Moorman - Edith Wilhite
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana Friday, April 1, 1904
Mrs. E. E. Moorman died at her home on West Main Street, Sunday afternoon about 4, after an illness of one week. The funeral services were held at the Christian Church at 11 on Tuesday under charge of Rev. F.W. Norton of Irvington. Interment at the New Cemetery. Floral offerings were made by the Masonic Lodge, Ladies' Aid and Christian Endeavor Societies, her Sunday School Class, the Book Club and the Current Events Club, and by individuals. John Allen, John Foster and S. G. Grimes, representing the Church at Brownsvalley and J.O. Rosebaum, J. A. Johnson and T. E. Huston representing the church at Waveland acted as pall bearers. The church was crowded and many were unable to enter. Some special music was rendered by the Choir. Edith May, daughter of Aaron and Anna Wilhite, was born at Hall in Morgan County Feb 16, 1881. She became a member of the Christian Church at the age of 14. She came to Irvington in 1896, where she graduated from High School and spent two years in Butler University but was unable to complete the work on account of her health. May 28, 1902, she married Rev. Elvett E. Moorman, pastor of the Christian Church here. They began housekeeping here immediately. She was a woman who made friends quickly and ever retained them. It is rare indeed for one so young and in so short a time, to make such a strong impression on the community. The following tribute is from neighbors and friends. "How short a life, how brief a history - yet how full a life of labor and of love. Entering immediately into the duties of her life in the Church by her kind manner, her loving ways and her splendid ability, she soon became one of the leaders in all of its work. As a member of the Church she made everything subservient to its best interests. As an Endeavorer, she was ever at her post of duty with something fresh and inspiring, redeeming the pledge to its fullest extent. The SS was her delight, having a class of girls from 12-15 years number 18 and so instructive and impressive was her teaching that in her short stay with them, nearly everyone became a member of the Church and is now active in its work. In the Ladies' Aid Society, she was a faithful member, generous to its demands, helping to make it a power for good. And while taking part in all the duties in the Church, she did not neglect her social and literary life, but was an active member of the Current Events Club and Book Club. Yet prominent in all these works, her household duties were not neglected, performing all its requirements with that persistence of purpose that characterized all her undertakings. And as a wife (bless the name) no one may even know what she was to her husband - only he who has suffered this loss. And as a mother, she sacrificed her life, leaving a daughter, Mary Virginia, and it is our prayer that she may live to exemplify the characteristics of her mother. There are left of the immediate relatives, four sisters, five brothers, a mother, husband and babe. Those is attendance from a distance were: Charles Phillips and wife, Rev. F.W. Norton, Miss Mazie Branham and Nellie Hall of Irvington; Theo Garrison and wife of North Salem; Eugene WIlhite and wife Rev E.F. Daughter of Danville; Ott Wilhite and wife of Ladoga; Rev. A.L. Ward of Terre Haute, Miss Jennie McHatton of Indianapolis and Misses Mary and Isa Yager, Oliver Hadley and Loraine Hadley of Hall.