Amanda f (pilcher) smitherman
Mrs. David Smitherman, nee
Amanda F. Pilcher died at her home 4 miles southwest of Butler, on Feb.
28, 1909. She was awakened about 5 o'clock a. m. with a severe spell of
coughing, and her husband summoned the neighbors, and all was done that
could be for her. Drs. Chastain and Lusk were summoned, but arrived too
late, as she passed away at 7 o'clock. She had been in poor health for
several years. with rheumatism and heart trouble. On Saturday, or the
morning before she died, she did her usual housework. Her husband went
to town (Butler) to do the week's shopping leaving her apparently as
well as usual.
Amanda F. Pilcher was born in Wood county, Va., Sept. 28, 1848. Professed religion and was baptized by Rev. Edward Cake, united with the Baptist church in 1858, and lived a consistent christian life, trusting in the grace of God for all things. She married David Smitherman in 1867, and moved to Missouri in 1869 and united with the Dover Baptist church in Lafayette county, Moved to Saline coun ty in 1874 and united with the Salt Pond Baptist church, Moved to St. Clair county in 1881 and there united with the Pleasant Grove Baptist church, Moved to Bates county in 1885 and united with the New Hope Baptist church, in which she was a member at the time of her death.
Mrs. Smitherman, better known as Aunt Sis, was a loving wife, a good and kind neighbor, and to know her was to love her. She was the mother of no children, although she and her husband had raised several orphan children, leaving at time of her death, one Raymond Wilson 12 years old, together with her beloved husband and one brother, Walter Pilcher, of Parkersburg, W. Va., to mourn her loss. Aunt Sis was very fond of music, and delighted in praising her Lord, and entertaining her guests with the sweet strains on the accordeon.
The funeral service was conducted at the home by Rev. Elsey and Bro. H. I. Ogle. By request of the husband, Bro. Elsey read the 90th Psalm, and the scripture lesson from which he spoke was 1st Cor. 15th chapter and 6th verse: "Some have fallen asleep." Bro. Elsey made a beautiful talk, showing that christians can fall asleep in death, and at the resurrection they that sleep in Christ shall awaken from the grave to im- mortality; as Jesus was raised
Amanda F. Pilcher was born in Wood county, Va., Sept. 28, 1848. Professed religion and was baptized by Rev. Edward Cake, united with the Baptist church in 1858, and lived a consistent christian life, trusting in the grace of God for all things. She married David Smitherman in 1867, and moved to Missouri in 1869 and united with the Dover Baptist church in Lafayette county, Moved to Saline coun ty in 1874 and united with the Salt Pond Baptist church, Moved to St. Clair county in 1881 and there united with the Pleasant Grove Baptist church, Moved to Bates county in 1885 and united with the New Hope Baptist church, in which she was a member at the time of her death.
Mrs. Smitherman, better known as Aunt Sis, was a loving wife, a good and kind neighbor, and to know her was to love her. She was the mother of no children, although she and her husband had raised several orphan children, leaving at time of her death, one Raymond Wilson 12 years old, together with her beloved husband and one brother, Walter Pilcher, of Parkersburg, W. Va., to mourn her loss. Aunt Sis was very fond of music, and delighted in praising her Lord, and entertaining her guests with the sweet strains on the accordeon.
The funeral service was conducted at the home by Rev. Elsey and Bro. H. I. Ogle. By request of the husband, Bro. Elsey read the 90th Psalm, and the scripture lesson from which he spoke was 1st Cor. 15th chapter and 6th verse: "Some have fallen asleep." Bro. Elsey made a beautiful talk, showing that christians can fall asleep in death, and at the resurrection they that sleep in Christ shall awaken from the grave to im- mortality; as Jesus was raised