Mrs. E. M. Cobb, whose recent departure from earth occurred at the residence of her daughter, near Hernando, Miss, March 20, after an illness of two weeks, was the daughter of Ely and Mary Boykin. She was born in Hawkins County, E. Tenn., Jan. 1, 1807; married Dr. P. B. Cobb, Jan 1, 1823; afterward came to Henderson County, W. Tenn., at which place she united with the Old Presbyterian Church in 1843, and from its doctrines of a special Providence derived great comfort.
Often, during the shifting changes of a long, eventful life, was she called to pass through some of earth's most trying scenes, yet was she ever buoyed by the thought that her Father led her there; and no path was so dark that his presence could not light. The writer of this has often been impressed by her resignation under heavy burdens of sorrow. Many have heard her express entire resignation to Divine Will, but never did that Christian grace reach perfection until it shone as a halo around the brow of the dying saint - scattering the spray from the cold river of death as she gazed in the eyes of her loved ones, exacting the promise from each to meet her in heaven. To the aged and loved husband, whose arm had warded off many of life's breakers for a half-century or more, she said, on being asked if she knew him, "Yes; and I shall know you in heaven - there we shall soon meet again." Truly, her last moments were her brightest, and oft had she wished it thus. Blended with many accomplishments and high culture there was a native dignity and rare grace which distinguished her queenly bearing in whatever assembly she appeared. She has gone from us, but is with the pure and blessed above. A Friend.
Often, during the shifting changes of a long, eventful life, was she called to pass through some of earth's most trying scenes, yet was she ever buoyed by the thought that her Father led her there; and no path was so dark that his presence could not light. The writer of this has often been impressed by her resignation under heavy burdens of sorrow. Many have heard her express entire resignation to Divine Will, but never did that Christian grace reach perfection until it shone as a halo around the brow of the dying saint - scattering the spray from the cold river of death as she gazed in the eyes of her loved ones, exacting the promise from each to meet her in heaven. To the aged and loved husband, whose arm had warded off many of life's breakers for a half-century or more, she said, on being asked if she knew him, "Yes; and I shall know you in heaven - there we shall soon meet again." Truly, her last moments were her brightest, and oft had she wished it thus. Blended with many accomplishments and high culture there was a native dignity and rare grace which distinguished her queenly bearing in whatever assembly she appeared. She has gone from us, but is with the pure and blessed above. A Friend.
Mrs. E. M. Cobb, whose recent departure from earth occurred at the residence of her daughter, near Hernando, Miss, March 20, after an illness of two weeks, was the daughter of Ely and Mary Boykin. She was born in Hawkins County, E. Tenn., Jan. 1, 1807; married Dr. P. B. Cobb, Jan 1, 1823; afterward came to Henderson County, W. Tenn., at which place she united with the Old Presbyterian Church in 1843, and from its doctrines of a special Providence derived great comfort.
Often, during the shifting changes of a long, eventful life, was she called to pass through some of earth's most trying scenes, yet was she ever buoyed by the thought that her Father led her there; and no path was so dark that his presence could not light. The writer of this has often been impressed by her resignation under heavy burdens of sorrow. Many have heard her express entire resignation to Divine Will, but never did that Christian grace reach perfection until it shone as a halo around the brow of the dying saint - scattering the spray from the cold river of death as she gazed in the eyes of her loved ones, exacting the promise from each to meet her in heaven. To the aged and loved husband, whose arm had warded off many of life's breakers for a half-century or more, she said, on being asked if she knew him, "Yes; and I shall know you in heaven - there we shall soon meet again." Truly, her last moments were her brightest, and oft had she wished it thus. Blended with many accomplishments and high culture there was a native dignity and rare grace which distinguished her queenly bearing in whatever assembly she appeared. She has gone from us, but is with the pure and blessed above. A Friend.
Often, during the shifting changes of a long, eventful life, was she called to pass through some of earth's most trying scenes, yet was she ever buoyed by the thought that her Father led her there; and no path was so dark that his presence could not light. The writer of this has often been impressed by her resignation under heavy burdens of sorrow. Many have heard her express entire resignation to Divine Will, but never did that Christian grace reach perfection until it shone as a halo around the brow of the dying saint - scattering the spray from the cold river of death as she gazed in the eyes of her loved ones, exacting the promise from each to meet her in heaven. To the aged and loved husband, whose arm had warded off many of life's breakers for a half-century or more, she said, on being asked if she knew him, "Yes; and I shall know you in heaven - there we shall soon meet again." Truly, her last moments were her brightest, and oft had she wished it thus. Blended with many accomplishments and high culture there was a native dignity and rare grace which distinguished her queenly bearing in whatever assembly she appeared. She has gone from us, but is with the pure and blessed above. A Friend.
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