The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-18
Death Of Dr.. P. r. Walker.

| Died at his home In Brandon, on
Saturday morning at 5 O'Clock, April
IS, 1907, DR.. P. p. Walker. aged 81
years.
| Il was the writer's good fortune to
have known him long and we'll. and
I've only knew him to esteem him
more highly Is the years passed By.
Today we miss his kindly smile and
friendly greeting; we long in vain to
hear the ring Of his jovial laughter
land to teel again his genial presence.
L Only Sunday we sat before his bier
I'm the church near the scenes Of his
youthful, happy days. We stood by
his open grave as the last sad rites
| were performed, and a. the clay Of
earth closed above his silent resting
place, we said with the poet:
ssCold in the dust the perished heart
may die,
But that which warmed it once can
never die.'
As we stood beside his grave when
the sky was trimmed with her gorg-
|eous rosy hue, in fancy we could see
him-not in deaths cold shroud Of
sorrow and despair. but smiling upon
uA from the sunset halo that marks
Gpd's farewell to the day-smilin9
with all the we'll remembered grace
Of his manhood, love and devotion,
and sayiny to rs:
81 rhe sunset speaks but feebly of the
glortes Of another day. All is we'll :"
H4 was devoted husband and 8
kind Rnd indulgent father; to his sis
ters Al bender brother, to his friends
the sou Of fellowship But the great
est Of II Was he as man. And as a
man itY3s that those who knew him
best md loved to contemplate him.
He belil fed in the fatherhood Of God
and the Motherhood of man. He be-.
lieved I'd the man who scatters flow
ers in the pathway Of his fellow men,
who lets Ito the dark places Of life
the sunsh1 p Of human sympathy and
human ha piness, is following In the
footsteps o] his Master.
His last words were expressive OF
peace In Cd D and willingness to de-
part and be Iat rest with Him. His
cheerful, helpful life; his devotion to
his wife andS child and kindness to
everybody wiz long linger ~ fra
grant memoryS in the home which his
presence frightened and which death
has now darkened. Though he is gone
his record has\ been made and will
remain with usl as lasting treasure
His life was gentle, but like the still
waters 1t was debp. In his heart Of
hearts he carried those he loved, and
his hand was NJ yer weary, his step
never failed in c. hing for and minis
tering to those wAo were in any way
dependent upon HIM.
The funeral SER ices were held al
the Presby terian d proh at II o'clock
Sunday morning, NV. M. e. Melvin,
Of Port Gibson, ofdct tating and paying
. beautiful tribute G the memory Of
the deceased. The ,sket was cover.
ed with the most bel ntiful floral de-
signs loving fingers evbr wrought, all
Of which spoke Of pes4e, purity. and
immortality. The 1&usic rendered
was such as to soften Slll hearts and
moisten all eyes. Atthle close Of the
services an unusual lohg procession
followed the funeral oar ITO our silent
city. At the open grAve we say
farewell - May Gods purest an
gels guard his slumbers.
"How sweet q life was his how sweet
death;
Living to wing with mirth \the merry
hours
Or with his genial tales the heart to
cheer;
Dying, to leave = memory llike the
heath
OF summer, full Of sunshine AND fow-
ers,
A grief and gIadness in the Atmos-
i phere. =
Besides devoted wife be lea3es :
little son, and his father, FL M.
Walker, and i've brothers and sAven
sisters DR.. T. NJ. Walker, Menden-
hall; r. W. Walker, jackson; s. (H.
Walker, Hattiesburg; B. A. Walker.
Mt Olive; Henry Walker. Mrs. Jbff
Butler, Mrs. DR.. Orawley, Mrs. Aardn
Harrison and Maud Walker, Kingl;
Mrs. j. n. Loflin, Star, and Missef
Matte and Bessie Walker, teachers al
IBraxton.
We can only remind these mourn
ers that he Is not dead, he IL only
asleep resting after we'll spent life
here; be cannot, and would not Il he
|cculd return to ~; We can, IL We will,