Mattie Maude Nunn
Her Life Work Ends and the Spirit is in Eternal Peace
Death Angel Claims the Spirit of Mrs. Earl Nunn Early Today
The melancholy news was received here today that Mrs. Earl Nunn had died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Kelley, in Commerce at 1 o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Nunn had gone to that city with the hope that the change of climate would benefit her, but it was no use. The hand of death, perhaps, was stayed for a time by the trip, but the final summons appeared to be inevitable and early today the spirit of this good woman took its flight from the scene of mortal surroundings for that Eternal City, not made with hands.
For long days and many weary nights the patient woman had been a sufferer. She knew, without being told, that her case was well nigh hopeless, but loving hands and skilled physicians and expert nurses, all, did what they could to bring back health to the blanched cheek, life to the tired body and revivication to the drooping spirit all to no purpose; the end must and did come!
Mrs. Nunn was a good woman. Her neighbors loved her, and today, on the street where she lived so long in Bonham, Park Avenue, there is almost as much sorrow in the homes of neighbors as there is in the house of mourning itself. She was loved for her many kind acts and noble traits. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church of this city, and a kind and good neighbor.
Mrs. Nunn is survived by her husband, Earl Nunn, and the following children: John, of Milwaukee, Martha, William, Mary and Tom Dale.
The writer of these lines saw the mother only once in her illness, and that was when she had been called upon to make her decision as to John leaving the parental roof and home-ties, to go to Milwaukee, to work there. The mother love which wanted the boy to stay near her, battled with the mother-interest in the future of her son, and the latter won. Won over a heart almost breaking to see him go, but won on the ground that his life was nearly all yet to be, and hers was waning. Won, in spite of the fact that this mother instinct which transcends understanding, that more than likely she would never see him again on earth! Is there anything on land, on sea or anywhere else, except in heaven, itself, greater than mother love?
Mrs. Nunn's funeral will be held in Commerce Saturday at the Presbyterian Church, at 1 p. m., with interment there.
Bonham Daily Favorite 17 Jul 1925, page 4
