Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-28
DEATH or MRS. weep.

Mrs. Weed, wife Of 1T Rev Edwin
Gardner Weed, bishop Of the Episco
pal diocese of Florida, died az her
home ID Jacksonville sunday morn
ing at o'clock, at The family resi-
dence in Riverside, after on illness
OF several weeks Referring 70 the
death Of this most beloved good wo
man, The Time Union says
mrs. Weed was daughter 81 the
late Col. Thomas r. Foster and was
married to Bishop Weed April ~
1874. at summaryille. Ca The fam
ily removed TO Jacksonville in 1896
and has resided here ever since
Mrs. Edwin Gardner Weed has
been foremost IN, all good works, and
has never spared herself when public
or private need called her.
eAs directress Of the children's aux
illary 10 the board Of missions and
as president OF st. Johns Guild, Mrs.
Weed has accomplished o great deal
for the Episcopal church, and has en-
deared herself to each and every mem.
Der OF these organizations. But It
Il not alone In church work, but IN
every charity that called upon her
that her sympathy and generous heart
we're most deeply touched
In 1901, when Jacksonville was de-
stroyed by FIRE. the wonderful execu.
tive ability and resource Of Mrs. Weed
was most evident. She was at lunch
con when the Ore started and at once
got IN her carriage and, III full dress.
started out to find her friends In dts
tress Going 70 some houses. tele-
phoninE to Others BY night fall thirty
or more persons md been gathered
under the hospItabIe roof OF the
Bishop and Mrs Weed, TeIegraphing
to Savannah for bread and coffee Mrs.
Weed not only served supper 70 her
houseful Of guests, but sent the gard.
ener out with large buckets OF coffee
and boxes Of sandwiches. and went
10 a carriage to the military pickets
with hot coffee and sandwiches. tell
ing the pickets to~come or send TO
her house II they wanted more A
piazza bench was filed with sand
wiches for any who came. and the
next morning only a few crumbs re-
NAMED
This hospitality was kept up FOR
weeks, and daily kilograms sent to
Savannah for bread aud coffee, while
the meals at the diocesan residence
we're almost continuous, TO serve the
household Of guests.
when the Florida Division az the
United Daughters OF the Confederacy
was formed In July. 1896, Mrs. Weed
consented 70 become the nrst presl-
dent 81 the ave chapters forming the
division and lent her name and her
influence 10 the upbuilding Of the
work n her adopted State, aiaringi
herself IN no way Ia the fulfilling Of
her seif-imposed duties For two and
a half years Mrs, Weed filled this
once.
AZ the Richmond convention 81 tho
general organization Of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy Ia No
vemher 1899, Mrs, Weed was unani.
mously elected presldentgvneral Of
the organization. then numbering
over $4,000 registered members, For
two years she held this important
once and endeared herself tN hun.
dreds Of women by her unfaillng cour.
tesy. gentleness. consideration and pa.
thence, and BY tbs Justice and im.
partiality o. her rulings. Only last
week q prominent woman wrote: 4
wish that lIvedswhere I could see
MORE Of Mira Weed, n Is a privilege 10
be near her
eFor two years Mrs. Weed held ehe
oiilee Of acknowledgement and at the
close Of that period she was elected
BY the JEFFERSON Davis Monument AS.
sociatlon a. yice.president o. the a..
ISOLATION, the Office being created for
her Mrs Weed was as unrparlns
q herself 10 her new duties a. shc
had always been IN her public trusts,
ana aye out az her own purse the
sum q $500 10 the monument fund.
being ne largest personal oonlrihu.
ton made. she hiso made and sent