to her were only stimulants to greater effort; 

 but, modest and self-depreciating, she claimed 

 for herself no honor for any triumph won. 

 Endowed with artistic tastes and tempera- 

 ment and a high appreciation of all that is 

 fine and beautiful, she also possessed a brain 

 so strong, so vigorous and forceful, that one 

 instinctively turned to her for advice and 

 guidance along all the practical lines of life. 

 Not one of her many talents was allowed to 

 rust for lack of use. The seven years she 

 was President of the North Carolina Society 

 of Colonial Dames stand out prominently in 

 the history of the society. Her marked exec- 

 utive ability greatly broadened the scope of 

 its work and strengthened its place in the 

 National Society. Can those of us who were 

 privileged to serve under her administration 

 ever forget her? To remember her as a pre- 

 siding officer is to recall her graceful poise, 

 her natural ease and dignity, her gracious 

 courtesy and never-failing kindly tact, a com- 

 bination rare indeed, which won for her the 

 loyal love of a large and varied organization. 

 If the measure of life is the well spending 

 of it and not the length of years, then hers 

 indeed was a long one; but, called at last to 

 higher service in the great beyond, 



"Oh, blessed consolation in our grief to feel 



There is no death; whatever seems so is transition; 



This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of a life Elysian 

 Whose portal we call death." 



—Florence Hill Kidder. 



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