The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
DIED.

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1897, at l O'Clock a. m. after painless
illness of 0 weeks with paralysis,
CHARLES j. HEUCK, aged IS years, .
months and 10 days.
Mr.. IIeuck was born in the Rhine
province of Prussia on May Ii, 1885,
and came to New Orleans with his par
ents when boy. At the age of 21 he
came to Summit, Miss, and from thei @
went to Holmesville, then flourishing
town aud the county site of Pike,
where he worked at the bakers bust
ness under Mr.. Lotterhos, the father
of Mr. III. p. Lotterhos, of Brookhaven.
In 1857, year later, he came to Brook
haven and opened bakery here, from
that time making Brookhaven his
home. In 1861, when the dark clouds
of war arose, he promptly enlisted in
the Lawrence County Rifles, which aft
erward formed part of the immortal
18th Mississippi Regiment, and served
his adopted country with unfaltering
devotion and courage until honorably
discharged at the close of the long and
bloody struggle. Mr. Heuck was in 81
of the principal battles and skirmishes
of the Army of Northern Virginia, and
there was no part of his life that he
contemplated with greater pride and
satisfaction than his record us Con
federate soldier. lie was member of
Sylvester Gwin, No. 235, Confederate
Veterans, and never missed an oppor-
tunity, when possible, of attending the
reunions of his old comrades in arms.
On March l., 1861, he was married at
Fair River to Miss Mary Phillippi, with
whom he lived most happily ever after
ward and who with their four children
Charles, Jr, Mrs. W. p. Hubert, Miss
es Lizzie and Josie Heuck, survive him.
Four other children, all boys, died
when small. Mr.. Heuck was affection
ate and devoted to his family. and.
though the world saw much in him to
honor and admire, it was in the inner
circle of his own family and home that
his chiefest virtues shone, and his
death leaves void there no other can
fill. The only other near relatives he
had in this country were his sister,
Mrs. VIM. Absbagen, of l}rookhaven.
and sister in baltimore who is at the
head of convent of the Sisters of
Notre Dame.
He was an honored member of the
Knights aud Ladies of Honor. the
Knights of Honor, the knights Tenn
plar and of Brookhaven Lodge No. al,
A. f. and A. Masons, and had filled
positions of honor In all of these or
ders. In early life he was a member of
the Catholic church, but gave that up
for Masonry and other secret orders,
where his benevolent Catholic spirit
ever recognized the fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood of man.
Mr.. Heuck will be greatly missed in
Brookhaven as husband, father,
friend, neighbor, citizen and merchant.
He was true man, an honest man,
1.-The noblest work of God" He was
the senior partner of the we'll known
firm of c.. Heuck & Son, dealers in
general merchandise, and had been
continuously in business longer than
any other business man now in this
city. In the cherished memories of
many grown men and women in this
community, who now have children of
their own, his kindly, pleasing face
will ever be associated with their ear
liest recollections of Santa Claus and
Christmas toys.
He was laid to rest in Rose Hill Gem
etery Tuesday evening. The funeral
ceremonies we're in charge of his Ma
sonic brethren and the funeral serv
ices were conducted in most impress
sive manner by Rev. b. f. Jones and
Dr. Applewhite. All business in the
city was temporarily suspended and
the funeral procession was one of the
largest ever seen in Brookhaven.