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- [S290] Obituary of Catherine Dye, (Name: South Western Christian Advocate; Date: 10 May 1844;), Catherine (Mayfield) Dye Obit - Posted by Megan Rose on 30 Aug 2012 - [The following obituary appeared in the South Western Christian Advocate on 10 May 1844, p. 101, written by Catharine’s Methodist circuit-riding son, Rev George Whitfield Dye.Spellin.
It becomes my painful duty to communicate to you, the death of my aged and much beloved mother, Catharine Green.Were I to be governed alone by my feelings, I could write enough to fill your very valuable paper; but as you have so many long obituaries, I shall, in as few words as possible, inform her old friends and the Church of Christ how she lived and died; omitting many things, that to my mind and heart are deeply interesting.
She was the daughter of Abraham Mayfield, and was born in Virginia, A.D. 1760.While yet young, she was awakened and soundly converted under the ministry of Methodist preachers.Her mother was a member of the Old Baptist Church, but, being unable to subscribe to the doctrines of that denomination, my mother joined the Methodist E. Church, and continued a member until death.Although she experienced many trials, and witnessed various changes, yet nothing could destroy or weaken her faith in the doctrines and discipline of the Methodist Church.My father was a regular built Old S
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