Troup Banner, Troup, TX: May 28, 1925

MRS. AMANDA SALMON DIED MONDAY NIGHT

A Pioneer to This Section - Nearly Eighty-four Years of Age - Was Universally Loved

On Monday, May 25, 1925, at 11:25 the spirit of Mrs. Amanda Salmon, affectionately 
called by many friends "Grandma Salmon," departed from this life. Many years she had 
been in declining health and for over six months had been confined to her bed; so the 
end was not unexpected.

She was born in 1841 being at the time of her death eighty-three years and ten months 
of age. Before she married to J.H. Salmon, she was Miss Amanda Webb. The little community, 
Knoxville was her home for many years, and the house in which she lived there and in which 
she reared her family and in which her last days were spent, was moved from the site on 
which it was built in that town to its present location in Troup when she came here to live. 

Mrs. Salmon was the mother of four children, one son and three daughters, the son having 
died some time age. The daughters are Mrs. L.H. Tarbutton of Palestine and Mesdames J.P. 
Reynolds and Lea Richardson of this city. Mrs. J.A. Butler and Mrs. Ira Moon are granddaughters 
of the deceased.

Grandma Salmon was a member of the Baptist church, a member whose life was lived in strict
accordance with the tenets of her religion, a member who always exemplified a strong practical 
faith in God and a broad confidence in mankind. During the intense suffering which 
accompanied her last illness her patience never became exhausted nor did her cheerfulness 
wane with the continued physical pain. Through her shut-in days, as well as at all other 
times, her friends and acquaintances were to her a content joy - and she was to them an 
example of a noble and beautiful character.

The funeral services were conducted at the family residence Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 
o'clock by Rev. Z.T. Sullivan, interment in the Bradford Cemetery immediately following.