Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-03-12
Tribute of ReSnect.

Departed this life on "Wednesday.
March 4th' 1874, at half past 7 o'clock,
2. NJ, at the residence of John +. Girls.
ham, Esq, i. B. BAILEY, aged 45 years
and four months. Brother Bailey was
taken suddenly i'll, with Pneumonia, at
Jonesboro' on Tuesday, February 8, 1874,
from which he never recovered. Although
everything thai the best medical skill
could accomplish was done for him, yet
all proved Of no avail and he succumbed
to the dread enemy, death. Brother
Bailey had been for many years a mem,
Der of the Baptist Church. During a
considerable portion of the time, after bis
connection with the Church, he discharg-
ed the duties of a deacon in a manner
truly worthy the cause of his Redeemer.
He died in the full triumphs of that faith
which had adorned his life, saying that he
only desired to live, that bis life might be
devoted to the care of his beloved FAM
lily.
He was also a member Of the Masonic
fraternity, and was buried with Masonic
Honors at the family burying ground
near his residence, being the first Brother
whose death Mountain Lodge, No. 4OS,
has been called to mourn since tsinstitu.
tionAfter the funeral sci vices were ~couclu-
ded the Lodge was called from refreshment
to labor and j. NJ. Erwin, B. f. O'Brien
and W. II. Perkins were appointed as a.
committee to draft suitable resolutions ex.
pressive of the sentimen is of the Lodge
entertained toward our deceased worthy
brother. The committee reported the
following resolutions, which we're unani-
mously adopted:
WAEREAs, by the inscrutable ways of
an Allwise Providence, it has pleased our
Supreme Grand Master to call from our
midst our beloved brother, L. B. BAILEY,
from labor below to refreshment above /;
Add, whereas, in the sadness of our
hearts, caused by this bereavement, We
deem it proper to express our fraternal
love for our brother, and our heartfelt
sympathy with his surviving relatives and
friends, Therefore be it
Resolved, That in the death of our
worthy brother a pillar of strength in the
temple of our Lodge has been broken,
and the light which has been extinguished
has left our hearts shrouded in gloom.
RESOLVED tarthc', That the commanity
in which he lived, and in which he was
known only to be honored and loved, has
lost one of its brightest monuments, and,
that his grief-stricken family have, in his
death, been deprived of a loving and de,
voted husband and a kind aud indulgent
father.
Resolved further, That we offer to his
Borrowing relatives and friends our heart
felt sympathies in this their hour of dis
tress, and would offer as the balm of con,
ISOLATION, not the variable and often illu-
sary hopes of this worlds consolation,
but would encourage them to look to Him
alone who tompers the wind to the shorn
lamb, and who has promised to be a pro-
tector to the fatherless and the widow.
Resolced further, That we tender our
sincere thanks to the brethren of Rhea
Lodge for their assistance at the funeral
service; and also to them and to all
others, who have rendered SO many kind
Offices to our beloved brother during his
lines u warmest thanks are due.
Resolved further, That all Master MAJ
sons, members of Mountain Lodge, No.
40S, be requested to wear the usual badge
of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved further, That a copy Of these
resolutions be forwarded to the Herald
and Tribune with a request that the same
be published therein, and also that a copy
of the above resolutions be furnished to
the family Of the deceased.
JAMES M. ERWIN.
B. +. OBRIEN.
w. II. PERKINS.
Committce.
By order Of the Lodge.
W. f. TfLsoN W. NJ.