NANCY COGBURN WALLACE
The Obituary of the GATESVILLE
STAR-FORUM of September 30, 1910
Nancy Cogburn(Cockburn)
was born in Murray County, Georgia, September 28,
1838 and moved to Arkansas
in 1849, and was married to Miles Wallace November
30, 1854. She professed
religion and joined the Methodist church in 1855.
Departed this life September
1st, 1910. She was 71 years, 11 months and three
days old. Was buried at
Union school house (Union Valley Cemetery) in this County.
Sister Wallace leaves a
husband and six children and a host of friends to mourn
her loss; James Wallace,
Mrs. Sarah Taylor, Mrs. Betty Coleman, Mrs. Lucy
Patterson, Mrs. Nora Pendleton,
Mr. Sam Wallace, with a number of grandchildren.
Our loss is her eternal
gain. To her children she has left a name that is of more value
than gold. Her godly patient
life is one worthy of imitation. As long as she was able
to attend services she was
in her place. When opportunity presented itself, she
was ready to stand as a
witness for her Lord. Her home life was
one of true piety; it was
a pleasure to be with her and talk of her hopes and
prospects for a home in
Heaven. As a neighbor, she will long be remembered.
She will be missed so much
at home, at church, and by her friends and neighbors.
We have no shelter in hours
of sorrow that will help like that of resignation. To
weary hearts, to mourning
homes, God's Meekest Angel gently comes. There's
quiet in that angel's glance,
There's rest in His still countenance. The ills and woes
He may not cure, He kindly
trains us to endure. He walks with thee, that angel
kind, And gently whispers
be resigned. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord,
Because they rest; because
their trials are o'er. The voice of weeping shall be
heard no more, In the eternal
city, neither dying, nor sickness, pain, nor sorrow,
neither crying, For God
shall wipe away all tears, rest, rest.
J. M. CALHOUN By Neva McClain, great-grandaughter.