death of Mrs. Luola Mtirchlson Sprunt, be- 

 loved wife of Doctor James Sprunt, which 

 occurred at her home in this city, at fifteen 

 minutes after two o'clock, yesterday morning, 

 though not wholly unexpected, came as a pro- 

 found shock to the community, which had for 

 so many years been the beneficiary of the in- 

 fluence of her beautiful living. 



Individually and in co-operation with her 

 distinguished husband, now so deeply be- 

 reaved, Mrs. Sprunt had contributed in many 

 ways to the alleviation of suffering, to the ad- 

 vancement of the Christian cause, and to the 

 sum total of human happiness in the com- 

 munity in which she lived, one of the latest 

 of such beneficences being the founding of a 

 hospital for children and mothers in connec- 

 tion with the James Walker Memorial Hos- 

 pital in this city, to be known as the Marion 

 Sprunt Memorial, a great work that she had 

 lived to see only started and in the contem- 

 plation of which she had taken a deep and 

 abiding interest. In many other ways she 

 and Dr. Sprunt had also contributed largely, 

 in various charities and philanthropies, to the 

 betterment of mankind, especially children, to 

 whom both were ever tenderly devoted, know- 

 ing neither class nor distinction in the bestowal 

 of their charities. 



Among hundreds of callers at the Sprunt 

 home yesterday, many little incidents of the 

 beauty and kindliness of her spirit were re- 



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