The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-04-23

otttt'c HI tHG ttIulOu 1cufsleEy- IItt
place VII be hard to fill. Our peo-
pie have never been called to mou IN
the loss Of a truer man. Those who
knew bim intimately loved him aud
all knew him to hold him in high
esteem.
The funeral was Sunday morning.
The Sampson Light Infaairy met in
the armory at 10 O'Clock and march
ed to the time OF the muffie drum to
the Presbyterian church where the
services were conducted. The COM
pany entered, marched down either
aisle, faced and remained standing
The casket rested at the foot of the
altar under mass Of beautiful flow
| ers. The church, the aDtie-room and
tho gallery was full, with many
crowded outside. The remarks by
Dir. Marable were the perfection of
grace, beauty and appropriateness.
AS it had been the request Of Major
Faison, there WIS no funeral serm on,
but simply the reading of The i'm
pressive burial service. The mill
tary company heided the procession
to the cemetery. che Confederate
Veterans of the SixtyFirst kegi-
ment, many of whom were present,
and who had served shoulder to
shoulder with the deceased in the
terrible struggles of '6l-'65, fell into
line by twos at the command of DR..
r. H Holiday, acting captain. At
the cemetery the military company
and the veterans formed a hollow
squa around the grave, with large
number of people around. The casket
was lowered and Rev. j. w. Turner,
at the request of Dr.. Marable, Con-
Guided the burial ceremony. In q
few moments the. fresh earth over
the sleeping one was covered with a
garden Of beautiful flowers, placed
by tender hands-roses, geraniums,
Gala lilies and numberless varieties
: of flowers fashioned into many hap
, py designs, and thus the relatives
: and numberless friends left the body
l that once encased brave soul to
wait the resurrection morn.
q SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
William Lucius Faison was born
, October 9th, 1887, in Turkey town
ship, Sampson county, on the ole
homestead where DR.. Haywood Fai
son now resides. He was prepared
for college at Clinton at and at Prof
l Webster's sch~ oil, in Portsmouth
Virginia. His education was finish
ed at the University of Virginia.
He volunteered in the first com
. pany that was formed in this county
known as the Sampson Rangers, il
, which he served as Lieutenant. Thi:
| was Company y Of the SiXi y-First
r North Carolina Regiment Of Cling
mans Brigade Lieut.. FaisOn was
soon promoted TO adjutant of tht
regiment, in which capacity he serv
= ed till almost fatally wounded ga O
early in '65, being in every battle il
which that brave regiment engaged
He was twice wounded, first at tn,
siege of Battery Wagner, in Soutl
: Carolina, in 1864. 1t was IN the ter
/, rible and bloody charge on For, Har
+, rison On the James, below Richmond
where intrepid soldiers marched t.
: the cannons' belching Threats, tina
D he was pierced through and through
with 4 ball. The almost fata
=. bullet entOed at the lower part o
;. the abdomen and partially shatteret
the hip bone at the lower part Of tn
i, back as it passed through. He wa
n given up to die, but after hanging
4 between life and death for mon, hs
nature at last triumphed. But from
that day to when he breathei his las
. on Friday night at o'clock he wa
1 a constant sufferer.
, In 1865 he married Miss Bette Pc
II den, daughter of Maj. w. N. PedeE
- He farmed at the old HON cStead fO
- several years. He was left a widow
. err in 1876 by the death of his wife
- Since that time he has been bot
% father and mother to his three daugf
tiers, Mrs n. l.. Anderson, land. Mise
e Mamie and Madge, who survive hin
re He soon entered the mercantile blu:
y mess with Mr.. A. F. Johnson, Wher
Is he continued till elected cashier of til
l. Clinton Loan Associate n in 1873!
ID which position he hell until fe
I'd month since when he was forced
" resign Oh account of feeble health.
ct Major Faison was very iOnd {
Sc military affairs-he was born SO
c. dier. In 1888 he organized Il
ne Sampson Light Infantry, and dearl
j. beloved by every member, served {
at captain till promoted to the Major
of the Second Regiment in 1890.