The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-13
RUFUS N. RHODES | PASSES AWAY AFTER
 EXTENDED ILLNESS Funeral Of Prominent Citizen At Church Ot The Advent
 This Afternoon FRIENDS REALIZED END
 WAS NEAR LAST SUNDAY Founder and Owner of Birmingham News Had For Many Years Been
 Potent Factor In Civic Life of City and State.

Napoleon Rhodes, editor, publisher and
 founder of the Birmingham News, came to a peaceful close The end came at
 General Rhodes home, Rhodes Circle,
 South Highlands, after a lingering ill- ness extending over the last few months,
 during which he had been confined to
 his room. The immediate cause of death
 was hardening of the arteries of the
 heart.
 Funeral services will be conducted this
 afternoon at 2:3O o'clock from the Church
 of the Advent, Dr. w. E. Evans, rector
 of the Church of the Advent, officiating
 assisted by Dr. J. T. Plunket, pastor of
 the South Highlands Presbyterian church.
 Interment will be made in Elmwood cem-
 etery.
 Those who have been requested to act
 as pallbearers are as follows:
 Active-victor H. Hanson, Jannes s.
 Vance, J. R. Hornady, Robert G. Hidden.
 Leon w Friedman, w. 8. Lopez, John
 c. Henley, Jr, E. W. Ellis. all of the
 Birmingham News staff, and c. W. Uf-
 ford and s. E. Thompson.
 Honorary-Gen. E. W. Rucker, Gov B.
 B. Conner, ex-Gov. William D. Jelks,
 Capt. Frank 8. White, F. NJ. Jackson,
 R. M Goddall Murray Brown, R. A.
 Terrell. John L. Raul, Culpepper Exum,
 John V. Coe, Col. T. o. Smith, Edward
 Wilkinson, w. P. G. Harding, Judge
 Samuel D. wsakley. M. v. Joseph, Hinds
 Peevy, Otto Marx, J. T. Stokely, H. G..
 Seibels, W. s. Lowell, J. B. Babb, Frank
 Nelson, Jr., James Bowron, Walker
 Percy, John H. Barr, Robert Jenison. 'Jr,
 Hill Ferguson, R. W. Ewing. H. G. Brax-
 ton, Lee c. Bradley, Judge H. A. Sharpe, A H. Ford, Walter L. Sessions, Mortimer Williams, E. H. Cabaniss, R. s. Nun
 ger, Maj. Frank Y. Anderson, W. D. Nes-
 bitt, pr. Cunningham Wilson, Houston
 Johnston, Capt. Frank P. O'Brien, Dr..
 Frank Nabers, George B. Ward. H- k.
 Green.
 General Rhodes is survived by 8 widow,
 Mrs. Margaret Smith Rhodes; brother, Samuel T. Rhodes of Roanoke, Va-; q sister. Miss Irna Rhodes of Bay St. Louis,
 Miss, and a mother, Mrs. Martha Fisher Rhodes, also of Bay St. Louis.
 The demise of General Rhodes had been hourly expected since Sunday, when he
 was reported sinking, and hope for his
 recovery had been abandoned by his phy-
 sicians several weeks previous. He had
 long been a sufferer from heart trouble,
 which, however, did not assume alarm
 ing proportions prior to last summer,
 when several violent attacks forced him
 to abandon active business life and seek
 restoration of health in travel through
 upper New York state. The progress of
 the ailment was not to be checked, how
 ever, and in the fall General Rhodes re-
 turned home, as many of his friends
 feared, for the last time.
 Realizing that his hour on earth was
 up with characteristic fortitude to the last, cheerful and accomplishing At the
 bedside when death came was Mrs.
 Rhodes, tireless attendant throughout his illness. His brother, Samuel T. Rhodes of Roanoke, had returned only Sunday to Virginia, after one of his fre- quent visits.
 When news of the death became known to friends and acenaintances of General
 Rhodes messages of condoaenca were re- cefved from all quarSers. Chief among teiegrams of personal sympathy received by Mrs. Rhodes was one from Presi- dent Taft, between whom and General Rhodes existed a cordial friendship Mum erous other messages poured in up to late hour last night. Among the tele- grams received at the Birmingham News office were those from Charles s. DishI,
 assistant general manager of the Asso- ciated Press, New York: Bruce Haideman ] of the Louisville Courier J ournaI; Phh Cosnnnsky, of the Mobile Item; F. L.. Seeley and s. E. Davidson. of the Atlanta Georgian and News; J. c. Hemphtll, of the Charleston News and Courier; A. T. Sandford, of the Knoxville Journal and Tribune; W. R. Messengale. of the Mes- sengale Advertising agency, Atlanta; George M. Kohn, of the Atlanta Journal, and numerous others.
 At the funeral services to be held this afternoon number of prominent business men of this city will attend as honorary pallbearers. In addition to these. a committee of 1b, representing the Board of Trade, will be in official attendance The following were appoint. ed by President J. D. Collins of the Board of Trade to act on the committed: John W. Tomlinson, Sol Caheen. Oliver Chali- foux, George McCleery, Coiman Blach, Jacob Burger. c. c. Heidt. John L. Par ker. John w. ONeill. Leo Loeb. c. F. Bell. B. B. Burton. Herman Saks, Hugo Marx and B. H. Cooper.
 Members of the Chamber of Commerce will attend and resolution by that body asks merchants to close thsir doors during the hour of the funeral Biography of General Rhodes. Rufus Napoleon Rhodes was a native of Mississippi, having been born at Pas cagoula, Jackson county. on June 5, 1S5s l At the time of his death he was thus in | his 54th year. His father, Rufls Ram dolph Rhodes. was lawyer of promi- hence, who had practiced his profession | in Washington city and New Orleans. | He saw active service during the Civil | war, serving under Lee and Johnston. and was . personal friend of Jefferson | Davis His mother. Mrs. Martha Fisher l Rhodes. survives him. residing with his
 sister, Miss Ina Rhodes, at Ray St. | Louis, Miss.
 | The future editor received his early | education at the hands of his mother tand q t1aA HlEh sohoea of Ns~- 0Easena