Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-18
FUNERAL RITES.
A Large Crowd of Sorrowing
Friends at Collinsville
To Attend the Funeral Services Over
the Remains of Sidney Batson-
Several ClsrksYille People.

church in this quiet little village.
The death has cast a gloom over the
entire community, for by ii good
man has been stricken down.
The residence. is mile or more
south of Collinsville, and large |
crowd, among which were members
of McAllister lodge f. and A. M, as
sembled there yesterday morning to
escort the remains to the church. 1t
Was II o'clock before the funeral pro-
cession reached the church, and by
this time every seat in the edifice had
been filled with sorrowing friends.
The funeral sermon was preached
by Rev. J. G. Rice, of Pleasant View,
who had been Mr.. Batson's pastor
longer than any minister in the Ten
nessee Conference.
Before taking his text the. minister
read the following announcement:
"Sidney Carney Batson was born
Jan. 10, 1916, and died July Is, 1892,
aged 46 years months and 8 days.
He protested religion and joined the
Methodist church 26 years ago, and
has been faithful steward for num-
Der of years, and at the last District
Conference, held at st. Bethlehem,
he was elected lay delegate to the
next annual conference"
The minister said that when he
was appointed to the Antioch circuit
some twenty-five years ago he found
Mr.. Batson a member of the church,
and knew him, for the four years he
remained in charge of the work, as
an exemplary young man. Seven
years ago when he was appointed
second time to the circuit he found
the deceased still a member of the
church; he was a pillaro of the church
and was always the preachers
friend. He was steward in the
church and discharged faithfully the
duties devolving upon him. In his
death the churcl, had lost one of its
rest members and the loss would
be keeDly felt. AS mason
the; deceased had filled. every
office in the blue lodge, with
eminent satisfaction, and had been a
member OF the fraternity for twenty
years. AS citizen he was wise in
council and had the entire confidence
of his neighbor5. He was a member
of the Board of Equalization for the
county and discharged the response
bic and delicate duties of the Office
with a painstaking care and salts
factorily to the tax payers OF the
county. In every walk of life Sid.
Batson was a man, and his place will
be hard to fill.
After a song the minister read his
text as follows: "But is now made
manifest by the appearing of our
Savior, Jesus Christ, who hath abol.
ished death and hath brought life
and immortality to light through the
gosp Ill Timothy, Ito.
The theme of the discourse, as the
text implies, was the victory OF
Christ over death. 1t was through
His death on the cross that life and
immortality were brought to light.
Through His suffering on the cross
and His triumphal exit from the
tomb, Immortality was assured. The
discourse throughout was deeply pa.
thetic and moved the large congrega.
ton to tears.
After the sermon the remains were
taken to the family burying ground
several miles distant. Arriving
there, they found that the men who
were digging the grave had encoun.
tered solid limestone rock, which
greatly delayed the last duty to the
dead. 1t was late in the evening
when McAllister Lodge of Masons
tenderly laid the body to rest with
the burial service of the order. II
was solemn duty, and the people
who had known Sid Batson through
out his life covered his last resting
place with flowers.
There were several GAINESVILLE
people at the funeral, among whom
were L. Il. Peck, cashier of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank, T. p.
Major, h. G. Roach, III. N. Var
brough, John s. Neblett, Edgar Or,
gain Rice Organ and LEAF
CHRONICLE representative.
Mr.. Batson wasSa director of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank and
was one of its best men.
The family of the deceased have
the sympathy of the entire COM
munity in the death of one of its best
members. Carney Batson reared a
family that is an honor to the county.
He reared seven boys to manhood,
and they are all good citizens. One
OF them died several years ago, and
this second death lea yes only five
living. The female members of the
family are all excellent ladies. They
are all married, and three of them re-
side in the county. They are the ex-