The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-13
.EULOG|ES ARE PAID
TODR. ]. 7. PlUNKET
Enormous Crowd Attended
Funeral Yesterday
TRIBUTES OF PASTORS
Autumn Leaves Used in Church In
terror, Emblematic of the Words
of Departed Minister'S
Last Sermon
TRIBUTES OF PASTORS

of Departed Minister'S
Last Sermon
Tears, wrought from overlooking hearts
of tender sympathy and regret yesterday
afternoon marked the public funeral SER
vice CT the Rev. DIR. John Thompson
Plunket at the South Highland Presby-
terian church-the church whose pulpit
DIR. Plunket had occupied during the past
| three years:
The services began at $3.50 o'clock, pre-
sided over by the Rev. L. C. Branscomb
of the First Methodist church, represent
ing the Birmingham Pastors union. In
the church had been placed white, yellow
and pink chrysanthemums On the walls
were branches full of autumn leaves
turned to beautiful russell brown, so
significant of DR.. Plunkets last sermon.
The choir and pulpit were completely
hidden under bower of rustic leaves and
chrysanthemlms.
In attendance at the service was vast
assembly of the representative men and
women of Birmingham. taxing to its limit
the seating capacity of the church edi1ce,
with scores standing in the rear and
even overlooking into the street 1t was
an impressive occasion to witness the
common sorrow of the throng of friends.
relatives, brother pastors. laymen and
members of the various congregations of
the city.
Funeral Cortege Arrives
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock the funeral cor
tege arrived at the church and the re-
mains of Dr. Plunket were brought in to
lie in state in front of the pulpit he had
occupied with such distinction for the
past three years.
The active pallbearers were the dea-
cons of the church: D. p. Anderson,
L NJ Archibald. F. F. Ballard. S. ].
Bowie, Borden Burr, NJ. ]. billiard, "
S. Gage, A. ]. Gilmore w. E. Hooper,
Fl. r. Howe, Hugh Martin, c. p Orr,
II. j. Porter, II. r. Samson, II. U. Sims
and C. M. Williamson. The honorary
pallbearers were the elders of the
church, John II. Frye, A. W. Allen,
Caldwell Bradshaw, Joseph Hardie. W.
G. Oslin, J. x. Brockman, c. C. Heidi,
J. w. Sibley, II. r. Todd, A III. Ford,
w. F. Lyman and S. d. Weakley The
immediate family of the deceased fol-
lowed Mrs. Sallie Kate Plunket, wild
CIV; a daughter Mrs. Norvell Cullom,
and the four sons, Thomas S. Plunket,
Paul w. Plunket. Henry C. Plunket
and Kennedy Plunket.
The services were singularly i'm
presslSe and began with prayer by the
Rev. U. ID. Mooney of the Second Pres
byterian church, followed by solo,
The Beautiful Land on High by Id
fI1t.~ . Oh, oh Tn.
Evans of the Church of the Advent,
read the nineteenth Psalm, followed by
| DR.. Banscomb reading the second les
4 son from the fifteenth chapter of Cor
| inthians The quartet of the church
choir then sang, Il Am Stranger"
Tributes by Pastors
The Rev. l.. C. Branscomb, pastor
of the First Methodist church, was
| the first to speak in eulogy of his de-
parted friend and co-worker in re-
| ligious endeavor DR.. Branscomb said
| in part: when a soldier falls his
comrades love to honor his memory,
and ], as the representative of the min
isters' union of Birmingham, of which
DR.. Plunket was president, utter for
| that body the heartfelt sorrow for the
departed and tender the sympathy OF
that ministerial body to the bereft
| family.
I'VE are here to honor this good man
who has gone TO his reward, and honor
him 1 am sure we all do, for he was a
good man, man of rare intellectual
equipment, and of deep and rich spiritual
power. His sudden taking Off leaves
o. conspicuous void in the ministry ct
Birmingham"
| DIR. John L. Foster of the First Pres
byterian church said in part: This
vast audience which taxes the capacity
e HI. ali ot11 oh has
ont into the street, shows the reverence
and depth OF feeling you have for our
! late brother. Our presence here this
| afternoon justly bears tribute to the
memory of DR.. Plunket, All that man
| may do is to use or to misuse his al
| lotted time on earth. Your tear-dimmed
eyes speak the truth that my co-worlSer
| in the Presbyterian church had not mis-
used his time in Birmingham. The COM
munity is richer because we lived with
him, and poorer that he is gone for
ever"
The Rev DR.. E. C. Mcyoy of the High
| lands Methodist church said in part
"A man unusually strong in intellect and
| singularly pure in character, and there
we're indeed few ministers who had won
! the hearts of his congregation as DR.
Flunket. He drew men to him, especially
young men and his influence was Great
| for civic as we'll as religious and moral
| righteousness.
The last portion of DR.. McVoy's dis
course vsibly affected the audience as
he closed with: Farewell, brother, fare
we'll"
Dr. B. F. Riley spoke a few words
of the deep personal loss the men and
women who knew DR.. Plunket must feel,
and DR. Evans closed the speaking of
words of commentator with; Ellis per-
sonality inspires us who knew him with
the deepest OF respect for his purity
Dr. Branscomh offered a prayer, fol-
lowed by the closing solo by Frederick
| Gunster. The service closed with the
benedietion by the Rev. j. L. Foster
Remains Taken to Nashville
Following the service hundreds viewed
the remains as they lay in state until
o'clock, when Shaw and Sons removed
the body to the Louisville and Nashville
! depot for transportation to Nashville,
where interment will take place this
morning The remains were accompan-
led to Nashville by the immediate fam
lily and the following escort: A. H. Ford,
Il Never Closed My