Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-03-30
DEATHS DURING THE WEEK
DIR. J. B. FOX,

"a. pastor of Christ's Lutheran chur,
to who departed this life Tuesday mo
10 Ing at $50 o'clock, after an illness
Dr. only eight days with pneumonia. 7
he funeral tOok place yesterday morui
Ir. from the Lutheran church in the pr
nd enc OF a large and sympathizing co
Y. Egregation, the services being condut
xt ed by Rev. G. A. Freed, of Midi
brook, assisted by other local minister
Or AT h conclusion of the services
the church the remains were escort,
ID to the e. q o. depot and placed aboal
the eastbOnd train with Newberry,
d o., as the point of destination,
which place the dead minister W
~ buried. The body was accumpanie
by the family and a number of th
members of the church, which the d,
e ceased had served SO efficiently as pa
: tor. DR.. Fox was an earnest ministe
4 OF the gospel. Although he had bee
: here only a year he had endeared him
a self to the whole community. He wa
twice married, his first wife being Mis-
Diercks, of Columbia, S. e. His sec
ond wife was Miss Mayes, of Newber
ry, 5. g., and she with one child al,
left to mourn the death of a devoted
husband and father. Below will be
found a brief sketch of the life of the
deceased
He was born in Lincoln county, n
e., June II, 1860, being the son of Rev
Dr. A. j. Fox, a minister OF eminence
In his church. He was a brother OF Dr.
A. C.. Fox, of Waynesboro, DR.. j. F.
Fox, OF Bluefeld, formerly of Basic
City, and DR.. L. A. Fox, of Roanoke
College. AT an early age he evinced
a literary tendency. and received his
first education at North Carolina Col
lege, afterwards attending the Penn
sylvania College, from which he grad
uated in 1880, receiving from his alma
mater the degree of Phi. D., in 1891. He
taught mathematics for two years in
Kings Mountain military academy,
and two years in Prof. w. A. Barriers
school in Charlotte, N. G. Shortly
after entering the ministry he was
called to a pastorate in Greene county,
Tenn In this charge he did not re-
main long, for his ability as a mathe-
matician was recognized and he was
elected to the chair of mathematics in
NeWberry College, South Carolina,
which be filled with marked success
for six years. He was called as pastor
OF a Lutheran congregation in North
Carolina and accepted. During his
ministry of six years the membership
OF the church was doubled and a Sec
ond congregation established. He was
the author of the biography of Rev.
A. j. Fox and a number of articles in
the leading quarterly in his church.
Fox accepted a call to become pas
Of Christ Lutheran church Of this
city in February, 1899, and entered
unpon his duties the follo wing month.
MRS, T. II. ANTRIM.
Mrs. L. III. Antrim died quite sud-
1enly the middle of last week at the
home OF her husband in Waynesboro,
sged 62 years. She had not been seri-
,usly Ill and the announcement CT her
ieath was a severe shock to her family
Ind friends. The funera! took place
IN Thursday of last week from the resi-
ience and the large attendance, togeth
r with the handsome floral offerings,
'ully attested her popularity. Deceas-
I'd was born, reared and spent all her
life in WaynesborO. She Was a daugh-
er of the late VIM. Chapman, who
lved for a number Of years on Null
'erry street in that town. In 1856 she
vas married to Tnos. II. Antrim. Of
his happy union the entire family of
children survive-Mesdames E. P.
Vayland, J.F. Templeton, E. G. Ny /.
RS, T. B. Coiner, and MessrS. Harry
nd Lee Antrim.
The Valley Herald, published in
Vaynesboro, pays the following beau
iful and touching tribute to the de-.
p,
1t may be truly said of Mrs. Antrim /;
hat in her were met and fulfilled all l
be high requirements OF wife, mother. l
riend and neighbor. No woman in t
his community, perhaps. has lead a h
lie OF greater usefulness. Before the .
ncroachment of age began to tell upon d
er Health n Of her strongest char a
cteristlcs was her great zeal and use z
illness in cases of sickness among her .
riends and neighbOrs. And in this
she was no respecter of p%ersons:|
ne high and low, the rich and DOOR.
II alike shared her m~inistrations and d
her succor. AS u friend and j
eighbOr she had few equals: as a
lother she.was devoted to her children, d
no care or trial that touched their t
yes but pierced her heart as we'll. As f
wife she was in the truest sense an +.
elpmeet, and perhaps none will miss ;,
er so much as the husband of her ID
outh, who survives her. AS a Chris q
she was Jealous and faithful In
discharge of every duty, and all
er life a member of the Presbyterian :.
L
Surely. when such a faithful life was I
nded the gates of the eternal city t.
;ood wide ajar and she entered in, r
afe from all earthly care and sorrow,
rest in the bosom of her Father and d
er God. S
ROBERT o. HAINES.
1t is with deep regret that we chron-
lie the death OF Mr.. Robert o. Haines. I
hich sad event occurred in the city b
Roanoke, the adopted home of the [
eceased. on last Saturday, after a brief L
ness with pneumonia. Mr.. Haines a
as a native of Winchester, but the a
reater portion of his life was spent in
lis city. Ia the summer of 1895 his
IN, Charles, secured a lucrative posi-
on in Roanoke and MIR. Haines being U
.vOrably impressed with that CITY, -
Gated there with his family. He was G.
vnara ot 600 Daoa.eod n n f,;4I h