Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-02-16
COL. LEVEN LAKE
PASSES AWAY
Was Nearly 100 Years Old And His Life
Rich With Good DeedS--He Was a
Valiant Confederate Soldier.

Col. Leven Lake died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Ida Owen, in Gren-
ada, on Wednesday afternoon of this
week, after weeks illness. He was
SS years, months and 18 days old, hav-
ing been born in Dorchester county.
Maryland, Sept. z, 1917. He came to
this place in 1884, and except for a short
residence in Tennessee, Mississippi has
been his home ever since. He was one
OF the pioneer merchants of Grenada.
DE brought his first goods here on barp-
es up the Yalobusha river.
For thirty years he was the Misslssip-
pi representative of the Armour Pack
ing Company, and he remained with
them until about ten years ago. He
was dlhgent in his labors and in what
ever he engaged he met with q fair
measure of success.
He joined the Methodist church in
1886. and had always been an active. a
Jealous, faithful and useful member.
de became Mason in 1886. and ever
exhibited marked interest in the te-
nets and doings of this great fraternal
organization. He went I'D stem bv sten
In Masonry and is said tc have been the
Oldest made Shriner in the world. bav-
ing walked the sandy desert only two
years ago.
bis first wife lived but a short while
he was married the second time in Mo
ryland In l84O to Miss Harriet Ann
Crawford, who passed to the world he
yond IN 1905. He was the father of
nine children, all of whom lived tn he
grown; two of them survive him. Mrs
l.. Owen and Mrs. w. G. Anderson of
Paducah, Ky. He was the happy DOS
SCISSOR of twenty-four grand children
and ten great grand children.
de was valiant soldier in the Con-
tederate army and was the first quar-
termaster to ever receive the title of
MAJOR. But it was not in war that he
was the greatest soldier, yet he was in
the forefront Of the conflict; but he will
De handed down to generations as a SOL
dIer OF the Babe of Bethlehem. and ss
one who bore aloft the flag of the Holv
One for three-score years. 1t was not
IN finance that he won renown. but in
the sacred precincts OF home, where he
loved and cherished good wife and di-
rected the lives of nine children.
When the mind runs back to the data
OF his birth and then comes along period
by period through the history of this
great country, some small idea can he
hsd OF the vastness of his experience
ana the extent of his observations In
allotlng him days his Master was gen.
erous.
AS giant oak upon whose boupbs
many bird has rested its weary wings
as mighty vessel which has ploughed
the briny deep and carried its cargo safe
through many a storm, as a warrior
who never faltered in any contest nor
quaiied before foe, as a dove with a
message of good cheer from distant
seas, he fell to sleep. Truly ''be kent
the faith" His life is a beacon lipbt
on the shores of time that should on;ds
weary travellers and bring the disconso-
late from the wilderness of disconsola-
tlon TO the celestial highway
The funeral services were conducted
with knights Templar ceremonies. from
the Methodist church Thursdsv afto--
noon and his remains were carried to
Oxtord Friday and laid to rest beside
MS VIE who preceded him to the grave
SIX years ago. He left a legacy to his
children and the world that "motb and
rust doth not corrupt"
The Sentinel offers coincidence to the
oereft ones. Grenada Miss Sentinel
colonel Lake always attended the
meetings of the Grand Camp of Confed-
crate Veterans. At their last reDn;on
IN Richmond he and his son, aged 70.
were given the position of honor at the
head of the column.
Until he was in his 85th wear ColonsI
Lake represented the Armour pacL;n,-
Company in Mississippi, and held his
own with the younger knights of the
"Trip" IN making his trade whether hv
tram, by horse or mule, or. if need he
oy walking. As an example of his won.
oerful vitality it may be stated that he
was able to walk the hot sands of the
Mystic Shrine desert" after reacb;no
his 91st year.
Colonel Lake was the great uncle of
MRS John s. Bottimore and Mrs. ]. F.
Hurt, of this place, and they were often
visitors to his hospitable home in Miss
issippi.