The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-11-19
William ChiIdress.

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his home, on Beauregard avenue,
in this city, on last Sunday even
lug, at S;80 o'clock. Mr.. Child
ress had been ailing for some
time and, on Monday afternoon,
of last week, as mentioned in the
issue OF The Press preceding this
one, an operation was performed
as a last resort. The operation
was successful and the wound did
very we'll, but the patients gen.
eral condition was such that the
physicians gave no encourage
ment us to recovery, and between
rallying and sinking spells, con-
ditions gradually grew worse and
the inevitable happened as indi-
Gated.
The funeral took place on Mon
day afternoon, and was in charge
of Tom Green Lodge, No. 46,
Knights of Pythias, of which the
deceased had long been an
honored, loved and respected
member. The large attendance
of the Knights from all the ranks
and conditions of life attested
this, and the very large attend
ance of people generally evil
denced the standing of the de-
ceased in the community in which
he had made his home for over
two decades. The floral offerings
we're very beautiful and came in
large numbers, great quantities
and various appropriate shapes,
a cross in evergreen, surmounted
by white flowers, being among
them.
At the house the services con-
sisted of singing by n choir COM
posed of Mrs. j. w. Hill, Miss
Maud Wells, Geo. Allen and w.
f. Head, who sang, at the house,
est. Jude and Nearer, Ny God,
to Thee" Here, also, Rev. J. d
Scott offered n touching prayer,
after which the casket was taken
up by the pal bearers, NJ. b.
Pulliam, j. a. March, ). w.
Merchant, NJ. i. Mertz, j. Find
later, Jr, j. CT. Murphy,
j. w. Hill, Jas. c. Landon and
borne to the hearse, when the
cortege formed and slowly and
solemnly wendell its way to Fair
mount cemetery. Here, the
casket having been slowly lowered
into the grave, Rev. Francis r..
Starr, rector Of Emmanuel Epis-
copal church and, also, n X. P,
on behalf of the Knights, inn
pressively read the beautiful
Pythian ritual, again evidencing
the reality of the friendship of
Damon and Pythias, and demon
strating the Pythian truism, that,
indeed, Life, death and the vast
forever is one grand, sweet song"
The assembly was then dismissed
by Rev. Starr, the quartette
mentioned having, as part of the
services at the grave, beautifully
rendered Saved by Grace" and
1.-THE earth returned to the dust
as it was and the spirit to God
who gave it. "
Mr.. Childress was one of the
most prominent stockmen i'll the
state of Texas, and, at the time
of his death, manager of the Val
Verde Land and Cattle Company,
at a high salary, commensurate
with his ability, and was a part
owner in the company.
Mr.. Childress was a magnifi-
Gent type of man and most
splendid gentleman-frank, yet
considerate, honest and liberal
exact, but kind and charitable
with n heart within him las big
as all outdoors"
He was a native of Selma, Ala.
and about 81 years Of age. lin
his boyhood he moved to Texas,
with his parents, locating near
San Antonio, and in 1874, married
Miss Mollie Harris, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b. Harris, who
with the following children, sur
wives him: Pleas, Walter, Lee,
Hugh, Eula and Pearl. To
those who have been so very
grievously hereft Of hus-
band, father and kinsman, The
Press joins in tender of sympathy,
Harry Lee, recently of Dallas,
died here yesterday morning OF