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Subject: OBITUARY - KATE GARRETT.

Date: Thursday, May 17, 2001 6:52 PM

February l8, l897

Died, at the home of her parents, MR. and MRS. DAVE GARRETT, in Leon, at

3:30 o'clock Sunday morning, KATE GARRETT, aged 22 years, 7 months and

2l days.

The deceased was born in Leon, June 23, l874, and lived here until her

death. She attended the Leon schools up to six years ago, when she

entered the employ of the Reporter office as a compositor. She united

with the Baptist Church seven or eight years ago and was baptized by

ELDER NORTHERN.

Her health began to fail three or four months ago and soon it was

apparent that the dread disease, consumption, had begun its ravages on

her system. With an indomitable will, notwithstanding her poor health,

she retained her position in the Reporter office, and only after the

earnest protestations of friends, relinquished it five weeks ago. Since

then she has grown steadily worse although not bedfast. Only last week

she was about town and on Saturday prior to her death, walked to the

home of one of the neighbors. She was taken worse again Saturday

evening at 8 o'clock and died suddenly and unexpectedly at 3:30 the next

morning while sitting in a chair. Heart failure is ascribed as the

immediate cause of her death.

The funeral service was held Monday afternoon at the Baptist Church in

the presence of a large concourse of friends. In the absence of the

pastor, REV. G.M. HUGHES of the Methodist Church had charge of the

service, after which the body was interred in the Leon Cemetery. The

pall bearers were representatives from the different newspaper

offices--B.F. CRAIGO and CLAUDE LOREY from the Reporter; L.S. EVANS,

J.C.V. BOWMAN and ED. H. JENNINGS from the JOURNAL, and F.D. JAMES from

the Review.

The bereaved family, consisting of the parents, two sisters and five

brothers, have the sympathy of the entire community.

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