The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-07-26
DR.. ROBERT FULTON
BOYD CROSSES THE BAR
THE END CAME SUDDENLY SATUR-
DAY MORNING.
Nashville Thrown In a Frenzy
AS The News Spreads.
lie END CAME SUDDENLY sATUR-
DAY MORNING.


for me with white horses and told
my son the other night, when he
took me in his arms and put me to
bed" and she wanted him to call DR..
Stewart and my sOl, DR.. Crawford
and make all arrangements" Mrs.
Crawford was surrounded by family
and friends, all anxious to fulfill her
wishes. The remains were carried
to Johnsons undertaking establish
ment and personally embalmed The
committee met at ~ o'clock The audi
torium was decided upon, although
the management demanded $4,000.
The physical condition of Mrs Craw-
ford caused the committee to decide
to have the funeral Monday as a
later date would not have been adj
visable. No church was large enough
to accommodate his friends and his
connection with so many interests,
organizations, etc, precluded the
usual church funeral and instead de-
manded an accurately timed pro
gram. The committee considered
his personal and intimate friends, his
church, the lodges, local, state and
supreme, the denominations, the pro-
fessions, business interests and the
wishes of both DR.. Boyd and his fam
lily in the formation of the program,
leaving the final details and execution
upon Mr.. Johnson, who was placed in
control.
The Funeral.
The procession formed on Fourth
avenue, headed by DR.. Boyd's auto
mobile with DIR. G. w. Hubbard, Bish-
ops Tyree and Phillips and DR..
Stewart, master of ceremonies. Then
the Immaculate Band, Immaculate
Commandery, Uniformed members of
Immaculates, Uniform Rank Knights
of Pythias, members in regplia, Sons
of Relief, numbering more than five
hundred on foot parade; Grand
Lodge Knights of Pythias in car
riages; Grand Court of Calanthe in
carriages; Queen Esther Court, l.
o. l. in carriages; Martha Court
of Calanthe in carriages; Harmony
Court of Calanthe in carriages; Su.
preme Lodge members of Immacu.
lates; Grand Lodge members OF
Immaculates; Purity Lodge knights
of Pythias; Sons of Relief; The
Nurses of the city; the Flower Wag
on; Silver Grey draped Funeral Car
with remains; family and friends fol.
lowing in line of carriages, automo-
biles and other vehicles about one
half mile in length.
The streets were lined with thou
sands of people along the route. The
procession returned by the Infirmary
so mother could see it, who surrond-
ed by loving friends, waved fare
well and smiled at Mr. Johnson, who
was driving the hearse with common
dation and pleasure at that position
Thousands had proceeded to the
cemetery. The remains were in
cased in a state casket massively de-
signed in King George style, copper
lined and deposited in burglar proof
lead coated steel vault in Mt Ararat
Cemetery, where they lay to await
the resurrection morning.
Scene at Auditorium.
When the procession reached the
Auditorium the crowd filed the
street from Demonbruen to Church
street. The funeral party filed in
the Auditorium, as they mad been
arranged. The massive steel gray cas-
ket was raised to the platform and
rested on a purple couch, which was
underlayed with a steel gray rug. DR.,
Stewart arose and announced that
DR.. Moore would invoke divine bless
ings. The choral class rendered
music. Bishop c. H. Phillips read
the obituary as follows:
Obituary by Bishop Phillips.
The deceased, Robert Fulton Boyd,
was born July s, 1855, in Pulaski,
Tenn, and died July 20, 1922 in
Nashville Tenn
His parents were Maria Coffey and
Ed Boyd. Being born and reared to
large extent on the farm, he had
not the advantages of an carly edu.
cation But he had thirst for an
education and came to Nashville in
search of the same. Here he worked
and attended school until he had OBJ
tanned a fair education. He returned
to Giles County and for a number of
years taught in the rural schools In
the very first school that he taught,
he succeeded in making an indelible
impression upon the mind of the
County Superintendent by showing
that he had the ability to do things.
in his work as a teacher he soon
gained the confidence and respect of
the entire community. which was
evidenced by his securing the best
schools of the county and being chos-
en- to hold the Institutes for teach
ers from time to time. But it was
not as teacher where his greatest