Published in the Holmes County Advertiser
Bonifay, Florida
Saturday, June 8, 1912
(Transcribed by Mona Spears)

Mrs. B. H. Scott
   "No sermon is so eloquent as the silent lesson of a good example."
  Surely no truer words were ever  penned than those, and such a beautiful 
 lesson of a silent and noble example was lived by Mrs. Scott that certainly 
 never a sermon was more eloquent.
   Mrs. Scott departed this life on Tuesday, May 28th, between sunset and 
 dark and after an illness that had lasted since January, gradually growing 
 weaker until the end, which came gently and peacefully.  Deceased had 
 resided at New Hope since childhood and was greatly loved by all her 
 friends and neighbors.  She was always gentle and kind to everyone, never 
 using harsh works or speaking ill of any one in the slightest respect.  
 Indeed, she came nearer to God's law of loving one's neighbor as one' self 
 than any person the writer has ever know, and, too, her refining influence 
 was felt by all who came in contact with her.
   She leaves five children and a husband to mourn her loss, but certainly 
 they should not mourn, for their loss has been her eternal gain, for, like 
 the immortal Jackson, she has 'crossed over the river to rest under the 
 shade of the trees."