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Chambers County AlArchives Obituaries.....S. E. "Sallie" Grace March 19 1915
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The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 31 March 1915

Mrs. S. E. Grace — a Tribute
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When Mrs. S. E. GRACE died at her home in LaFayette March 19th one of God’s
good angels of mercy left the earth for her eternal home in heaven. But she did
not die, in the real sense of the word, for her life of loving labor for her
people will send its influence on through the ages, while her memory will abide
as an incense sweet in the hearts of all who knew her.
Mrs. GRACE was over eighty years of age, yet her heart was young and her
hands were full of gentle deeds until the last. She was the friend of
everybody, particularly the poor and distressed. She was the mainstay of the
Presbyterian church in her town, and was through all the years since the Civil
War the leading spirit in showing honor to the Confederate soldiers, dead and
living. Memorial Day in LaFayette without the presence of Mrs. GRACE will prove
a sad occasion, indeed.
To one who, as a boy, knew Mrs. GRACE and had knowledge of her christian
[sic] charity, so modestly, so continuously dispensed by word and deed, it does
not seem strange that there should be a place called “Heaven,” on whose shores
the tired feet of God’s own children rest when the storm is passed and the
journey done. Into that haven such a soul as hers has come. And we may be sure
that the entry into port was made with rejoicing upon her part, amid the
welcome plaudits of the heavenly hosts and of the saints whose lives she had
touched and blessed. On this side, tears and love and flowers follow the mortal
dust as far as human feet may go.
We know of no one more than she whose sweet, unselfish character more fitly
expresses the sentiment of Tennyson’s beautiful poem, “Crossing the Bar,”
written in the author’s extreme old age, rich in simple trust and human faith:

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me;
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea.

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark.

For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.

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She is referred to as “Sallie” GRACE in an article titled STEVENSON IN
LAFAYETTE
published in The Roanoke Leader, 5 May 1915, p.4.


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