The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-02

| city OF Williamsburg. Va. and there are
many In this city from whose eyes SYM
palmetto tears have been shed ut the
knowledge OF his long suffering, and. do
now ian ns stars OF rejoicing that the
gates or the eternal city have been opened
tor nus entrance into that place which
| pciongs to those falling asleep" In tho
hope of n glorious immortality
FOR nlnrH years he walked AMONGST this
people IN the quiet and transformations
pursuit OF his exacting and wearisome
ealing as physician and surgeon. and
many there are stil hero to bear willing
Witness TO the tender, kindly care with
which he mlnistercd to their physical lila
and the sympathetic words OF comfort
ana cheer with which he tried 10 tispei
INC CLOUDS or dependency. and, often
times. of despair.
Now the veil that shut him out from
the activities of life for 80 many weary
months has been rent in twain, and tho
things OF time and sense arg In the
buried past for him. 1t Is Welt to mako
simple worth OF the part he played while
mpie word of the part he played while
Robert Bruce Slower was born on tho
10Th day OF May. ls4o near Salem, Va.
and WAS the son OF William a. slower,
farmer Fills collegiate education was OBJ
tanned nj Tuscolum College, In East Ten
nessee, and, after studying approximately
year In the office of a medical friend. he
vas graduated physician ~ Jefferson
Medical College. Philadelphia. In 1858. Ho
located near Dallas, Texas. IN 1860, for
the practice OF his profession. and left
there in 1851 as an enlisted soldier in Il
Texan regiment. He served two years ak
AN assistant surgeon. C. 5. A.. and was
stationed in the hospitals OF Atlanta and
Mobile. of which DR.. Quintard was chap
lain In charge Otter the war elevated to
the office of Bishop OF the Episcopal
Church. In the Diocese of Tcnnessec). Ii
~ hardly surprising that two years OF in
Innate and associate service In minister
ing to the needs of Confederate soldiers
At the end Of our war for Southern in
dependence. he settled near Memphis,
Tenn.
In 1868 he married Pharabee Sheppard
Whyte, daughter OF James Glasgow
Whytc. or Nashville Tenn. and to their
union Matte Glasgow. an only child. was
fever devastated the poiEiation of Mem
phs. aud the wife and daughter were
Its victims. while DIR. Slower himself we'll
nigh paid the penalty of giving his own
physician In the quarantine hospitals.
In 1883 lie moved to Richmond, Va,
and established himself in the practice
or his profession. He was the associate
editor With tho late DIR. Henry Houston.
of the atlantic Journal of Medicine
and held the position of surgeon of Lee
Camp, =. $. Veterans, and the Confede-
rate Soldiers Home. near this city. from
the time of It's founding until bis health
failed and his resignation WIS neces-
sity
He Is survived by WIDOW. without
issue. who was Miss Ednu Davis. the
daughter of Lawson Lloyd Davis and
Martin Colston Whyte.
DR.. Slower was II quiet. intelligent, un-
assuming and self-sacrificing follower of
his calling. ready always and everywhere
to lend n hclplng hand to the needy,
whether his counsel and assistance was
sought by professional brother. or his
services appealed "for sweet charities
sake" Neither time nor labor were con
sidcred In the face of such demands ana
he was PROMPT to serve
Now weary. and worn. he has fallen
asleep. but the people he loved must pray
God visils keep Ger the spot where he
ANGUS.