The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-13
Valuable Services to the South
and the Country.
.INTERMENT ON SUNDAY:
HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY
His Relation to Richmond College al an
Important Period Of Its History.
Wise and Prudent Administra- "a.
ton Of Large Educational
Funds-His Service as
Minister to Spain. "


Or. ]. L. NJ. Curry. former minister ia
Spain and one Of the most prominent
educators in the South, died in Asheville.s
n. c., at 112O o'clock last night OF
Brights disease at the residence OF his Is
brother-in-law, Colonel Connolly. DR..
Curry had been critically i'll for the past
two weeks. Mrs Curry arrived from
Philadelphia last week, and was at ttss
bedside Of her husband when his death
occurred. The remains Of DR.. Curry will
Sunday.
In the death Of DR.. Curry there Is lost
to tho South and to the nation one otss
Its most representative and distinguished
men. Throughout the land he was
known and esteemed: In Virginia and.
the South, whom he had served SO faith
fully his name was, and is still. a house,
hold word, which will endure though itssi
bearer is now no more.
Tho life of DR.. Curry is an epltonle oes
public history during many, past years.
TO him it fell, through q long and hIil-
liant career. to serve not only his nativs
section, but the nation at large Fore
the past forty years he had been con
stantly in tho public eye, and the record
of his acts shows to what extent he de-
voted his great talents to the public
veal. One of the last things he did-aa
thing which, in the opinion Of many,
operated to hasten that gradual break
down In health which had during the,
past months been more and more notice.
:able--was to represent his country att
the coronation OF a European king. IS s
Beginning in the early years Of tllas.
last century, tho life of DIR. Curry is
.intertwincd with American history to the
present day. Atthes early age Of twen-
ty-one years he was figuring in the Mex
lcan War. and a little later he entered
politics as State legislator. and then poll
ticlan. From then until a few weeks
before his death he was ceaselessly. un-;S
tlrngly at work. AS Confederate as
educator, as clergyman, as author as
minister for the government abroad, lie
appeared in the same light-always cap
able and earnest. Much he did to place
In her true position in history Ills na-S
tive land. and for this more than for
anything else, perhaps, this native land
Of his looked up to him in reverence,
GREAT PERSONAL LOSS.
10 hundreds of tho citizens Of Ricll-z
mond the death Of Or. Curry will coma
with sense OF personal loss. In no
section OF the land was he better known
or more sincerely beloved. For a pe-5;
liod OF his life he found his residence
In this city, and his work at Richmond
College and elsewhere here and through
out the State has borne fruition,, which
cndures to the present day. In the lat,
ter years when his time was spent most
ly in the National Capital he was still
an occasional visitor. who was always
sure OF u cordial and hearty welcomc
Among the Baptist ministers of Rlcli.5
mond he had some OF his warmest and
closest friends.
Another thing which attached Dr.
Curry to Richmond was the fact that
+ his widow Is a Richmond lady we'll
remembered here. She was q daughter
of Mr.. James Thomas: the wealthy to-
bncconist, and ono Of her sisters is stlll
living here. @
VIGOROUS ALMOST no THE END.
Under such circumstances ais these 1T,
is easily to be imagined that tho peo-
pie Of Richmond join with the nation
at large in mourning the death Of, tho
brilliant minister. A few had for some
time been aware of his real condition,
but among the vast majority his robust
figure, his manly stride and the remark
able ease With which he Wore Ills years y
We're deceptive 10 the eve. Few ren-
llzed that lie lad passed his seventy
nth year. Fewer still realized how In
lic lhtLer months ne was SINKING rapid 3s
~; how to those Immediately around
him It had been evident for some tims
past that he could not long withstand
the encroachment of years. n
Eonce 1t Is with al, additional shock
that the news OF Ills Departure comes.
Widespread grief follows it and through
out tho city to-day many are mour,l-
Ing. i;f 4 6f H 55ss II
HIS LIFE IN BRIEF. n
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry was born
In Lincoln county, Ga, June g. 1876. Tls
removed to Alabama when thirteen years
Of age. graduated lii University or
Georgia IN 1S43 and in tS45 completed His
legal training In the Harvard Law
School. In 1916 he served in the "reyas
Rangers" during tho war with Mexico jl
He was e member OF the Alabama Leg.
islature during several terms and re,Jre,
sented his district IN Congress two terms. "
When Alabama seeded from the Union
IN 1851 he was appointed deputy to lilo
Southern cpnyention,w which met In Mont.
somery, and subsequently represented
his State In the Confederate Congress
He also served in the Confederate army
under General Joseph y, Jonhston IN
1867 he Was elected president OF Howard
College, Ala, and IN 1868 professor ot
English In Richmond College He also
filed the chair of mensal and moral
science in Richmond and lectured on Law
Before coming. TO Virginia he was or
ldalned to tho GOSPEL ministry. but never
accepted tho pastorate OF any chureh