The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-29
c. S. CONNERAT DEAD
srcCUMBED TO LONG ILLNESS AT
VAUDEVILLE.
WAS IN SEARCH OF HEALTH
WHEN THE GRIM REAPER sTILLED
HIS SPIRIT.

ais Death Not Unexpected by Close
uricnds, But to the Most of His
.couaintances a Shock, as Well as
profound Grief-His Serious Ill
ess Not Generally Understood.
u,d Been in WaynesviIIe for Two
wonths - Prominently Identified
with Business, FraternaI and Re-
,i.,ious Institutions of Savannah.
Mr.. Clarence s. Connerat, one of the
b.s+ known and most universally pop
riar men in Savannah. died at Waynes
Vile N. c., yesterday morning.
Among those closest to Mr.. Connerat
Vic death had been expected, but to
,be wider circle of his less intimate
frisnds and acquaintances it brought
a shock almost as great as the grief
it produced.
Mr.. Connerat had been in Waynes-
willie about two months, having
sought the high attitudes of North
Carolina in the hope of regaining his
health. For a year he had been suf-
forina from an affection of the throat,
and this had been complicated in time
nv other and not less serious and dis
+ressing maladies. He saw himself
that he was not gaining strength, but
shared the hope of his physicians and
family that health and strength would
come to him if he got away from the
coast.
For weeks his health gravitated be-
hot
hope of recovery to others that SEEM
cd to promise his almost immediate
dissolution, but for the past few days
il has been better than it has been for
months. He had looked forward cheer
fully to the possibility of his return
home in the course of the next few
DAYS and this fond hope Mrs. Connerat,
who was with him, and the members
Of his family in Savannah, who had
received the encouraging advices by
letter, shared. He will come sooner
than ne or they expected and in
fashion to bring the tears to the eyes
of his friends.
At $50 o'clock Mr.. Connerat had one
of the seizures by which he has re-
Gently been afflicted and in a few mo-
ments, before medical aid or other ex-
pert assistance could be summoned, he
was dead.
The body, accompanied by Mrs. Con-
nerat, left Waynesville yesterday af-
ternoon and will reach the city this
morning. The funeral will be held to-
morrow afternoon, probably from st.
Johns Church. Upon it's arrival in the
city the body will be removed to the
family residence on Barnard and Ma
con streets, where Mr.. Connerat had
lived for many years.
In his early youth Immediately upon
his return from school, Mr.. Connerat
entered the employ of the firm of
Richardson & Barnard. with which
firm and its successor, Barnard & Co.
he remained until the dissolution of
the latter last May. At the time of the
dissolution he was a member of the
firm, then consisting of Mr.. J. NJ. Bar
nard and himself. He was a member
also Of the Savannah Cotton Elk
change, and the flag of that institution
was flown at half-mast yesterday in
respect to his death.
For long term of years Mr.. Con-
nerat had been supreme secretary of
the Royal Arcanum, and grand sec
rotary for the state of Georgia, He
OF years had been secretary of Ter
unbabel Lodge of Masons and was
charter member of the Savannah
Lodge of Elks. He was one of the
organizers of the Chatham Real Es-
tate and Improvement Company and
an original director, holding this office
at tht time of his death.
Owing to the death of Mr.. Connerat
the st. Johns Church Sunday-school
FESTIVAL, which was to have taken place
TINS evening, has been postponed. Mr.
Connerat was superintendent of the
school for twenty years or more, and
vas succeeded by his son, Mr.-C. S.
Connerat, Jr. The postponement was
made by Mr.. W. deBruyn Hops, the
assistant superintendent
Mr.. Connerat was the senior YES
tryman of St. John Episcopal Church,
and until his health failed, one of the
most active members in the congrega-
ton.
Mr.. Connerat leaves a wife and three
children, Mrs. o. Clifton Drew of
houston, Tex, Mr.. c. S. Connerat.
Jr., Master Spencer Connerat of Sa-
Vannah. Mrs. Drew and her husband
nave already left Houston for Savan-
nan and will reach the city in the
morning