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this city for about quarter of a

Ihls city Tor about a quarter of a
century.
He has held pastorates in Man
chester, Petersburg, Baltimore and
Richmond. DR.. Hatcher resigned
his pastorate to take up work at
Richmond College, and for several
years was president of the board
of trustees of that college.
He was an active worker for the
college, and his efforts resulted in
the increasing of the endowment
fund of the college about 100000.
For at least four decades DR..
Hatcher was one of the Foremost fig
ures in the Baptist Church of the
South, and I'm many sections Of Vir-
ginia his name was almost an house
hold word.
lie was known from one end of the
Commonwealth to the other, not only
through his long connection with
Grace Street Baptist Church. but
through his unceasing activities i'm
connection with the educational work
of his church.
Scores of young men, through his
persuasions, were induced To enter the
ministry and many a prominent BAN
fist divine today owes the greater part
of his success to DR.. Hatcher.
And the Richmond minister did
something more than give them spir-
itual and moral support. He helped
literally from his own purse. and at
all times during his residence in this
city he had some student as an in
mate of his own home.
Following his work as head of the
college trustees he became the head
of Fork Union Military Academy in
| FluVanna county, a sort Of prepara-
tory school for the college. Under
I his management this institution ex-
/ banded by leaps and bounds and wear
l. increased in attendance and inhu-
ence.
DR.. Hatcher. aside from his use
/ fulnesS as a preacher and educator.
was one of the central figures in the
/ deliberations of the Baptist General
Association, where his opinions car
ried great weight. He was thoroughly
posted as TO the history and tradi-
tions OF his church, and his utter
ances in that body were rendered
doubly valuable through his thorough
understanding of men. Himself a
leader, he knew how TO pick his SUI
/ bordinates, and to develop in them
| the best OF their talents.
AS worker DR.. Hatcher was almost
| interchangeable, and whatever was un-
| dertaken by him was sure to receive
/ his best efforts and attention. A wear
/ VI dbO ne eInDOQleQ MS reCOIlectlODS
/ IN Il charming book entitled Along
/ the Trail of the Friendly Years. But
| this was not his only contribution to
! literature. He wrote much and well
/ along all lines and with a charm DIS
tinctly his own.
! DR.. Hatcher is survived by a widow
ana several children. all Of whom are
| now grown. His son, the Rev Elridge
! Hatcher, is n scholar and preacher of
! great distinction. one of his daugh-
! tiers, Miss Orie l.. Hatcher, a Phi. d.
of Chicago University and a graduate
| OF NaSsar, is professor Of English at
| Bryn Mawr College.
| From "NhO Is Who
/ In the national biographical annual.
who Is Who in America" the fol-
lowing sketch appears:
Hatcher, William e, clergyman.
born in Bedford county. Va. July 25.
1884; son of Henry and Mary Latham
( Hatcher; \. b. of Richmond College
in 1858; j. II. Richmond; Ii. D.. Den
,ison; l.. ii. D., Colgate; married Ora
ME Virginia Snead. 1864. President
lege, 1S93-19OS, Woman's COLLEGE.
| Richmond, 1S92-1S93. and now I,orl[
Union Military Academy: president
Baptist Education Boara Of Virginia.
'5-19O1; president Baptist Orphan
age of Virginia since 1891. Editor Re
ligious Herald, Baltimore Baptist and
Baptist Argus. He was author Of the
following: Life of Rev. ~ L. Brown.
Ii. ID. Goint author), 1885: Life of
Rev. J. b. Jeter, d. D.. 1889: The
Pastor and the Sunday school. 1902.
John Jasper. 1908; Along the Trail
OF the Friendly Years, 1910.