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334 became a Christian when she was fourteen years of age and joined the First Baptist Church of Richmond, Va. After her marriage and removal to Raleigh she united with the Blount Street Baptist Church of that city. She died November 24, 1892, after a brief but severe illness.

When a child Mrs. Scruggs was called "The Flower of the House," and in after years she proved herself a veritable "Flower." Cheery of disposition and extremely entertaining she was the most charming of hostesses, while as president of the Ladies' Pansy Literary Club, which was organized by her, she blended firmness with gentleness. Those with whom she associated felt the influence for oood which emanated from her. Nor did it stop there, but extended to all with whom she came in contact. It may truly be said of her that

The following is a notice of her death which appeared in the New York Age and was copied by the Ringwood Journal: