TITLE: Maude Wooten Seigler SOURCE: Anderson Daily Mail SUBMITTED: Bill and Rebecca FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, *********************************************************************************************** Anderson Daily Mail May 31,1945 Mrs. Seigler is Victim of Fall Mrs. Maude Wooten Seigler, 55, beloved resident of the Starr Community and wife of T. Milton Seigler, died at the Anderson Hospital yesterday morning at 12:15 o’clock of injuries suffered late Tuesday afternoon in a fall from a wagon load of oats at the Seigler farm a short distance of Starr. According to members of the family, Mrs. Seigler had gone to a grain field some distance from the home, and after her son, Harold, completed loading a wagon with the newly cut grain climbed aboard to ride back to the house. On the way back the wagon tilted in crossing a terrace, and Mrs. Seigler was thrown to the ground. After being given first aid, she was brought to the local hospital early Tuesday night. Mrs. Seigler was known and loved by a wide circle of friends throughout her community, and news of her sudden and tragic passing cast a deep shadow of sorrow over this and other sections where she was known. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wooten, well known residents of Fair Play, where she was born and reared. Her father celebrated his eightieth birthday on Tuesday May 22 and Mrs. Seigler was among those attending a birthday dinner at the Wooten home in observance of the event on the preceding Sunday. Following her marriage, Mrs. Seigler had made her home at Starr, where she had endeared herself to countless friends. She was a faithful and devoted member of the Starr Baptist Church and for many years had been active in the work of the W. M. S. and various other phases of church and Sunday school work. Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Miss Sara Seigler of Concord, N.C., Mrs. Wallace Vandiver of Antreville, and Mrs. Larry Gailey of Starr; four sons, Joe M. Seigler and Thomas L. Seigler of Anderson, Lieut. Jones P. Seigler of the Air Corps, stationed at Oklahoma City, and Harold W. Seigler of Starr; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wooten of Fair Play; two brothers, Hoyt Wooten of Lexington, N. C., and Jim Wooten of Columbia; and four sisters, Mrs. Fred Knitels and Mrs. Ralph Childress of Fair Play, Mrs. Carver Williams of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. H. O. Buckner of Anderson. Four grandchildren also survive. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of her son from Oklahoma City, and will be announced later. The services will, however, be held from the Starr Baptist Chu7rch, with Rev. W. P. Hall, her pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The McDougald-Bleckley Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. A Tribute to a Good Wife and Lovely Mother MRS. T. MILTON SEIGLER Whose body was carried to its last resting place, June 1, 1945, at Starr, S. C. Surely the hearts of a good husband and fine family of boys and girls, Father and Mother, as well as many friends have been st4ricken by her sudden death, so unexpected, by God’s ways are not as man’s ways for we know that the wind bloweth where it listeth and we hear the sound thereof but we can’t tell whither it cometh or whither it goeth, but we do have this promise from a Saviour who never faileth, that they who come unto me I willl in no wise cast out and we know that this good Christian wife, Mother, and friend went daily to him who gave his life for her, seeking his guidance to help keep her a good Mother, a lovely wife, and trusted friend and that she listened to his gentle voice as he said follow me and I will lead you in green pastures by rivers of still waters, then surely when he bade her quickly come home and sip with me and I with thee, she did not go as a stranger for she was a good Mother and sought to do her Master’s will. My sympathy goes out to all her loved ones but especially to the stricken Father and fine boy just 14 years of age who is so heart broken and who needs, it would seem to me just now, her guiding hand more than at any other time of life. Surely when God gave to man a help mate and wife, it was one of his great gifts but when he gave to manhood and womanhood Mother it was his greatest gift, next to the giving of his only begotten son Jesus Christ that we all might have life and have it more abundantly. Mrs. Seigler will be greatly missed in her home, in her county, in her church and community. She lived a good life. She ran a good race, ashe kept the faith and finished her course and heaven’s sunshine will be a little brighter and its breezes blow a little more gently and the Saviour’s smile seem just a t little sweeter when he meets and greets true Mothers such as she. Surely when God sent his son into this sinful world to redeem it and gave to him a Mother, he sanctified the name Mother and hears and blesses her petitions. A Friend, Geo. H. Bailes *********************************************************************************************** NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commerical individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. *********************************************************************************************** The USGenWeb project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. 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