The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-11-18
THE LAST SAD RITES.
Col. Tom Prices Funeral and
Burial Yesterday.
The Impressive Ceremonies at
Sicher's and the Cemetery
Largely Attended.
AN Imposing Funeral COrtege-
the Elks, and the Beautiful
Floral Offerings.

Inc 0c6eQuleS OF tne late COlinel
-The mas B. Price took place yesterday
afternoon, and they were beautiful
and eloquent tribute of the esteem in
which Colonel Price was held by those
who were best acquainted with him.
The funeral services were he'd In
the parlors of Hotel Sicher. The
handsome casket rested in the center
of the parlor and upon and surround.
ing it were the many beautiful floral
offerings, all of exquisite design and
emblemstical in their nature. Long
before the services commenced, the
Railways adjoining the parlors were
filed with the friends and neighbors OF
the deceased. all showing a heartfelt
sympathy for the one who had gone
before and the loved ones be had left
behind.
Just previous to the opening of the
services the pail bearers and mem.
bers of the Benevolent Protective Or
der of Elks, of which order the de-
ceased was q most worthy member
and under whose directions the o'se-
quies were conducted, took their re-
pective POSITIONS alongside of the
casket.
The services were opened by the
singing of the old familiar hymn
Nearer My God to Thee" by
a quartette consisting of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Dodge, Phoena Highleyman
and G. Taylor. Rev. Farris, of the
Methodist church, South, who con-
ducted the services, read the familiar
and consoling Goth Psalm and then
delivered short but very impressive
sermon. In the Introductory remarks
he said: eve ere here my friends to
give burial, to give a Christian
burial to Col. Thomas Price. The
circumstances of his death | need not
tell you; it is not proper or fitting to
repeat them here"
Proceeding with his remarks, Rev.
Farris said: "There is a temptation
on an occasion like this to overdraw
the picture of a departed ones value;
to seize an opportunity to indulge in
flattery; when a mans virtues are
magnifed. On this occasion the pic
ture needs no additional coloring or
finishing touches. If Col. Price
could speak at this time he would
discountenance anything of the kind.
In his life time he did not cevet fiat
terry or adulation, his nature was too
sensitive"
1--WE must touch but lightly
upon the life of Col. Price, if he
could, he would no doubt request it.
He was man in the broadcast sense
Of the word be loved his state and
his country he loved Missouri be-
cause it was a part of the great COM
monwealth and becase it was here his
interests lay. His large heart was
always ready to assist all worthy en-
terprises, both local and state, and his
loss is a great one especially when it
is remember that he was first and
foremost in all progressive move
ments. He was an ideal business man,
q prosperous one; all bis plans were
laid with wisdom he exacted nothing
of any man more than was due him
noble and generous to fault and fair
in all his transactions no one can
say he was aggressive in his BUSINESS
transactions
"We might also notice him as
gentleman his heart like bis body
was large ; he was above anything
that would seem to be little or mean );
so highly did he prize manhood that
he was very sensitive about the least
fippant remark that might be made
about bis honor as friend or business
man.
He was a man who loved the
church and his purse was always open
to assist struggling congregations. AS
q citizen, business man and friend he
stood above reproach. L am told that
he took hold of friends with d tenacity
that increased the strength of the
chain as time wore on so that it
could not be severed.
We might speak of the man as the
husband and father. In his home
Col. Price was an idol worthy of wor-
ship. There he unfolded the richness
of his nature as it was unfolded no
where else. There he won the affec-
ton of which ne was proud and where
he displayed those qualities which
makes to the loved CUES this parting
so sad, so mournful.
He has reared his own monument
by himself-not of the kind We call
granite, but of more enduring ma
terial. He has gone in the strength
of his life and left this world better
for being in it"
In conclusion Rev. Fdrris in few