Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
DEATH OF MR.. b. NJ. PR1vErr.

DEATH OF MIR. b NJ. PRIvETT.
He Passes Away Suddenly While at Sers
vice in the Episcopal Church
Yesterday Morning.
Daily Argus, Monday Oct. %.
The sombre pail of gloom rests
upon our city to day. One of our
most prominent citlzens and old
est business men. whom all the
! people loved and who loved his
fellow men, is dead.
Yesterday, shortly after the
hour of noon, in the Episcopal
church, after the regular service
had been concluded, and while
engaged in a congregational
meeting to adjust the rector's
salary for another year, Mr.. B. M.
Privett suddenly expired, without
a moments warning and without
the slightest apparent pain.
Death was instantaneous and was
due to heart failure. His family
we're quickly summoned, from
just across the street, and loving
hands and medical skill made
haste to minister to him, but he
had already passed on the wings
Of hope unto the fruition of Eter-
nal life. and there was nothing
for those who bent over his
PROSTATE form, but to mourn the
loss of husband, father and
friend.
MIR. Prlvett was a native of
Goldsboro and spent all his days
here, save the time of his service
in the Confederate army. After
the war he engaged in the mer
CATTLE business and in all his
dealings with his fellow men he
was without reproach. AS a
churchman he was exemplary, as
a citizen he was public-spirited,
as a friend he was firm and true.
as a man he was generous and
brave; an afectionate husband,
a fond and loving father. He
will be sadly missed in all the
relations of life, and the, aching
void in his OWL home and in the
hearts Of those who We're dear to
him can never be filed.
While his death was sudden
it was not unexpected by him,
nor did the fell sergeant arrest
him unprepared. lie died where
he went every Sunday and at
every service to worship
in the church of. his faith,
from which his funeral, largely
attended and with many forai
offerings, was held this afternoon
at 4 o'clock
Mr.. Privett was So years OF
age AS a member Of Co. H. 1st
NC. Cavalry he was wounded
nigh unto death in the Confede-
rate service and no Drawer sol
der wore the Gray. He was in
the prime Of young manhood
then. One by one his comrades
of that time who survived the
firery ordeal have been passing
over the river as the years
rolled between, and the few
who yeG survive him are grown
old and grey. How sad the
spectacle! How sad the thought
to his old surviving comrades in
arms! How the bright young
faces Of those Of that time who
are gone, come back to them now,
over the vista of all those years!
How splendid and great they
were in their modest, patient
earnest love of country! How
strong they were in their young
manhood, and pure they were in
their faith, and constant they
were to their principles. How
they bore suffering and hardship;
and how their lives were ready
at the call Of duty! What magni-
fcent courage; what %unsullied
patriotism! Suffering they bore,
duty they performed, and
death they faced and met;
all this for the defense OF
the dear old home land; al
WIS III Vic SIOiy anu IOhOI VI
North Carolina. AS they were
faithful unto thee, guard thou
their names and fame, grand old
mother Of US all! If thy sons in
the coming time shall learn the
lesson Of heroism their lives in>
spired and their deeds declared.
then not one drop of blood was
shed in vain. If they emulate
them, and lift yet higher the ban
ner of the old lands honor, Gre
dit and worth, then the agony OF
defeat is healed to those who
survive"
The flag of the Confederacy
hargs at half mast over the arm
DRY of the GoIdsboro Rifles il
honor of the deceased. God bles.
his memory. ''Life's ftful feve-
~over", may he rest well.
To his bereaved widow and ST.
Surviving children the sympath,
of this community goes out in in
expressible tenderness.
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