State, Mrs. Sprunt was a power. Gifted with 

 many accomplishments, gracious and graceful 

 in manner, a keen, initiative mind, she was 

 fitted to adorn any station in life. She had 

 a vital energy and a tenacity of purpose which 

 overcame obstacles that might have daunted 

 a less indomitable spirit. But greater than 

 these attributes was the wonderful sponta- 

 neousness of her generous nature; her every 

 impulse was to help. Only to mention in her 

 hearing a case of need or suffering was to 

 secure immediate assistance, but given so un- 

 ostentatiously that few knew of her many 

 charities. Among her good deeds stand out 

 prominently her work among the crippled 

 children in the mill village of Delgado and 

 the Marion Sprunt Playgrounds in the various 

 sections of the city. Truly the children may 

 rise up and call her blessed! 



Even in these months of illness her ever- 

 active mind was devising schemes for the alle- 

 viation of suffering, and her whole heart was 

 in the baby hospital which is to be erected as 

 a memorial to her little daughter. 



Mrs. Sprunt was for eight years presi- 

 dent of the North Carolina Society of the 

 Colonial Dames of America, and at the time 

 of her death its honorary president. Under 

 her wise administration the scope of the work 

 of the society developed and expanded, and 

 through her unusual ability she also made her 

 place in the national society. 



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