The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29
MEMORIAL TABLETS
ARE DEDICATED At
MONUMENTAL CHURCH

ALLu iCSiNS zL0 SSS@
ices twelve bronye tablets II memory
Of former members and oerafactors
OF Monumental Episcopal church
were dedicated Yesterday afrcrnoon
al the regular services at O'clock
Each tablet represented conG7-
hn11ou Of sh06 t. The enoowmont
fund OF TIE church Each donation
and tablet is made by some rela TIRE
of a. deceased mem Der OF tho church
Ssver wears aro the rector, the
Eev. DR.. Parnes Morris and the vest--
OF Monumental church began plan
ming an endowment fund. whch
w'nu!d be devoted to missionary wors
within the immediate vicinity % the
church The fund Us TO be kept per
peruall- In rseerve, tho income from
the fund only being available
Many generous gifts have beer
made 70 The endowment fur9. Thtcn
!. II expected will total $500 From
the income Of this fund IL Is tntand-
ed TO provide j ssx-1 OF trained wors-
ers, who VIII devote their ir,e 10 90
Ing church 1org.
pr Morris gtsrsd yesterday after
-oon THAT it wss felt that The &C
t.vttiee OF fre church E1usI change
SO as to meet the changed condition.
II vas felf that the church should
90 more sSztaLraLc and constrrc-
tive work among ire various trsti-
turions II lis Immediate vicinity. sA
well as among the transient popula-
ton nearby.
One Of the most stting nstho-ds
OF Increasing rms fund" DR.. Ao--7s
said, was early suggested 70 the yes
It, A4~c .
1escan dants Of foruner worshippess
prominent IN the life OF the church
would bs Invited to make don auous
To the fund. in considc-s-sor for
which memorial tablets would be
placed upon the pews formerly oc-
cupie6 hv the persons r1en1oriAllZed-
The tablets are te the following
former members.
Marg Katherine Jones. on pew sT.
Mas Jones was . beloved teacher of
boys IL ehe Sunday school and her
! name Is revarsst unttl today BY her
boys
william Mayo f7ss-iss7, for
twanty ave years vestryuan IN
Monumental church. Ee vas the
grandfather OF the present P Z
Mayo. OF Richmond He lived at oae
tine az an estate known As Powhs =
, tar seat. a little below Richmond
TIE tablet was placed On pew IS
Eliza beth .woodbride Groocrov
/ f1S5S-1al4, eldest dacghrer Of the
Raw. Or George Woodbridge. FOR
s5 Yesrs rector Of Aonuraenral
church
Richard Ea-tawsv Meade and
Catherine Fontaiae Meade, who we're
life long mem hers OF the chn-ch,
and whose influence is still felt among
the corxreEa ton
Lidta Hardawa~ Lane Ger eral
Jaracs Henry Lane ard Csa-iotts
! Meade LaEeA These tablets v-ere
PLACED OF pes 80 and -.
GanGal Lane was hr<szadsAr-
general in the Confederate array and
latAr occupied the chair c. engineer
ing - tie AlaharaA Polytechnic IN
ststntA An we're leading n.er bars
of this church.
Coles Boyd Mr. Bcya was oacs
presidal-% of Planters Naronal bank
ard prominent capitalist and to-
haccontst. For many years he ras
g. yesuy1rA1 at Monumental church
Frances Valentine Allan. wife O.
John Allan. wealthy merchant Of
this CITY THIS was the family thai
adopted gdga- Allan Poa. and edu-
catA6 hin The tablet was placed
on pew -. which ras OCCURRED hT
:, tbs Allan family but IS new used BY
the family Of the late BENJAMIN s
| Valentine. Who presented the snar,o--
rial table.
Edgar Allan Poe. wnIle /. nam bar
-. of the Allan family. was 4 regular
attendant At the church AS curly
headed boy. he was renernb barred by
/ many OF the old mem bars Upon
the death Of Mrs Allan Poe trAttAd
| from the church
| John Stewart ana Mary amanda
/ Stewart {Is22-1s1ol Of Brook Hill
| pew Ne 8. They wore married ,-
the church and were .he parents .!
| the late Mrs Joseph Bryan, and o.
| the Misses Stewart, OF Brook Elll
! George z C-utchHAld ana Virginia
penoon CrutchhAld. his wtts These
! we're the parents OF z Milford
Crutchheld. Of Mrs :. Lawrence
| Price and OF Mrs, Fobe-t PulI!am.
i rhts tablet was pAced on paw No.
Is, which Il the one used By the
Crutchheld family
Peter Randolph Rahrn f1ss1-ls1s)
and Anna FoscAy (lss4-1s1e) pew
NO Sc, son and mother. Soth let,
+, handsome bequAstx to the church