MARRS, Matilda ERVIN- The saddest announcement we have ever been called on to make is the death of Mrs. Matilda Marrs which occurred at the family residence ten miles west of Fayetteville on Thursday morning, the 22nd inst. She was the mother of the editor of this paper and the best friend the writer ever had. She lived a long and unblemished life, always enjoying the confidence, love and respect of a 1 who knew her and departed without leaving an enemy in the world. About 8 years ago she was stricken down with paralysis from which she only partially recovered. For six weeks past her strength gradually failed and on the morning referred to the dread disease seemed to have touched a vital organ while she was sitting in a chair and within five minutes she was dead. She was buried in the cemetery at Prairie Grove, the Rev. P.B. Hopkins conducting the funeral exercises. The long days of affliction and suffering were endured with Christian fortitude, and now as we earnestly believe, she is enjoying the reward that awaits the finally faithful. Matilda Ervin was born in Kentucky on the 29th of April 1813, and was bereft of her parents in early infancy. About 1820 she moved with her guardian, John Edmiston, to Lawrence county, Ark., and a few years later to Washington county. In 1852 she was married to S.B. Marrs and to them were born three children, S.E., S.B., Jr., and Clementine C. Marrs, (now Mrs. Hugh Rogers.) She was 75 years old at the time of her death. [Fayetteville Democrat 11/30/881 Mrs. Matilda Marrs died at her home ten miles west of Fayetteville Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the age of seventy-five years. Mrs. Marrs was the mother of S.E. Marrs, editor of the Fayetteville Democrat, and we extend to him our sincere sympathy in the loss of one so dear. [The Springdale News 12/7/1888]