Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-30

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home IN Jacksonville sunday morn
ing at o'clock, 1t the family resi-
dence in Riverside. after an illness
Of several weeks Referring 70 the
death og this most Beloved good wo-
man. The Times-Union says
AIRS. Weed was daughter Of the
late Col Thomas F. Foster and was
married to Bishop Weed April "a,
1874, at summerville, Ga. The fam
lily removed to Jacksonville in 1896
and has resided here ever since.
"AIrs. Edwin Gardner Weed has
been foremost In all good works, and
has never spared herself when public
or private need called her.
'.As direcfass Of The ciiildren's aux
HAIRY to the board Of missions and
as president Of st. Johns Guild, Mrs.
Weed has accomplished great deal
for the Episcopal church, and has en-
deared herself 10 each and every mem
Der Of these organizations. But It
Is 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 IRE started and at once
got ia her carriage and, in full dress,
started out to find her friends in dis
tress Going to some houses, tele-
phoning to others, by night fall thirty
or more persons had been gathered
un&er the hospitable roof Of the
Bishop and Mrs, Weed. TeIegraphing
70 Savannah for bread and coffee, Mrs
Weed not only served supper to her
houseful OF guests. but sent the gard
ener out with large buckets of coffee
and boxes OF sandwiches. and went
in carriage to the military pickets
with hot coffee and sandwiches, tell
ing the pickets to como or send to
her house II they wanted more. A
piazza bench was filled with sand
witches for any who came, and the
next morning only few crumbs re.
NAMED.
This hospitality was kept up for
weeks, and daily kilograms sent to
Savannah for bread and coffee while
the meals at the diocesan residence
were almost continuous, TO serve the
household Of guests.
"when the Florida Division Of the
United Daughters Of the confederacy
was formed in JNly, 1896, Mrs. Weed
consented to become the first presi-
dent OF the five chapters forming the
division, and lent her name and her
influence TO the upbuildsRg OF the
work In her adopted State. sparing
herself in no way In the fulfilling Of
her seIfimposed duties. For two and
a half years Mrs. Weed filled this
lod9re.
AT the Richmond convention OF the
general organization OF the United
Daughters OF the Confederacy In No
vember. 1899. Mrs- Weed was pnani.
mously elected president.general OF
the organization. then numbering
over $4,000 registered members. For
two years she held this important
Office and endeared herself to hun.
dreds OF women BY her unfailing cour.
tesy, gentleness, consideration and pa
tience, and by the justice and i'm
Partially OF her rulings. Only last
week a prominent woman wrote; 4
wish that l lived where / could see
more OF Mrs, Weed, Il Is a privilege to
be near her
For two years Mrs. Weed held the
ONCE OF president.general. and az the
close OF that period she was elected
10y the JefrersOn Davis Monument As,
sociation as vice'president OF the as.
ISOLATION, the Once being created for
her. Mrs Weed was as unsparlng
Of herself in her new duties as she
had always been IN her public trusts.
and gave out OF her own purse the
sum o. $500 10 the monument fund.
being the aFgest personal oontrlbu.
ton made. She also made and sent
70 the great fair At Richmond. given
for the monument fund, 100 articles as
her personal contribution. These de-
tails go 10 show the great resource
and ludefatlEable work OF this really
wonderful woman,