The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-01-05
WILLIAM ]. DAFT, A
SOLDIER OF SOUTH
CLAIMED BY DEATH
ONE OF THE OLDEST ACTIVE
BUSINESS MEN IN CITY SUM.
MoNED az REAPER.
SERVED WITH BEDFORD FORREST
For Many Years A Deacon OF The
First Presbyterian Church and for
Half Century an Active Participant
In Business Life of City.

William Jason Dale, Confederate
soldier one of the oldest business men
in Columbia, for q great many years
a deacon Of the First Presbyterian
church, died at his residence on
Eighth street at $3.50 o'clock this
morning, after an illness of several
days. Mr.. Dale, had been critically
sick for some time and while the
death was great shock to the family
and friends it was not altogether un-
expected.
Mr.. Dale was born in Columbia sew
enty-tive years ago, August "a last
and had lived here all of his life with
the exception of the four years that
he spent in the service of the South
ern Confederacy At the age of nine
teen he enlisted in Maney's First Ten
nessee infantry and went at once to
Virginia, where he fought under Lee.
Later on he was transferred to the
cavalry and during the last years of
the war served under the immortal
Forrest He spent full four years in
the service of the South and was a
valorous soldier, ready at all times to-
answer any call. At the close of the
war he was lieutenant.
Immediately after his return to Co
lumbia from the battlefields Of the
South he entered the dry goods bust
ness with his father, the late w. J.
Dale, the firm name being w. J. Dale
& Son. Later he engaged in business
with Figuers, McEwen and Dale, which
continued for many ears. Eighteen
years ago he organized the Dale Grain
& Feed company, with which he was
actively connected at the time of his
daeth. Very few residents of Colum-
bia had been so long actively engaged
in business as Mr.. Dale. For more
than half century he had been
figure in the business life of the COM
munity.
Mr.. Dale is survived by his wife,
! who was Miss Margaret Mclean, and
five children, Frank, Andrew, William
j., Jr., Norman and Mrs. William Hut
ton, of Huntsville, Ala. For many
years Mr.. Dale had been member of
the board of deacons of the First Pres
byterian church. He was very de-
voted and earnest worker in that
| church.
Modest, unassuming and retiring in
his disposition, Mr.. Dale was one, of
the best men who ever lived in Colum-
bia. He was held in the highest es-
TEEN as a man, as citizen, as father,
husband, churchman, in every relation
Of life, by all who knew him. His
home life was almost ideal. In every
relation he measured up to the very
highest standard He was simple in
his habits, temperate in all things and
| a thoroughly consecrated follower OF
The Master. Hewas honorable, pune
| .ual and faithful in all of his business
| dealings.
| The funeral services will be held
it the residence on Eighth street, to-
morrow morning at II o'clock and will
be conducted by DR.. J. G. Molloy, pas
or of the First Presbyterian church
rhe interment will be in Rose Hill.
The board of deacons of the First
Presbyterian church will act as pail
hearers. The deacons are William p.
Ridley, E. e. McLemore, A. Looney
j Walker, Horace Rainey, Jos. B. Borum,
Roy Afford, Stuart s. Fleming, Eugene
]; Anderson, Ulna H. Foster, Andrew
Dale, w. B. Wooten, C. A. Parker
i Conner J. Akin. Cakes G. Nichols,