The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-02
WHOLE COMMUNITY SHOCK
ED IN ANNOUNCEMENT
OF HIS UNTIMELY DE-
MISE.
FUNERAL FRIDAY
Taken Desperately Ill Monday,
Operation ResOrted to In
Hope of Saving His
Life.

Hon. w. S. Liadamood, president Of
the National Bank Of Commerce,
member of the firm Of Lindamood and
Pickett, brick manufacturers and
builders, prominent business man, de-
vout churchman, large philtnthropist
and honored and useful citizen, died
last Thursday morning at the Collm-
bus Hospital.
He was taken i'll on last Monday,
but the gravity of his attack was not
then realized, he working throughout
the greater part of the day at his
office at the Military road branch of
the brick yard. That night DR.. ]. w.
Lipscomb was called after medicine
used in previous attacks had failed to
give him relief. DR.. Lipscomb at
once pronounced his case critical and
gave him all the treatment possible
hoping to relieve him without the ne
cessity of an operation. He suffered
from intarsusception of the bowels
nd on Tuesday and Wedacsday-grave
symptoms appeared which indicated
that he would live but a short while
unless surgical relief was admins
tered. Mr.. Lindamond knew his con-
dtion ard advised that a surgeon of
not be hurried here. Dr. Lipscomb s
diagnosis was concurred in by other
medical mea and DR.. Cunningham
Wilson, mtn of fine surgical attain
ment in Birmingham, was wired for
The regular train had left that city
via the Southern ard q special train
was made up and he hurried here. lie
left Birmingham at eleven O'Clock on
Wednesday and reached the city at
three. He Immediately went into
consultation with those in attendance
upon the stricken man and decided to
operate at once. The operation occur
red shortly, thereafter and it Was.l
found that his case was one of severe
gravity and practically little hope was
held for his recovery. Mr.. Lindamood
Underwent the operation with extreme
-fortitude, realizing that he was very
near deaths door and would proba-
bly, never recover. Once Of twice on
Wednesday night he reganed con
siousness and spoke cheerfully to
those arourd him, but towards morn 4
ing he lapsed into uncunsciousness and
grew weaker until the end. He was
in his fifty-eighth year.
w. S. Lndamood was born il
Wythcville, Va, and two brothers and
three sisters survive him, Mr.. II. w.
Lindamood, Ohio; Mrs. T. X. SUIT, F..
and Mr.. Jas. II. Li1damood, of Wythe-
vile, Va; Mrs. Creiger, Pu-
las-ki, Va; and Mrs. L. w. Stevens, of
this city. Thirty three years ago he
came to this sectiul locating in Aber- (
deem and engaging in the building
and contracting business. 1t was about
this time that the co-parnership with .
Mr.. w. N Pucfett was begun and it .
continued until the end Of his success
full life. About twtIty-three years .
ago the firm, Lindamood and Puckett
obtained their first contract in this
city, to build Columbus Hall at the
College, and subsequent contracts fol
lowed here and both cast their for
tunes with Columbus and have been
citizens ever since. They established
their first brick yard here and it has
grown and expalded until they are
among the largest manufacturers and
builders in the south, their operations
extending all through this section
They organized the Columbus Nation
al Bank. Of which Mr.. Lindamood was
president. With his success n a f.
nancial way came opportunity fer him
to crafty his philathropic desires and
he was a large contributor to educa-
tion and charity, being at the time Of
his death, a trustee of Oglethorpe
University, in Georgia. trustee of
the Palmer Orphange, in this city
and an elder il the First Presbyterian
church.
The funeral was held last Friday
afternoon from the First Presbyterian
church, Rev. r. Excel Frye coming
from Mobile for the obsequies. He
was assisted by Rev. W. L. Duren,
presiding elder Of the Columbus cir
cult of the North Mississippi Confer
ence. The honorary pail bearers
were: Messrs. l.. Rosenzsweig, A. Fl.
Pegues, A. N. Lawrence, H. f. SIM
rail-, l. L. Castor, Parker Reeves and