The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-07
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HAD IAN HoNyo|R'E:ID[,' z CAREER I 1: l::l'
WAS Member Of Secession Con- g. u, 4
.vention, Lawyer, Soldier E pa-
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| BoYpToN, Il vi Az, \ January &C Colonel
l5rhomas r. coode. noted Cot, federate Of Is
ficer and widely known PROPRIETOR Of the the.
buffalo Lthia Springs, passed tlt ~ .
O'Clock this morning. surrounded s by ms ms
devoted wife and children and other 4rei a.
ltlves. He has been unco ns e ~ tne
n q dny Or two. . Fl has been growing
moro feeble for the past several months
and whlle everything that loving hands
and human, SIX III could do II was done 70
relieve TIE sufferer he has steadily grown
weaker, day. by day. 'ssi N
| n Colonel q code was nearly eighty years
old I. His death IS q public ca lainlty53tol
Iftt,is section. Vi He was 10y ed ~ nd admired
lSbyy all, N and no man eve had g flr me
hold upon the q ffectiors OF g people than
heI is6; 6f f:ss t 5.{
He was truly the friend Of the poor, and
no no worthy persons was ever turned away
|yempty handed who applied to him for
lihelp Indeed, I 5 uch was his desi to res
ISlieve the sufferings OF his fell w man; !
that lie was . ftcn imp sed Y pom by I'M y!
worthy persona.
M Colonel Goode was the highest type Of
the Christian gen ITan, noble and and gen rem
ferrous In his 8impuise s, open nd mn y IN
|shis dealings with his fellow MI He was
the most friends forsottln
,,S Kindness done him. He was princcly
I'm his generosity. The old II Confederate
soldiers ever objects Of, his tenderest So,
N Fl has given the old $nnd dis.
| inbled soldiers OF Afocklenburg man Y thou
sand dollarsein pensions, and In many o til
er ways he has folped them.
fE Colonel x Goode has u been d u pr eminent
Figure IN he a fairs kofs N State for forty
years. He served cor spicuous " II n the
secession convention In 1881 n and the peo-s
pie Of M ecllenburg were anxious to- have
lyhimi$serve An the last constitutional Con-
Igventlon, butt his III health and 4 advanced
age would not permit him to do 80. f55S AS
a lawyer ie& had 4 but few equals lin this
Stat 9a He 4 was eminently successful BNin
| the practice 4of the law. @S Such II was tho
tconfide nce or the pie Of Mecklenbllrgs
| in8shis prof lonal ability and u fairness.
THAT he WAS almost irresistible efore q
l$juryS Of his coun tymen.@ Colonel 4Goode8wns
a We and 4 gallant soldier In the late
Civil I'VE ar. u At the beginnng OF hostllt-5
ties he went to the front as 4 he capita In
|sof the Roydton5 Cavalry which comp any
| was afterwards a tia hed Ell to The Third
Virginia Cavalry, $$g{ He 4 wa 8 promoted TO
1.-The colonelcy Of this regimen |. ~ He was
greatly beloved by h Is men, Co lionel Goode
has been N consistent ~ lem Der @ O { $ tile
Methodist Church or ma my NJ years, and
was a very beral Icontrtbutors to- all the
objects OF the church, and y q reg ular ut I
|stendant8 whenever his health admitted 81
Ibis doing SO, AS an ins lance Eof mis- deep
linterest In reli lous mat ers, several years
ago he gave to the Me hodist Church In
lsthis place, three thousand ollars which
he requested to be invested ma II hat not
La cent OF either the principal or interest
lfshould be used until liter his dea til and
then the yearly Income accruing was to
go, as a perpetual contribution to lie
Methodist Church. Of this @plac &c. ~
"a His remains Will be buried tomorrow
at the Presbyt erian Cemetery at g o'clock
In the afterno on. .ssi 35s y i.$
Colonel Goodes was the son OF the late
Dr. 4 homas Goode. OF Bath county, " Va:5
He ma rried Miss Rosa Chambers, Gaugh-
ter of the late Judge r. r. Chambers in
1851. He leaves his wife and 4 five chill y
dren, as follows E. g. Goode, Common
wealth's Ell attorney Of n NIecklenburg;
Thomas If. "a q code, Jr.., Of the banking
firm &of Williams and Goode; y Colonel ST..
John c.. code, OF Governor Nontugue's
staff; Miss Ka to Goode and Mrs. fnilllp
Briscoe, OF Knoxville Tenn, a ills&
He also leaves3a brother, Samuel Goole,
OF Stanton Va; y two sisters, Mrs. Ellen
Friend u of Charlotte county, and Miss
Isabella Goode, also OF Charlotte county,I