HARVEY, Elsie Jackson
ELSIE HARVEY
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Elsie, daughter of Charles and Chloie Jackson Harvey was
born at Tangier, September 17, 1896 and quietly and peacefully fell asleep at
St. Anthony hospital, Terre Haute, Friday afternoon, January 27, 1922. She was
left an orphan early in life and felt the need of a good education to qualify
herself for a business woman. She graduated from the common schools and at once
entered the Tangier High School, graduating with the class of 1916, with Minnie
Elles Pickard as superintendent. She entered Commercial College at Terre Haute
and made good securing a splendid position as Stenogragher with the
Pennyslvania R. R. System which position she filled with credit. A little more
than a year ago her health begin to fail. She was brave, hopeful and cheerful
and submitted to three operations hoping she might regain her health, but the
last operation proved to much for her weakened condition. Everything that loved
ones could do was done for her, but to no avail. At 3:30 she answered the call
to come up higher. At the age of a little more than twenty-five years, just in
the prime of life, full of bright hopes for the future, ambitions and
industrious she passed over. We cannot understand why one so young, bringing
sunshine wherever she went should be so suddenly called. We realize the voice
is stilled, the places vacant in the home, and we are left to mourn and say,
“Thy Will Be Done.” Sometime we’ll better understand, “God knows all about
those who love her how bitter their trials must be and right through it all he
is loving, and knows so much better than we.” She was a birthright member of
the Friends Church, and at a revival meeting at the Presbyterian church at
Howard some years ago, accepted Christ as her personal Savior, and in a letter
to a friend Monday, said: “I go to the hospital for an operation tomorrow, if I
do not live through it, I am happy in the thought I am ready to go, but I’m
hoping to be real strong soon.” Elsie had a beautiful voice and often sang at
church and other places, to the pleasure of her friends. She held membership in
Erwin W. R. C., the Eastern Star, the church Aid Society, the Daisy Chain Club,
and Vigo Lodge No. 1497 Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and was very popular
among their associates as the beautiful flowers will attest. Before going to
the hospital, she wrote a letter to her friend making all arrangements for her
funeral services—if the operation was not successful. She fully realized in the
midst of life we are in death and we know not what a day or an hour may bring
forth. She leaves one brother, Guy, two sisters, Mrs. Maurice Turner of New
Richmond and Edith at the home, with many relatives and friends to mourn their
loss. We will think of Elsie as being away with father and mother, brother and
sister the greater part of the family safely housed, where comes no
goodby’s—only waiting the loved ones here as one by one they cross over. Rest
Sweetly Rest The funeral services were in charge of Rev. David Commons,
assisted by the Rev. Noah Dixon. Mrs. Frank Anderson had charge of the music.
The bearers of the pall were B. F. Stephen and Verne Pickard of Rockville,
Gerrey and Fred Parrent, Tangier, Fred Johnson and Fay Gore, Terre Haute. Color
bearers for Erwin Corps: Armilda and Wanetah Marks, Estelia Mendenhall and O?a
Ephlin. Those who carried the beautiful floral pieces were: Kate Kiger, Nina
Hadley, Fay Ray, Retha Woods, Mildred and Ruth Jackson and Maxine Bryant. The
body was laid to rest in the Rush Greek cemetery—the grave a bed of flowers. – jlr