Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-08-30
Death ., Or. W. +. Wright.


DR.. w. f. Wright departed this
lif. at his home here on last Satur-
day morning at an early hour. About
week ago he returned from Florida,
where he was engaged in the con-
struction of railroad. 1t was soon
to be seen that his condition was
critical, and the physicians, despite
their skill, could not withstand the
certain approach of the Dread Mes
senger. The deceased was native
of Habersham county, Georgia, and
was in his 55tb year. About twenty
years ago he moved here from Wal
balla, s. c., and Clayton has been his
ne ever since. He was gentle.
man by nature, and readily estab.
lished himself in the esteem of all
with whom he came in contact. His
high sense of honor, his integrity,
courage, and moral manhood were
the distinguishing traits of his strong
character and compelled the admira-
tion and respect of all classes. He
measured to the full stature of the
excellent citizen in all those duties
that his country required at his
hands, while his private life was
blameless and pure. Charitable,
kind and generous, he made the suf-
fering and the welfare of others his
personal concern, and ''should all of
those for whom he had done some
deed of kindness place a flower OH
his grave he would rest now beneath
wilderness of garlanda." There
are many who can bear witness to
Z his goodness, and they, in common
with all who knew him, feel keenly
the affliction which has been visited
upon them by strange decree of a
stranger Providence.
DR.. Wright was married in 1876
to Miss Mamie James, of Walhalla,
S. c., and she with four children,
S. j. Wright, Mrs. Allen Bradham, of
Manning, S. c., Miss Claud Wright
and Winn Wright, and his brother,
j. II. Wright, Of Washington, d.
c., and his sister, Mrs. A. l.. Martin,
survives him. The home circle is
too sacred to be entered, but it was
there that this mans life shone most
beautifully. He was model hus-
band and father in all that the
word imports. The tender solcitude
and loving care that he always ex.
hibited for his aged mother-in.law
proved him the worthy son. DR..
Wright was a member of Royal
White Hart Lodge, and on Sunday
morning large body of his brother
Masons, by all of whom he was re-
garded with profoundest friendship,
gathered at his residence to pay him
their last sad tribute of respect. Rev.
r. A. Moody read the funeral ritual
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and beautiful service was conducted
at the house. The Masons took
charge of the body and, after prayer
by the minister at the grave, lowered
it to rest with the usual honors.
The death of such a man is no less
than calamity, and the hand of sor.
row falls heavily not alone upon his
grisf stricken family, but upon the
community in which he made his
home and the people among whom
he moved. But, The life of such man
is an example to all who would be
honored and respected by their asso-
ciates, and its record is a never end
ing argument for higher thoughts, for
pnrer deeds, for nobler actions" He
rests in the "quiet city" surrounded
by brothers and father, who preceded
him there some years ago, but he is
not, nor will ever be, forgotten by
- - sse who revered and loved him.
"The Knightliest of Knightly race
has gone to sleep"
Blessed be his memory!