Manda Rebecca (Lowther) Hess
Date 2007/10/20 3:06:21 | Topic: Obituaries
| [b]Rebecca Hess[/b]
Manda Rebecca (Lowther) Hess was born in Lewis County, Nov. 20, 1866, the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Burns) Lowther.
She was united in marriage Jan.7, 1892, to Alonzo Hess. To this union one son Rommie was born, in whose home at Sandy Summit, she was living at time of her death.
She was born in the spiritual kingdom in early life and united with the M. E. Church but later joining the M. P. Church.
She moved to Roane County in 1903, with her husband who was called from her embrace about five years ago to his rest above.
After months of suffering which she patiently endured, on April 15, 1929, she was called by her Savior, to join her husband and loved ones in that Home where there is no death, at the age of 62 years, 4 months and 25 days.
She was a devoted mother and companion kind to all who know her. She passed on in the triumph of a living faith. In her last hours she was claiming the promise: "Faithful unto death, then, the crown".
She is survived by her son Rommie Hess, four grand children, Lillian, Lorene, Lloyd and Lonzo Hess. Six brothers J. H., J. A., P. E., and R. F. Lowther of Linn, Gilmer County, and W. E. Lowther of Brown, Harrison County, and a host of relatives and friends who will miss her kind, patient presence. But their loss is her eternal gain. Loved ones, so live that you all may be united in the Home above where we never say Good Bye.
[i]Rev. J. H. Keffer[/i]
The funeral services were conducted at the Reedy M. E. Church South last Wednesday by Rev. E. S. Warren of Sandy Summit and Rev. Keffer of Seaman. The remains, in charge of undertaker Cottle & Lester, were laid to rest in the Board cemetery a short distance above Reedy.
There were many beautiful floral tributes. A wreath was given by the Heck Oil Company and another by the employees of the Heck Company, he son being employed by this company.
It was on the Hess farm that developments started which resulted in the great oil field at Liverpool which is being developed by the A. S. Hick Oil Co.
Among those here last Thursday attending the funeral of Mrs. Rebecca Hess were four of her brothers from Gilmer and Harrison Counties, Mrs. Rebecca Hedges and son Willie, Mrs. and Mrs. Harley Knapp of Little Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hess of Clendenin, Mrs. T. R. Eaton of Vienna, Mrs. J. W. Haney, Mrs. Leander Atkinson and M. M. Parsons of Parkersburg.
[i](Submitted by Garnette Warren Camp)[/i]
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