The Republic
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, June 14, 1900
Page 4

OBITUARY

Meranda Anne Lee whose maiden name was Long, was born in Hartsville, this county, in September, 1839. Her parents were David and Nancy Long. She was the youngest of five children and the only daughter. She was united in marriage to Howard Lee in June, 1863. To them were born two sons, the first Thomas who died when about ten years of age, and the second, Edward, lived to be a young man of twenty-six years, when death called him from her.

Her parents were member of the Christian church having joined when first organized in the county and continued stead fast members until they died.

Beside a husband, Mrs. Lee leaves tow brothers living, Ara Long, of Washington, D.C. and D.F. Long, of this city, two having preceded her to the grave.

There can today be found tenderly stowed away in the home she considered so sacred, the little garments and play things of her children which speak eloquently of her untiring devotion and sympathetic love for them, from whose death she never seemed to recover, but around whose memory she incessently lingered. She was ideally domestic giving her time to the cultivation of the beautiful flowers that today fill her casket.