Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-08-28
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RESOLUTIONS
OF RESPECT
To the Memory of Judge G. Fl.
Gould, Passed by the Con-
federate Veterans.

Whereas, by dispensation OF All
Wise Providence, our beloved COM
rsde, G.. Ii. Gould, has been taken
from our ranks and promoted to high
or service nearer and under the inn
mediate direction of our Supreme and
Divine Commander, we, his surviving
comrades of John II. Reagan Camp,
No. "A, United Confederate Veterans,
take this method OF expressing in
some measure our love and affection
for our deceased comrade and our
respect and venerstion for bis mem
DRY, and TO that end we adopt the
following resolutions, viz:
1st., AS a man, g. II. Gould stood
and moved in our midst pre- eminent
ly an example of the noblest and most
perfect manhood-mentally, physi-
cally and morally.
End. That in his death this camp
particularly, and the organization at
large of United Confederate Veter-
ans has lost a devoted and honored
member, ever true and loyal to the
great principles for which we stfug-
gled and suffered, and whose courage
and bravery in battle and composure
and moderation in victory, and forth
tude and hopefulness in defeat and
disaster made him a leader and exam
pie to his comrades in arms, and
cheered and encouraged them in the
sunshine and joy of successes, and in
the darkness and gloom of reverses.
3rd. AS citizen, he was patriotic,
law abiding and progressive. Ever in
the forefront with wise counsel and
aid in all measures tending to the pub
lie good, strenuous in support of or
der and right and bitterly opposed to
wrong and lswlessness. he was
pillar of strength in the community.
AS friend and neighbor, he was
true, generous and social, binding all
who came in contact with his irresist-.
able az
during bonds of love and esteem. a.
husband and father, kind, tender and
indulgent, he reigned supreme in the
love and affections of wife and child.
rem, and his home and family circle
was Garden of Eden, the center of
earthly happiness and contentment.
4th. The death of such man is
loss not alone to his family and rela-
tives but to the country aud commuu-
ity in which he lived, and brings sor-
row and regret to the hearts OF all
And this camp, of which he was an
honored and loved member, collect
lively and individually join in thagen-
eral sorrow and sadness caused by his
death, and mingle our tears with those
of his grief stricken family snd rela-
tives.
9Th. We extend to the bereaved
wife and children and sorrowiug rela-
tives of deceased our tenderest SYM
pathy and coincidence and feel conf |
dent that among the last words spok-
en- by the loved dead, evidencing his
firm faith and christian confidence,
Sc II the Lord wants me now I am
ready to CO." will comfort their hearts
and change hope to certainty Of a
blissful reunion yond the grave.
9Th. That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes Of the camp,
a copy be presented to the family of
deceased, and the daily and weekly
press OF the city be furnished with
copies. THOMAS DANIELS, /
JOHN j. WORD,
T. b GREENWOOD,
s. 2. ALLEN,
Committee.
A true copy from the records.
S.P. ALLEN, Commander.
A. N. DEXTER, Adjutant.
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