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Ruth BEENE

West Park (aka Hereford) Cemetery
Deaf Smith County,
Texas

December 4, 1889-February 13, 1926

*Photo/information, courtesy of
Mary (Coggin) Russell

*Obituary
Mrs. Otho J. Beene Died Last Friday Night

Mrs. Ruth Wilson Beene, wife of Otho J. Beene, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. L. Wilson, passed away Friday night, almost unexpected, after undergoing an operation for appendicitis at the Deaf Smith County Hospital. Her appendix had already bursted [sic] when the operation was performed, but late Friday afternoon she seemed to be doing nicely until a suden [sic] turn came Friday night. She was laid to rest in the local cemetery Monday, with a very large number of relatives and friends in attendance to pay tribute to one that was held in high esteem by all those who knew her. Below is a fitting tribute to the one who has just gone:

"The subject of this sketch, the wife of Otho J. Beene, and oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. L. Wilson, was born December 4, 1889, at Sanger, Denton county, Texas. She died in Hereford, Texas on February 13, 1926. She came with her parents to the Panhandle, first settling at Amarillo, in nineteen hundred. Later, in nineteen hundred and five, she came to Hereford, and she has lived here and at her coutry [sic] home near town since. Ruth Wilson was married to Otho J. Beene in nineteen hundred and fourteen, and to his happy union came five boys - the youngest a baby boy of three months.

In early young womanhood she was converted and joined the Baptist Church of Hereford during the pastorate of the Rev. Dean. She was never a member of any other church. She was a valued Sunday School teacher in her church until the multiple of home responsibilities made it her duty to give up teaching. She was an unusually helpful young girl in her father's home, assisting her mother in the rearing of her younger brothers and sisters. She was the oldest girl in a large family of eight girls and four boys.

Mrs. Beene's most notable virtue was that of Home-maker. Here she was an outstanding example of careful attention to the needs of her husband and children. "She loked [sic] well to the ways of her household, and in her tongue was the law of kindness." Her family was well cared for, her busy hands and heart making telling all that is implied in the word 'Home'. She kept herself young for the varied responsibilities of the home. She was a greatly beloved neighbor, rejoicing in the happiness of her neighbors. It is related by a well-known leader of religious thought of this generation that he dreamed a dream which made a great impression upon him. He dreamed that an angel came down from Heaven to earth with a beautiful crown which which to crown 'Earth's Greatest'. He then went to the palace of a great and good king, and was about to put the crown upon his royal hear. But the Lord said to the angel, "No!". The angel then went to the Mansion of a great Republic, and was about to crown a president who through toil and character had been chosen by his fellows to that responsible position. But again the Lord would not allow it done. Then he went to a great woman, whose name was a household word among the people, the head and moving spirit of a great reform organization, and a queen who was giving her noble powers to help her fellowmen. "Surely this must be Earth's Greatest", thought the angel, and was uncovering the crown. But again the Lord said, "No!" Then at last, the angel was led by an Archangel to a home among the homes of the people and there he saw a young woman in her prime giving herself devotedly to her home and her children. Said the Lord to His angels, "Crown her 'Earths' Greatest', there is none greater."

"Mrs. Beene wrought well among us, and her loved ones and friends rise up to call her blessed. Such a life has not been lived in vain, but lies on in useful influence.

"The great concourse of people in attendance upon her funeral - one of the largest congregations ever gathered on a week-day in a Hereford church - and the great profusion of flowers in midwinter - her grave was a wilderness of flowers - attest her virtues and the high esteem in which she was held. We have suffered a great loss, but to her it is 'gain'. "Happy are the dead who die in the Lord."

"We sleep, but the loom of life never stops,
And the pattern which was weaved when the sun went down
Is weaving when it comes up tomorrow." - Contributed.

(Published in The Hereford Brand, 26th Year, No. 8, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 18, 1926, Page 1)

Contributed on 3/13/22 by neldapat
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Submitted: 3/13/22 • Approved: 3/14/22 • Last Updated: 3/17/22 • R499082-G499082-S3

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