The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-18
FUNERALO OF MRS. HOLLADAY
Large C~OncOurse of Friends of the De.
ceased and Her Family in Attend.
ance-Interment at lakewood

ceased and Her Family In Attend.
ance-Interment at lakewood
The Raleigh Post of yesterday says:
1.-The funeral of the late Mrs. Virginia
Boiling Holiday, relict Of ex-Presi-
dent Alex. @. Holiday, of the College
Of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, oc-
CURED last evening at Christ (Episco-
paD church, Rev. DR.. M. M. Marshall,
rector, and pastor of the deceased, Of
floating.
1.-The capacious, historic church was
crowded with mourning relatives,
friends and acquaintance of the de-
ceased, who took occasion to pay their
last sad tribute of respect to one Of
the best and most popular and general
ly beloved women in Raleigh, and the
poignant grief of nearly all those pres
emit, who knew the deceased in life,
was such as is seldom manifested so
largely n sincerely on occasions Of
this kind.
perhaps in all Raleigh, certainly
within the sphere of her general ac-
quaintance, no woman could have
been singled out by the call of the
Master of us all whose death would be
more lamented, and in the passing of
Mrs. Holiday the hand of grief has
been sorely laid upon the hearts of al
most every person whose privilege it
was to know and enjoy and be bene-
fitted by her acquaintance and friend
ship.
CDR. Marshall's remarks, both at the
funeral ceremonies n later in the
| evening Gas referred to elsewhere in
this paper), were affectingly affection
ate and timely, and portrayed the high
esteem in which her spiritual adviser
held the deceased.
""This community and the world suf-
fers a serious loss in h death of such
noble women as Mrs. Virginia Boiling
Holiday.
1.-THE interment was in lakewood, and
the following honorary pallbearers Of
ficiated:
Rev. DR.. Eugene Daniel, Captain S.
A. Ashe, Messrs. Charles B. Root,
| Charles M. Busbee, Hugh Morson, John
T. Pullen, G. H. Belvin, DR.. V. E. Tur-
ner, DR.. James Mckee, Mr.. r. H. Bat
tie and Mr.. j. M. Turner.
MOURNED IN VIRGINIA.
Mrs. Holiday was widely known
state, as the following reference to
her death, taken from the Richmond
Times of yesterday, indicates:
Mrs. Holiday belonged to the dis
tinguished Virginia family of Bollings.
She was a daughter of Mr.. Thomas
BOlllnS, OIL BOILING lSldnU Wnore she
| was born m lived for years.
"'She married Mr.. Alexander @. Hol-
laday, by whom she is survived, who
was, up to a short time ago, president
of the Agricultural college at Raj
eigh, N. G. Mrs. Holiday, since her
marriage, had lived in North Carolina,
Florida and Virginia, Abingdon hav-
ing been her home for some time.
"HShe vas a sister of Mr.. Charlie E.
Rolling Of this citv SllnariUfandaOt of
the waterworks, and Mr.. Thomas
Boiling, Jr. Her children, who sur
vive her, are Messrs. Randolph,
Charles and Willie Holiday, Mrs. Pey-
ton H. Hoge and Mrs. Professor Pick
ell, of North Carolina.
MRS. Holiday was a lady who en-
bodied all the Christian virtues. She
was widely known in Virginia and in
North Carolina, where she lived for
years. The family from which Mrs.
Holiday sprung has long been promi-
nent in Virginia, n the name Of Boil
ing is a synonym for honor in men and
virtue in women The news of her
death occasions deep regret"