MRS. BLYTHE CALLED AWAY
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After Months of Illness Suc-
cumbed Sunday After-
noon.
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PARALYSIS CAUSED DEATH
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Had Large Family Connection
and Survived By Seven Children.
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Mrs. Matilda R. Blythe, widow of the late John Blythe, died at her home, Cleveland Avenue and Second street, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the 64th year of her age.
Mrs. Blythe was ill during the en tire summer but had grown strong enough to walk on the porch last Thursday. Thursday night she had a stroke of paralysis and was unconscious during the whole time up to her death. She never opened her eyes until a moment before her death. Then for a second she saw the light and her eyes closed in death.
Mrs. Blythe is survived by seven children, four sons and three daughters. Walter and Lonnie, of Louisville, and Maxey and William Blythe, of this city; Mrs. Eliza Peden, Mrs. George Merritt and Mrs. Bermce Nichols, of this city She was a sister of the late Judge A H. Anderson, Mrs. James M Higgins, Mrs. A F. Witty, Mrs. A A Buckley, Mr. Tal. Anderson, of this city; Geo. Anderson, of Archer, Fla., and Joe Anderson, of Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Blythe was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church for nearly two score years and was kind-hearted and charitable, always ready to help in trouble or wait upon the sick.
Funeral services were held at the home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. B. Eshman, burial in Riverside Cemetery.
-- Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Tuesday, October 14, 1913, Page 1
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After Months of Illness Suc-
cumbed Sunday After-
noon.
-------
PARALYSIS CAUSED DEATH
-------
Had Large Family Connection
and Survived By Seven Children.
-------
Mrs. Matilda R. Blythe, widow of the late John Blythe, died at her home, Cleveland Avenue and Second street, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the 64th year of her age.
Mrs. Blythe was ill during the en tire summer but had grown strong enough to walk on the porch last Thursday. Thursday night she had a stroke of paralysis and was unconscious during the whole time up to her death. She never opened her eyes until a moment before her death. Then for a second she saw the light and her eyes closed in death.
Mrs. Blythe is survived by seven children, four sons and three daughters. Walter and Lonnie, of Louisville, and Maxey and William Blythe, of this city; Mrs. Eliza Peden, Mrs. George Merritt and Mrs. Bermce Nichols, of this city She was a sister of the late Judge A H. Anderson, Mrs. James M Higgins, Mrs. A F. Witty, Mrs. A A Buckley, Mr. Tal. Anderson, of this city; Geo. Anderson, of Archer, Fla., and Joe Anderson, of Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Blythe was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church for nearly two score years and was kind-hearted and charitable, always ready to help in trouble or wait upon the sick.
Funeral services were held at the home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. B. Eshman, burial in Riverside Cemetery.
-- Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Tuesday, October 14, 1913, Page 1
MRS. BLYTHE CALLED AWAY
-------
After Months of Illness Suc-
cumbed Sunday After-
noon.
-------
PARALYSIS CAUSED DEATH
-------
Had Large Family Connection
and Survived By Seven Children.
-------
Mrs. Matilda R. Blythe, widow of the late John Blythe, died at her home, Cleveland Avenue and Second street, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the 64th year of her age.
Mrs. Blythe was ill during the en tire summer but had grown strong enough to walk on the porch last Thursday. Thursday night she had a stroke of paralysis and was unconscious during the whole time up to her death. She never opened her eyes until a moment before her death. Then for a second she saw the light and her eyes closed in death.
Mrs. Blythe is survived by seven children, four sons and three daughters. Walter and Lonnie, of Louisville, and Maxey and William Blythe, of this city; Mrs. Eliza Peden, Mrs. George Merritt and Mrs. Bermce Nichols, of this city She was a sister of the late Judge A H. Anderson, Mrs. James M Higgins, Mrs. A F. Witty, Mrs. A A Buckley, Mr. Tal. Anderson, of this city; Geo. Anderson, of Archer, Fla., and Joe Anderson, of Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Blythe was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church for nearly two score years and was kind-hearted and charitable, always ready to help in trouble or wait upon the sick.
Funeral services were held at the home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. B. Eshman, burial in Riverside Cemetery.
-- Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Tuesday, October 14, 1913, Page 1
-------
After Months of Illness Suc-
cumbed Sunday After-
noon.
-------
PARALYSIS CAUSED DEATH
-------
Had Large Family Connection
and Survived By Seven Children.
-------
Mrs. Matilda R. Blythe, widow of the late John Blythe, died at her home, Cleveland Avenue and Second street, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the 64th year of her age.
Mrs. Blythe was ill during the en tire summer but had grown strong enough to walk on the porch last Thursday. Thursday night she had a stroke of paralysis and was unconscious during the whole time up to her death. She never opened her eyes until a moment before her death. Then for a second she saw the light and her eyes closed in death.
Mrs. Blythe is survived by seven children, four sons and three daughters. Walter and Lonnie, of Louisville, and Maxey and William Blythe, of this city; Mrs. Eliza Peden, Mrs. George Merritt and Mrs. Bermce Nichols, of this city She was a sister of the late Judge A H. Anderson, Mrs. James M Higgins, Mrs. A F. Witty, Mrs. A A Buckley, Mr. Tal. Anderson, of this city; Geo. Anderson, of Archer, Fla., and Joe Anderson, of Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Blythe was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church for nearly two score years and was kind-hearted and charitable, always ready to help in trouble or wait upon the sick.
Funeral services were held at the home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. B. Eshman, burial in Riverside Cemetery.
-- Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Tuesday, October 14, 1913, Page 1
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