The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-05-22

DR.. Abner ROSS lOpA dled very SUI
denly this morning at II o'clock at ms
apartments in the MOntezuma hotel, or
heart failure DR.. Toph has been in
very feeble health most of the time
for the past four or five years, though |
at times, for long intervals he would
be comparatively we'll and free from |
SUFFERING At times he was able to at i
/ tend to some business but for good |
! while has left the management OF his !
property largely to his son, Mr.. Guy |
Toph.
Dr. Toph had a very severe attack
Of asthma for several days, brought on
by the damp weather and this with
other complications caused him great
agony Yesterday and this morning,
however. he was much better and had
made up his mind to go to Coopers
Well, a famous medicinal spring in
Mississippi, and he and his son, Ray
mond, accompanied by Mr.. Guy Toph
or Mr. Waggoman. were to have left
at PAS this afternoon, making the trip
by easy stages, stopping over in jack
sonyille for the night
He assisted his son and daughter-ln-
law. Mrs. Guy Teph, to pack his trunk
and was doing more than they thought
was good for him. They admonished
him several times to sit or lay down
and let them do the packing, but he
; insisted on helping. Suddenly at IL
. o'clock he sat down on the bed, fell
, back and called Guy. and died in a
= few seconds without speaking or
= breathing again.
l Messrs Smith & Roberts took charge
t of the remains and removed the body
to their undertaking rooms. The fun
A eral will take place tomorrow morn
| ing at 10 o'clock and the body will be
g laid to rest in Greenwood cemetery
t. Mrs ~ r. Toph is i'll in the Gordon
e Keller Hospital, Tampa, where she was
a operated on ten days ago. She IS too
r ILL., it is feared, to even be told of her
n husbands death. Her stepsOn, Mr..
f Abner TOph, who resides in Tampa, has
n been advised of his fathers death and
5 will arrive tonight. DR.. Toph's only
: living relatives as far as he knew are
4, his wife, their young son, Raymond,
O who came home last week from South
: ern College, and DR.. Toph's two sons,
n Mr.. Guy w Toph of this city and Mr.
n Abner r. Toph. Jr., of Tampa and a
- brother. Mr.. Joe Toph of Danville, Ill
m DIR. Toph was born at Pierceville
v Ind He moved to Covington, Ky.
< early in life, where his two oldest sons
H. were born. Soon after their birth he
IS moved to Cincinnati, where he resided
r until October, 1898, when he moved &c
8 Ocala, bought Il farm near Montague
a from which place he moved to Oca Ia
k five years later DR.. TOph was grad
rs uate in medicine, from the University
+ of Kentucky, but he conceived a dis
t like for the profession, which was 81
"a strong that he decided he would neve
We practice. He engaged in the real es
ct tate business in Cincinnati and in thu
rs early days when the city was growing
n and developing and put on the marke
the famous addition to that city, Ter
race Park, which made the doctor botl
fortune and local fame and at his deaf
he held interests in the park, as Wei
as other valuable properties there. Fo
number of years after coming t
Ocala: in fact, until his health becam
80 too feeble DR.. Toph would spend par
~ of each summer amid the Strenuou
"a scenes of his early manhood, in tn
:" real estate world, and took a keen de
!, light in the work. For several year
- he spent a good portion of his time i
Jacksonville and invested largely i
real estate in that city. He had a kee
>, eye and a clear head bushes
- proposition. y good many years az
when Ocala property was a drug o
the market. he bought the Montezum
llu hotel property at less than one-fourt
ill - - r,,ar. ,,al,, Win ~, ,a
- business head and unerring judgmeI
in investment matters, he saw a gres
. future for Ocala and his prophecies Fl
the city have been fulfilled almost Vel
batim.
DIR. Toph was one of the most jOvia
big-hearted men the writer has ev'
known. Even on the days when
was suffering keenly. tho able TO
down stairs. he had smile, word
cheer and a hearty greeting for ever
~ one. He had faults, but they We
open and above board and he made
attempt TO conceal them and his vi
tues and good traits were many al
the friends he had We're Staunch Al
true and he and they would DO mu'
b for each other.
In his declining years. and he reali
ed that they must necessarily be fe
he was tenderly cared for by his 81
Mr. Guy Toph, whom ne almost wo
SHIPPED and who was deeply attached
- his father Ills wife and daughter-i
N1 law did all that kind hands and lovil
hearts could TO make his pathW.
easy. Many friends viii miss Il
kindly man and his place Will be ia
to I'LL in their hearts ana minds. T.
paper extends its deepest sympathy
&c the bereaved family.