The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-14
FUNERALS.

The funeral of Mrs Carrie L. Davi~
son, wife of Rev. William A. DAWSON
was held yesterday at Pleasant Street
Baptist church, the services being con-
Quoted by Rev. Woodman Bradbury
pastor of the church, Rev. II. ]. White
of Southbridge and Rev. James NJ
Hutchins of Amsterdam, New York,
Rev. Mr.. White, who married the couple
five years ago, was the first to speak,
and alluded to the early life of Mrs.
Dawson and of her fitness for min
listers wife. Rev. Mr. Hutchins de-
livered the eulogy, taking for his theme,
My beloved has gone down into his
garden to gather lilies" and showed
how the life of Mrs. Dawson resem-
bled that of lily in its beauty and USE
I fulnesS. Rev. Mr.. Bradbury made a
few remarks and offered the closing
prayer Rev. Mr.. White pronouncing
the benediction.
There was special singing by the
quartet of Pleasant Street Baptist
church, and besides a number of rela-
tives present there was a delegation
from the First Baptist church of Mont
pelier, VT.
The bearers were Fred E. Bennett
and Fred B. Maynard, cousins of the
deceased, DIR. E. e. Beeman Of Mont
pelier, VT, and Rev. Thomas Dawson
of Colchester, VT. Among the many
beautiful floral tributes was a mound
marked Daughter from Mr.. and Mrs.
M. w. Maynard; pillow marked Wife"
from Rev. William A Dawson; pinks
from Miss Charlotte Maynard; chrys-
anthemums from Mr.. and Mrs. j. &c
Maynard; pink roses from Rev. Mr..
Davison's former Sunday school class;
pinks from G. Barrett and family;
chrysanthemums from Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Turner; basket of roses
from Mrs. DeCamp; roses and ferns
from the ladies of Pleasant Street Bap-
fist church; white pinks from Mr.. and
Mrs. w. b. Lowney; chrysanthemumS
from Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Howe; pinks
from Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E. Bennett;
wreath of roses and ferns from the
First Baptist church of Montpelier, VT;
anchor and cross marked "Our Sister"
from the brothers and sisters of Mr..
Dawson; white roses from Mrs. Emma
Goddard; white pinks from Mrs Mary
Granger; bouquet from Mr.. and Mrs.
j. VIM; floral harp from Messrs. Will
liams and Bridges; pink roses from
Mrs. George Williams; chrysanthe-
NUNS from Misses Spaulding and
Goodacre; chrysanthemums from Mrs.
Nellie Reeves; pink roses from Joseph
P. Cheney. The burial was at Hope
cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Ellen O'Conner
took place yesterday from the resi-
dence of her niece, Mrs. Daniel Maho-
honey, "a Waverly street. Rev. Daniel
F. McGillicuddy celebrated requiem
high mass at st. Stephens church at
o'clock. The services at the grave in
ST. Johns cemetery were conducted by
Rev. James Cavanaugh.. The bearers
were Mark Howeth, Edward H.
o Brien, Michael r. and Andrew NJ
Brown.
The funeral of William F. Carr took
place yesterday from the home Of Inn
mother. So Summer street. Rev. James
P. Tuite celebrated a requiem high
mass at St. Annes church at o'clock,
and also delivered a eulogy. The floral
tributes We're numerous and marked
the esteem in which the young man
was held by his friends and associates.
The bearers were James e. Healey,
Richard J. Quinn, Fred H. Liberty. Mi
chael j. McHugh, jeremiah A. Dun
leavy, and William H. Sweeney, mem-
bers of the Belmont Association. The
burial was in st. Johns cemetery with
services by Rev. ]. P. Tuite.