The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-09
OBITUARY.
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Mr.. Jackson 4. Childrey, the WE'LL
known Clerk of the School Board of
Henrtco. died at 6 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, of syphofd-pn oii:a, otter linger-
ing and painful illness of several days.
Mr.. Childrey lived IN Varina District
and was the most highly-respected farm
er in that section Of the county. He
leaves wife and several children, among
them being Mr.. Aubrey Childrey. of the
Richmond Locomotive and Machine
Works, Frank Childrey-. and Miss Nellie
Childrey.
The arrangements for the funeral have
not as yet been made.
Mrs. Hannah j. Drew.
Mrs. Hannah j. Drew, wife of Mr.. L..
G. Drew, died at the Sheltering Arms Hos
pital at 9 o'clock yesterday morning in the
si1ty-seventh year of her age.
Mrs. Drew is survived by her husband
and one son, Mr.. Charles l. Drew. She
was a most estmable lady and her Chris
tan worksswerejm any. She was mems
Der for years of Christ Episcopal church.
The funeral will take place from the res
derce, No. 1908 North Twenty-eightl
Street, at4 o'clock this afternocn.S
Hiss Nlaudc II. Leake.
Miss nIaudes Hatcher Leake, daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Lula e. and the late t. c.
iLcake. Jr.. died yesterday afternoon at ZIG
South Third Street. in the nineteenth year
of her age She had been i'll for several
months Mr.. Douglass Leake is a brother
of Miss Leake.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock from Centenary
Methodist Church. The interment will be
in Hollywood.
Miss eliza u. Van Lev,
Miss Eliza L. Van Lew, daughter of the
hate john N Van Lew. and niece of
Miss Elizabeth L. Van Lew, died at $50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon at the resi-
deisce of her aunt, Miss Van Lew, Twen-
tv-third and Grace Streets. She had been
ill for sometime. but her death will prove
a shock to her many friends.
The funeral arrangements have not, as
yet, been made.
Henry o. Cake.
Mr. Henry o. Cake died at his resi-
dence No. 34O9 East Marshall Street, at
O'Clock yesterday morning. after an III
ness OF some time. He was stone-cutter
by trade and leaves a widow.
The funeral will take place at o'clock
this afternoon. The nterment will
be IN lakewood.
Mrs. Mary Robinson.
The remains of Mrs. Mary Susan Rob
inson, widow of the late Major Thomas
Robinson, of King William county. will
arrive here this afternoon from Wash
ington. Burial will be made in Holly
wood. Friends are invited to meet at
Elba Station at 2:30 p. NJ.
Lucille Allan Morris.
Lucille Allan Morris, youngest daughter
of James r.. and Alice E. Morris, died yes
terday. TIE funeral will take place from
No. S0o3 East Marshall Street, tomorrow
evening at o'clock. Services at the grave.
William c. Curtis.
BOYDTCN, VA, May S.-S2ectal.-Mr.
William c. Curtis an ex-Confederate
officer, died at his home, in this place, last
night about IL O. clock.
MIR. Curtis was about sixty three years
of age. He was paralyzed a few years
since. and has been gradually giving away
ever since. He was lieutenant OF infantry
during the civil war, and lost his left arm
In the service.
After the civil war he secured the posi-
ton of deputy clerk in the clerks office
of Mecklenburg. which position he filed
until he himself was elected clerk He
was a man of iron constitution, and for
many years he wrote all day and often the
greater part of the night, and it is believ-
ed that owing to this fact. of unceasing
work, that he broke down his constitu-
ton and became d confirmed invalid and
paralytic-
Mr.. Curtis was a man of some literary
talent. He published and edited the Neck
lerburg News for many years, and during
the time he published the News he wrote
a series of war stories entitled Recollec-
lions of an ex-Confederate. These stories
We're written in easy and plain style.
and gave interesting well as historic
reading to the subscribers of the News.
Nothing could have exceeded the tender
ness and love with which the faithful
companion of his bosom has admins tered
to his sufferings and nursed him during
Joel +. Taylor.
BALTIMORE, MD, May s.-special.-
Mr. Joel F. Taylor. aged twenty-three
years, a student at the University of Vir-
ginia, died early this morning at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital of hencrrlrage OF the
lungs.
The deceased had been operated on for
an abscess on the liver.
The body will be taken to Appoma ttox,
Va, this evening for burial. A mother
and several brothers survive him.
Col. William Il. Stuart.
TAZEW1DIsL. VA. May Especial
Colonel William R. Stuart, father of the
Hon. j. II. Stuart, Judge of Tazewell
County Court. died this morning at this
place, ait the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Tom Bowen, in his eighty-eighth year.
Mr. Stuart had been very feeble for some
months, and his death was not rnex-
peoted.
.J.E. Wilmington.
LEETOWN, W. VA. May Especial
Mr. James E. Wilmington died Thurs
day at his home, near Leetown, Of con-
sumption.
He was good citizen, neighbor. father
and husband, and faithful member OF
Leetown Baptist Church. He leaves a
widow and three small children.
Mrs j. o. Davis.