Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-29
PROF. WIGHT BURIED.
HIS REMAINS LAID TO REST IN
HOLLYWOOD YESTERDAY.
SEVERAL DEATHS IN RICHMOND.
Mrs. Mary j. strntton, Mr.. John ~
Curry. sr., md Mr.. Patrick mcN"""
., Aiming Those who Join the
Crcnt Mniority-Many Funerals

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reported in the Dispatch arrived he.'
al 2:45 p. NJ. yesterday via the hi0''
mond. Fredericksburg and potomac i"''
road. and were borne Immediately u
HOLLYWOOD for interment. They "eI'
not by a number of the old friends am
family connections Of the weh-hho"i
educator. Rev. DR.. W. II. Wood pastor
Of the Franklin Square PresDyte''ai
church. who had conducted the tuheIa
in Baltimore, accompanied the fanny u
Richmond. He was assisted in the
services al the grave by Rev. Drs. Moses
d. Hoge and John Pollard
The active pall-bearers at the inter
ment were Messrs. Edward c. Wight
John a. Lamb John d. Christian, Samuel
p. Waddnl, Jordan c. Parkinson. Walter
Christian, and Hill Montague. The
honorary pall-bearers were Judge Joseph
Christian, Hon. II. r. Pollard, Judge
George j.. Christian, Judge Edmund Wad-
dill, Jr. Francis j. Duke, and Mr. W.
W. Wight.
The Baltimore Sun, in its account Of
Professor Wights death, says:
Superintendent Wise, who had been an
intimate friend Of Professor Wight
since their school-boy days, said to him
yesterday: He was one of the purest
| souls | ever knew, an ideal of chivalry
and courtesy. / never knew man who had
higher ideals of conduct. and kept 10
| them more consistently. 1t is not strange
! to realize the influence which he Weld
ed over his thousands of students when
his stainless and noble life is considered.
Possessing courage az the right time
he was a most gentle spirit. c0nsiderate,
kind courteous always. There was 4
feminine side 10 his nature which made
him beloved. and yet his genial qualities
and his large fund Of anecdotes made
him delightful companion
DEATH OF MRS. sTRATTON.
Mrs. Mary J. Stratton whose long and
serious Illness had been noticed I'm the
Dispatch. died early yesterday morning
at the home of her son, Or. 7. +. STRAIT
ton. No. an north Seventh street. She
had been in for three months and during
that time she had suffered two strokes
Of paralysis.
Deceased was the widow Of Moseley
L. Stratton. an honored citizen. who
was the first Auditor Of the city. She
was a native Of Chesterfield county. and
was i'm the S5th year of her age. Rich
mond had been her home for sixty years.
Mrs. Stratton had. for a great number
Of years. been a jealous and active men,
Der of the Broad-Street Methodist
church. She leaves two devoted sons
Dr. Stratton and Adjutant j. Taylor
Stratton. Of Leo Camp-to whom the
hearts Of great numbers OF friends go
out in sympathy in their bereavement
The funeral will take place this morn
ing at II o'clock from DR.. STATIONS
residence. and the interment Will be
made I'm shockoe Cemetery beside her
husband and son. Rev. DR.. W. @.
Starr will conduct the services. and the
poll-bearers will be Messrs. Luke Har-
WOW lanes r. Cray. Charles w. Hunter.
Jackson y. Wood ". Il. Freeman. T..
7 osIie Spence. John \. Booker, George
w. Libby.
MIR. JOHN \. CAREY DEAD.
Mr.. John A. Carey at one time
member of Richmond's Fire Department
died at the old Dominion Hospital sun
day afternoon at o'clock, after an Ill
nose ~ several weeks Deceased was
I'm his 5Sth year. lie was born In North
Carolina. but had lived in Richmond for
nv trade. and worked for a long time
with the Watt Pillow Company. Deceased
was attached TO Steamer Company No, 4,
Of the Richmond Fire Department, for
obont fifteen years, leaving the service
about ten years ago.
Mr. Carey married Miss Lucy Davis.
who died about five years ago. He is
survived by three daughters ana two
sons. all OF whom are grown and live in
Richmond. They are Mrs K. L. Gil,
Miss Mamie b. Carey John A., Allie
and Miss Matte Carey. Mr.. Carey was
n member of Virginia Lodge No. 2,
Knights Of Pythias. and Elba Beneficial
Society.
The funeral will take place from his
late residence. No 500 north First street,
at 10 o'clock this morning, and the inter-
ment will be in lakewood.
OVER FOURSCORE AND TEN.
Mr.. Patrick Mcnamara, one of Rich
mond's Oldest Irish citizens. died Sun
dav morning at an early hour at his
residence. No. 625 north Seventeenth
street Deceased was Y years of age.
and had been in failing health for seve-
raj months He was not complaining,
though. on Saturday, but shortly after
reaching his home he FELL with an at
tack of vertigo. He had another attack
later that night. and never rallied, death
resulting shortly after the second attack.
Deceased was a native Of Ireland. He
came TO this country about fifty years
ago, and for more than a quarter Of a
century was employed by the Tanner d
Delaney Company. lie leaves "A widow
and two children-Mr. James Mcnamara
and Mrs Mordecai Page.
The funeral took place from st. Peters
Cathedral yesterday afternoon at 4
O'clock and the interment was i'm Mount
Calvary Cemetery. The pall-bearers
were Messrs William Disney. Simon
Eagan. Thomas BTannan. Patrick Gala
han. Patrick Grace. and John OKeefe.
OTHER DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
The funeral of Mrs. Rosa Rick Gasser.
who died suddenly last Saturday night.
took place at O'clock yesterday afternoon
from ST. Marys (Germam Catholic
church Very Rev. Father Willibald
read the burial service. and the interment
was made in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
The following gentlemen acted as pail
bearers: Messrs Louis Bromm, Frank
Miller, Thomas A. Hulcher. William Zim-
hermann, Louis Euker, Jacob Blending,
William Herbeck and Henry Grimmell.
The funeral of Mrs Mary Peroe. who
died Saturday at her home on Maddox
Hin. took place from Christ Episcopal
church yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
the service being conducted by Rev. Pres
ton Nash The interment was at oak
wood. Mrs. Peroe was a daughter Of
the late Y. =. Blackburn. and Is survived
by her husband. Mr.. Emmett Peroe. and
two sons, Richard and Emmett. Jr.. and
one daughter. Mrs. J. W. Haynes, Jr..
Nho husband was recently killed on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Robertson.