Twin sister: Lanie Selena "Lena" (Hoffman) Lineberger
OBITUARY:
Mrs. Ann Hoffman Withers, wife of Anderson A. Withers died in the village of Lexington, McLean County, Illinois, February 6, 1888, aged fifty-eight years, ten months and four days.

The subject of above notice was born on the west side of the south fork Catawba River, in Gaston County, North Carolina, on the very spot where now stands Wilson & Rankin's cotton factory.

Her parents were Jonas and Mary (Costner) Hoffman. She was married to Mr. Anderson A. Withers, in the month of November, A.D. 1848, and with her husband resided in Gaston County, N.C. until the fall of 1858, when they moved to Burlington County, Missouri, and from thence to McLean County, Illinois, in the spring of 1870, stopping first in the eastern portion of the county near where the village of Colfax is now located, and in the spring of 1880 moved to Lexington.

Mrs. Withers was educated a Lutheran, but after her marriage united with the Long Creek regular Baptist Church. She has, since that, adhered to the Baptist faith. She was not what some would term the most enthusiastic in Christian work, yet her life was one of marked sobriety; and by acts of kindness and motherly affection, she won her way into the hearts of all who became acquainted with her - so much so that she was known far and near by the name of "Mother Withers."

She was the mother of 8 children - 7 boys and one girl; one boy preceded her to the other shore; the remaining 7 children with the aged companion, mourn their loss.

As Sister Withers was nearing the river of death, for she approached it gradually, dying with that horrible disease, cancer of the stomach, she expressed a willingness to depart and dwell in that clime where sickness is unknown. This to the many relatives who may chance to read this notice, should be a wonderful incentive to prompt them to prepare to meet her in heaven.

The funeral services were held in the United Brethren Church and conducted by the writer, using the words found in James 4:14; "For what is your life?"

The large concourse of people who gathered at the church on that intensely cold day evidenced that, although gone she still lived in the hearts of those with whom she had associated during her residence in this, her northern home. Truly it can be said that a loving companion, a kind mother, a good neighbor, and one who, in every-day life, endeavored to imitate the example of the blessed Christ, is gone. J.A.F. King, Pastor - U.B. Church, Lexington, Illinois.