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Birth	:	24 Jul 1870 Union County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	4 Jul 1904 Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
Burial	:	Evergreen Cemetery, Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate	:	29.6282997, -82.3153000
Description	:	Tuesday, July 5, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)**- Mrs. Florence HOUSTON PHIFER, wife of Mr. W. B. PHIFER of Gainesville, Fla., died yesterday afternoon at four o’clock, at her home. Mrs. PHIFER was a daughter of the late B. F. HOUSTON of Monroe, and at her bedside at the time of her death were her mother, and sister, Mrs. R. REDFEARN of Monroe, and her brother, Dr. W. C. HOUSTON of Concord. Death was caused by blood poisoning. Four children, the youngest four weeks old, and her husband survive her. The body will be buried today at Florida. To... Read More	Tuesday, July 5, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)- Mrs. Florence HOUSTON PHIFER, wife of Mr. W. B. PHIFER of Gainesville, Fla., died yesterday afternoon at four o’clock, at her home. Mrs. PHIFER was a daughter of the late B. F. HOUSTON of Monroe, and at her bedside at the time of her death were her mother, and sister, Mrs. R. REDFEARN of Monroe, and her brother, Dr. W. C. HOUSTON of Concord. Death was caused by blood poisoning. Four children, the youngest four weeks old, and her husband survive her. The body will be buried today at Florida. To the many friends of her childhood and youth, the death of Mrs. PHIFER will be a great shock. She was 34 years old, and had been married about fourteen years. Since her marriage she had resided in Florida, but paid frequent visits to her relatives here. She was a most earnest and active member of the Methodist church. ========== Tuesday, July 12, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)***- The Gainesville, Fla., Star, published at the home of the late Mrs. W. B. PHIFER, pays this beautiful and sincere tribute to her memory: “Florence HOUSTON was born in Union county, N. C., July 24, 1870, and died in Gainesville July 4, 1904, aged 34 years and 20 days. Her parents moved to Monroe when Florence was a small child, where she grew up into beautiful womanhood. She was educated in Greensboro, N. C., and while a student in college became a member of the Methodist church. She and Mr. W. B. PHIFER were most happily married September 10, 1890, and came to Florida and made their home at Rochelle, until they came to Gainesville about four years ago. “Mrs. PHIFER was a most excellent woman, one of the best in our city. Those who knew her most intimately prized her most highly. It is not every community that is blessed with a character so rare as hers. She was one of the queens of earth, whose life and character entitled her to a crown of enduring beauty and glory. Highly educated, refined, loving and loyal, intellectual and religious, she presented a beautiful combination of rare elements of character that one seldom sees. “As a mother she was one of the best. Her children received a mother’s welcome and a mother’s kind and thoughtful attention. She believed that a mother could not turn over the rearing of children to others while she passed her time in fashionable living. The world needs more mothers of her type. “Her christian life was regular, true and pure. She lived as a follower of her Master should. Her religious convictions gave color to her entire life. She did not make religion a cloak of seeming respectability, but it was a first principle and controlling power in her life. The church of which she was a member will miss her effective service which she so gladly and cheerfully rendered. “Gainesville has lost a gifted woman; the church, a godly member; her husband, a loving, devoted wife; her children, a true mother; her family, a loving sister, and her friends, a trusted and high minded associate. The sympathy of the entire community will be generally given to the bereaved relatives of the deceased.” And the Daily Sun of the same place has the following: “The funeral was conducted from Kavanaugh Methodist church at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. W. J. CARPENTER, officiating. The Home Mission Society of the Methodist church, of which deceased was president for two years, assembled at the residence and preceded the remains to the church, where a large circle of friends were in waiting to pay their last respects to their departed friend. “In his remarks, Mr. CARPENTER was most impressive, paying a beautiful tribute to the life and work of the deceased. The ceremony was a touching one, and there were few dry eyes in the congregation at the close. “A large number of friends accompanied the remains to Evergreen cemetery, where the interment was held and the service concluded. The pall bearers were Messrs. J. M. DELL, W. L. FLOYD, L. W. FENNELL, N. K. FAGAN, Ferdinand BAYER and W. R. McKINSTRY. The floral decorations were as beautiful and fragrant as they were elaborate, and came as last tokens of love and esteem.”

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Florence Houston Phifer's memorial is located at: Evergreen Cemetery, Gainesville, Alachua County, USA.
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Florence Houston Phifer death on 4 Jul 1904 in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
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Latitude: 29.6282997
Longitude: -82.3153000

Family Members:

Parent

Benjamin Franklin Houston

(1824 - 1897)

Mary Elizabeth Hudson Houston

(1843 - 1911)

Spouse

William Baxter Phifer

(1859 - 1928)

Siblings

William Cyrus Houston

(1867 - 1965)

Mary Elizabeth Houston Redfearn

(1868 - 1930)

Children

Mary Phifer McKenzie

(1891 - 1975)

Helen Phifer Glass

(1896 - 1969)

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