The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-18

News. at go o, CLOCK. The cause OF. death
was paralysis. Mr.. Burnett was st .>se1-
sick several weeks ago, suffering st !,,1t,
5of paralysis He sank gradually VI ~
the end came. He was sixty-three yea Yeas
of age ,,,41, no
Mr.. Burnett was connected WIN ~.
First National Bank, TINS CITY, LAu -
wears. A sketch of the bank. would DC ai-
most n biography Of him. He was assoc
4 ciated with, ii from its organisation. len
Years after being with the bank he was
elected cashier, That responsible position
he held until the first of tho present year.
Then feeble health had overtaken MN
ami he retired. Mr.. Miller was chosen to
succeed him.
Deceased had an exceedingly large cir
With the First National Bank SO long
Eh,.ourht him in contact with the leading
mem Of the city. He earned and held the
esteem of ALL
Mr.. Burnett was born February z, 1889,
in Chesterfield county, where he spent his
carly years on his fathers farm. AT the
ase of fourteen he went to work as clerk
in Christopher Walthall's lumber yard,
going from there to a better posltion
with a firm on Main Street. After nav
ing saved up a little money he sent him
to join the Confederate army.
He served through the first two years
of the war with Otey Battery, and was
discharged at the end of that time on
account of physical disabilities. during
the rest of the war he was in the treas
ury Department, going from there into
the First National Bank, where the re-
mainder of his life was spent
He filled number of positions with
was appointed cashier, serving the bank
in that capacity until he retired re-
Gently.
While on duty with Otey Battery he
met Miss Mary Caldwell. at Maiden. w.
Va, and she became his wife a year or
two later. She died in the fall OF 1881
and some years later Mr.. Burnett mar
ried Miss Mamie Puryear, Of BrunsW1ck
county. She lived just a little more than
year. Four children by the first wife
survive Iim-Ellis Burnett and Miss Mary
Helen Burnett, of Newport News; Henry
c. Burnett, Jr., of St. Louis, and Charles
r. Burnett, Of this city.
Deceased was q deacon IN the First
Baptist Church, a. Mason. member OF
Dove Lodge, and auditor Of the Foreign
Mission Board, Southern Baptist Con-
vertion.
During the closing years Of his life no
boarded at the Langley. During the
Christmas holidays he went on a visit
to his son in Newport News. There in
the bosom OF the family. tenderly cared
fer. he quietly passed away.
The remains will be brought to Rich
mola via the chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road. The funeral will take place from,
the First Baptist Church at O'Clock this
afternoon, with interment in Hollywood
Cemetery.
The directors of the First National Bank
will attend in body.
Tho following are tho pall-bearcrs:
Actiye-Messrs. e. ]. Bosher, Frank
Montague, T. X Sands, H II. Burnley,
c. NJ. Boswell, A. B. Clarke, w. D. Duke
and A B. Eddins.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Axtell John G. VIII
1iams. L. b. Vaughan, J. c. Joplin, w. ,.
Gill. Dan Mccarthy. Charles H. REiano.
Josiah Ryland, J. Booten Hill, r. +.
Gwathmey. VIM Turpin N. P. Coter, ).
r. Garlick and L. c. Bosher.
Miss ElOise richardson.
Miss Eloise Richardson, daughter OF
Mr., W. u. Richardson, of No 41i North
Tenth Street, this city, died Sunday night
at the Home for the Sick, in banVlile.
Miss Richardson underwent an operation
for appendicitis a few days ago ana dled
from the effects. On Saturday her rela-
tlVeS mere were SulilLloIlSNi ~ 'ASi 49,
side, and at the time of her death her
mother and sisters were present. rs
Miss Richardson was graduate OF
Randolph Macon Woman's College, at
Lynchburg, and since finishing there had
devoted her life to teaching The re-
mains were brought to Richmond last
night. She is survived by her parents
three sister-N1rs. T. y. HARRISON. Mrs
| J. F. White and Miss Elizabeth Richard
ardson-and three brothers-W. F., Jr,
]. A. and S. w. Richardson.
Edward Tearney.
Mr.. Edward Tearney, of Bolivar, father
| of the Rev. Edward NJ. Tearney, formerly
| v,car-general of the diocese of Virginia
| died Sunday morning.
| hlr. Tearney was in the siNtY-fiftt
| year of his age, and had been in il
l,ea:tn for some time at his home neal
IIarper's Ferry. He is survived by
five children-the Rev. Father z. N
Tearney and George Tearney, of Har
per's Ferry; Mi s Virginia Tearney ant
Mrs. Garland Hurst.
mrs. Gray W. Brown.
Following the death of Mr.. Francis J
| Reilly, the transfer agent at the Post
! Office here whose body was carried t.
| BALTIMORE, his Oitt lSii uttS2 'i0o
/ comes the announcement Of the death o
/ his cousin, Mrs. Gary w. Brown, wife O.
/ a former clerk at the jefferson Hotel.
/ Mrs. Brown nursed Mr.. Reilly through
! cut his illness here of pneumonia, ant
| accompanied the remains to Baltimore
/ She went to bed Immediately after thu
/ funeral and died Saturday night Of pneu
| monia. Her funeral took place in Balti
more at 10 o'clock yesterday.
Mir. George D. Bennett.
Intelligence has been received here o
| the death early yesterday morning. II
East st. Louis, of Mr.. George D. Bennett
who was possibly one of the best know
men in Richmond, and in fact, Throughout
the South, where he has been a great ad
mirer of fine horsefesh, and has owne'
some of the fastest horses that Richmont
(! ever saw.
The immediate cause Of his death wa
due to pneumonia, contracted while o,
| his way to that place. Mr.. Bennett. wa
/. the owner of large stable here. ant
t one in Raleigh, and one in Goldsboro
The remains will be .embalmed and sent t
| -Goldsboro for interment