Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-02
OBITUARY.

WARD.-Died, at his residence in this cftv
on tuesday morning, the 2Ist instant, at II
O'Clock, after painful illness, CLARENCE
Z. WARD, aged tbtrty-one years.
Born in Adams county, in the State Of Mis-.
sissippi, he, with his parents, emigrated to
Memphis many years ago, where he was
actively engaged in the drug business, which
he successfully prosecuted up to the time Of
his deeease. When the tocsin sounded the
alarm Of the late civil war, he, advocating
the rights Of the South, bore arms in her de-
tense and gallantly sustained her cause until
peace resumed her benign sway.
As nature clothes herself with the vest.
ments Of verdure, the flowers are blooming,
the forest chOiresteTs are warblIng their notes
Of melody snd the balmy zephyers are redo
lent with the breath OF spring, a noble soul,
full OF promise and buoyant with hope, ere
It had attained its autumn of beatitude, Is,
by the unrelenung severity of disease, sud
denly hurried to that mysterious realm to
human visions unknown.
Parental affections and domestic ties OF
love are TudeIy severed. The sunlight of his
life, which diffused a radience Of Joy to his
home and family circle and numerous ac-
quaintancesi is forever extinguished, and his
mansion OF gladness is desolsted into a house
Of mourning. The Jewels which CLEAN most
brightly in lhe cssket os unsullied character
shone with a resplendent Iuster that embeI-
lished his every action. His business rela-
tions were Invariably conducted with tina.
courtesy, fOrbesrsnce and urbanity which
comm ended him as the true Christian gen.
tlemsn.
HIS many virtues challenged the ardent
esteem OF all who enjoyed the pleasure OF his
society, and acquired for him earnest and
constant friends. His sincerity Of purpose
and devotion to whatever principle he
adopted and believed, engendered the con-
vlcliOn Of his unwsverIng adherence to truth
and that you could implicitly rely upon his
fulfilling whatever he promised or assured
you that he wOul6 do. Notwithstanding he
was Inherently retleent, he possessed social
qualities, intellectual and moral, of the high.
est order, that attracted to him Sybfeb
whilst they instructed as well as amused
Impaired happiness to all who sought and
obtained Intimate association with him. His
attachments We're warm aud genial. His
friendships were Ingenious and enduring.
not Of that evanescent kind which CLOVIS
with the heat of summer when fortune is
propitiOus, but fades into the coldpess Of
winter when the clouds OF adversely lower.
They were as fervent in adversely as they
We're steadfast in prosperity.
He had an enviable, benevolent and gentle
disposition, which kindly inclined him to all
persons. Casting the mantle of charity over
the faults and fOibles Of his fellow creatures.
his heart ever puIsated with feelings Of SYM
psthy that prompted him munihcently to
T elieve distress, and with alacrity to engage
in any genuine enterprise which had for lis
object the alienation OF the sufferings OF
humanity. We VINO knew him well appre-
ciated aud loved him for his sterling attri-
butes, can scarcely trust Ourself to give full
to cur emotions at the sad loss
which we, in common with the whole com.
munity, have sustained at the shock which
we felt when the intelligence of his death
first broke upon our ears; which came to rs
like a fre-beu in the night; as a pealing
In the midst of a serene and
quiet sky. A few weeks ago he was in the
ruddy bloom of health; walking the streets
pursuing his wUnted avOcatiOn, the light of
his oOuntenance ulumining his counting
room; but now we shall see him no more
upon the busy arena nor rejoice In his pleas
ant smile. No longer shall we lock upon his
manly form and beaming eye, hear the &C
cents OF his cheerful voice or recreSte ourself
With his jOvial converse. All that is mortal
1f him is hushed into silence; his bark is
launched upon that unfathomed ocean which
rolls between Time and Eternity; whose
waves bear millions to that haven from which
here is no returning voyage. The wall of
iOrroW which glOoms the household of the
1ereaved elicits the profouudest coincidence
or their aitiictiOn. We, with them, can only
derive consolation from the belief that his
ipirit has returned 10 God, who gave 1t, and
s now wearing the robes of immortality in
hat heavenly land where the troubled cease
heir labors, Tough he sleeps that placid
lumber fIOm which there is no awakening
IN earth, his living goodness and nobility
viii linger In our recOllecttons as the morn
ng star Of memory; and when, in the lapse
II after years, We may be permitted to repair
% the sacred palaces of the dead and visit the
lallOwed spot in which is Injured his remains,
,ver which the green sod grows, the ever
-reen waves, the winds moan and the bird
hal his requium, reflections over his tomb
VIII afford the solace that, although Time Is
lesting for us all funeral marches to the
rave, we shah greet him and wreath aim
With crown Of unfading laurel IN that
lysium where
When sickness pales thy cheek
And shines thy lustrOus eye,
And pulses lew and weak
Tell OF q time TO die;
Sweet hope shall whisper then,
Though thou from earth be riven,
There's bliss beyond thy ken,
There's rest for thee in heaven.
MARCH q. 1871. JET.