Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-04-21
GEN. GiRY'S FUNERAL.
The Dead lsero a Christian.--A Remi-
niscence of his College Days.

niscence of Ais College Days.
rCo,respondence Columbia Registcr.l
CoKEsBuRY, AR. 10, lSS1.-The
remains of Gen. Martin Witherspoon
Gary arrived in Cokesbury this (Sun-
day. morning from Edgefeld, accom-
panied by several friends and rela.
tives. Itwas escorted to the residence
of his brother, DR.. F. F. Gary.
His face bore the natural command
ing lock that characterized him in
life. On the coffin was engraved'i in
silver, NJ, W. Gary, Died April 8
1881. IT will be remembered that
Gen. Gary died on the sixteenth an
niversary of the surrender of Gen.
Lee at AppomattoxC t-House.
The funeral procession moved from
d.. Gary's residence at half:psst 2
o'clock P. NJ The palI-bearers from
Abbetitte County were, Col. B. u.
He5nden; 9r.S .SG::L. Connor,T Mess1s.s
G. W.aConnolA and F-D.~5=GanEos.
Those from Edgefeld County were,
Hon. JohnC. Sheppard, ,4MessrsAJ. Il.
Addison, B. w. Bettis, Jr., and Ben
.jamin Abney. The remains were:
carried to Tabernacle Graveyard, two
miles Southeast Of Cokesbury.
Rev. William Thomas, the pastor
of the Methodist Church here, con-
Quoted the ceremonies. He made
few very appropriate remarks, some
of which I take the liberty Of copy
ing from his notes:
"The cause Of cur gathering on
this sacred apot (tne repository of the
honored dead) is not only solemn,
but to many of us extremely painful
"A fellowman has passed away from
earthly scenes. A companion has
been taken fromour midst. A friend
haa been snatched suddenly from
large circle of other friends. A broth
er is missed from the hearthstone,
>
where sit in mourning loved sisters
and ether brothers, whose tears be-
speak the loss they have met. n son
has been torn from the embrace of a
doting mother, who still fingers (Mrs.
Gary was still alive at this time) at
the family home, under the pressing
weight OF more than three score and
ten years. These things deeply af-
feet us while we stand at the tomb o.
the departed. We would fain min
gle our tears with the bereaved, and
If possible mitigate their cup of sor;a
row. We sometimes assemble at the
graveyard to place in the tomb a
sweet little bale, q simple bud Of
promise, that has not yet thrown its
tendrils around the heartstrings Of
society. 5Wesdrop a tear over the in
nocent form, kiss its lily forehead
and lay it away to rest, soon forget
ting that it ever lived. Then an as
ed form, bending under the burden
Of long life ands accumulated in6rni-
lies, falls by the ruthless hands of
death, and as we see that life was
spared till all that makes It lovely
was gone, we are content to say,
".As fall the autumn leaves when fully
spent,
SO fallest thou
"But this is call of very differ
ent nature. Vigorous manhood lies
PROSTATE III death. Cut. off in the
midst Of his days, just as the manly
powers were beginning to group them
selves to grapple with The great prob
lens of life, and to assert their full
est strength. At the very moment
when he was girding on the habili-s
ments of Intellectual power and NOV
ing upward to. the zenith of ,-ehis ca
pacity, the message comes, the sum-
mons must be oJeyed. Marvellous
are thysvorks.so Lord Thy paths
not knownin Che dark, and.thy ways
are past finding out. We bow in
obedience to thy behest.
CAS- q patriot, ..ihe had no superior
When his State called he promptly
responded, leaving home and eli its
comforts TO meet, and repelsthe invas
ding foe. Ills love Of country was of
a character that exhibited the deep
est sincerity. The prosperity of South !
carried to his heart bright /
ness and Joy that could lot be 9e.l !