Obituary Venona Black
The angel of death visited the home of Mr. W. G. Black on the 7th of October and took from him his beloved wife, Mrs. Venona Black (nee Floyd). She was born Nov. 20, 1881, and married Nov. 21, 1900, and leaves to mourn her departure a heartbroken husband and two children, a father, mother and several brothers and sisters, besides a host of friends. Her remains were interred in the Antioch cemetery by the side of a child who had preceded her to the better land. The service was conducted by her pastor, Rev. U. A. West, a great concourse of friends being present to witness the last rites. Mrs. Black was well prepared to leave this life of sorrow to go to the celestial city, having committed her soul to Christ for keeping against “that day” several years ago. Just a day or two before the end of her sufferings came on, awaking from sleep she told her husband she had been to heaven the previous night, that the gates had opened for her and she permitted to go in; after entering she was told that this is the place of which you have read, “I go to prepare a place for you.” She committed the two children to her husband’s tender care telling him she would go to be with the other one. The home has been saddened, the husband bereft of a loving companion, the children are motherless, but to the children of God there is grace given to sustain and comfort under such afflictions and we look beyond these clouds and see the smiling face of our heavenly Father telling us “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee”
(b: 20 Nov 1882, d: 7 Oct 1906)
Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury
