Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
Mics Mildred c. Lee Buried In
Lexington Friday

| Impressive funeral services were
held last Friday morning at IL
o'clock at r. 4. Lee Memorial
Episcopal church over the remains
of Miss Mildred G. Lee, whose
death occurred Monday night,
March 9th, at the home of Mrs.
William Preston johnson in New
Orleans. The rector of the
church, Rev. DR.. Robert j. Nc.
Bryde, otiiciated. The sacred build
ing was thronged with sympathez-
ing friends and relatives. EUR
rounding the casket in the chancel
was the greatest profusion of
floral offerings, many of them of
magnificent designs-crosses OF
lilies and wreathes Of roses and
evergreens--sen as tributes from
loving hearts throughout the
South, Confederate organizations,
Daughters of the Confederacy and
individuals.
At the conclusion OF the services
in the church the funeral cortege |
passed through the beautiful Uni
versity campus to the Lee mauso-
leum, beneath which in a crypt |
the body was placed beside the re-
mains of father, mother and one
sister, Miss Agnes Lee. Committal
services were conducted at the
vault by DR.. McBryde. Eight
young men of the University,
Students Bagley, Brown, Desha,
English, Pipes, Sion, Stone and
White, served as pail bearers. The
battalion of cadets of the Vir-
ginia Military institute led the
cortege and stood in salute as the
procession passed by. The stu
dents of the University preceded
the hearse bearing the floral offer
ings. Following came the family
and friends, then Major William
A. Anderson, encouragement of
Virginia, who escorted Colonel
VIM. E. Mickle of New Orleans,
adjutant-general of the United
Confederate Veterans faculties of
Washington and Lee and Virginia
/ Military Institute, students, Con-
federate organizations of Lexing-
ton and citizens Of town and
county.
Among the donors to send
beautiful floral tributes were the
following: Mary Custus Lee
Chapter Daughters OF the Con-
federacy, the Harry Lee Boat Club
of the Washington and Lee Uni
vsrsity, DIR. Jamas A. Quarles and
Miss ANNE R. White, all of Lex
ington; Old Dominion Chapter
United Daughters of the Confeder-
lacy, Garland-Rodes Camp Con-
federate Veterans, Lynchburg,
Va; Ladies' Hebrew Memorial As
ISOLATION, Confederate Memorial
Seminary Society, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles C. Pinckney, Mre. john
Stuart, Miss Matte Boiling, Miss
z onewinckel and G. W. Peterkin,
Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. Chataud
iof Washington, d. g.; Henry
Young of Charleston, S. c.; Wash
ington Artillery Camp Is United
Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Louisiana Division Of Army OF |
Northern Virginia Veterans, La.
dies, Confederate Memorial As
ISOLATION and Mrs. L. G. Richard
son. New Orleans, La; Confederate
Memorial Association, Camp
Lomax United Confederate Vet
Grams, Sophie Bib Chapter United
Daughters Of the Coz federacy, Of
Montgomery, Ala; Governor and |
State officials of Alabama; Dixie
Chapter Alabama Division Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy; General
Orders United Daughters of Con-
federates, Charleston, S. c.; At
lant1 Chapter Daughters of the
Confederacy; Mrs. j. G. Lee, vice
president Confederate Memorial
Association, Montgomery, Ala;
Misses Stewart, Brookneal, Va;
Miss Matte P. Harris, Roanoke,
Va, and others whose cards had
been misplaced in transit.
The relatives present at the fun
eral were Miss Lees brother, Cap
tain Robert E. Lee Of New Kent
county, her sisrer-in.law and |
nephews, Mrs. ", Il, y. Lee and
Colonel Robert =. Lee of Fairfax
county, and pr. G. Boiling Lee of
New York; Judge Penn Lee of
Rocky Mount, Val Mrs, Mildred
Lee Francis OF Norfolk Va, and
number of friends from various
parts Of the State.
The remains reached Lexington
Thursday night at 8:45 O'Clock on
a special train from Lynchburg,
and were met at the depot by the
faculty and students OF Washing |
ton and Lee University, the fac
ulty Of the Virginia Military In.
stitute. delegations from the
Camps of Confederate Veterans,
Daughters Of the Confederacy and
Sons OF the Confederatss, who ed
corted the body to r. K. Lee
Memorial Episcopal church where
it remained until the funeral the
following day.
From New Orleans to Atlanta,
Ca, the remains were escorted by
guard of honor COM posed of the
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