The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-20
LAST RITES FOR MIR. WILEY. Services to Be Held in
 Montgomery. SERVICES HELD FROM HOME From Country Residence Body
 Borne to Cemetery. Congressional Committses to Join Win Moatsomery Citizens in Doing
 Hosor--Boay Arrives
 This Morntng.

With 6 ceremony of impressive so- aennlty the remains of Colonel Ariosto Appling Wiley, Congressman from the Second Alabama District, will be laid to rest in oak wood Cemetery this af- teruoon. The funeral will be held from the beautiful suburban home of the family located just beyond Oak wood Cemetery on the Upper Wetump- the local military companies with whom Colonel Wiley was closely asso- ciated for many years. The State and city officials will attend the services and his family will join In paying hon or to the memory of a man of whom they are all proud. and whose charac- ter and personality have left an inef- facable imprint on the history Of the
 pr. Charles A. stakely, pastor of th c First Baptist Church, an intimate Friend of the family, will ohhciate at First Baptist Church will render mu- sic on the sad occasion. The active pall-bearers wdll be: w.: H. Lawson. Jesse Walter, John C.. Garter. Henry ton. A. H. Arlington and George w..
 The honorary pall-bsarers will be: Governor B B. Conner, state Senator tives Gaston Gunter. Tyler Goodwin and o. C.. Maner. General William e. Oates, Judge J. B.. Gaston. Judge A. D. Sayre, Judge w: L.. Parks. Charles W. Screws. Mayor William NJ. Tsague, David Fleming, Charles T. Pollard, Alex Rice. Hon.. W; E. Kay of Jack e1,,sl sonyille. Fla sn.E,n. s S Bennett snG a, aier, Bernard Frank. Thomas c. Jones. P. B. Mastin. Alex Hamilton of Pe-
 Many friends of Colonel wiley in the otaA HnffQa nf RRnFaHAnta ffVAN will be dn Montgomery today to attend the funeral. Delegations from the Senate and the House have been ap- pointed by Vice. President Fairbanks and Speaker Joseph Cannon respective ly to represent those bodies at the ser- vices. They are:
 senators--John H. Bankhead and Jo- seDh :oJ Johnston Aabsms s,on. A; Q; Na5t5 sa Carolina; A. J. McLaurin, Mississippi; ; W. M Crane, Massachusetts; E. j.. Burkett. Nebraska, and James B. Fra
 esentatives-Hous delegation from Alabama; John Sharp Will flame of Mississippi, Griggs and Lewis of Georgia, Floyd of Arkansas, Brous- eard of Louisiana, Moon of Tennessee and Sparkman of Florida.
 The funeral will be one of the most elaborate ever held in Montgomery. The prominence of Colonel Wiley in private and public circles has made State and the country, and that with the wonderfully pleasing personality of the man gained him friends In every walk of life.
 The local military companies, the Greys, the Blues and Troop A Of the Cavalry, will gather at the armory this afternoon and will march to the fam lily residence where the funeral wiH be held. After the conclusion of the cef- emony at the house, they will proceed with the body to the cemetery.
 The remains of Colonel Wiley will arrive in Montgomery at 10:55 o'clock this morning, accompanied by Mrs. Wiley. Leutsna1t Noble Wiley and be met at the station by friends, and will proceed with the remains to the famtly home on the Upper Wetumpka road, 4s