The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-27
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
Funeral OF colored man Stopped Upon An
nouncement Of Death of His wife.

Nicholas Hulcess, ono Of tho Oldest and
most respected colored citizens Of Rich
mond, died last Sunday afternoon. Ills
death, though he had been in failing
health for some years, was unexpected.
Sunday morning he arose as usual and
appeared to be in his usual good spirits,
but by $50 o'clock in the afternoon he
suffered a relapse. the effects Of which
were fatal.
Arrangements were made for the tuner
al Sunday afternoon and Ions process
sion Of friends, Including many OF his
white employers Of by-gone years, ac-
COMPARED tho remains tc the Ebenezer
Church.
A. part of the RIP. essivc funeral ser
vice had been completed and the beautiful
strains OF the hymn, Eve Shall Meet
Beyond the River had just died on the
air, when a Messenger announced to a
member OF III, family that Martha Ann
Hucless wife, mother. grandmother and
q eat-grardmothcr, had passed awap.
The scene that followed is hard to de-
scribe. Mingled with the heartbroken
sobs OF the twice stricken family were
the tears Of every one In the vast a11-
.ence. Rev. w. II. Stokes, who con-
Quoted the service, announced In falter-
ing tones that tho funeral service could
not be completed on account of tho shock
rece,1 ed by all, and under the guidance
OF Undertaken Pr! Z, the funeral pro-
&C: SIGN passed out in silence.
rlere was not I better known colo. cd
ma1 in Richmond than Uncle" Nick
Eli e1css Before the war lie belonged co
the estate of Mr.. Jeremiah: sTinsley,s and
trained as a. Coaclllnan- In tho pursuit
Of his calling, he was for many years
in the employ of Mr.. Lewis II. FraTser
and Mr.. J. IS. Pace. For many years
he drove hacks on the street for Al
bert Brooks and John Marks, who We're
the pioneers amongst tho co!ored men IN
the livery business. In his last years ne
was in the employ OF Mrs. l)lpner and
at the death of her he continued with
he, son. Mr. Bliley. There is hardly a
man in Richmond who in the last thirty
years has needed a livery team who has
not come in contact with the petite and
ever obliginS "Unclo Nick
Martha Ann Huclcss was equally as
we'll known in her limo as her nus
band. She came of the "ColQuitt" estate
and even though at liberty to leave
them, she never to her dying day ceased
to consider them as her people. ),
The Hucless family is large and well
known, there being eight children, Ma
ncrva. Braxton, Nancy PoindeAtcr, Rich
ard Hucless. Fannie Tinsley, James a.
Hucless, Martha A. Payne, Thomas ..
Hucless and Catherine S. Barlow. Thee
arc sixteen grandchildren and one great
crandchild. John III. BraSton. the col
ored real estate agent, and Rev. Mar
celus &. Hucless. are among the grand
children, while Henry s. Hucless, treas
urer of the Virginia Normal and Col
leglate Institute, at Petersburg, is a
nephew.
1Jncless and his vito will be completed
together this evening at o'clock, at
the Ebenezer Church,. Tho same pail
bearers rs OBLIGATED at the burial OF the
husband will bear the remains or Inc
wife, as icllows: Simon kobertson, WI y,
liam Mason, William FolndeNter' T.. "
King, Thomas Smith. John hemp. ,, bGv-
arlv Boyd. Isaac Crump, r. T. Hill, w.
8. Smith, Sr.