The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-24
THOMPS SONS BODY
IS LAID TO REST
Immense Crowd Attends His
Funeral.
LEAVES A LARGE ESTATE
VIII Provide Annuitles for Mother and
Other Members of the Family.
Amounts to Proba-
bly, 100000.
LEAVES A LARGE ESTATE

Tuskegee, March Especial )-Follow-
ed by a large concourse of sorrowing
friends the mortal remains of Congress-
man Charles w. Thompson were this af-
ternoon carried to the city of the dead
and deposited In their long home, beside
the grave of his wife, who died ten years
before her husband, almost to the hour.
The body arrived in Tuskegee on a
special train a few minutes after 9
o'clock last night accompanied by an
honorary escort of twenty members of
congress and fifteen citizens of Tuskegee,
who met the Washington party in Allan
Ia. The remains were taken in charge by
the Knights Of Pythias and conveyed to
the residence of the deceased where they
were viewed by members of the family
During the forenoon the body was re-
moved to the home Of Colonel Thompson's
mother on Main street, where 1t remained
until $3.50 o'clock, when 1t was conveyed
to the Methodist church. The service was
opened with prayer by DR.. Louis An
drews of Selma. The Rev. Henry Ira
wick, former pastor of the church at
formerly chaplain of the senate, and the
Rev. T. Y. Abernethy, presiding elder of
Prattville district, delivered addresses.
Miss Estella DeLano of the Alabama
Conference Female college, sang Some
Time, Well Understand"
Church Was Crowded.
The church was crowded to it's utmost
capacity and a large number of people
had to be turned away at the doors The
services were concluded at the cemetery
by the Rev. ]. p. Hamilton. The floral
offerings were beautiful and profuse
Colonel Thompsons will was opened to-
day, after providing for the payment of all
outstanding debts it gives to his mother.
Mrs. w. 2. Thompson, an annuity of
eighteen hundred dollars; to each of his
two brothers, W. w. Thompson and ].
o. Thompson and to his sisters, Mrs. Sal
lie May Steagall of Ozark, $1,000 each; to
his widowed sister, Mrs Maggie WASH
burn, he gives $25 a month so long as she
remains unmarried.
The brothers, Windield, John Henry
and Cleveland are also provided for. The
residue is to be divided between the two
sons, Ernest w Thompson and Charles
w. Thompson, Jr., as soon as they become
OF age. The estate will probably amount
to $25O000 or 100000 Colonel Thompson s
life was insured to the amount of about
$4,000. AS executors of the estate are
named w. w. Thompson ]. o. Thompson,
DR.. w. j. Gautier, A H. Drakeford and
Dr. John Massey.
The list of honorary pall-bearers is as
follows: Senator F. S. Moody, John T.
Hefln, Werth Stephenson, DR.. F. NJ.
Peterson, Joseph e. johnson, Warren S.
Reese, Price Rainier, r. r. Poole w.
M. Lackey, Felix Smith, Mr.. Davis, Col.
r. F. Lyon, w. e. Holliway. I. w. Hill,
Senator Pettus, Senator McLaurin, Sena-
tor Culberson, Senator Overman, Con-
gresham Clayton, Congressman Wiley,
Congressman Padgett Congressman Lit
tlefeld, Congressman Darrogh, congress-
man Williams, Congressman Patterson,
Congressman Houston, Congressman
Rainey, Congressman Brown, Congress-
man Scarborough, Congressman Gains.