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Obituary:
Obituary-DEATH OF MRS. NELLIE G. VESTMrs. Nellie G. Vest, wife of John C. Vest, was born November 8, 1881, died at her home near White Gate, Giles County, Va., Dec. 30th, 1905 For nine months she lingered with the dreadful disease consumption. Her sufferings were great and during all those dreadful days and nights, she never became impatient, but being a true Christian heroine, she faced the last enemy without a fear. She was cheerful and pleasant at all times, and passed through the Dark Valley with a sweet smile on her face. Nellie was only a little girl when she gave her heart to Jesus and after that lived a beautiful and consecrated life through sunshine and shadow. She was a devoted wife and loving mother; her sweet songs and prayers made home a dwelling place for angels. Just a few days before she died, her brother Daily Stafford, came to see her, and she asked him to sing her two favorite songs namely: "We are on the stormy side" and "Will there be any stars in my crown?". As the last song was sung, she got very happy, and said that her father and sisters who had died a few years ago had come to her and that the Beautiful Gate was open to receive her into the City. A little while before she passed away, she called her friends to her bedside and laid out her poor withered arm to her dear husband, and bade him goodbye and asked him to meet her in heaven; then one by one told her friends farewell; and last of all when her little baby, just one year old, was brought to her and with a dying mother's gaze, she looked at it for the last time and reached forth her hand and touched it, and gave it her last sweet smile on earth. So Nellie folded up her arms and the Death Angel came and kissed away her soul and bore it to the Paradise of God. She leaves a devoted husband and a little baby, an aged mother, two sisters, and four brothers to mourn their loss. She was buried at Wesley's Chapel, the old family grave yard on the last day of 1905, to await the resurrection of the just.
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1881 - 1905 (24 years)
