The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-19
THEY REST SIDE BY SIDE.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. REID
AND MAI. +. w. REID.

Solemn Scene mt the Independent
Presbyterian Church and I'm Bona
venture Cemetery-TwO Clergy
men OfHciated, But the One Service
Was for Both Mother and Son.
Hundreds of Friends Present.
Graves Buried Under the Exquisite
Floral Designs From Here and
other Cities.
There are two new graves in Bonaven-
ture Cemetery. Each is concealed from
sight by wealth Of beautiful floral de-
signs and fragrant cut blossoms. On one
is a sheath of wheat, symbolic Of the close
of a well-spent life, after many years of
Christian service, of the ripened harvest
garnered in. On the other is a wreath of
laurel, from the center of which rises
battlehag of the Confederacy. 1t tells
of the valor of him who sleeps beneath.
Side by side they-srest. mother and son,
together in death as in the long roll of
years in life they had been inseparable.
Hundreds of friends followed the re-
mains of Mrs. Ruth Erwin Reid and Mai
Francis Welman Reid to their graves.
Many others paid the last tribute of re-
spect to their momery at the Independent
Presbyterian Church. where the services
We're held yesterday afternoon. Seldom
has there been a scene of more solerhnity
than whom the two collins were borne
along the center aisle of the catafalques
before the pulpit, while the notes of
dirge filed the building.
The pall-beerers for Mrs. Reid were Mr..
Henry c. Cunningham, Mr. James L.
Rankin, Mr.. W. L. Wakelee, Mr. c. G.
Anderson, Mr.. James H. Johnston and
Mr.. C. r. Woods, while those for Maj
Reid were Mr.. Herman Weber Mr. L. G.
Young, Mr.. J. K. Clarke, Mr. Thomas
Bertody, Mr.. H. NJ. Branch and Mr.. T. N.
Theus
Dr. James Y. Fair preceded the bodies.
reading the burial service of the church
in Scotland. After the collins had been
placed in position the choir, composed Of
Mrs. NJ Fl. Finnie, Mrs. George williams,
Mr.. R. Cuyler Gordon and Mr.. George
Beckett. with Miss Florence Colding as
organlst, sang Jesus, Lover of My Soul"
Rev. DR.. S. L. Morris of Macon, who is
temporarily filling the pulpit during DIR.
Fairs vacation, read the first scripture
lessons, including many of the we'll known
passages appropriate to such an occasion.
Mrs. Finnie sang Moment by Moment"
and DR. Fair read the fifteenth chapter of
Corinthians
Then followed a prayer by Dr. Fair. full
of tenderness and compassion. In 'conclud-
ing he said There begins to dawn upon
us light, a comfort, a hope. 1t seems
no longer strange. We see the touch of the
Fathers hand, the work of his infinite love,
in this, that they who loved each other so
much in life were not separated In their
death; that as they came together side by
side to their church to worship, so hand
in hand they have entered together into
the presence of the glory of their Lord,
their voices blending together in praise be-
fore the throne"
There was a tender supplication for those
who were bowed in sorrow, for their sup
port and resignation, and for sweetness in
the hour of double affliction by the COM
forung sense of the presence of a loving
Master. He prayed that the scene might
be impressed upon all with its lessons of
the uncertainties of life, of how quickly
we may be called. Let it lead US to press
more closely to each other, TO love and
sympathize with each other, to make the
world brighter and sweeter to each other,
that we may live worthily, honorably, do
ing the good that lies to our hands, fol-
lowing steadfastly in the footsteps of
Christ"
AS the choir sang Asleep in Jesus,
Blessed Sleep" the bodies were borne
from the church to the hearse, DR.. Fair
preceding that of Mai Reid. which was
wrapped in a Confederate flag. DR.. Morris
went before the coffin of Mrs. Reid. At
the cemetery there was the usual com
initial service of the church, brief but beau
tiful in its simplicity. Both collins were
lowered into the graves, which are two or
three feet apart. and the two clergymen
united in the well-known words that con-
signed the bodies back to the dust After
prayer by DR.. Fair the bugler of the Con-
federate Veterans Association, which was
largely represented, sounded taps, the Con-
federate flag was drawn from the grave
and DIR. Morris pronounced the benedio-
ton.
The Cotton Exchange was closed during
the funeral in respect 10 the memory of
Maj. Reid.