June 28, 1909 Brush Creek, R.1. Tennessee Dear Aunt Siss; I write you to tell you that Grandma is dead. she died yesterday morning(Sunday) she has been poorly you know for a long time, but has been up part of the time and down part. along first of the week her bowels commenced troubling her running off, and we did what we could to check them and on Tuesday night she seemed to get worse about 10 oclock

2. could not talk plain and mamma sent Willis for Dr Campbell. he came next day and she was better, pert and lively, and was able to be up that day and the next morning, (Tuesday) she got up in bed, and sat up on the edge of the bed, and helped put on her clothes. Something unusal for her to do. She was able to be up as much as usal on Thursday, but we had to sit up all

3. night with her Thursday night, then Friday she seemed weaker, (her bowels were still in a bad shape), and was better Friday night we only sat up till 10 or 11 oclock, and Sat. she seemed to be just weak, and her bowels troubling her. Uncle George came Sat. evening, and some of the neighbors were here. She was talking to them, and laughing and seemed to be doing well. Dr. Campbell came

4. Sat. evening late, said if she seemed all right, we need not sit up with her but it was nearly twelve when I went to bed, and mamma and papa sat up till 2 oclock, when she seemed all right and they went to bed, she said that night that she felt as if she could wash the dishes from supper, and nearly eleven oclock she said she was hungry. Mamma fed her an egg poached

5. with biscuit crumbled in she talked just as she always did, and said she felt a heap better, we got up tolerably early yesterday morning, and we had started in the kitchen to cook breakfast when mamma went to the bed to see how she was, and found her dead. Papa came and turned her over, (she was lying on her right side), and she looked as though she has a nervous spell, was just

6. as warm as could be and limber but her heart had quit beating. We sent for the neighbors and Mrs. Tish Gibbs, Mrs Mary Boze, Mrs Agness Evan's & Mrs Cora Wilkerson dressed her. We sent and bought nice things to bury her in. I send you scrapes of them, her under skirt(white one) and drawers we bought ready made, the cost 50c each, they were nice. the drawers had nice hamburg ruffles.

7. the underskirt had tucks, lace and ruffle, her dress and gown & I suppose her chemise, were made open in the back, her dress was black mohair, $1.00 pr yd. her cap was white silk $1.00 per yd, covered with bobinet, and a frill of ruching around edge. a double and wide white ribbon made into a bow on top and brought down sides and tied in bow under chin, and black

8. ribbon arond waist and tied in bow in front, and ends hung nearly to bottom of dress. her gown had nice hamburg ruffles at neck and hand, her gown and dress were tucked in front, and dress had black lace ruffle on neck and at hands, and arond the yoke, she had two pair of nice 23c stockings on, but no shoes a white flannel underskirt,

9. 25c per yd. her clothes were made here and we know that they were made good and nice, and everyone said she looked nice and was the prettist corpse they ever saw. She looked as if she were smiling. We had her clothes fixed liked she wanted them cap and all. She was buried in a casket black with silver trimmings a plate on top said "At rest."

10. It was a $60. casket. Ed Minton furnished it, he had a fine rubber tired hearse, and rubber tired trucks to roll coffin on. the casket was lined with white silk, shirred. She was put away nice, was buried by side of Grandpa. M. W. Russell of Hickman, a(Baptist) preached her funeral in the front yard.

11. there were a great many at her burying. She was buried yesterday evening for they were afraid to keep her out any longer, for when the women dressed her she was beginning to be purple spotted all over.    Aunt Siss, Mamma will write you soon. She cannot do so today. Mamma is not well.

12. tho all are up. Well I will close. Mamma will write to you soon, grandma often talked of you all and wished that she could see you all, she would often talk of Altie and Sherril and of the other children and you and uncle John, well answer soon, your niece Lassie