The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-05
MAYOR M'cLELLAND,s FUNERAL,
The Services Were Attended by Large
Congregation Yesterday.

Notwithstanding the rain pouring down
i'll torrents, the largest crowd that ever
turned out to attend Il funeral in Roanoke
was out to pay homage To one who was
one of the foremost citizens of Roanoke.
The active pail. bearers were the deacons
of the First Presbyterian Church, of
which Mayor McClelland was member,
and consisted OF George w. Ammen II.
G.. Hanson, NJ G. Thomas, DR.. Il. w.
Crozier. W. Il. Heath, Dr. SIS. Guerrant,
j. w. Shields, c. b. Bell, w. S. WEIGH.
L. p. Buford, Charles Il. Strother, r. ID.
Caldwell and ID. X Ammen.
The honorary pail bearers were Drs Jo-
seph A. Gale, II. w. Fry, Mayors w. X.
Andrews of Roanoke; and w. Il. Your
ger, of Salem, ex-NIayors Cooke, Evans.
Trout, and Jones, Elders Brown, Yates
and Thomas, and Trustee w. u. Dupuy
of the First Presbyterian Church, Judge
Woods, of the hustings court, and Judge
Dupuy, of the circuit court; X. a. Buck.
ner and II. d. Guy, of the Roanoke City
Council; j. G.. Langhorne and II. r.
Boone, of Salem; =. L. Terry and Col
Thomas Lewis, of Watts Camp; Col. r.
II. Logan and Sergeant j. b. Frier, of the
Hupp- Deyerle Camp of Salem, and Chief
of Police II. n. Dyer.
In the church seats were reserved for
the pall-bearers, both active and honora-
ry, the members of the family, the City
Council, the city officials and council of
Salem. the police force and Roanoke Light
Infantry.
The procession upon leaving the resi-
dencc at DO Salem avenue, was formed in
the following order Light infantry in
tours ut right shoulder, Captain Hatcher,
commanding; the hearse II detachment
of Machine Works Guards with sdearms,
under command of Captain Taylor; car
riages conveying the active and honorary
| pall-bearers Watts Camp of Confederate
| Veterans i'll command of Lieutenant-
Colonel G.. c. Talaferro: police in charge
OF Sergeant Manuel.
In honor of the dead mayor, ali the
| public schools of the city suspended, alsc
| the National Business College and Allie
| ghany Institute. The students of the lat
ter attended the funeral in body Bus
| mess houses were generally closed in Or
der that all might pay their last sad re-
| spects to his many virtues and memory.
| The pulpit and the columns on either
side were lraped, while to the right of the
pulpit was II superb floral pillar composed
| of Marechal Mel roses, white chrysanthc-
NUNS and volets, Il tribute from the City
Council The coffin also was covered
with iiowers, the rcmembrances Of friends
and as it rested in front of the pulpit the
| colors of Watts Camp, heavily draped
| were furlcd over it,
| Nearly all the ministers OF the city were
| in attendance and II Number of them par
ticipated in the ceremonies. Rev. Ira w
kimmcl, of the Fourth Avenue Christian
| Church, read the 10th Psalm. REV. Dr.
Broughton, of Calvary Church, then read
hymn No 1913, GLOW blessed the Righ-
teous When He Dies which was sung
by the choir and audience Rev. X. NJ
| Patton N { 'Iricf ('I,,rcI, n
of the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthi-
ans. Rev. Dr. Carson of Greene. Memo
rial NJ. L. Church, delivered n powerful
prayer applicable to the occasion and Mrs.
Dr. IL. II. Jones sang Nearer Ny Fathers
| Home.''
Rev. DR.. Campbell then spoke III Il very
feeling manner of the life and character of
the deceased mayor. lie pathctically allu-
dcd to his last talk with Mayor McClel-
land on Monday morning who but IL short
time later was stricken down to uncon-
seriousness and death. DR.. Campbell gave
sort sketch of his life, speaking rs fol-
| lows:
Mr. McCleland was born in ireland
OF parents raised among the Gather of
| Scotland. Coming to this country when
Is years OF age he drifted to Ohio where
he taught school, and then probably his
innate love of the mountains brought
| hun to Virginia, where he became thor
ouShiy identified with his adopted coun-
try and i'll sympathy with its people. He
was Il good man: not merely negatively
| good but his goodness was positive; he
was good i'll all the relations of life: quiet
ana unassuming, honorable, honest and
true. y useful man: he never sought Il
place OF prominence, yet he never settled
anywhere but that he was sought bv
| nt t,-.,,
vices. He fitted the place OF mayor, to
which he was so recently elected, and it
lifted him No man felt moIc clearly the
responsibilities of his Office He had his
plans for the future, but he wished to see
what powers he had before he carried
them out. For many years he was dea-
| con III theSalem church and when he moved
mere he was soon elected to similar
position. He was offered the Office of
elder, but declined because he thought he
could be more useful in his place as dea-
con- He was Il Christian before he was
anything else, and this is what made him
strong III all the trying experiences of
| life''
The services were then concluded ny IA
| prayer from Rev. l.. G.. NJ Miller, of St
Mark S Lutheran Church, and the singing
OF hymn 1859, ~ Would Not Live AL
ways. THE procession then moved
slowly out of the church and began the
| journey to Salem. \ line of carriages
containing the immediate family of the
| deceased, his pastor, IL number of imme-
ulate friends and IL few of the pail bearers
followed the hearse ON the sad journey.
| The remainder of the procession went
TO salem on the street cars, two of which
were draped i'll mourning especially for
the occasion.
FOR SAIE-Good family horse and
buggy Il. *. RICE,
426 Church \ veuuc "