Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-10-15
FUNERAL AND BURIAL OF
LATE MAJOR R. R. HENRY
Funeral and Burial Last Sat
urday Afternoon - Beautiful
Floral Tribute From Many
Friends in Virginia.

course OF Sorrowing friends and the
stricken family. There was a profus-
ion of flowers, such as is seldom seen
on such an occasion, contributed by
admiring friends here and elsewhere,
lodges and societies Brief and i'm
pressive service was read and all that
was mortal of this beloved father,
friend and citizen was left to sleep
until the resurrection trumpet shall
sound.
Following is the list of pall-bearers:
Active-R. o. Crockett, II. C. Bow
EN-, A. S. Higginbotham, j. Is. Boyer,
G. M. st. Clair, II. Claude Pobst, II.
S. Graham, ii. r. Hawthorne.
Honcrary-S. C. Graham, j. N.
Harman, L. d. Johnston, Henry Pres
ton, j. p. Royal, Geo. w. st. Clair,
W. II. Wcr.h, II. G. Mccall, j. p.
Kroll, a. st. Clair. J. p. Whitman, H.
nj. Snvthc. A. j. Steele, b. ". S.ras.
j. III. Whitley, Barnes Gillespie, Joe
Howard, VIM. Mitchell, Ii. p. Brit
tain, Geo. w. Gillespie, Henry Rou.h,
J. G. TUrley, j. ID. Alexander, II. C.
Weller, Jas. i. Strother.
The funeral service was held at the
home, conducted by Rev. NJ. AFRO
wood, of the Presbyterian church,
and Rev. w. S. Bulard, of the Chris
tiar church.
The service was simple, solemn and
appropriate. Mr.. Bullard made an
appropriate and solemn address, and
read "a brief biographical address,
which is printed below. Undertaken
Peery was in charge of the burial
ceremonies. Major Henry was laid
10 rest in his Confederate uniform.
In one hand was flag of the Confed-
eracy. To the cause of his country
he gave the best years of his young
manhood, the mature years of his
age he proclaimed his loyalty to the
last. Peace to his ashes!
The Rev. Mr.. Bullard, in his funer-
al address, read the following paper
handed him by S. C. Graham, who had
been Major Henry's partner since the
4th of July, 1881. This paper, how
ever, was dedicated for the use of Mr..
Bullard as a memorandum for his
funeral address, with no expectation
that it would be published, but is
published by consent of Rev. Mr..
Bullard and Judge Graham.
r. r. HENRY.
X. X. Henry was born IN Chester,
JSouLn Caronna, April 2Uuh, 1913. lie
Was (. son OF w. ~. Henry, VINO was
Uoln at hlngS Mountain, oouCh Car
Onna. his mother was JulIa 1aIi, Il
daughter OF Jonn Il. Han, oil FRED
ericAsDurg, Virginia. ms wlIe, Lucy
AsnDy henry, IS daugnuer OF John
AshDy, of Cuipepper county, Va. Mrs.
1ienry is Il iilsL cousin of turner
ASnDy. She was born IN Cuipeppar
county, anu uney were married IN
Kappanannock county, Va, on De-
ceiAper ~, 1869. Inere are seven
cnhdren: Jonn Randolph Henry,
Cnarne Landon Henry, Wiiiialn BYRD
henry, Lucy Asnpy henry, q. 5.
Iienry, Robert Eeveiyn Henry, Ayiette
DucKner Henry.
MAJOR Henry studied law in the
Ofhces OF lawyers ana was not eou-
caIed at law scnool. he served
through the late war, Company T.,
l2th virginia InIantry, q. D. A., ana
was severely wounued at Burgess
Mill. lie was Hancock's elector Tor
The Ninth district OF Virginia and
was Democratic nominee for Congress
In The 9Th district In 1886.
Major Henry came from Kappa
hannucN county, Virginia, | Jnnk
ABOUT The year 1871, wnen ne settled
IN wise county where he lived unUii
Inc year 1876 and Then moved TO TaZc-
wen; serving as commemorative At
Iorney Tor term in Wise county. lie
ana were partners IN Buchanan
county In the practice OF law IN the
years 1872 ana 1873, under the firm
name of Graham & Henry. About the
year 1876 he came to IaZewell and
formed partnership with Joseph
Stras, dr., and renamed q partner of
MS until the year 1880. MAJOR Henry
and 5. Z. Graham formed q partner
snip Tor the practice of law on the
4th day OF July, 1881, and contin-
ued as partners from that time unUil
the time of Major Henry's death.
Mayor Henry was man of splen-
did intellect. Speaking as partner
L can say that he was one of the
ablest counsellors; and what | mean
by this, in private consultations. In
all our consultations from the time OF
our partnership until his last attack
OF sickness, his whole object seemed
TO be to reach the truth, the right and
justice of every case or engagement
that we had. l can truthfully say that
never heard him make an immoral
suggestion in all our consultations and
Dusines transactions that we had dur.
ing our whole lives. What | mean by
that is: that his whole life. as p
practicing lawyer, was high toned
honorable and with single eve tc
attain justice in all our engagements
at the bar, but never to sacrifice truth
or honor to attain an end. He wa.
strictly truthful and, in his heart, a
hand who had high moral ideals. He
believed in a Divinity. This l know
unquestionably, and, while he never
made any professions of religion tha,
ever knew of. vet | know that hi,