Individual Details

Death

FLINT. — Mrs. Melvina Flint (nee Oglesby) was born in Hardin County, Tennessee, June, 1839; professed religion and joined the Methodist Church when eleven years old. She then moved with her parents to Arkansas. She was married to Mr. R. P. Flint February 15, 1855; came to Texas in 1875. She was the mother of four children, three of whom survive her. She was greatly blessed in having a rich and powerful religious experience. Through all the years since her conversion she has lived a consistent Christian life, always ready to help the distressed and suffering, whether rich or poor. She was an excellent neighbor, a devoted wife and mother, and an ardent lover of God and the Church. Her last moments were gloriously triumphant.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, July 16, 1896