The Passing of Davis True

Corinne True had desperately wished to meet ‘Abdu’l-Bahá when He landed in New York, but her son Davis was critically ill. When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá finally arrived in Chicago, one of the first things He did on the morning of 30 April was to go to the True home to see Davis. After the visit, He told Corinne that Davis was better than expected, which she took to mean that he would recover. While the Master kept Corinne busy, her son Davis passed away and she later realized that when He had said that Davis was better than expected, He really meant spiritually. In spite of her son's death, she was at the Temple site the next day. The day after the Temple dedication, the True family held a Bahá’í funeral for their son. Later ‘Abdu’l-Bahá went to the cemetery and prayed not only for her son, but for other children buried there. Davis was the fourth son she had lost. Nathanael had died in 1899 and Kenneth in 1900, both due to heart failure caused by a new drug. Laurence drowned in 1906 and her husband, Moses, died in 1909. No men of her family were left. Corinne True was raised by Shoghi Effendi to the rank of Hand of the Cause of God in 1952.

Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, pp. 111–112.

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: grief).

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