Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-06-12
DR. ". G. neville PASSES away.
THE BELOVED PRESIDENT OF PREsBYrE.
RAN COLLEGE AT CLINTON DEAD.

Clinton, June Sat 1.45 o. 'clock TODAY
tt was announced that tho Rev. William
Gordon Neville was dead.
All of the morning people had appre-
hended this sad event.
From the first Dr. j. w. Davis, the
physician called by DIR. Neville, sppre-
hended serious results. The physicians
he summoned for consultation agreed
with him as to the gravity Of the situa-
tion, as the heart was in diseased oondi-
tion.
The blow fell on the community with
stunning effect. 4 Two and o half years
ago Or. Neville and his family came to
throw In their lot with the struggling
college here. They were welcomed by
all GLASSES Ia the community, and their
popularity has increased steadily. DR..
Neville was man who made his ip1iu-
enoe felt for good. He was public. .spir-
tied and identified himself with civic
affairs. - ~. E
He was largely Instrumental In the Or
ganization of the Daughters Of the Con-
federacy here. His work in the up-build-
ing of the College has been fully brought
out by the events of the past week. The
administration building Of the Presbyte-
rian College, in the dedication of which
he took part Wednesday morning, will
always be monument to the unceasing
labor and zeal he devoted to the cause Of
Presbyterian education. His labors in
all church lines are too we'll known to
need recounting here.
sKETCK OF HIS LIFE. ~
DR.. Neville was born July 2, 1856, at
Walhalla. He received his education at
Adger College, Columbia Seminary aud
Princeton Seminary. His first pastoral
charge was that of Ninety.Six and Cokes.
bury, from 1882 to 1886. He preached at
Blaokstock from 1896 to 1890. In 1890 he
accepted a call to Frankfort, Kentucky.
He returned to South Carolina 1893, to
tho Yorkville church. His PASTORAL rela-
lions with that church lasted until 1905.
when he accepted the presidency of the
Presbyterian College and removed to
Clinton. A..
he was highly honored in his denomi-
nation, He was member of the Pan
Presbyterian Council, in Washington, d.
O., in 1899, and again when the Pan
presbyterian Council convened in Liver
pool in 1904. The DOCTORS degree in di-
vinity was conferred on him by Davidson
College, in 1904, and the degree of LII. d.
by the University of South Carolina in
1908,
He married Miss Virginia Aiken, q
daughter of the late Hon. d. Wyatt
Aiken, on November 7, 1888, at Cokes-
bury. She. together with eight children,
survive him.
The fnneral will be held in the Presby-
terian church, in Clinton, at 10 O'clock
Monday morning. The interment will be
in hisplot in the cemetery at Greenwood,
where short burial service will be held.
The funeral will be conducted by four
ministers, DR.. McPlsters, DR.. Adams.
Mr.. Shive and DR.. Jacobs The members
of the College faculty and all members
OF the board of trustees, who attend will
be honorary paii6eareTs. AS many as
can come are asked to be present The
active pallbearers are not yet selected.
DIR. Hugh Aiken, of Laurens, was here
when he died. Other relatives expected
are Hon. Wyatt Aiken and Mrs. Aiken,
OF Abbeville; Miss Annie Aiken and Mrs.
Joel S. Aiken, of Greenwood; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Aiken, of Chester; Mrs. j. C.
Cork, Of Rock Hill, and Capt. John c.
Neville, of Walhalla. The father of DR..
Neville left here Wednesday to visit other
children. He has not been heard from.
but will probably come.-News and Cou-
rier.
Taiiar