Nichols High School - Log Yearbook (Oxford, NC)

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IN MEMORIAM 'i i l--i i !v+'i- On Sunday morning, April 23, at 12:40 A. M., Miss Nannie P. Bessent, a most loyal and popular member of the Oxford Orphanage staff since April 1, 1918, passed away at City Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem. The funeral service was conducted from the Clemmons Moravian Church, of which she was a member, and burial was in the Moravian Church cemetery at Clemmons. Miss Bessent retired from active life at the Orphanage on August 31, 1949, but she carried with her the love and esteem of hundreds of the Alumni, the present student body and co-workers, and of all who have had the privilege of having known and had contact with her throughout the years. Her life was filled with varied experiences in many fields, but in whatever capacity she served, whether as teacher, governess, or office assistant, her tasks were marked by unselfish devotion and a high level of excellence. Her many friends feel the loss of her inspiring personality, her strength of character, her excellent judgment, and unfailing kindness, and generosity. Her sincere friendship and smile, her wise counsel. and high ideals will live long in the hearts of all who knew her. Faithful, kindly, gentle, and sincere, to the end of her days-we are left with a profound admiration for the way in which she lived her life-in the footsteps of her M3St61'. Miss Bessent has gone from her life and labors where she was unusually beloved, but how immortal and immeasurable is the influence of this great friend! There is a time- No one knows the hour- Whcri heaven co-mes 'very close And touches the earth,- It may be in the quiet of the dawn,- High noon, or the golden tinted twilight, In the majesty of the storm, Or the hash of a starlit night: Earth and heaven. are unc for ll moment- The Lord God has sent for His own- A loved one is triamphmtt in a lifetime victory.