Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-13
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1t IL seldom that any community
suffers a greater present as well as
prospective loss by the death Of an
individual than this section has In
the death of Mr.. A. O. Southall
which occurred at Blenheim, the
home of Henry Battaile, Esq, his
father. in. law, in Accomack county,
on the 9th day of the present month.
Mr.. Southall's life and death de-
serves more than a mere convention
al notice, such as is usually given by
the press of private individuals when
they pass away.
His life and his example; his man
illness, nobility of character, splendid
intellect and attachments, all coup
led with a temperament or DISPOSE
ton that would have adorned any
walk of life, furnish not only an in
valuable lesson to those young men
who were his immediate associates,
but is brilliantly illustrative also OF
that type of young manhood In Vir-
ginia which is all too scarce and
which everyone. whether young or
old, should earnestly strive to emu
late.
He was the son Of Mr.. W. G. South
all, OF Elkton, Va, and grand son
of Rev. ]. d. Southall, of the Virgin
ia Conference. Born In the year of
1878, in Lynchburg, Virginia, of a
parentage that has long done honor
to our State, he was we'll equipped
both by birth aud heritage for the
high and bright career which opened
so promisingly before him.
At the outbreak OF the Spanish
American war, moved by patriotism
and responsive to sense of duty as
well, he early responded to his coun-
try's call to arms which 80 soon rang
throughout the land after the ill
fated maine" and her gallant crew
went down by the assassin's hand in
Havana's harbor Having served
with honor during that war, imme-
diately after it's close he returned to
his studies at Randolph, Macon Col
lege and was soon graduated with
distinction from that institution. He
came to the Eastern Shore subse-
ouent to his graduation and became
principal of the Pungoteague Acad-
envy, which position he held for two
years. and it was while there that be
made the acquaintance Of Miss Bat
taile, one OF our most gifted and ac-
complished young ladies, who in
October, 1901, became his wife. 10
June, 1901. he accepted the position
of head book-keeper in the main
office of the Eastern Shore of Vir-
GINA Produce Exchange at Onley,
which position he filled until his
fatal illness, and in a manner so as to
elicit the commentator of all the
officials of that organization, endear-
ing himself at the same time to all OF
his immediate associates and patrons
Of the Office.
1t is hardly possible to overesti-
mate the general good to the comu-
uity, and value of the example, as
we'll as services to his county and
State, which would have resulted
from the life Of such man had he
lived, and no man can tell or APP
proximate even how great our loss
has been in his death.
The healthful and beneticent in
huence emanating from a character
sv Iivu IN u1vr oil worth, 80 uumiraDto
in disposition, 80 brilliant in intellect
and SO strong in purpose and princi-
pal, can never be fully known, or
adequately appreciated by the gen
sral public, nor even by those i'm
mediate associates whose characters
and lives were being unconsciously
moulded and directed by the power
and influence of his noble example.
An admirer.
August goth, 1902