The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-05
JACK WRIGHT BURIED l
POPULAR ENaIazxR sUocuMBs
 TO HIS TRIBUTARIES.
Death Game Sunday Morning and Funeral Yesterday Afternoon
 Was Attended by Great
 Throng of Railroad .

Men.
 Impressive were the services at the funeral of Jack Wright. the locomotive engineer who, in the wreck at Castleberry three weeks ago received wounds which at SEQ o'clock Sunday morning proved fatal.
 Few larger funerals have ever been seen in Montgomery. All classes attend ed the services and the floral designs were numerous and beautiful.
 The Central Presbyterian Church, Of which Mr. Wright was member. was taxed to its capacity yesterday after noon and at the conclusion of the remarks of Rev. Neal L. Anderson. the eyes of sSs Wsr. ',Sensssd wes nd sSme sn " 1.pt s outright Mr. Anderson spoke on the character of the deceased and his relations with employer. his family. his friends, and his age in standing to his throttle at the Castleberry disaster and saving the lives of the passengers.
 The services at oakwood Cemetery were conducted py J. ., Comer ca .ne The service under the circumstances was peculiarly inspiring. During the reading of the services the big hearted old en- gineer broke down and wept bitterly for Practically every Montgomery engineer and railroad man not on the road yester day attended the funeral. Beautiful floral designs were sent by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, The Brotherhood of Railway Conductors and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of En- gineers.
 The active pail bearers were engineers and the honorary pallbearers were con- ductors. They were. active: c. c. Devin- ney, M. F. Hulet, J. c. Commer, Frank Crenshaw, H. J. McGrade. Jeff Hudson and Ben J. Clements, Monorary: J. c; Elliott. J. H. Mccall, Phil McRae and
 The wreck at CastIeberry three weeks ago in which MT. Wright was fatally in- jured and Mail Clerk Donovan and a | membered. MT. Wright was brought to Montgomery the day of the wreck and | taken to a hospital, where an operation | was performed. His condition for some time seemed to be improving. but later a change was noticed and his friends feared the worst. Sunday morning at s:20 o'clock | he breathed his last. The wounds which proved fatal to Mir. Wright were on the | head and body.
 | MT. Wright was born in Macon County, | Tenn, Jan. 19, 1859. His father died when | he was 2-years old and the success he attained in maturer years was due chiefly | to his own efforts.
 When only young boy he went to work for the Louisville and Nashville | Railroad, and with the exception of one year when he was connected with the | Chesapeake and Ohio road in Virginia. and three years spent with the East Ten nessee running between Chattanooga and Atlanta, Mir. Wright had been with the railroad company with which he began his carer, and in whose service he met his death.
 No employe of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad enjoyed a clearer record l with his employers. or greater degree l of popularity with his associates, than did Jack Wright, and he in turn was | 1nuo fn hf fri n n v for whom he worked.
 Mir. Wright came from Birmingham to | Montgomery. If he had lived till next October his stay in this city would have been heightened to ten years.
 He was married at Rome, Ga, Septem- ber 14. 1887 to Miss Ladye Whitehead. His wife and four children-three sons and a daughter survive him.
 MT. Wright had been a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for eighteen years, and belonged to the local division, No. 495 at the time of hts death. He was Royal Arch Mason. but had never transferred his membership from Atlanta to the local lodge. He was also l a member of Maple Camp, Woodmen of the World at Mobile.
 MT. %Tright~w a member of the Gen. trai Presbyterian Church. which he joined four years ago.
 Watt Jewell Dead.
 Watt Jewel, a popular railroad engineer | died Sunday afternoon at o'clock at a Montgomery hospital after short ill., ness. His remains are at the home of his brother, Richard Jewell, on the cor ner of Clay and Whitman Streets and the funeral will take place this morning.
 Mir. Jewell was born at Hayneville. forty-seven years ago. He was the son of J. T. Jewell, who moved to Mont gomery in 1869. At an early age he went into the railroad business and for a number of years had been one of the most popular and efficient engineers in Montgomery. For some time he was connected with the Louisville and Nash 1 vile railroad, but later had been driving one of the engines of the Atlantic Coast | Line.
 MT. Jewell was prominent as a sports l man in Montgomery, being a director in the Montgomery Shooting Club and hav- ing a fine record as a marksman. He l was also a member of the Brotherhood | of Locomotive Engineers and was popular | with the men of his profession.
 He never married and leaves no family with the exception of his brother, Richard Jewell.
 The funeral will take place this morn- ing at 10 o'clock from the residence of Richard Jewell, Rev. Charles A. Stalkely, D. D., of the First Baptist Church viii oficiate.