The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-05

IN EXCELLENT Lazy Zone 20 Aeses
Mrs. Sarah B. Lamar has gone to hel
last home. After an illness Of severa
weeks she passed away in the early
morning hours of Saturday, surrounded
by her family and attended by loving
friends.
Mrs. Lamar was daughter of the
late Gen. William Bailey, of Jefferson
county, the wife Of the late beloved
Confederate leader, Colonel Thompson
B. Lamar, and the mother Of Florida g
Representative in Congress, Hon. Will
liam b. Lamar. She was born in JEFF
ferson county and educated first at
Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga. =,
finishing at select school in New York
| City. Her lovely, consistent character
shone out like a steadfast star, and the
gracious dignity Of her bearing was the
admiration of her friends. Purity and
| true womanliness breathed a benedic-
tion upon all with whom she came in
contact.
After her early widowhood, Mrs. La
mar lived for awhile in Athens, Ca,
then in Monticello, Fla, but of late
years in Tallahassee with her daughter,
Mrs, Clyde Lamar Walker. It was
here she died, but early on Sunday
morning her body was carried to Month
cello, and laid to rest with many of her
loved ones who had gone on before.
Following the hearse. which slowly
bore its honored burden to the station,
marched a remnant of old Confederate
soldiers. They bore the flag Of the
Thompson B. Lamar Camp, u. c. ",
No. l6l, thus paying their last and
highest tribute of respect to the widow
Of their old commander.
The funeral services took place in
Monticello on Sunday afternoon.
Florida sustains an irreparable loss in
the death of Mrs. Sarah B Lamar, |
widow of the late Colonel Thompson B.
Lamar, at Tallahassee on May 80, 1908 !
Mrs. Lamar's lovely character and her |
gentle Christian life, her noble womanly
qualities of head and heart, her SINGER !
her wisdom and kindness in her rela-
tions with others, her patience and |
sympathy in sorrow. her interest and |
pleasure in the happiness of others and
her charming grace Of manner endeared I.
her to the hearts Of all our people. |
General William Bailey, one Of FlOrda's F.
uOuleSJ ClJlESHSB Was the ldIleI VI MIS- |
Lamar.
Her gallant and distinguished hus-
band, Colonel Thompson B. Lamar, who |
gave his life to his State in the great |
civil war, was a member of one Of the !
foremost families of the South, re-
for patriotic, civil and military |
services to the country. Colonel La |
mar was leading member of the Flor |
ida Secession Convention Of 1861, and /
his life to the cause es-
pouseG by the people of his State.
Camp Thompson B. Lamar of COnfed-
crate Veterans, at Tallahassee, was
named for this beloved soldier and pa
triOt.
The sons and daughters of Colonel
and Mrs. Thompson B. Lamar are
among the most highly esteemed citi-
zens Of the State. The eldest son, Hon.
William Bailey Lamar, was for many
years Attorney-General for Florida,
and is now a member Of Congress from
who takes high rank among
the most eminent statesmen of the
country.
The world is made better by such
pure and noble Christian lives as that
Of Mrs. Sarah B. Lamar. spent in do
ing good for others. With the lofty
example Of this beautiful life, emula-
ton is both a privilege and an inspira-
tiOn. Times Union.