The Washington bee., 1910-08-06
Death of Mrs. Councill, Normal,
Ala


Mrs. Maria Howard Council, wife
of the late President William Hooper
Council, founder and for "a years
President of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical College for Negroes,
died in Nashville, Tenn, Saturday
night, July 23, 1910. Death came as
the result of majCr operation at a
Nashville infirmary. The funeral serv-
ices were held in Palmer Hall Chapel,
and her remains were inferred in the
tomb with those of her husband, the
late President William H Council,
who died only IS months ago.
President Walter s. Buchanan and
his wife, Mrs. Ida Council Buchanan,
and Mr.. Dement, II. Council, son of the
deceased, were at the bedside of Mrs.
Councill when the end came. The re-
mains were turned over to Mr.. A. N.
Johnson, undertaken, lifelong friend
of the family. The following day,
Sunday, July "a, the body was brought
to Huntsville, Ala When the train
arrived in Huntsville Monday morn
ing at o'clock, a committee of the
members of the faculty were at the
depot to receive the body, and i'm
mediately it was conveyed to the Col
lege Campus, in the hearse of Moore
& Commons, undertakers. The body
lay in state in the Presidents resi-
denCe until 800 p m. Monday, the
time of the funeral services.
The funeral services, which were
held in Palmer Hall Chapel, were
short and simple The Rev Mr.. w.
NJ. Jones, of the NJ. E. Church, Hunts
vile, read the obituary The Rev. Dr.
R. D. Brooks, of Pratt City, formerly
and for five years the pastor of the
deceased in Huntsville, delivered the
funeral address. Resolutions offered
by the faculty were read by Prof
Henry Hopkins, of the faculty. Miss
lsOra Garrett, OF the faculty, sang
Crossing the Bar" Just before the
benediCtiOn, Undertaken Johnson, at
the request of President Buchanan,
spoke in a most earnest and touching
manner of his long and pleasant &C
quaintance with the deceased. When
these remarks were finished and the
benedictiOn had been pronounced, the
funeral procession marched TO the
grave directly in front of Carnegie
Library. Here the body was lowered
into the vault above the remains of
the late President Council. The slab
was rolled over the tomb, and on this
was placed the many floral tributes
offered by the school, the trustees and
the many friends of the family, many
of whom were in attendance. These
included graduates and ex-students of
the school, and, among white friends,
Mr. Ben 7. Hunt, Trustee; Capt. Dan
Turner and wife, and others. Before
the completion of these last funeral
rites, Miss Isora Garrett and Miss
Odell Robinson, of Huntsville, sang
Il shall see Him face to face" The
closed with the audience sing
ing God be with you till we meet
again." and the benediction.
Mrs. Councill was born 48 years ago
in Huntsville, Ala, in December. 1861.
She attended the school taught by
Prof Councill, in that city, and later
she taught in his school Still later,
IN 1885, she was married to Prof.
CCuncill, and since that ime had de-
1oted her life to the work which stands
rs an enduring monument to his un-
iring labors. She was a devoted |
wife, and tender and loving mother. |
For more than 20 years she was |
Christian and a member of the Hunts
lille A. NJ. E. Church. She was !