Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-07-27
From the Memphis Bulletin, July 9th.
WILLIAM K. POSITION.
Impressive Service In Asbury Chapel
j. Yesterday. "a. II :.
Eulogr by Rev. Gailferd Jones.
Ritualistic Exercises by the 0dd Eel.
lows ut the Crave.


Ritualistic Exercises by the 0dd Eel.
lows ut the Grave.
One Of the noblest and the greatest Of the
sons Of Memphis has passed away. Tho Hon.
William X. Poston has finished his earthly
pilgrimage, efter q busy and well-spent life,
and has crossed that bourne from which no
traveller returns. He died at his residence, a
short distance from the city, at seven o'clock
on Saturday evening, of CONGESTION, at the
early age Of forty-seven years. 1t was well
known among his intimate friends, two days
before lis decease, that he could not recover,
but when the sad tidings reached the city
that he was no more thrill Of sorrow SEEM
ed to pass through the heart of every citizen,
for all felt they had lost q friend, and the
county Of Shelby noble representative. In
this community, as he would have been in
any other, w. K, Poston was . sssh Of mark
Honest, Straightforward In all his dealings
he truly earned the esteem and respect of al
who were brought in contact with him. He
was a man-but such a .n..n--for there were
few 10 the city Of Memphis to compare with
him. As lawyer, be was an ornament "a
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ways safe in his hands. He was Christian
in the truest sense of the term, and for many
years has been q most consistent and consci.
encions pillar of the Methodist Church. Al
a husband and father, he was kind, loving
and afIectiouate, and he leaves widow and
numerous family 10 lament his loss.
After great persuasion on the part of hii
many friends, he was induced to enIer ths
political field, and was elected to the last
State Legislature as one Of the representa-
tives of Shelby county. All know what tool
place while he was acting in that capacity
He and the party with whom he was acting
were over-ridden by tyrannical majority
and forced TO resign their positions in thu
house. Mr.. Poston was unanimously re
elected, but that same majority refused hin
admittance to the Legislature, fearing alike
his great ability, straightforwardness ant
honesty, while serving as representative o
the people Of Tennessee.
TIE FUNERAL EXERCISES YESTERDAY.
The very high esteem in which the de
ceased was held by all classes in the commu
nifty, was well exemplifed by the vast as
semblage who attended to pay the last mari
of respect to his remains yesterday after
noon. Every class and condition of mer
was represented, for he was alike honoret
By the "gentle and the simple, the rich ant
the poor" The Judge on the bench, thu
lawyer at the bar, the minister of the Gospel
the professional man, the mechanic and thu
laborer, were all there, for all alike knew
VIM. X, Postou, and to know was TO respee
and love him. Conspicuous, however, among
all were the members of the Independen
Order of Odd Fellows, OF which katernit,
the deceased was a most worthy brother
and at his death held the high position O
Past Grand Master. All the Lodges in Oh,
city were well representative Chickasav
Lodge No. 6, the Memphis Lode No. 8, an,
the Gayoso Encampment,
The brethren assembled In their hall abou
o'clock in the afternoon and after the asa
al preliminaries, the procession was formed
and headed by Prof Withcr's talented in
strumental band, marched to the residenc
of the deceased. They were accompanied b,
pearly one hundred members of the Memphi
Bar in carriages. The pail bearers eonsistc
of ten Odd Fellows and the same number q
lawyers. The funeral cortege was then re
formed and proceeded towards Asbury Meth
odist Church, corner of Linden and Hernand
streets, where the funeral services were :
be held. A very large crowd had assemble
in front of the plain, but neat sacred edi6cC
where the deceased had SO often worshippe
that God in which he trusted. The churc
was crowded to its utmost capacity, only
few pews being reserved for the bereave
widow and family, the pall-bearers and tn
principal officers Of the Odd Fellows frater
nifty. The great majority of those who wer
present in the building were ladies.
| THE SERVICES IN THE CHURCH.
As the coffin which contaiDed all that wa
mortal OF VIM. X. Poston was borne fror
the hearse to the church, the vast multitude
as il by one impulse, uncovered their head
while the band played the solemn Dea
March. Following the coffin came the be
reaved widow with her fatherless sons an
daughters some of whom were verging O
manhood and womanhood, while others wer
almost too young to rightly appreciate tn
great loss they had sustained. Solemnly an
slowly moved up the aisle Of the edifce, tn
pall-bearers with their precious and hallowe
burden amid the tears of nearly all presen
The choking sob and the painful wall whic
comes from the heart of woman was to b
occasionally heard, and the occasion wa
one of the most solemn and sublime tha
ever has.been witnessed in the city Of Mem
pbis.
The coffin, which was of rosew God, wa
deposited ON bearers In front of the alta
aud on II mora ,,laaoI fha hca ,xt;f,l ~aral |,