The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-12
ELECT OFFICERS
FOR AUXILIARY
BODY ADJouRNs AND WILL MEET
NEXT IN LEXINGTON IN THE
SPRING.
MRS. COLLENDER DIES
AGED PHiLANTHRorIsF PASSES
AwAY-FAMILY HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM GAS AS
PHYxIATI0N.
MRS. COLLENDER DIES
virginian Bureau.

Law Bldg. Phone 1887.
PETERSBURG. VA. Nov. 1.-THE
woman's auxiliary of the diocese or
Southern Virginia. which has been in
annual session in st paafs church
since Saturday morning, adjourned
this evening with services conducted
by Row. Dr. Morris. of Richmond. All
tho meetings of the auxiliary were in
teresting, and the attendance much
larger than usual
The auxiliary To-Day elected the fol-
lowing cfhcers; President and aecre-
tary. Mrs. John Letcher, of Norfolk;
vice presidents Mrs. A. NJ. Randolph,
of Norfolk; Mrs. Beverly Tucker and
Miss Emily Epps, of City Point as
sistant secretary, Mrs. John Newport
Green. If Norfolk; president Junior
auxiliary, Mrs. j. y. Lloyd. Of Biz
Stone Gap, president baby branch.
Miss Mary Garrett, of Williamsburg.
Gus, Cliar of united offerings. Mrs. II,
M Castle, Of Norfolk; church period
cal clerk, Mrs. William Anderson. OF
Lexington; educational secretaries,
Mrs Louise Barton Myers, of Norfolk,
and Mrs. T. u. Hobart of Roanoke.
The next meeting of the auxiliary
will be held in Lexington, Va, next
spring
sent 10 IFAfu Jury
Robert Brown, colored, who stab
he'd Otis Curtis, colored, to death in
a dispute over a crap game Saturday
night, was given a preliminary hear
ing in Police court this morning. lie
was sent on To the Hastings court
for trial From the evidence, it APP
paarpd that Brown committed "a cold
blooded murder.
Mrs. Bessie Meade Coliendcr.
Mrs. Bessie Meade Collender, a
widely known and highly esteemed
lady Of this city, died this morning
at O'clock at her home on Jeffer-
son street. She was eighty-one years
old.
Mrs. Collender was the daughter OF
John Everett Meade and Rcbecca
wormley Meade. She was born in
Dinwiddic county September 4, 1881.
Her husband. David Collender, ST.,
| died In 1910. Mrs. Collender was
the first president of the Home for
the Sick. now known as the Peters
burg hospital This institution owes
much of it's success to her efforts.
Mrs. Colleuder is survived by the fol-
lowing children: Thomas Collender,
Mrs. Margaret Patterson, Mrs. Lottle
Constable. all Of this city; DR. J. Meade
Collender, Brooklyn, \. Y. and pa
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