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Home | Sevier - Cunningham | White | Davis | Postcards Obituary of Martha Roe Cunningham Blair
In Memoriam. Mrs. Martha Roe Cunningham Blair She died at her home in Embreeville, Washington County, Tennessee, on Saturday morning, December 21, 1889, in the seventy-ninth year of her age. In 1838 she was married to Robert Laird Blair, with whom she lived for forty-seven years, and four sons and two daughters, the fruit of this marriage, are all living. She was the last of a family of six children. Her oldest brother, Dr. Samuel B. Cunningham, was at the head of his profession in East Tennessee, and was one of the prime movers in the construction and the first president of the E. T. V. & G. railroad. The three remaining brothers, Whitfield, Alexander and William, were ministers...strong, energetic and consecrated men who served their generation well. Her only sister, Jane, was first married to Rev. James McLin and, afterwards, to William K. Blair. Mrs. Blair's parents dying before she reached maturity, she lived with her brother, Samuel, till the time of her marriage. She consecrated herself to Christ, and joining the Presbyterian Church at Jonesboro, Tennessee, and during her long life honored her profession. She was respected and loved by all who knew her. She had a gentle nature and a kind and sympathetic heart. The poor and distressed always found in her a true friend and helper. A few days before her death, on parting with one of her sons, she said, "Be sure that you secure a home in heaven." Could a dying woman leave to her children any better message? For to secure a home in heaven means a godly life in this world, built upon a perfect righteousness of a crucified Redeemer. She retired at night almost as
well as usual, and about four o'clock in the morning her daughter was attracted
to her bedside by an unusual noise and found her dying, and in a minute
she was gone without a struggle.
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