Local Deaths
Lucy A. Shands Obituary
Dallas Morning News
Thursday, 13 June 1912, Page 13
Shands – Mrs. Lucy A. Shands, wife of Dr. N.P. Shands of Ada, Ok., died yesterday in a local sanitarium, aged 46 years. She had been receiving treatment here fifteen days. She was born in Texas and is survived by her husband, a daughter, Allyne, of Ada, and one son, J. Shands, of Wewoka, Ok. The body will be shipped by Ed C. Smith & Bro.’s Undertaking Company to Forney for burial Friday.
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Local Deaths
Dallas Morning News
12 June 1912
Shands – The body of Mrs. Lucy B. Shands, wife of Dr. M.B. Shands of Ada, Ok., will be sent to Forney today for burial.
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Mrs. Newton B. Shands
The Evening News (Ada, Oklahoma)
Thursday, 11 Jul 1912, Page 3
To Our Neighbors, Friends and Loved Ones:
I desire to give you an epitome of the life of our darling companion, Mrs. Lucy Adelia Shands, who was ruthlessly taken from us by the King of Terror, Death, in the City of Dallas, on the 12th day of June, 1912, at 3:30 o’clock p.m. Quietly, peacefully and sweetly, as if she had lain down for a sweet repose, as had been her custom at this time, since her health had failed.
Her advent in this world being October 19th, 1866, and at death was 45 years, 9 months and 23 days old. When ten years of age, she united with the Christian church, at Willow Springs, Texas, and obeyed her Master’s command in baptism, continuing steadfastly in the faith until her work was ended. I know, that my darling received the “well done though good, and faithful Christian, enter thou into the joys of life.” Her father, M.T. Stephenson moved his family to Forney, Texas, in 1878.
It was my good fortune to meet my darling, Miss Lucy Adelia Stephenson first when only ten years of age, and to my great astonishment I found her conversing intelligently on subjects requiring deep thought and and great mental ability, therefore, being very much interested I sought further acquaintance in order to satisfy myself that she was all.
I fail to recall an instance when she ever replied – yes or no to anyone. Yes sir and no sir, was her manner of reply. She was as polite, as gentle, as kind and affectionate, all through her dear sweet life and more so toward the close, than when I first met her. All through her dear life she was found trying to do something to make us all love her more dearly, if possible. Her life though very short, it seems to me, has been well spent.
Quoting my brother, Dr. Eugene Shands, who wrote me he said, “She was a noble Christian character, a good and faithful, wife, a devoted mother, and to me, a very dear and loving sister. The loss to you, Jesse and Allyne cannot be estimated by human calculation and nothing I can say or do can lessen the grief or soften the sorrow, that now overwhelms you. I know that Sister Lucy, is in heaven, and already in sweet communion, with little Gene and other loved ones, who have gone before. She was an exemplary Christian character and I have no fears of her future, and this should stimulate us all to emulate her example, and live the sweet, Christian life that she lived, always.”
Now in conclusion, I want to say to my children, your sweet, darling angel mamma and little brother Gene, are guiding stars anxiously waiting our coming and we must not permit anything to side track us and lose our eternal home. It will not be so difficult for you to keep the faith, your dear sweet mamma kept daily all her life, but for papa it will not be so easy, for he neglected his duty to obey his Master too late in life, and he will need your help and I implore you and the sons and daughters of the Most High God, to help us continue steadfast in the faith and work as dear sweet mamma did, that we may all receive the happy welcome. Well done, good and faithful children, enter into the home with mamma and little Gene which I have prepared for you. Then and not until then will it be, that we will have begun to live the life that is worth living.
NEWTON B. SHANDS
Note: The original was all one long paragraph, but I’ve cut it down to make it easier to read.
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Resolutions
The Evening News (Ada, Oklahoma)
Friday, 29 June 1912, Page 2
Whereas, the Angel of Death has visited our Grove and taken from us Mrs. Lucy A. Shands, a beloved Sovereign, and
Whereas, we do remember the loving service, the friendly counsel and cheering smile of our Sovereign who has passed beyond, and
Whereas, we do mourn deeply the lost from our fraternal circle of these our Sovereign’s many virtues, while we believe that our Father who has seen fit to bereave us doeth all things well.
Resolved, that we, the members of Angelo Grove No. 42, do hereby tender to the family of our deceased Sovereign, our sincere sympathy in this our common loss, and
Resolved, that in token of our sorrow and sympathy, our charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days, and
Resolved that these resolutions be spread upon the records of our Grove and copy sent to bereaved family.
MRS. E.T. WITHERINGTON,
MRS. J.W. BARRON,
MRS. W.C. CLARK
Committee.
Note: Lucy A. Stephenson Shands is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery next to her husband, Dr. Newton Brown Shands.
