The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-30
MONUMENT TO
MISS MARY: 4 BUO ]
She Was Only a Plain School
Teacher But SHE Was
Loved.
TESTIMONY TO HER WORTH
Those She Taught Loved Her,
and a Tablet Stands to Her
Memory.

Yesterday In tho pale sunlight Of late
afternoon, little company OF those VINO
knew and loved Miss Mary r. Budd
gathered in Hollywood to witness tho I'M
yelling Of simple marble slab, erected
| to he rmemory. Il
Miss Budd had for many years been
a tea ohor at Central School In this city,
whore her pure llfo and Inassumng ma
ture won for her the love of all those
with whom she was associated, in her
daily life, and when, after q sudden and
sharp illness, she died on Easter Sunday
OF this year, she was sincerely mourned
by young people all over the city. whose
memory OF her held no word OF harsh
ness OF impa tience and whose heart
were smltten with the sense or her loss.
And 80 1t came about that a spon-
taneous desire to honor her, whom they
knew and loved, sprang up In the minds
of the pupils she had left behind. and. on
their own Initiative, movement was
set on foot to erect lasting testanDnial
to her life.
The exercises OF tho unveiling were
short and simple, as was the life OF her
whom they sought to honor. short
prayer BY the Rev. DR.. r. B. Egg t.ston
wa sfolowed by the actual dropping of
the veil by two OF the members Of her
last class-Suse Luck and Joseph Burke
The Rev. Jere Nitherspoon then adj
dressed the assembled company, dwelling
ir few words on the life and achive-
ments Of her who had gone before. Al
times, DR.. Witherspoons voice was al
= = 1,., he ~F phi
dren gathered around the flower-covered
mound. He said in part:
I'm Hollywood we meet at this time
to honor a woman, who was gifted, ac-
complished and faithful to her God. her
work and her generation She was re-
firing and modest. She was content to-
walk humbly with her God and to work
faithfully. She asked for no applauNc.
She sought not noisy fame; she was saA-
isned to have her work approved by her
conscience and her God.
Tomorrow Is May Goth. a day known
throughout the land as Memorial Day.
In the Capitol Square q monument will
be unveiled to Governor Smith, Fir-
gnian, who was great in war and peace
We stand before monument also; we
bring flowers to grave and we do honor
to one who deserved It all. The one we
honor was not a Judge. a lawyer. states
man, nor a soldier, except in the battle
against Ignorance, prejudice. selishness |
and sin.
In future years the stranger will come
and will look at this slab and will ask
what 1t means, He Will be told, that
there lived in this city woman who
was born a lady and a teacher. that her
scholars loved her and wept for her
when she died, and to express their re-
gard for her put this piece OF marble
here. Hc will learn that the lilies are
carved In the marble because she died on
the day Of the lilies-Easter morning
and he will know that she was faithful
unto DEATH y
The Rev. George W. Mcdaniel closed
the service with benedictlon.
Tho monument Is simple in design,
having spray of annunciation lilies at
the top and below the words: TN mem
Dry Of our beloved teacher. Mary F.
Budd. Died April IS. 1906. Faithful
unto DEATH