Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-17
DEATH CLAIMS
DR.. BURROWS
NOTED DIVINE
Aged Baptist Leader
Succumbs at City
Hospital.

DR.. Lansing Burrows, retired Bap-
/ tlst minister and one of the most
prominent figures in the history of
the Southern Baptist church, died at
the City hospital in Americus at 8
o'clock this morning, after an illness
of q few days. The immediate cause
OF his death was bronchial pneumonia.
suffering from which he was taken
to the hospital last Monday. He was
N years old last April. DR.. w. S.
Prather, his physician, and Miss Mary
Rochester, sister of his dead wife.
who had kept house and cared for
him for many years, were with him
at the end, which was peaceful.
Although it had been known bv
his physician for several days that
his illness was serious, his death at
this time was unexpected. He sud.
denly took a turn for the worse at
o'clock this morning, and the nurse
at the hospital called DR.. Prather
At O'Clock he saw the end was
near and notified his relatives.
DIR. Burrows had been in rather
feeble health for more than wear.
some time ago suffering an attack
of pneumonia frorl which it was
feared at that time he would never
recover. His robust constitution
pulled him through. however. He
was subject to prolonged hiccoughs
when ATTACKED by pneumonia, and
had shown this symptom for several
days prior to his death.
Insisted He Was Not Ill.
Two weeks ago it was reported
that he was seriously i'll, with heart
trouble, but he assured inquiring
friends that it was nothing but
slight cold, and to prove his asser-
ton he insisted on coming up town,
even though i'll at the time. The
following Sunday he went to Mil
len, where he preached at the Bap-
tist church what proved to be his
last sermon. This trip overtaxed his
strength, and he neturned home in
an exhausted condition, pneumonia
of the bronchial tubes finally devel-
oping.
DR.. Burrows, whose life in the
church work had been spectacular,
had received many honors, but the
last which came to him was one
which he had cherished as highly as
the greatest. 1t was just before the
recent reunion of Confederate vet
erans in Atlanta that he received
notice of his appointment as chap
lain general, with the rank of colo
mel, of the department OF Tennessee,
U. C. V.
Two Surviving Children.
Two children, a son and daughter,
John Rochester Burrows, of Nash
vile, Tenn, and Mrs. G. c. Mayes,
of Albany, Ga, are the only sur
viving near relatives, his wife and
another child having died years ago.
Although he had lived in Americus
a number of years, he loved his old
home at Nashville, and it was an
pounced today that his body will be
taken there for burial, to rest be-
side that of his wife.
The funeral will be held this
evening at o'clock from the First
baptist church, of which he was
formerly pastor, conducted by DIR.
Carl W. Minor At the service the
following pail bearers will oficiate,
chosen from among the members of
his Bible class at the First church,
which he taught until his. death, and
his close personal friends; Frank
Sheffield, S. F. Howell, G. G. Haw-
kins, Lee M. Ransford, T. B. Hooks,
L. B. Lott, r. P. stackhouse and
Fred Smith.
DIR. Burrows body was taken to
the church at 2;30 o'clock this af-
ternoon where it was viewed by a
number of his close friends during
the afternoon. 1t will lie at the
church after the funeral until 10
o'clock, when it will be taken to the
station.
The body will be taken on the
1924 Central train to Nashville
where services will be conducted at
an hour and place yet to be fixed,
by Or. Henry Alfred Porter, pastor
of the Second Baptist church, of At
lanta.
Born In 1912.
Lansing Burrows was born in Phil
adelphia, April 10, 1912 the son of
Rev. J. L. Burrows, a well known
Baptist minister. He was graduated
from Wake Forest College, N. G., at
the age Of nineteen, being member
Of the class Of 1861. His mother