The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-11
OBITUARY.


Mr.. Carolan Fraser Law died at his
home No. 20S Oglethorpe avenue, east.
yesterday morning at AIS O'Clock af-
ter an illness of a few days and one
which until Sunday night was not con-
sidered serious. He became uncon-
scious Monday afternoon at O'Clock
and remained so until he passed
away,
Mr.. Law was the son of Rev. Josiah
Law, a Baptist minister and was born
in Liberty county in Feb 1S47. His
early life he spent on a plantation
near Columbus with his mother and
there he remained until the outbreak
of the Civil War. Though but a very
young man he enlisted in the Con-
federate Army. becoming a private in
Company F, Jaques Battalion, and
with that command saw service near
Macon. at Kings Ridge, around Sa-
vannah and in parts of South Caro-
lima. He was captured. finally, by
Wilson's raiders, at Columbus in 1865
and paroled at Macon about the close
of the war
He returned at once to Column
bus but remained there only a short
time before coming to Savannah which
has since been his home. He was for
long time engaged in the shoe and
clothing business but in 1895 formed
with Mr.. Robert F. Browder the mer-
chandise brokerage firm of Law &
Browder with which as senior partner
he continued until his death.
Mr.. Law had been for very many
years prominent in military and fra
ternal circles. He Joined the Ogle-
thorpe Light Infantry when it was
reorganized shortly after the war and
rose to the post of first lieutenant.
OF the fraternal organizations he was
a member of Zerubbabel Lodge of Ma
sons, Palestine Commandery, Knight
Templars; Alec Temple, Mystic Shrin-
ers; Golden Rule Lodge, Odd Fellows;
Mistletoe Camp, Woodmen of the
World and Pulaski Council, Royal Ar
eanum. In the Commandery and the
Temple he was particularly active and
held several offices at various times.
In the Temple he was illustrlous d.
rector from its formation until his
death.
He was also a member of the Sa-
vannah Benevolent Association, a
member of Lafayette McLaws Camp.
United Confederate Veterans, and a di-
rector of the Peoples Saving and
Loan Company of which the directors
will attend the funeral to-day in a
body. Mr.. Law was widely known for
his genial, sunny disposition, his wide
and liberal charity and all other traits
that endear a man to his fellowmen.
He exemplified in his life the virtues
that are taught by the church and by
the various fraternal orders with which
he was affiliated.
The funeral, which will take place
this Afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, at the In
dependent Presbyterian Church, will
be a notable one not only because of
| the number of people who will at
| tend, but because of the various classes
that will be represented, for he was
| alike the friend of rich and poor.
The services at the church will be
| conducted by its pastor, Rev. j. Y
| Fair. There will be no religious SerV-
ice at the grave in Laurel Grove Gene
terry, but instead, by the express wish
| of Mr.. Law, the Templars' burial serv-
ices will be conducted by Rev. DR.. FAN
as chaplain of the commandery, and
these will be followed by the rites for
the dead according to the customs OF
the Masonic fraternity. These will be
| conducted by DIR. T. p. Warning, wor-
| shipful master of Zerubbabel Lodge.
| The Oglethorpe Light Infantry will
serve as a military escort to the cor
tege, while Palestine Commandery,
| Zerubbabel Lodge, Golden Rule Lodge
and Mistletoe Camp will attend in
| bodies. Other organizations will be
represented by prominent members.
The pail bearers will not be selected
until this morning, but it will be ar
ranged that in this selection each of
the organizations of which Mr.. Law
was a member will be represented.
| OF a family of nine children Mr.. Law
| survived but two immediate relatives,
| two brothers, Mr.. F. w. Law of Dor
chester, who is now in Savannah, and
Mr.. ]. B. Law of Buena Vista. who is
| expected this morning. Mr.. Law win
be laid in a grave beside his mother,
| who died in 1888.