Mrs. Sprunt was a daughter of the la- 

 mented Colonel Kenneth M. Murchison, of 

 Wilmington and New York, so highly es- 

 teemed in Wilmington and North Carolina, 

 and she was married to Dr. Sprunt thirty-two 

 years ago, their wedded life having been one 

 of beautiful devotion, each to the other. Sur- 

 viving her are her husband and one son, Mr. 

 J. Laurence Sprunt ; a little grandson, J. Lau- 

 rence Sprunt, Jr.; a brother, Mr. Kenneth 

 Murchison, a distinguished architect of New 

 York, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Ellis, of 

 Atlanta, Ga. ; Mrs. Shirley Carter, of Balti- 

 more, and Mrs. C. H. Hurkamp, of Fred- 

 ericksburg, Va. A number of absent mem- 

 bers of the famJly arrived last evening and 

 others will reach here this morning for the 

 funeral services. 



Mrs. Sprunt was best loved and admired 

 by those who knew her most Intimately, and 

 the following tribute by a personal friend was 

 handed The Star yesterday as expressive of 

 the feeling of a great many who enjoyed her 

 friendship and the Influence of her fine per- 

 sonality: 



A Tribute. 



It is often so that not until the evangel of 

 better things, of hope fulfilled, of faith justi- 

 fied, comes to claim as its own the life accom- 

 plished, do we realize In Its fullness the rich- 

 ness of living. To get the most out of life, to 



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