The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02
'noDY oE nHI.0vED WOMAN LAID
pr. John A. niee, q New oxieanss
 Pays lsvlng Tribute to Wife aud Mother cf D1sfinxujshed MoAt-

E The body of Mrs. Carrie 1A. ALeni4x. who died Sunday night was laid to rest yesterday afternoon in pakwooa Cemetery In the family lot by the sidea of her distinguished husband and son.
 Mrs. Lomax was sincerely loved by the people of Montgomery snd It was with tear dimmed eyes that her many friends followed the body from the church to the grave. The grave in Oakwood was made beautiful by many floral tributes placed upon it s Dr. J. sA Rice. former pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church and now Of New orleans, Of witch Mrs. Lomax was life member paid the dead woman many glowing tributeg. The funeral services took place at the Court Street Church of which Mrs Lomax was member. pr. Q. C. Mc- Gehee pastor Q fthe church read the beautiful funeral ritual of Methodism Dr Rice in his discourse said in part:
 Tt was my privilege during four years of my ministry here to enjoy the confidence and fellowship of a large number of as precious friends as man ever had and have had tho sad privilege of standing by the graves of several of thena.
 II am embarrassed today as have been before by the tender and sweet
 relations between myself and the par son of whom I am to speak Mrs. Lo- max has for more than two years stood more nearly In the relation Of mother to me than has any other living wo- man.
 "shA came to us out Of . past now almost ancient and brought with her the aspirations. ideals and atmosphere of that past. Through evolntiOas and
 revolutions, and changes in every I sphere of social. commerctal. industrial.
 and civic life, she preserved intact
 those things most worth while. in ev- cry age.
 while the representative of holy traditions. she was likewise the em- bodiinenf Of many virtues Of the model woman and first of all the foundation of her life was livtng faith in q living God. That faith was to her no mere abskraction--un mere theory---no
 mefe belief in an ideal. but personal
 touch with a personal God whose in- fiuite love overshadowed all and whose l linexhauatable grace Is sufficient for all. Few women through such stresa and strain have been so precipitously hurled from one sorrow to another, few have passed through so many
 bitter trials and yet hers was an abid-
 ing faith always adequate to every need"
 pr. Rice then spoke of the sbenefIc- tent influence this faith had had in lStno AEoal oDt to011 8A tt4I AlA8 or MITE L.omax. He then paid fibute to Mrs. Lomax's character as Christian work CT. Dr. Rice spoke feelingIy of her loyalty to her friends ana her great love for her relations and her entire lack of personal agaTandixenaent He
 referred to her gfeaf interest ir mat
 ters political and cfvfl. he spoke of her admirable social life. saying tAl- though she was heartily appreciative of the social properties and uses stIIl she was never the slave to socletye
 pr. Rice. who was former pastar of the Court Street Church. and during whose pastorate Mrs. L.omax donated
 the Tennant Lomax annex to the church, spoke feelingly of what gem erosity during that time ana paid trib- ute to her as church worker. Tn closing Dr. Rice gave an eloquent
 review Of the entire life and character
 of the deceased.
 The following gentlemen acted as
 pal -bearers
 Aetive-Chief Justice J. R. Tyson,
 ". A, Gayle. Gen. R. F. Ligon M |, F. Le0rand. ". W. HilI, Phares Cole man, Judge A. D. Sayre. E. c. Andrew. Judge ]. B. Fuller. c, w. Powell, w. B Whiting. R. T. Aldworth
 Honorary--CoL A. B. Garland. c. A. I,apier, ST., w s. Thompson, Gen. J. W. A. sanfors. R. s. Williams,
 Warren D. Brown. c. L. Ruth, J. w. Black. Capt. c. T. Pollard.