Margaret Giles Bivens (1869 - 1933)
Madisonville Democrat, (Monroe Co. TN) Wednesday, February 22, 1933, Page 3:
“Local Items Of Interest---Mrs. Margaret Bivens died at her home Saturday, February 18, at the age of 63 years. Funeral services were conducted from the Tellico church Sunday by Judge C.A. Kennedy.”
Madisonville Democrat, (Monroe Co. TN) Wednesday, March 8, 1933, Page 4:
“In Memory of Mother---On February 18, 1933, the dark winged angel of death entered the home of James Bivens and claimed a loving wife and mother, Mrs. Margaret Bivens.
Margaret Giles Bivens was born April 4, 1869, and departed this life February 18, 1933. She was married to James Bivens January, 1887. To this union was born five children. She accepted Christ as her personal Savior in early girlhood and joined Epworth M.E. Church, and remained a faithful member until her death.
She was stricken with flu and pneumonia and lived only eleven days. Oh! How she suffered no one knows. About an hour before her death her suffering left her and she went out to meet her Savior with a smile.
Our home is sad and lonesome since mother’s gone away. She said not to grieve after she was gone, but so live that when the summons comes for us to go, we can go to live with her in Heaven.
She was a true wife and mother. She was always giving good advice to her children and neighbors. Everyone was welcome in her home; she always met everyone with a smile and welcomed them to her home. She numbered her friends with her acquaintances. To know her was to love her. Her life was an open book and she wrote it day by day.
The funeral services were conducted from Tellico Baptist Church Sunday, February 19, 1933, by Rev. C.A. Kennedy, and the body was laid to rest in the church cemetery neath a mound of beautiful flowers. Pallbearers were her nephews, John Fry of Maryville, John Kirkland of Vonore Route Five, Jim Kirkland of Sweetwater, Arthur Bivens of Athens, Paul Bivens of Etowah and Louis Bivens of Etowah.
She leaves to mourn her going a husband, James Bivens, and five children, Mrs. Sarah Best, Mrs. Lillie Simpson, Mrs. Nellie McSpadden and Ulie Bivens, all of Madisonville, and John Bivens of Proctor, N.C., ten grandchildren and one brother, Jim Giles of Tellico Plains Route 3, and a host of relatives and friends. Our loss id Heaven’s gain.
“The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord.”
----A daughter, Mrs. Sarah Best.