North Carolina Christian advocate [serial] . and her littledaughter. Resolved, That a copy of these reso-lutions be spread on the minutes ofthe Ladies Aid Society, a copy besent to the family of our departed sis-ter, and a copy be sent to the NorthCarolina Christian Advocate for pub-lication. Mrs. L. H. Phillips,Mrs. J. B. Little,Mrs. E. W. Fox, Committee. away in the old Mt. Olivet cemetery,which is about a mile and a half fromthe present church. There lie two ofthe decaying sills of the old churchbuilt by Rev. Spinks, whose circuitat that time reached to the Pee DeeRiver, and whose body lies
North Carolina Christian advocate [serial] . and her littledaughter. Resolved, That a copy of these reso-lutions be spread on the minutes ofthe Ladies Aid Society, a copy besent to the family of our departed sis-ter, and a copy be sent to the NorthCarolina Christian Advocate for pub-lication. Mrs. L. H. Phillips,Mrs. J. B. Little,Mrs. E. W. Fox, Committee. away in the old Mt. Olivet cemetery,which is about a mile and a half fromthe present church. There lie two ofthe decaying sills of the old churchbuilt by Rev. Spinks, whose circuitat that time reached to the Pee DeeRiver, and whose body lies hard bythe old church site. Rev. Russell, abrother-in-law to Sister Sugg, is alsoburied there, Rev. Spinks being hergrand father. Many bits of early Methodist his-tory come to my that have beengiven me in connection with thiaplace, but enough. We shall not seeanother such woman soon and v/e feellike Heaven is not far away and i ?becoming more and more like Gods blessings re.:t upon thedear ones left behind. .L E. Sugg—lempa Sugg, nee Spinks,was born Ocober 18, 1813, and diedMarch 12, 1910, aged 96 years, 4months and 24 days. Early in lifeshe became a Christian and joined Methodist Episcopal Church, inthe southeastern portion of RandolphCounty. She remembered many of theold pioneer preachers of that commun-ity and used to speak of one of theearly bishops who attended a camp-meeting at \his old church and whocame into the tent where she was—just a girl—and patted her on thehead, making himself sociable andkind. She was married to M. A. Suggmany years ago, who died in this union were born six children,two girls and four boys, only one ofwhom is living, Lewis O. Sugg. Thehome of this good woman has beenlike an oasis in a desert to many,many preachers of all doors were open to them, and herheart too. In 1886-7, it was my good fortuneto be her pastor, and then in 1891-2I was her pastor. In these four yearsI took my f
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