ELIZABETH GEORGIENA MAXWELL

ELIZABETH GEORGINA MAXWELL, DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER AND ELLEN MAXWELL, DIED ON FEBRUARY 8, 1901, OF PNEUMONIA AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FEBRUARY 11, CONDUCTED BY THE PASTOR, REV. JOSEPH CALHOUN, D.D. IT WAS A MOST SOLEMN AND IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.  THE PUPILS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDED IN BODY, AND THE CHURCH WAS FILLED WITH SYMPATHIZING FRIENDS.  ‘”GEORGIE,” AS SHE WAS FAMILIARLY CALLED, WAS BORN ON APRIL 9, 1884. SHE WAS THE SECOND CHILD OF MR. AND MRS. MAXWELL.  THE FIRST BORN, A BRIGHT LITTLE BOY JUST BEGINNING TO WALK AND TALK WAS TAKEN FROM THEM, AND FOR TWO YEARS WERE CHILDLESS.  THE COMING OF THE LITTLE DAUGHTER WAS A MOST WELCOME EVENT AND FOR NEARLY SEVENTEEN YEARS SHE HAD BEEN A CONSTANT JOY AND COMFORT.  FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF GEORGIE HAD BEEN ATTENDING THE MOUNT AYR HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A DILIGENT, FAITHFUL AND CONCIENTIOUS IN EVERYTHING AND NEVER HAD PARENTS A MORE DUTIFUL, HELPFUL CHILD.  SHE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING AFTER THEIR COMFORT AND WAS SO KIND AND CONSIDERATE OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS.  ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF GEORGIE WAS HER TRUTHFULNESS AND PURE MINDEDNESS.  AN IMPURE THOUGHT NEVER LURKED IN HER HEART.  IT IS DIFFICULT TO THINK THAT THOSE WILLING FEET SO READY TO DO THE BIDDING OF OTHERS ARE STILLED, AND THAT THE HANDS ARE FOLDED OVER THE SILENT HEART.  GEORGIE PROFESSED HER FAITH IN CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND HAS ALL THESE YEARS BEEN A REAL CHRISTIAN.  HER TESTIMONY ON HER DEATH BED WAS TRIUMPH OF FAITH AND TOOK AWAY ALL THE STING OF DEATH.  HER PASTOR LIKENED HER FACE TO THE FACE OF STEPHEN, “AS IT HAD BEEN THE FACE OF AN ANGEL.” SHE HAS NOT LIVED IN VAIN AND HER STEADFAST FAITH WILL BE AN INSPIRATION TO HER YOUNG FRIENDS AND OLDER ONES AS WELL.