Death Claims Mrs.T.C.Merwin at 4:30 o'clock this Morning: After suffering ten days from a heart ailment, at the home of her daughter the end came peacefully. Mrs.T.C. (Emily Govan) Merwin passed away this morning at the home of her daughter Mrs.H.A.Knight of a heart ailment, with which she had been stricken ten days ago while on a visit at the home of her cousin, Mrs.Paul McKellar in Memphis. Emily Govan Merwin was born in Holly Springs, Miss., the daughter of E.P. and Julia Hawks Hovan, of a distinguished pioneer family of Mississippi. The family moved to Marion in Lee County when Mrs.Merwin was a small child and there grew up. She was educated in the schools of Holly Springs and Florence, Alabama. On May 28,1879 she was married to the late T.C.Merwin and to them were born six children, four of whom survive her. In 1894 Mr.and Mrs.Merwin came to Forrest City to live and always took a prominent and active part in the religious, civic, and social affairs of the town and county. Before moving to Forrest City, Mrs.Merwin's husband was circuit and county clerk in Lee County and after moving here he was deputy clerk for years and then he held the post of county court clerk for 21 years, serving as one of the most popular public officials the county has ever known. The Merwin home was always the mecca of hospitality dispensed with a graciousness of the old South by Mr.and Mrs.Merwin to their friends and acquaintances. Coming from a long line of churchmen, Mrs.Merwin became a communicant of the Episcopal Church early in life. In all the years of her life she had been active in the services and charities attendant to the church, and it was partly due to the efforts of Mrs.Merwin and some other loyal churchmen that the Church of the Good Shepherd survived some disheartening years. For the past few years Mrs.Merwin had divided her time, living part of the year, here and in Memphis to be near her two daughters. She was adored by her family, a woman of an under-standing heart, great charity of purpose, a mother of devotion, a friend in need and to the needy-her friendship was a benediction. The community was better for the pause of years she spent here. Surviving Mrs.Merwin are her step-daughter, Mrs.E.F.Bomar of Greenville, S.C.; Mrs.Harry A.Knight, Mrs.W.G.McCoy, of this city; and Will and Frank Merwin of Pueblo, Colorado, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Church of the Good Shepherd, conducted by the Rev. Harley B.Bullock, Rector, and Rev.M.L.Morely, Rector of St.Marks Church, Jonesboro. The burial will be in the family plot at the City Cemetery. To serve as pallbearers will be:W.W.Campbell/Charles Gorman/A.B.Nimocks/Lindsay Bridgeforth/Thomas Gatling/Vernon Hodges. W.E.Stevens Funeral Home is in charge.