The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-05-28
PIONEER CITIZEN
HAS PASSED AWAY
DIR. w. l.. LIPSCOMB, ONE OF THE
OLDEST AND MOST HIGHLY
RESPECTED CITIZENS OF
THE CITY, Is DEAD.
Grim Reaper Claims the Spirit of a
Good and Useful Man. and Citi-
zens Generally Mourn
His Loss.

In the death of DR.. W L. Lip
scomb, which occurred at the home
of his son, DR.. J. W Lipscomb, on
Main steeet, at an early hour last
Friday morning, Columbus has lost
one of her Oldest and noblest citizens,
man whose long life was life of
usefulness and one whose gentle ma
ture and splendid mind cheered and
inspired all with whom he came in
contact He was one Of those noble
men in whom honesty, purity and
reverence for all thing good are in
ate, and his earthly journey of four
score years was devoted to faithful
and efficient work for God and his
fellow men. He had practically all
his life been an earnest and consist
ent Christian, and his profession. that
Of a physician, afforded splendid op-
portuniues for work which he held
dear, that Of alleviating the pain and
suffering of his fellow creatures.
Dr. Lipscomb was orn in Tusca-
Ioosa county, Ala, in 1925, but came
TO Columbus with his arents when d
lad of four years, and practically all
of his life had been spent here. He
chose medicine as a profession, and
at the outbreak of the war between
the states in 1861 we1t to the front
as a surgeon. He was taken a pris-
oner at Pensacola, but was ex-
changed, and throughout the entire
conflict devoted his energies to caring
for sick and wounded soldiers. He
was attached to sever different sur
gioal stats, much of his time having
been spent IL attendance upon the
disabled soldiers who We're brought
to the Confederate hospital which
was maintained in tbs city.
Ia 1856 zGr. Lips -vas married
to Miss Talulah Harris, daughter of
the late Col. Geo. H. Harris. Several
children blessed the union, and be
sides his widow four sons and three
daughters are left to mourn the loss
Of the departed husband and father
TWO of his soas reside in Columbus.
Prof. Dabney Lipsc0mb, who is pro
fessor Of English at the Industrial
Institute and College, and DR.. J. w.
Lipscomb, a prominent local physi-
clan. The two remaining sons, Rev.
Thomas Lipscomb and Rev Wads-
worth Lipseomb, are both Methodist
ministers, the former being stationed
at Hattiesburg and the latter at Fri
ar's Point. The three daughters are
Mrs. Ernest Beard, of this city; Mrs
Mary Hargroxe, of Kansas City. No,
and 5Irs. E. w. Waters, who is en-
gagged in missionary work in Japan.
DR.. Lipseomb was one Of the oldest
members of the First Methodist
church, his name having appeared on
the original mem bership roll. Of
the first one thousand members en-
rolled, his name was one of the two
which remained, and now that he is
dead there is but one living mem
Der whose name appears among the
first one thousand enrolled. DR..
Lipscomb has filled almost every Of !
fee in the church. and for quite a
long period Of time was superintend-
ent Of the Sunday school. During re-
cent years, however, his health has
been SO feeble that he was forced to
remain at home practically all OF the
time. and was therefore reluctantly /
compelled to give up his religious /
work, as well as his 1abors in other
aelds.
The funeral occurred at the First 4
Methodist church at ten o'clock Sat
urday morning, having been conduct
I'd BY the pastor, Rev. J. ". Shoaff.
D. d. who was assisted by Rev. s. L.
Pope, pastor of the Second Methodist
church. The obsequies were attend
"a by a large concourse of sorrowing
relatives and friends, and the floral
offerings were both numerous and
beautiful The interment was at
cemetery. Messrs. L. A.
Vaughan, P. W. Maer, C. F. Sherrod,
T. P. Mayo, B. D. Erwin and o. P.
Brown were the active pall-bearers,
While DR.. R. S. Curry, Col. W. c.
Richards, DR.. r. L. Sykes, Col. G. ".
Albert, Gen. E. T. Sykes, Messrs- r.
Z. Williams, w. c. Beard and T. B.
franklin oficiated as honorary pail
bearers.