DEATH OF A GOOD WOMAN

Martha Piety Asher (nee Smith) was born June 22, 1874, died July 27, 1917; age 43 years, one month and five days. She professed faith in Christ at the early age of ten years and joined the Methodist Protestant church at Mt. Pleasant, wheer she lived a faithful member until August 28, 1911, when she, together with her husband and two daughters, joined the Missionary Baptist church at Thompson's creek, where she lived a very devoted member, always regular in attendance at church and Sunday school and faithful in all her christian duties to her family, neighbors and church. Her christian influence is especially manifested in the lives of her children, who were so faithful to their mother. She was married to T. H. Asher Oct. 14, 1891. To this union four children were born, two boys and two girls; Sular, Thomas, Susie and Cecil. She leaves a devoted husband her four children, three brothers and four sisters and a host of relatives and friends, who, together with her church, realize their great loss. She often spoke of heaven and her desire for her children to meet her there. We would not tell her loved ones not to weep at the departure of a loving wife, a devoted mother and true friend, but we would say, weep not as for one who has no hope, for she leaves the blessed assurance that she is at rest with her Savior, where we hope to meet her.

Written and read at burial July 28, 1917, by a true friend and brother in Christ. J. R. Paschall.

Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune., August 03, 1917, page 5

Name: Marthy Ridie Asher [Marthy Ridie Smith]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 22 Jun 1874
Birth Place: Weakley, Tennessee
Age: 43
Death Date: 28 Jul 1917
Death Place: Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee
Father's name: Fletcher Smith
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's name: Hixey Louisa Dake
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Certificate Number: 498