The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-11-14
FUNERAL OF
ALEXANDER.
MOSAIC NATIONAL GRAND MASTER
BORNE TO RESTING PLACE
Thousands View the Body as it Lay
State--The Whole City in Mourn
ing-Deep Sympathy Expressed
the BereaVed Wife-Tele-
grams From All Parts of
the Country.
Special to the Globe.

OpeCldl 10 the GlODG.
Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 6.-Never
before in the history of the state has
a larger body of citizens gathered to-
gether to pay tribute to a well-be-
loved and popular citizen, churchman
and leader in the fraternal world as
that Of this afternoon, when the fun
eral Of National Grand Master of the
Mosaic Templars of America, VIM.
Alexander, was held from the First
Baptist Church, where he was loyal
member. The deceased had served
his church in many capacities, both
local and state. For several years he
was superintendent of the Sunday
school, and was also a member of
the Trustee Board and served one
year as president Of the State Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union
Long before / o'clock the people
kept up perpetual stream to the
First Baptist Church, so as to be able
to secure seats At the same time
there was a constant stream of hui
mainly going in and coming out oil
the National Mosaic Templars build
/ ing, at Ninth street and Broadway
to get a final gaze upon the lifeless
form of the noble chieftain Nearly
all Of the officers particularly the
State Grand Masters) Of the entire
Mosaic jurisdiction and many of tn,
Committee Of Management, together
with many of the laity of the fra
ternal world, were among the grea
humber of mourners and sympathiz
ers.
AS near as possible to the hour {.
o'clock for the leave from the hal
to the church, the Uniform Rank
under the direction of Maj. Gen w
B. Higgins, assisted by Officer
Weathers, Searls and Dubbison an,
others, and large body Of member
from the various lodges of the cit,
and nearby towns, formed the lin
Of march, headed by the Mosai
Templars' brass band Every avai(a
= BILE hack in the city and also Argenta
= besides a great number of privat
carriages, buggies, etc, were brough
into service. While the band playe
wal u Wy OUu " lntt, lle UOUl
} which had lain in state in the aud
torium of the Templars' building 70
nearly thirty-six hours, was born
, downstairs and placed in the hears
: and the funeral cortege proceeded t
/ the church. All along the path O
the procession hundreds stood wit
barred heads and utmost silence on
of respect to the sad occasion. Wit
, the arrival of the procession at tn
church came hundreds of citizens
who with the great number of mem
. bers of the Mosaic orders soon hal
, the large church edifce taxed be
yond its seating and standing capacl
J ty. A great number who were I'm
able to enter the church remained OF
the outside. With the usual fraterna
ceremonies for funeral occasions
presided over by State Grand Maste
! P. H. Jordan, Jr., resolutions com
ing from many distinct branche
wherein the deceased was identified
were read The funeral Grafton de
livered by National Auditor J. H. Nc
Conico was a masterpiece Mr.. Nc
Conico told pathetically of the ordea
he had passed through, and said i
was all so sudden he could not ther
realize that his friend and co-laborel
was dead He imagined he coulC
hear Mr.. Alexander in that iovia
manner that had made him so many
friends, calling to Jack to do thus
and so.
The floral offerings, besides bein,
the largest collection, were also tn,
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