The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-09-09

Gov. Vardaman he served a four.
year term as member of the
Board Of Trustees of the State In
stitute for the Blind at jackson,
and his services proved SO satisfac-
tory he was reappointed by Gov.
Noel and was elected president of
the board.
In all movements calculated to
advance the moral, religious, edu-
cational or material interests of
his town and county he was always
a prominent and potent factor, his
activities often taking the form of
addresses to country churches and
communities on education and 9TH
er subjects. His last public address
was an earnest. eloquent plea be-
fore the Board of Education for the
establishment of the Lincoln Coun-
ty Agricultural High School on the
site selected.
Mr.. Parsons professed faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ and was bap-
tized into the Ramah Baptist
Church by Rev. z. Lotion in 1878.
When he moved to Brookhaven in
1884, he promptly united with the
Baptist church and Sabbath school
at this place. then a weak little
band, and remained an active, faith
full member of both up to his last
illness. Soon after he became con-
nected with the Sunday School he
was elected assistant superintepd-
ent, and in 1892, was elected super
intendent, which position he con-
tinued to hold without intermis.
sion to the date of his death. A
touching example of his fidelity to
this good work, which will live af-
ter him, is, that on Sunday before
the Monday he left Brookhaven for
Mt. Clement, in the hope of obtain
ing restoration to health, though
suffering bodily pain at the time,
he was in his place at the Sabbath
school, discharging his duties as
best he could. He lived out his
active, useful life, without ever
faltering in his Christian faith,
and died in the peaceful hope of
eternal life.
At the last annual meeting of the
Lincoln County Baptist Association,
Mr.. Parsons was elected the mod
orator of that body, and his death
leaves vacancy there also. He
was member Of the Masonic fra
ternity, the Odd Fellows and of the
Woodmen of the World and held in
high esteem in all of these orders.
The funeral took place from the
Brookhaven Baptist Church yes
terday afternoon at o'clock. All
of the principal business houses of
the city were closed as a mark of
respect to the deceased, and the
Baptist Sunday school, of which he
had been superintendent for sixteen
years, the l. O. O. F. and the
Knights Templars attended in a
body. The outpouring of all class
es of citizens was the largest ever
seen in this city, truly grateful
tribute to one closely and usefully
identified in so many ways with
the life of town and county. The
floral offerings were elaborate and
beautiful and the church building
was inadequate to hold all who
came. The funeral services were
conducted by the Rev. R. III. Pur-
ser, and in addition to his address,
short tributes were paid by the
Rev. z. Lotion, B. 7. Hobbs and j.
A. Maui. The pallbearers were
Thomas Brady, w. H. Seavey, O.
Newton, B. T. Hobbs, Fred Ober-
schmidt and j. A. Maui. The GER
emonies were concluded at Rose
Hill Cemetery by Mr.. Purser,
where the Sunday School children
offered their tokens of love in the
form of flowers. The sense of loss
of such man is a common one to
the whole community, yet the sym
pathy of all, in fullest measure
goes out to the stricken wife and
children in this hour of their great
est sorrow and bereavement.
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