The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-13
BURIED AT HOLLYWOOD.
THE FUNERAL or MRS. EX -PRESIDENT
TYLER.
Her Remains nro ta,d 90 Rc>t ncs,de
she Grave OF Her Industrious Isus-
band-1hc FUNERAL scrvicc
at 81 Peters Cathedral

Mrs. julia Gardiner Tyler, vii of
oxPresident John Tyler. was bur. II 10
Hollywood cemetery yestehdsyl be-
tween the grave Of her husband and
that OF her daughter, Mrs. Spencer.
The funeral took place from st.
Peter 5 Cathedral. The hour was eleven
o'clock, A. NJ. Promptly at that hour.
Rev. Father Charles f.. Donahoe. Of
Alexandra. walked up the middle aisle
Of the church and sprinkled the faith
ful present with holy water. The
priest then returned TO the sanctuary,
accompanied by the acolyte in at
tendance. who bore the vessel contain
ing the holy water.
The active pail bearers followed with
the body. which was cncased in q me-
talic casket trimmed with black cloth.
On the head was a large floral crown SUI
nounted by small cross. The re-
malndcr Of the casket was covered with
profusion of flowers.
The honorary paiI-bearers followed:
Governor Lee aud Judge FItzhugh lead
ing. The names of both active and
honorary pail bearers have already been
published.
Mr.. John NJ. Higgins acted As usher.
and saw that the pall-bearefs. the fam
lily Of the deceased. and friends were
properly seated. When mass began
the cathedral was about half full Of
people.
Solemn high requiem mass was then
intoned 10y Rev. Father Charles Il. Dona-
hoe. The music by the choir was sim
pie and beautiful. After mass Very
Rev. A. Van de Nyver. vicar general.
came 10 the sanctuary gates aud read
a selection from St. Paul's Apostle 10
the Thesalonians. He took that selec-
ton as his text. Father Van de Vyvcr
spoke very highly of the deceased.
He hOnOTed her not so much because
she moved on high plane in society,
but because she was child of Christ
and daughter of the church. In her
private life she had been conspicuous
for all the virtues thauadOTn, a woman,
in whatever station Of life they are
called on 10 move. She had been
loved i'm the high station which 1t was
her fortune to possess, and had been re-
spected by everyone, She had filed the
highest position in the land which
lady could attain with the most signal
ability.
She was summoned TO meet death
very suddenly, but she had passed away
without fear She had made her peace
with her God, and died in the assurance
of eternal happiness.
Father Van de Nyvor explained the
church ceremonies The body. WIS
Incensed because it bad been temple
of Christ. and had Ills body and spirit
in it. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
was affirmed, so that should there be
the slightest stain on her soul this holy
sacrifice and the holy prayers accompa-
nying would remove that stain and
transport the soul to unuttefabie glory
After remarks Of Rev. Father Van
de Vyvcr, he performed the absOlutlOn
and read the prayers for the dead, first
in Latin and then i'm English.
This done, the Very Rev. Father left
the sanctuary, and the pall-bearers bore
the body from the church. Father
Donohoe went with the procession to
the grave. The procession was one Of
the largest seen in Richmond for long
time.
While Father Van de Vyver was
speaking, Mr.. Lachlan Tyler, son OF the
deceased, and his wife, came into the
church, having just arrived on the
train.