TRIBUTE TO: Wilhite, Mrs. Reuben: Mrs. Reuben Wilhite - When the death of Mrs. Reuben Wilhite was announced it brought a feeling of sadness to everyone who had met and known this most estimable woman. Her soul was released from earthly care March 2, 1915. Since the death of her husband eight years ago, she had made her home with her only child Mr. Lewis Wilhite, a prosperous and well known farmer living near O'connor, in White county. Mrs. Wilhite was a daughter of Mr. Hop Barnes and a member of an old and honorable family. She had been in failing health for several months as a result of a stroke of paralysis, yet when confined to her room day after day, her gentle nature manifested itself in her remarkable patience. Never fretting nor complaining of her condition she passed her last days on earth peacefully. The end came silently as the falling snow, and the transition from life to death was marked by no trace of suffering. Throughout the many years of her useful life she was ever willing and ready to aid the sick and comfort those in distress. She has left to posterity the example of her deeds of kindness and mercy. Being a good son, and often said, he never spoke an unkind word to her. While we sympathize deeply with the son, who has lost his most precious friend, we feel the greatest sorrow for the only sister left behind, who has seen her father and mother, her only brother and now her last dear sister pass over the river of death into the great beyond. . . . During the past summer Mrs. Wilhite in company with her sister paid her last visit to the grave of her father When on taking their leave Mrs. Wilhite was assisted into the buggy by a friend, she remarked upon her failing strength and said it wouldn't be long till she would go home. . . . Stella Bohannon [Date: 4/15/1915, Vol. XIII, No. 15, Page 4] THE PUTNAM COUNTY HERALD