Coffee - Lillian Minton Bryant
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 7 January, 1898
Miss Lillian Minton, sister of John Bryant, of this city, was married on Sunday, Dec. 26, 1897 at her home in Knoxville, Tenn., to Oscar Coffee and she died at their home on Mabry Street Thursday, Dec. 30, 1897, at 10 a.m. She was twenty two years old.
She leaves father, mother, three sisters, and two brothers to mourn her loss. Mrs. Coffee has many friends in this city who will be surprised to hear of her death. She was a consistent church member of the Lutheran Methodist Church for four years.
Dearest Lillian how dear is the fair name to our hearts. Lillian thou hast left us, but while we bereft of thy bright presence, thy sweet smile, thy loving kindness, that bright ray of sunshine brought about by thy gentle womanhood, we have that sweet consolation that He who doeth all things well hath taken thee in His own good time for His own purpose, all unrevealed to us; that while we are sorely bereaved by our loss of thee, we can peer out through the eye of faith and the bright ray of hope and realize the greatness of thy gain in immortal glory.
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