Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-10-27
JuDGE WM. G.. RAMsEY's DEATH.

JUDGE Nm. u. RAMSEYs DEATH
Last week County Judge William
Goodpaster Ramsey y&ttended the
annual meeting OF the Kentucky
Masonic Grand Lodge at Louisville
at which his father, John a. Ram
sey, of this town, was promoted
from the Office of Senior Grand
Warden to that of Deputy Grand
Master, the second highest position
in the Grand Lodge. Judge Ram
sey preceded his father home, driv-
ing over Thursday evening from Mt
Sterling. lie ate supper that night
at the Owings House. He is said
to have remarked to different ones
that he was suffering from neural
gic pains, and secured u small dose
of morphine from his physician to
alleviate his suffering. Towards
nine o'clock he made a special and
urgent request of his kinsman and
friend Oscar B. Brother to go to his
room at his fathers residence and
stay with him that night, as he
was feeling very unwell. 1t is said
that he was particularly suscepti-
bic to the influence of opiates and
could ordinarily scarcely bear the
effects. At his room he became
rather excessively jocular and
sportive. He and Mr.. Brother re-
tired about nine o'clock. Almost
instantly Judge Ramsey began
breathing stertorously, at which
Mr.. Brother demonstrated, taking
it to be an exhibition of playful
ness and banter. Mr.. Brother fin
ally discovered that the snoring
was not assumed and, failing TO
arouse Judge Ramsey, went for
physician. Other physicians and
friends were called and the utmost
done to save his life, but without
avail. He expired about one O'Clock
in the morning of last Friday. His
regular physician ascrIbes his de
cease to an apoplectic attack. The
father arrived while the Judge was
still alive, but had no knowledge of
his sons condition until he reached
the house.
Funeral services were held at the
residence of b. NJ. Goodpaster about
2 o'clock p. m. Saturday, Elder II.
S. Tinsley conducting them. The
Masonic L. !ge then took charge of
the burial, conducting it according
to the rites of that order at the
Owingsville Cemetery. Although
the day was very rainy and
gloomy one the funeral was attend
ed by II very large number of peo-
pie, many coming from a distance
and from throughout the county.
The floral tributes were as numer-
ous md beautiful as ever seen here.
Drsehs ana dozens of kilograms of
csadyier,c rme TO the sorrowing
father from friends throughout the
State and perhaps elsewhere.
Being a grandson of Levi Good
psster and great grandson of
John w. Barnes. two of the most
prominent citizens of Owingsville
in a former day, Judge W. G. RAM
sey was a blood relative of more
people of the town than perhaps
any other resident, and had a mul-
titude of kinsmen throughout the
county and in other parts of the
State. In addition he had many
warm personal friends, being re-
>mgrkably popular both socially and
politically; SO much so that when
he offered for the Democratic
County Judicial nomination no one
opposed him, although the nomina-
fion lie usually strongly contested
for. To avoid repetition the reader
is referred to the Masonic and Bath
Comfy Bar resolutions and the
correspondence of Tue OUTLOOK
for the brief history of his life and
expressions of the regard in which
be was held by the people.
X. of P. REsoLUTioNs.-To the
Chancellor Commander, Officers and
Members of Owingsville Lodge, No.
81, X. of P.'s.
We your committee appointed to
draft resolutions on the death of
our late brother VIM. G. Ramsey
would report as follows, towit:-
Resolved, That in the death of
Brother VIM. g. Ramsey this lodge
has lost true and kind Knight; one
faithful to every duty assigned him I;
whose life was the personification of
feharity; a constant inspiration to
others to work and win whose every
act pronounced him the unselfish
friend of humanity; whose every
thought was to help others to help
themselves.
Full many a year will come and go
ere this lodge and Bath county have
another more lofty and commanding
figure.
Those who knew him intimately
and well were fortunate. There clus-
tered about his personality that was
at times seemingly severe, though i'm
fact ever calm, patient, strong-frm,
gentle and genial.
That, Whereas, it has pleased the
Ruler of the Universe to call our
brother from his earthly labors while
in the prime of early manhood We
mourn his loss, but we say with one
voice: The will of God be done.
Resolved, That these resolutions
be published In the county papers
and a cooy given to the father of the
deceased.
I'D. MCINTyRE,
&C. HAzELRIGG, Committee.
s. g. ALEXANDER,
I Masonic REsoLUrIoNs.-Resolu-