Daily Republican., 1885-01-15
DUST TO DUST.
III Il FUN ERAL or THE IAJE An.
DBEW q. GBAY-RECOLLEC
TION6 OF HIN.

The funeral of the late Andrew @.
Gray, Esq, took place on Wednesday
afternoon, the funeral cortege lesving
the late residence Of the deceased at Z
o'clock. For two hours previous, the
citizens of New Castle, without regard
to age, sex, color, nativity or condition
In life, went into the room where the
rem aims lay, and took a last look at
him whom they had known 80 many
years.
He lay as if taking q qaiet sleep,
dressed in plain suit of bla ok and en-
cased in beautiful cloth covered
casket, mounted with silver bandles,
and silver plate on the lid WAS in
scribed with the date of mis- birth and
death. There was an entire absence Of
flowers, but inside the caskst q few
smilax vines were appropriately trailsd
around the decreased. Quite q large
number of people stopped and looked
long and lovingly at the form thas
would move no more in performing
quiet and unostentatious acts OF charity,
and more than one silent tear WAS
dropped upon the casket and it's con-
tents.
| The me mbers of the Leeis...u.s, tho
bar Of Kent and Sussex, and the State
officiary arrived in a special car at
tached to the regular mort b bound train
that left Dover at 10 46 a. IN. A special
car from Wilmington brought over the
members of the bar from that city and
. large number of railroad officials
from Philadelphia. The Rev. and
venerable DR.. Spottswood, assisted by
Rev. Mr.. Patterson, his assistant Of
the Presbyterian church of New Castle,
performed the funeral obsequies. DR..
spottswood spoke feelingly Of his long
acquaintance and association with tho
deceased, and paid q glowing tribute
to his memory. Hon. Thos. + Bayard,
Chief Justice Comegys, Associate JUS
tices WOottep, Houston and Whiteley.
Samuel M. FELTON,, Richard G. Cooper.
Esq., ana W. r. Lane acted as pail
bearers. The remains were inferred in
the family lot in the Presby terian
cemetery. The funeral corteRe was the
largest ever seen in New Castle.
The City Council Of New Castle met
on Monday night and passed q resolu-
tion requesting that all the stores and
places of business be closed during the
afternoon of the funeral, a request that
was complied with without an excep-
tion by all the merchants and business
peOp g of the city. Out OF respect to the
memory of the deceased the public
schools were also closed in the after
noon giving the childten an opportunity
to take last look upon one whom they
had all been taught to respect and one
who always had while living, kind
ord for them.
The deceased was known to be chari
table to the poor. but in his charitable
acts he carried out the scriptural in
junction Let not thy night hand
l bat ha l..fs
Since his death a number Of the ner-
} chants OF New Castle have taken q
pleasure In referring to the number Of
orders they had received from HIM to
supply the wants Of this pouI man and
That poor woman,
MIR. Gray was the oldest member Of
the Board Of Trustees of New Castle
Commons, having been elected to that
responsible office in 1889. His death
caused a vacancy that will have to be
filled at an election to be called for that
purpose. Mr.. Gray was one of q COM
mittee of three members of the Board
that had the title papers of the Com.
mons, and other documents relating
theretos published in pamphlet form
in 1851. The other members of the
committee were Charles ii. Black
and William Cooper, but they are all
dead. The death of Mr.. Gray also
vacates the office of President at the
Farmers Bank at New Castle and also
that of President of the Delawar. and
Chesapeake Canal Company. Mr., Gray
is not wealthy man, though he was
in good comfortable circumstances.
Had his objects in life been the pursuit
of wealth he wonld no doubt have
achieved it, but 1t is said of him that
, he took more DleasIire in befrieudin1
a sufficient competency for himself
and family for the time being.