The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-03-19
PATRICK H. GARY.
Death of This Well-KnOwn Citizen
Last Night.

Last week we announced the serious
illness of our venerable and esteemed
friend Mr.. Patrick II. Gary at his home
in Manchester, Va, and the fact that
his condition was thought to be critical.
His many friends hoped for the best,
but he passed away Friday night. The
Manchester Leader of Saturday con-
tains the following:
At his home, corner of Eighth and
Decatur streets, Mr.. Patrick H. Gary
died last night few minutes before
O'Clock, after an illness of three
months.
His death is the severing of another
link that connects the Manchester of
the present with the Manchester of the
| past. He was one Of our oldest cit-
zens. In 1920 his parents came here
from Prince George county, and ever
since then Manchester had been his
home, though the latter years of his
life were spent in Henderson, North
Carolina, where he was engaged in the
tobacco business, being a member of
the firm of W. E. Gary & Co. He al
ways regarded Manchester as his home
and never failed to come here and ex-
ercise the right of citizenship whenever
! there was a contested election.
Shortly after he came to Manchester
to live he found employment with Mr..
Collin McRae, a prominent tObacconist
of that period, and father of DR.. A. S.
McRae and the lamented G. c. Mel Rae,
who for years was City Attorney of
Manchester. Mr.. Gary, later on, was
connected with the large tobacco estab-
lishment known as Gilmore's factory,
which stood on the square between
Seventh and Eighth and Decatur and
Stockton streets. Subsequently he and
his two brothers, Erasmus and Ajax,
both of whom are now dead, carried on
the tobacco business On Sixth street
for number of years. His long con-
nection with the tobacco trade of Man
chester and Richmond gave him wide
acquaintance in business circles.
A few years ago he went to Hen der
son, n. G., to engage in the tobacco
business. He paid regular visits home
and his many friends here were always
glad to see him back again.
Three months ago he was taken i'll,
and three weeks afterwards he was
well enough to stand a trip home to
his family. Bright's disease, however,
had taken a strong hold upon him, and
he gradually grew worse until death
put an end to all his sutferings.
He was one of large family-four
sons an three daughters-and the oldest
of them all, the venerable Dyla Gary,
of this city, is the last survivor. In
early youth he joined the Methodist
Church, and sixty-four years of his life
were spent in the service of his Mas
ter. He was member of the Old
Plank church, the mother Of the CEN
trail Methodist church in this city. He
was an ardent and enthusiastic Meth
odist of the old school, and there are
only three others now Lying besides
his beloved wife who attended Sunday
school with him in the Old Plank
church away back yonder in the Thir-
ties.
His fellOw-citiZens recognized and
acknowledged his high character and
sound business judgment by frequently
giving him voice in the control of the
affairs of the city. He was always a
good representative, as his record in
the old Board of Trustees of Manches-
ter will attest.
He was the father of Mr. Wyndham
E. Gary, Of Henderson, n. c., Mr.. IT.
wing Gary, of Danville, Va, and Mrs.
Leonard, Mrs. Buell., Mrs. II. E. Du
Val, and Mr.. George E. Gary (of the
firm of Augustine Royal & Co., real
estate agents., of this city.
The funeral will take place to-mor-
row afternoon at half-past 3 O'Clock
from the residence.
The following gentlemen have been
selected as pall-bearers:
Honorary-Judgo William I. Clop-
ton, J. r. Perdue, Judge John II. In
gram, and James T. Gray.
Active-Augustine Royal, E. W.
Weisiger, J. Bronaugh, Jr., r. D.
Walker, Henry Fitzgerald. and D. J
Weisiger.