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From: "DOUGLAS J SMALL" <>
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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 17:47:38 -0600


Thought listers would find this write up interesting

Diane Shackleford Small


>> Obituary of Josephine Cotton Shackleford wife of Judge George
Washington>> Shackleford>> >> Mrs. Shackleford Died Yesterday
Afternoon---From Chattanooga Times--No>Date>> >> Mrs. Josephine
Shackleford, mother of Mrs. L.S. Colyar and among>> Chattanooga, best
known and best loved women, succumbed to a long illness>> yesterady
afternoon at the Colyar Mansion on Missionary Ridge. She fell>> into
eternal sleep about 4 in the afternoon. Funeral arrangements will be>>
announnced tomorrow.>> Mrs. Shackleford's death will be mourned with keen
regret by those who>were>> honored by her acquaintance. Her friends
were a host, comprising all of>the>> .....er residents. She was of that
class of women, who gave the greatest>> incentive to the martial spirit of
the Old South. Reared in Mississippi,>> she gave an unwielding devotion
to the sacred lost cause, typical of the>> heroines of the period when the
souls of men and women were tried in the>> furnace of sacrifice.
Gentleness and tenderness were manifested in the>> suffering of her people
and her verve and complacency never failed her in>> the darkest hours of
emergency.>> For nearly forty years Mrs. Shackleford resided in
Chattanooga. In the>> earlier days she was frequently joint hostess with
Mrs.Colyar at the>> hospitable home. On one occasion the then daughter of
the Confederacy,>Miss>> Winnie Davis was a guest of the ladies and by
them was made the honoree>of>> an elaborate reception which, for
pleasing details, was rarely, if ever>> been surpassed in the history of
the city.>> Mrs. Shackleford 's charming demeanor and her well stored mind
and>> graciousness endeared her to all.>> >> Mrs. Shackleford
Laid To Rest Today>> Many Beautiful Floral Pieces Offered>> Mrs.
Mary Brabson Littleton Pay Tribute to Character of Well Known Woman>>
>> The last rites over the body of Mrs. Josephine Shackleford mother of
>Mrs.>> L.S.Colyar and one of Chattanooga's bestknown and best loved
women who>> died Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Colyar MMansion
on Missionary>> Ridge. Services were held at the Colyar Residence.,
Mondaay afternoon, at>> 2. Rev. Wythe Kinsolving, rector of St.Paul's
Episcopal Church,>conducted>> the services. Mrs.W.H.Pryar sang. The
interment took place at Forest>Hills>> Cemetery. Services at the grave
were private.>> Following is the list of those who served as active
pallbearers:>> J.B.Robinson, F.B.Voigt, Sam Erwin, T.R.Preston,
C.S.Littleton,>> W.B.Garvin, Henry Stewart and J.L.Hutcheson. Honorary
pallbearers were:>> J.C.Howell,Col. Ed.Watkins, J.A.Caldwell, Frank
Hutcheson. Prof. J.R>Baylor>> and Dr.B.Travis.>> The floral
offerings were lavish and beautiful . Mrs. Shackleford's>father>> John
Cotton was of Virginia birth, her mother of Mississippi. Her husband>
>> was of French and Scottish descent. She was reared at Greenwood, the
>> ....... home of her father, which was shelled during the Civil War,
>sending>> the family to seek refuge in Alabama and other parts of
Mississippi.>> In 1884 Judge and Mrs. Shackleford came to Chattanooga.
Judge Shackleford>> died here, since that time Mrs. Shackleford and her
family have resided>in>> this city. She is survived by her daughter and
son-in-law Mr. and Mrs.>> Louis St. Clair Colyar, her son Ernest and wife
andd four grandchildren,>> Mrs. Josephine Colyar Jernigan, Miss Pauline
Colyar, Mrs. Grace>Shackleford>> Ellis, George Gordon Shhackleofrd- and
two sisters, Mrs. Sidney Thomas of>> Birmingham, Alabama and Mrs. Medora
Field of Mississippi.>> >> The following beautiful tribute to Mrs.
Shackleford is paid by Mrs. Mary>> Brobson Littleton, a warm personal
friend of the deceased:>> Mrs. Josephine Shackleford was a woman of rare
and delightful>personality,>> once known, never to be forgotten. In
the winter of her days she>preserved>> the youth of her spirit,
entering into social events and domestic>> concerns, with vital interest
and enthusiasm. No one could mistake her>for>> other than a Southern
lady of the old school, tenacious of early>> loyalties, true to the home
ideals of the Old South, dedicated to duty,>> rewarded by the devotion of
a daughter annd son-in-law and grandchildren>> who considered her first in
all that pertained to the domestic circle.>> Proud in the sense of
noblesse oblige, exclusive, yes, very, without>> apologies, tenacious of
social lines as well as by blood and breeding.>New>> friends were
selected with studied dis......ation, but once her friend,>she>> .....d
them for the best and loved them to the end. Possessed of a>> vigorous
mind, she was abreast of the times and all the pertained to>> literature
and social lift. She was one in interest and enthusiasm with>the>>
youngest of her grandchildren, enjoying their honors and pleasures as>much
>> as they did.>> "Of classical scholarship, her nature and
surroundings were dominated by>> the Greek love of beauty. Colyarton is
an expression of her exquisite>> taste and unusual culture. There is not a
fluted column, nor>architectural>> line nor work of adornment that does
not bear the impress of her>selective>> judgement. Every memory of the
spacious home, so often the scenes of>> beautiful hospitality, is filled
with the warmth of her welcome and the>> charm of her distinguished
conversation.:>> The flower garden was all in all her care. Few there are
of her friends>who>> have not shared, through her generosity, in the
gorgeous bloom of daisies>> and lilacs and lillies. >> During her
last illness, shadows of ..... the long ago draped her couch,>> from out
of the past was a faithful colored servant, Aunt Mary, who had>> been with
her since the infancy of her children and who came with her to>> Tennessee
from Mississippi. She fell asleep gently as a child in its>> mother's arms
and smiled in death as if she was confidently >awaiting>> the
resurrection morning. Her death was in the winter time of her life.>> When
her flowers too, were sleepinng and her going was like the passing>> .....
.... .... ...th, its pioneer... ... ... ..... .... its honor ....>..>>
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