The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-16
Widely-Known Richmond
Minister Expires Beside His
Wife While on His
Way to City
END CAME SUDDENLY
AND IS GREAT SHOCK
TO HIS MANY FRIENDS
Baptist Divine and Temper
ance Worker Was Ill But
a Few Seconds Before
He Died

Stricken with apupleNy he sat
IN an Ashland car PLAYING with his
three yesr-oid son, Charles. the Rev.
Charles F. stuart, baptist minister.
superintendent III the southwest dtyi-
sion of the ANTI Salon League. and
one Of the most widely known and
popular -cIergymen in Virginia. Tell to
the floor. and a moment later died
just as the car came u a STOP 1T the
Laurel street station.
The wife of the stricken man al
his rear, saw him fail AID rushed 10
has side Death was swift. but she was
even more swift Her husband 8
head lay on ier lap when he hreathed
his last.
Lived But short Time.
Rev. Or, Stuart lived barely five
minutes after being stricken. HE had
been seated beside the kes IL Ii.
Smith. delegate TO the Methodist
conference. with hts child Oh his
knee. just rs Tire car crossed the
bridge leading to the Laurel station
he complained af feeling dizzy. He
sent little Charles back 70 Mrs. Stuart,
hurrie lily opened window, and lean-
ed far out To get air. He remained
in this position for perhaps four min
off his seat o the fonr. where he lay
Ia 8 crumpied feap.
Barely a second passed and hie wife
was leaning over him, stroking his
head. and begging him 10 speak. Other
passengers of the ear crowded around.
One of them produced a flask Of wfiis
key. and an effort was made "a force
a swallow Of the liquid Down the
stricken mans throat. II was too
tate. The teeth were tightly cienched.
MIR. stuart groaned twice. and then
all his muscles relaxed with a con
ssilsiSe tremor He was dead.
shortly after the car reached the
station Coroner TAYLOR was summon
ed. He mad an examination ana pro
aonsIcad death due - apopleNs.
Wife is Frustrated.
The snddcnness OF the death almost
Frustrated Mrs Stuart. who even after
she knew her husband Was dead, sat
Icy his side In The car stroking his
head and his hands.
Apparently Well.
Her husband had been perfectly
we'll. apparently. when he left Ashland
for Richmond on the i2.ld car, she
said. Shortly after boarding the car
he complained Of feeling q bit weak
and dizzy but he had complained of
similar feelings for several weks past,
and neither of them paid particular
attention 10 the symptoms that later
prove dto have been forerunners OF
death. =
According to The kev. Dr Sidney
Peters, life long friend OF the Rev.
Stuart. the latter had been complain
ing OF his heart for nearly two
months A few weeks ago. Or. Peters
said. the dead man told him he had
suffered an attack of dizziness which
had almost caused him to fall on the
street He thought OF going To
sanitarium he said. Later. however,
he abandoned the ideae,
According tn the physicisns who ey-
amined Mr.. Stuart's body nothing
could have saved his life,
The end came to Or. Stuart as he
was on his way TO Richmond to wind
up his business affairs preparatory TO
going to Lynchhurg. Va. to take
charge OF an Office Of the Anti-Saloen
League In that city. He had contem-
plated going 10 Lynchhurg Thursday.
Following the coroner's examination
the body was sent to Biltup's under
taking establishment To be prepared
for burial. It VIII he shipped to his
home In Ashland Thursday, whence
*the funeral will Re held funeral ar
rangements Will be announced later,
Born In Hanover.
Rev Mr.. Stuart was q native of
Hanover county and was educated at
Richmond College, graduating from
that institution with the degree OF
bachelor Of arts. After his graduation.
he went to Southwest Virginia and
tabored under direction OF the. Bap-
tist State Mission Board. filling a
charge at Pennington Gap. There ne
was largely instrumental In establish
ing the Lee Baptist Academy, an IN
stitution tina ranks we'll with those
Of Its class In the southwestern sec
ton Of the State
Receiving call to Ashland. he gave
up his pastorate In Pennington tap
and worked az pastor In the Ran
,iclph Macon College town for year
or two. He then went to Crozer
Seminary at Chester. Pa. ana prose
cute dhis ministerial studies further.
Returning to Virginia, he accepted a
call as pastor OF venable- Street Bap-
tist church. Richmond, where he re-
NAMED for three years. He was forced
to give up this charge on account OF
i'll health. afer having worked ener-
the Church Hill congregation.
.JOins Anti saloon League.
Soon afterward he enlisted his SER
vices in the cause Of the Anti Saloon
League OF Virginia. being assigned to
the southeastern territory with head
quarters at Richmond In this work.
though handicapped by failing health.
he acquitted himself unusually well,
doing much TO further the cause Of
temperance. Recently he was assign
ed to the western section OF the State.
with headquarters at Lynchburg. and
II was his expectation to leave for
that city Thursday to enter upon his
duties there
In 1906 Rev Mr. Stuart married
Miss Fannie Cox, daughter or Mr. II.
b. Cox. prominent business man OF
tCentinusd ON seventh rags.l