of the coming transition and met death unafraid.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Mather of Campbellsburg, Ind., Lina Cornwell of Alton, Ill. and two half-brothers, Frank Holler of Indianapolis, Ind., and John Holler of St. Louis, Mo.
Death, The Beginning
Shapeless and grim,
A Shadow dim
O'erhung the ways,
And darkened all my days.
And all who saw,
With bated breath,
Said, "It is Death!"
And I, in weakness
Slipping towards the Night,
In sore affright
Looked up. And lo!--
No Spectre grim,
But just a dim,
Sweet face,
A sweet high mother-face,
A face like Christ's own mother's face,
Alight with tenderness and grace.
"Thou art not Death!" I cried--
For Life's supremest fantasy
Had never thus envisaged Death to me--
"Thou art not Death--the End!"
In accents winning,
Came the answer,--"Friend,
There is no death!
I am the Beginning,
--Not the End."
--John Oxenham.
Funeral services were conducted Thrusday, July 1, 1926 at 10:30 A.M. at the Saltillo Christian church by Rev. Wm. R. Seat, pastor of the Salem Baptist church. Interment was in the Saltillo cemetery.
Mrs. Rose Cornwell Oden
Mrs. Rose Cornwell Oden, daughter of Charles and Margaret Roberts Cornwell was born March 7, 1863 and died June 30 1926 aged 63 years, 3 months, and 23 days.
On January 18, 1888, she was united in marriage to William C. Oden. No children were born to this union, and she was left widowed at the death of her husband some years later.
Mrs. Oden's death reminds us forcibly of some of the dark days of the sixties. Her father, Charles Harrison Cornwell, responded to the call to the colors and was one of those who never came back, the babe Rose coming after her father's tragic death to help the bereaved mother endure the loss of the husband and father.
Many years ago Mrs. Oden gave her heart to Jesus Christ and was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist church. Of this organization she has remained a member. She was called upon to drink often the very dregs from the cup of sorrow and suffering, but her unwavering faith remained fastened to the Rock of Ages. Realizing she must soon be called home she talked freely of the coming transition and met death unafraid.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Mather of Campbellsburg, Ind., Lina Cornwell of Alton, Ill. and two half-brothers, Frank Holler of Indianapolis, Ind., and John Holler of St. Louis, Mo.
Death, The Beginning
Shapeless and grim,
A Shadow dim
O'erhung the ways,
And darkened all my days.
And all who saw,
With bated breath,
Said, "It is Death!"
And I, in weakness
Slipping towards the Night,
In sore affright
Looked up. And lo!--
No Spectre grim,
But just a dim,
Sweet face,
A sweet high mother-face,
A face like Christ's own mother's face,
Alight with tenderness and grace.
"Thou art not Death!" I cried--
For Life's supremest fantasy
Had never thus envisaged Death to me--
"Thou art not Death--the End!"
In accents winning,
Came the answer,--"Friend,
There is no death!
I am the Beginning,
--Not the End."
--John Oxenham.
Funeral services were conducted Thrusday, July 1, 1926 at 10:30 A.M. at the Saltillo Christian church by Rev. Wm. R. Seat, pastor of the Salem Baptist church. Interment was in the Saltillo cemetery.
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