The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-10-29
THE DEATH OF
W. T. FOUNTAIN
GreenwOOd's Most Universally Be.
loved Citizen Died At His Home
Sunday Morning At 1870.

The death of Mr.. w. T. Fountain
at his home in this city Sunday morn
ing, October Goth, 1919, at 80 o'clock
has cast a pail of gloom over Green
wood and Leflore county-because IN
his passing away the city and county
have lost decidedly their most uni
versally beloved and useful citizen.
Mr. Fountain was in the seth year
Of his age, about thirty years of
which he had lived in his adopted
from the State of Maryland, where he
was born and reared-and no man
ever made a more useful citizen in
all the walks of life. He was generous
and big-hearted, upright and honor
able in all dealings with his fellow
man, sympathetic and responsive to
every call from the sick, distressed
and destitute-no appeal for assist
ance ever leaving him empty-handed;
his friendship was of the most loyal
and sincere type; his devotion to his
family and to his church was sub
timely beautiful-so characteristic of
his exemplary christian life, which
had endeared him to every man, wom-
an and child who had the good for
tune to know him.
Mr. Fountain was actively engaged
in the mercantile business during his
residence in beginning
as a salesman, and finally rising to
the prominence of being one of the
leading and most successful high
class dry goods merchants in the
State of Mississippi. However, the
magnitude of his extensive mercan-
tile business was never allowed to IN
terfere with his civic, church and So
cial duties. He had held many posi-
tions of trust in our city; was rul-
ing elder in the Presbyterian church;
served fully twenty-five years as su-
perintendent of the Sunday School;
! always took a foremost part in every
movement calculated to advance the
material welfare and betterment OF
his city, county and State; and in al
! things performed those duties faith.
fully and effectively.
The editor of The Daily Common
wealth regrets his inability to fine
suitable words to adequately express
how deeply we all feel the loss of this
truly good and useful man.
Mr.. Fountain is survived by de-
voted wife and three sons, brother
and sister, and several half brothers
and sisters-to each of whom we ten
der sincere coincidence in this sad hou1
of their great affliction.
The funeral service was conducted
bv DR.. Joseph Rennie at the Presby
terian church this morning at II
o'clock, when the eloquent and abl
, pastor paid fitting tribute to tn
life and character of the deceased, ant
an appropriate musical program wa
rendered by the choir.
As a further testimonial of the hlg
esteem in which he was held, the door
: of every store, office and place of bus
: mess of every description in the cit
i were ClOScu CiiS ASAAA>AS~A AAo>>
and practically all of the owners an
! employees attended the church serv
ce. In addition to this, the volum
of exquisite floral offerings was tn
largest ever seen in Greenwood on
similar occasion.
The c'..1r-,l service was followed b
in ar,nent at the l. o. 0. F. Cemeter
the following acting as pail bearer:
Active-C. E. Wright, P. l.. d.
Leach, w. C. McBee, R. c. Lipscom
S. l.. Gwin, S. R. Keeser, &. l.. IA
[e JCnn Ashcraft.
Honorary-Tom Chapman, G.
Wade. J. T. Mccain, w. M. Hamne
DIR, S, l.. Brister, DR.. J. w. Barksdal
IN R. H. Barrett, S. NJ. Wilsford.