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FUNERAL OF MISS EDWARDS, LATE…

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FUNERAL OF MISS EDWARDS, LATE OF CADOXTON SCHOOLS. The funeral of Miss Mary Ellen Edwards, third daughter of Captain 0. Edwards, of Waunlwyd, Penbryn, Cardiganshire, and late head-assistant at Cadoxten-Barry Girls' School, took place on Wed- nesday afternoon at Penmorfa Welsh Calvinistic Methodist .Burial Ground, amid every demonstra- tion of sympathy and respect towards a young lady whose invariably bright and genial disposition had won for her a place in the affections of all who knew her. The funeral was very largely attended, amongst those present being friends from Cardiff, Barry, Swansea, and the Rhondda Valley. The Rev. Daniel Lewis, C.M., Penmorfa, im- pressively conducted, the Burial Service in Welsh. The coffin, which was literally covered with floral tributes, was borne from the house to the grave on the shoulders of farmers and others who had known the deceased frem birth, and several appropriate hymns were sung. Work was suspended in the neighbourhood at noon, and the local school (where Miss Edwards was trained) was closed in order to enable the children to 'attend the funeral, the entire proceed- ings being of a very affecting character. At Pen- morfa Chapel a sermon was preached by the Rev. D. Lewis. The principal mourners were Captain and Mrs. Bdwards (parents of the deceased), Miss Rachael Edwards (sister), Mr. J. R. Llewellyn and Mrs. Llewellyn, Cadoxton (brother-in-law and sister), Miss Elizabeth Morris (cousin), Miss M. J. Morgan, Cadoxton-Barry Mr. J. H. Rees (Pen- rheol Board School, Gorseinon, near Swansea and Mrs. Jones, Wauninorfa, Miss Edwards, who was only 22 years of age' was a lady of much promise in her profession, and had gained several prizes. i WREATHS WERE SENT by the teaching staffs in the employ of the Barry District School Board Miss Phalp (head-mistress) and the teachers and children of Cadoxton Girls' School; the Misses Williams, Penooytre, Cadox- ton Miss Annie Watldns (an old fellow-student at Swansea Training College, resident at Machyn- lleth) and from the following old fellow- students resident at Cardiff :—Miss M. J. Vaughan, Miss M. G. Roberts, Miss A. Radnedge, Miss M. Jones, Miss L. McEachram, Miss E. Brain, Miss A. Jones, Miss L. Hemming, Miss Lana Davies, Miss Nellie Thomas, Miss a.te Edwards, and Miss Annie Evans. Shortly before Miss Edwards' death, the following lines were written by Mr. David Griffiths, 73 years of ago, a neighbour to whom she was much attached :— O! Mary Ellen Edwards, Yr encth ieuanc hvyn, Dolurus i fy nheimlad Yw'ch pe'swch eas a'cli cwyn 0 bob genet,hig deiaid Ti faes i'n teulu ni, Wnaeth neb ei nhyth moi ddyfned 0 dan fy mron'a ehwi. Gobeithio na. cha'dd angeu Ddim gwys i'ch eytaud 'ua,wr 0 dan fath guwd o liodau A ffrwythau per eu sawr Ond os rhaid rhoddi flarwel Yl1 awr i'n daear ni, Bydd hyny, mae'n ddiogel, Yn elw manT i chwi. Ar ol i'ch gwraidd gael myned I .wil y nefol wlad Chwi ifrwythwch ary ganfed Fry yn nhrigfeydd eich Tad, Yi). iigliwmni'r I)atriarchiaid A'r hen broffwydi fu, A chyda'r apostolion, A'r hen fyrthyron lu. Yn gylch o amgyleh lesu « Ar orsedd wen ei Dad, Yn dadleu gwaith achubol Ei ddynol-ddwyfol waed; A phawb yn canu Iddo, A'u tànau oil yn dyn, Wrth feddwl am yr hoelio Fu ar Gaifaria fryn. Ond tyatiaf glywed cenad, Wrth basio ar ei hynt, Yn dweyd y cewch adferiad, Fel Hehemiah gynt; Ac nid am bumtheg mlynedd, 'Ran modd a hwnw, 'ch\va,it.h, Ond fiyd bendraw hir ddyddia.u Estynir hyd eich taith. Amen," medd fy scrchiadau A'm holl deimladau i gyd, Gobeithio na chewch fyted O'm blaen i'r Ganaan glyd; Rhag, on rnai, chwi aiti. gyntaf, Cewch fyn'd rhy bell yn mlMn I mi gael golwg arnoch A chlyvved l:tin eich can.' Rwyf bron dymuno wieithiau Gael myn'd ciu dau 'r un pryd Trwy ddyffryn cysgsd angeu, 0 Bwn helbulon Hyd, Yn droed-syeh trwy'r loridonen, I froydd y Ganaan rad, t Cael gwledda ar rawnsypiau A piiomgranadau'r wlad. 'Rhyd glanan'r afon hyfryd Sy'n lloni dinas Duw, Lie plyga pren y bywyd Dan Jfrwyth o ddeuddeg rhyw Mor ddedwydd fydd y teulu 'Nol dyfod oil yn ughyd, A'u dagrau wedi en Bye ha Byth mwy O gwyn eu byd.

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