Mrs. Rutherford Passes Peacefully To The Great Beyond

The community was deeply grieved the other day when the news came that Mrs. Alice Been Rutherford was dead. While she had been ill for many months her friends hadn't realized what it would mean when the word came that Mrs. Rutherford was dead.

The funeral was held at the Baptist Church, conducted by G.E. Burton, assisted by Dr. Burkhead and Rev. J.W. Story, and her body laid to rest in the Citizen's Cemetery, beneath a sea of flowers.

She was the wife of James H. Rutherford, a long-time resident of Clarendon and well-known through the entire Panhandle. Beside the husband, she leaves seven children: Minnie, Ethel, Jack, Ruth, Rena, Jewel and J.H., Jr. All of these children reside at their home here in Clarendon, except Jack, who is somewhere in France, a soldier in the war against Germany.

Alice Been Rutherford was born at Greenwood, Sebastian County, Arkansas, May 12, 1873. Her father and mother, five brothers and three sisters are still living..

Mrs. Rutherford's father is the Rev. H.L. Been of Greenwood, Arkansas. He was pastor of the Baptist church there for several years, and some of the Clarendon people will remember him and perhaps heard him preach during his visits here.

Mrs. Rutherford trusted Christ as Savior and united with the Baptist Church at about the age of fifteen. She was a consecrated Christian for these thirty years. Even when she was unable to attend church she made continued inquiries as to the progress of the kingdom. Like the great apostle, her life was the embodiment of the words, "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." She had very few requests to make before her going, as she had utmost confidence in the splendid family she was leaving. The yonder land must have been very vivid to her as when she was too weak to sing, she was fond of quoting the beautiful words of Fanny Crosby:

"When my life work is ended,
And I cross the swelling tide:
When the bright and glorious morning I shall see,
I shall know my redeemer when I reach the other side.
And His smiles will be the first to welcome me."

To the husband, who is feeling lonely now, allow us to say that you must find moments of rejoicing in memory of the companionship of this good woman throughout the years that have passed. To the dear children of yours: your mother is not dead, but her life work is ended and she has met her Savior face to face, and is now in that house not made with hands, where flowers never wither and where her joys are unceasing.

(Published in The Clarendon News, Vol. 29, No. 31., Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 1, 1918, Page 1)
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Arkansas, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: James H. Rutherford
Spouse: Alice Been
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1893
County: Sebastian
State: AR