The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
COL. LEvEN LAKE
PASSES AWAY
Was Nearly 100 Years Old.
His Life Rich With
Good Deeds

Col. Levin Lake died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Ida Owen, in Gren-
ada, on Wednesday afternoon of this
week, after a weeks illness. He was
" years, a months and 18 days old,
having been born in Dorchester county,
Maryland, Sept. Z, 1877. He came to
this place in 1884, and except for a
short residence in Tennessee, Missis-
sippi has been his home ever since. He
was one of the pioneer merchants of
Grenada. He brought his first goods
here on barges up the Yalobusha river.
For thirty years he was the Missis-
slppi representative of the Armour
packing company, and he remained with
them until about ten years ago. He
was diligent in his labors and in what
ever he engaged he met with fair
measure of success.
He joined the Methodist church in
1886, and has always been an active, a
jealous, faithful and useful member.
He became Mason in 1886, and ever
exhibited marked interest in the ten
cts and doings of this great fraternal
organization. He went up step by step
in Masonry and is said to have been the
oldest made Shriner in the world, hav-
ing walked the sandy desert only two
years ago.
His first wife lived but short while.
He was married the second time in Ma
ryland in 1910 to Miss Harriet Ann
Crawford, who passed to the world be-
yond in 1905. He was the father of
nine children, all of whom lived to be
grown; two of them survive him: Mrs.
l.. Owen and Mrs. W. G. Anderson, of
Paaucah, Ky. lie was thc happy pos
SCISSOR of twenty-four grand children
and ten great grand children.
He was valiant soldier in the Con-
federate army and was the first quar-
master to ever receive the title of Ma
jor. But it was not in war that he was
the greatest soldier, yet he was in the
forefront of the conflict; but he will
be handed down to generations as
soldier of the Babe of Bethlehem, and
as one who bore aloft the flag of the
Holy One for three-score years. It
was net in finance that he won renswn.
but in the sacred precincts of home,
where he loved and cherished a good
wife and directed the lives OF nine chill
dreu.
When the mind runs back to the date
of his birth and then comes along pc
riod by period through the history of
this great country, some small idea can
be had of the vastness of his expert
ence and the extent of his observations.
In allotting him days his MakA- WIS
generous.
As giant oak upon whose bgC<1s
many bird has rested its weary Wings,
as mighty vessel wh.ch has p.oughed
the briny deep and carried its cargo
safe through many a storm, as war
rior, who never fal .ered in any contest
nor quailed before any foe, as dove
with a message of good cheer from
distant seas, he fell to sleep. Truly
'he kept the faith" His life is bea-
con light on the shores of time that
should guide weary travellers and bring
the aisconsolate from the wilderness Of
disconsolation to the celestial highway.
The funeral services were conducted,
with Knights Templar ceremonies,
from the Methodist church Thursday
afternoon and his remains were carried
to Oxford Friday and laid to rest be-
side his wife who preceded him to the
grave six years ago. He left legacy
to his children and the world that
''moth and rust doth not corrupt"
The Sentinel offers coincidence to the
bereft ones.
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