The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-05-08
COL. F. P. STUBS
HAS PASSED AWAY
Monroe Mourns a Distinguished
Son and Pays a Fitting Trib-
ute to His Memory.

Last Friday evening. May 1st,
1908, Col. Frank p. Stubbs, Sr.,
passed away at the age of 7S, car
rying with its announcement a
wave of deep sorrow not only to
the citizens of Monroe, but
throughout the State. He was
born at MilIegeville, Ga, and
spent most of his life IN Monroe.
His whole life was one of strenu-
Gus activity and beneficial useful
ness. A graduate of Oglethorpe
college at Ii, he taught school
for two years and began the prac-
tIce of law in Monroe in 1851.
Then began his career that made
him prominent and distinguished
and of Statewide fame. He was
the general attorney of the ", s..
& p, and other corporal tions for
several years, and was vice-presid-
ent of the Central Savings Bank
& Trust Co., of Monroe.
When Louisiana seeded in 1861
he responded To the call to arms
AS first liputenan. of the Pelican
Grays, End Louisiana Infantry.
He was active, energetic and hero
ic in his service to the South and
distinguished himself in the Vir-
ginia campaigns. Retired because
of i'll health he served rs provast
marshal of the Louisiana District.
Active in politics, he WAS a
member of the State Senate in
1876 and a membe. cf the State
Constitutional Conventions of
1879 and 1898.
He married Miss Margaret Lin
ton of Georgia in 1855 and she
died one year later, leaving one
son, Linton w. Stubbs. In 1858
he married Miss Georgia Tucker,
of Georgia, who died some years
ago. Six children survive. Col.
Frank p. Stubbs, .Ir., Guy P.
Stubbs. Mrs. Gene Layton, Mrs.
Victor e. Barrlnger, Misses LYDIA
and Anna Stubbs.
Prominent in Masonic circles,
he was once an officer of the
Grand Lodge and a Past Master
OF Western Star Lodge of Monroe
and member of the Royal Arch
Chapter. He was a devoted men,
Der of the Presbyterian Church,
in which he was an active worker.
Kind and affable, generous and
charitable, his character and
career were rounded off with a
life of Christian usefulness that
proclaimed noble manhood.
His funeral was the attestatiOn
of the deep sorrow of a stricken
community and of the lasting af-
fection of the people among whom
he had lived and labored.
With the handsome casket that
encased his mortal remains, COW
cred with white lilies, and enfold.
ed with the Bars and Stars under
which he so valiantly fought, they
were followed to their final rest
by a vast concourse of sorrowine
citizens. In the eortege were EN-.
brace1 the Masons, Confederate
Veterans, members of the bar,
Ouachita Guards, Daughters OF
the Confederacy, and an unusual
number of citizens and visitors
from abroad.
Deeply affected by the touching
tribute to his life and character
and the soIemnly sad strains OF
"Nearer my God to Thee" anC
"He Leatleth Me-" his favorits
hymns, deep hush and weeping
eyes attested the poignant sorrow
of the multitude. Thus righteous
and modest, noble in usefulness
exaltei in, character there ha,
passed from time into eternity
| from death unto life everlasting
the spirit of a Christian gentle
man, honored, beloved and whos'
memory will be long and deeply
cherished.
Another Big Snake.
The Sentinel scribe is too IA
advanced on the highway of TIM
to indulge in sensational snake
"yarns". Winfield belongs Il
the "advance column" of progress
and here are the facts of il
latest development. Messrs. L
G. Milan and w. c. Hand wer'
riding near Dugdemonia, abou
six miles south of here, whel
they discovered huge rattle
snake near the roadside. The.
dismounted and killed the poison
Gus serpent. 1t was about 81
feet in length and had 81 rattle
and . button.