The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-29
LAST TRIBUTE TO DEAD
HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS AT
TEND FUNERAL OF MISS
KATE CRIDDLE.

AS an attestation of the popular
esteem in which Miss Kate Criddle
was held by the people of Waxaha-
chic it is estimated that fully two
thousand persons followed the re-
mains from the church to the city
cemetery Tuesday afternoon. In or
der TO accommodate the vast throng
of sorrowing friends who desired to
take some part in paying a last tri-
butte of respect to this noble young
woman the funeral services were
transferred from the Central Pres
byterian church to the Methodist
church, which has the largest seating
capacity of any place of worship in
the city. Even here hundreds were
unable to gain admission One entire
side was reserved for the board of
trustees, faculty and school chill
dren, who attended in a body and
then two or three grades were com
PEELED to stand on the portico at the
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bottom windows were raised so that
the children might get a glimpse of
the impressive scenes taking place
within. The music consisted of a
number of the deceaseds favorite
songs.
Following scripture lesson read
by Dr. Chalmers Mcpherson a fer
vent and comforting prayer was Of
fer | by Rev. G. H. Hogan, pastor
OF the Central Presbyterian church.
The funeral sermon was delivered
by Rev. j. c. Smith, former pastor
of this church. His remarks were
uttered with a deep feeling of emo
tion and We're full of beautiful trib-
utes to the life and character of the
deceased. He exhorted the school
children to emulate her life of puri-
ty, spoke many words of cheer and
comfort to the bereaved relatives At
the conclusion of the sermon pray
er was offered by Rev. J. r. Nc
Clure, pastor of the Methodist
church. The school children were
given an opportunity to march by
the casket and view for the last time
all that was mortal of their favorite
teacher. When the children had fill
ed out of the church and formed a
line of march in the street other
friends passed by the bier to look
upon the silent form of one who had
spent her life to the moral and in
tellectual training of hundreds of
Waxahachie's children
The funeral procession from the
church to the cemetery was without
doubt the longest ever seen in Wax
ahachie. Before the last vehicle had
crossed the public square the hearse
had entered the gate at the ceme-
terry. At the grave the crowd was
augmented by hundreds of people
who had gone directly from their
homes to the cemetery More than
five hundred school children march
ed behind the hearse to the cemetery
After the services at the grave had
been concluded and the crowd had
dispersed the children and their
teachers approached the flower-be-
decked mound to view the last rest
ing place of one who had been so
devoted to them.
The floral tributes were profuse
in number and were given by the
board of trustees, the faculty, the
high school department, other chill
dren in the various grades and by
individual friends and admirers.
The pall-bearers were as follows:
Active-G. B. Winn, P. J. Hern-
don. w. L. Acker, Robert Coleman,
Gus Meyer, B. F. Thornhill, E. P.
Anderson, Jr., w. P. Hood.
Honorary-E. Chaska, J. R. May
hew. Geo. Bullard, ]. j. McQuatters,
]. w. Singleton, j. Lea Cannon, J.
Houston Miller, C. w. Gibson.