Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah E. Pace, Camden's oldest citizen, were held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. S. Pippin on Monroe street at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Mrs. Pace's long life came to a peaceful close Friday evening as the sun was sinking in the west and as many of her Camden friends were gathered at her bedside. Mrs. Pace had been quite active up until the last few months of her life and only recently celebrated her 97th birthday. Her passing came as a shock to her many friends in Camden who knew her for her sunny disposition and ready smile when they visited her at her daughter's home. Funeral services were conducted here by the Rev. H. E. Kirkpatrick, pastor of the First Baptist church of which Mrs. Pace had been a member for more than 82 years. He was assisted by the Rev. J. C. Womack. Burial took place at Warren whewre Mrs. Pace lived before moving to Camden. He was buried beside her husband, W. H. C. Pace who died in 1898. Pallbearers were E. W. Copeland, A. J. Snider, J. H. Reaves, T. W. Hardy, W. E. Walker and J. H Yeager. Proctors had charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Pace was born in Madison county, Georgia, December 6, 1832, and was married to W. H. C. Pace of Hurd county in 1867. They moved to Warren, Arkansas in January 1874. The trip was made to Memphis by train and from there to Arkansas City by boat and then to Warren by hack. They lived in Warren until the death of Mr. Pace in 1896, after which Mrs. Pace moved to Camden and made her home with her daughter where she has lived since. Mrs. Pace was grown at the time of the Civil War and would often recount many interesting incidents of the war. Her home in Georgia was in the very heart of some of the fighting and her home was only a few miles from the section devastated by Sherman in his famous march to the sea. Mrs. Pace had not been out of the house for more than five years but kept well posted on the happenings of the day. She had been confined to bed since July 1927. Mrs. Pace had many visitors who came to read to her and entertain her. Often members of the Girl Scouts visited and the young ladies of the Baptist church would give entertainments for her pleasure. Mrs. Pace is survived by her daughter, Mrs. A. S. Pippin of Camden; a granddaughter, Mrs. C. E. Condroy of DeWitt; two nieces Mrs. W. B. Brooks and Mrs. Mary Hughey of Warren; four great nieces, Mrs. Henley S. Turner of Warren, Mrs. Leo Taylor of Jacksonville, Texas; [and I failed to copy to remainder. Her husband's date of death was 1898] Eagle Dem Feb 13, 1930 --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.