The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-04-19
GOOD MAN GONE.
rio Rev. Caleb Alexander
Bruce Passes Quietly
Away.


..'.d,uy over several WEEKS puss,d
'.,lv away, at the residence of hiN
a"i 1.lsw. the M-ssrs. Carvell. atsS:30
s ."@sk last evening. The death of Mr..
p.',e,. was not unexpected. rs it WAS
..n,yded some weeks ago that he could
vi last very long. Notwithstanding
lie extreme age and tie wrakeiess
s,'suf,d by u long Illness, his hold on
If was rriaai;kaDly tenacious.
Caleb Alexander Bruce was born in
,s,aursburg. New York, March ID i.
ISIS of Scotch. English parentage. lie
u.s educated for Tire ministry which he
..,,trrpd on attaining his majority.
marrying the same wear. In 1910. Mr..
Rrucr moved To Michigan where he
Iyrd for twelve years. From Michigan
T.. went to Indiana, which state he Aeft
tor Illinois in 1853. Seven years later Ire
came to Arkansas, arriving here during
,nr reconstruction era. Mr.. Bruce's
nrst work IN this state WIS at Jackson
mort. He was also at Batesville for Il
few Years.
He came to Helena just twenty years
aeo. aud has lived here continuously,
.vrr since. Ii Will thus be seen that
Mr.. Bruce has been actively engaged
in the ministry for the last ~ years,
20 OF which were spent with the peo-
me Of TINS section During tins long,
useful aud honorable career, Mr.. Bruce
was The prime moverin the building of
SIX churches, all of which were planned
by him, and had his personal supervis
ION. The last of these churches WAS
completed last year, at Forrest City.
Mr. Bruce had much pride in his
achievements in the ministry of Christ
and there can be no doubt that he was
q 1eapus and intel ligeut servant of
the Master.
For the past several years, Mr.. Brace,
while having his residence here. was in
charge OF the Mariana and Forrest
CITY churches. 1t was in the former
place that he married last year, Miss
Mattle Dancy, who, with three daugh-
trrs and one son by his first marriage,
survive hRu. His last hours were full
of peace and lie experienced in his
death the realization of the prayer
that had passed his lips SO many hun
dreds OF times, VIZ that We be spared
trom sudden death.n Full of years,
aud honDr and usefulness. and sur
anu Vile, lie stleutiy put off mortality
and took on Immortality. Helena
world, 18th.
The funeral of Rev. C. A. Bruce was
held this AFTERNOON, Saturday at ST.
Johns church. at 1.30 O'clock The
church was filled with friends aud
acquantances of the family. MIR. and
Mis-. Walter Gorlnah, aud Messrs.
John Gatllng, Il. L. Tayor and Ed.
LandvOIgt, oil Forrest City, and Mrs.
and Miss Durham, Mrs. McCulloch
Govan and Mir. j. Nj. Daggelt, of
Marianna, came in to attend the
funeral. The pall bearers We're Messrs.
J. Z. Rtmbert, J. b. Pillow, w. H..
Stone. i. .. Ilweatt, M l.. Stephen
sou and J. j. Horror. The choir sang
Rock OF A gees, and The strife is DER,
The battle done" Rev. q. IL. Lock
wood led the service. Beautiful spring
flowers were brought by friends as
mute testimony of their sympathy Tor
ule family. When the services Was
over, nusaber of carriages followed
The hearse To Evergreen Cemetery,
where all that was mortal of the Rev.
- Il bruce was put IN its last resting
pace. Helena World, 18th
Mr.. Bruce was greatly beloved by all
we're Who knew him, aud his demIse
. especially gre2vious TO the churchmen
ana churchwomen with whom lie has
, ~, 80 long and ultimately associated.
W. deeply and SINCERELY sympdthize
Mt'h Tie heneaved relatives, to whom
.ae knowledge OF his great work fog
''H Master must be All ever preseat
Comforter.
A Humorous Fact