The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-09

Funeral services over. the body OF
Federal Judge John Etherdge Mccall,
jurist, legislator. publicist and citizen,
whose sudden death Sunday night at
the home Of his daughter, Mrs. Marshall
Priest. at Huntington, Tenn, was a
shock to relatives and friends, will be
held In Lexington. where he formerly
resided, according to tentative arrange :,
ments made Monday,
Whether the burial will take place
Tuesday or Wednesday will await de-
cision of relatives following the arrival
Monday of the judges son, John f. Nc
Call, Jr., and his daughter Mrs. Lamar
Heiskeli, OF Memphis. who were ac-
companied by many friends.
Scores of others close to the jurist
in business, civil and social life will
make the trip to the Lexington grave
to pay last respects to the man they
learned to revere,
Among those who left Monday were
A. Grant Mathews clerk Of the federal
court and Frank s. Elgin. attorney.
Judge Mccall was stricken with an
acute attack OF gastritis at o'clock
pm. Sunday. shortly after he went
his brother -in-law. residing next door
was called. The Judge was resting
fairly well according tc reports, until
9:25 o'clock. when the attack of gas
trltis was complicated with an attack
Of angina pectoris, a suffocating con-
caused by action of the heart vessels.
In his weakened condition, Judge Nc
Call succumbed within two minutes.
He was in Huntington on a brief vaca-
tion. as was his custom each summer.
Judge Mccall was apparently In the
best Of health all day Sunday Mrs.
Lamar Heiskell, of Memphis. his
daughter, who spent Sunday at Hunt
ington, left him in excellent spirits
when she caught the o'clock train
ha6 ~ NH has rVfN al
at home at IL o'clock Sunday night the
news OF his death awaited her.
Final funeral arrangements were
awaiting the arrival Monday of his
son. John f. Mccall. Jr,, and Mrs.
indicating that the body OF the judge
wouId bss9aid to rest either in Lexing-
ton pt 4Einrkshurg, Tenn, have been
nss6. - fas, The bodies OF HIS mother
and father are bIied at ClaTksburg,
formerly lived at Lexington.
Since 1905, Judge Mccall has resided
continually in Memphis. He was a
member Of the st. Johns Methodist
Had he lived until Aug. Il he would
have celebrated his sixty-first birth
dav.
Born in Clarksburg, Carroll county,
Tenn. on Aug. IA, 1859, Judge Mccall
received his elementary education in
DR.. Henry Mccall His education was
completed in 1881 when he was grad
uated from the University of Ten
nessee with the ABB. degree.
The following year he was admitted
to the. state. bar and began the ,prac-
tice of law in the profession that was
later to, render him distinctive. Also
in 1882. he became editor of the Ten
nessee Republican and in his paper APP
peared the convictions which first
hrnnobt Il kva
less fighter for principles and the strict
execution OF the law.
He entered politics as a Republican
about the same time, and In 1887 was
house of representatives. He held this
for three years until 1890. when he
became assistant United States dis
trict attorney for the Western dis
trict of Tennessee. From 1895 until
1897, he was a member of the Fifty
fourth congress and was a delegate to
the Republican national conventions in
1888 and 1890.
He was married to Miss Addie Tim
berlake. Oct. IA. 1885. In 1900. as a
candidate of the Republican party for
the governorship Of Tennessee. he made
one of the cleanest, strongest fights
Of the decade, despite the fact that
the Democrats outnumbered his con-
stituents Overwhelmingly. His work in
this campaign won him wide. recognl-
lector Of internal revenue.
This was his last appointment
prior 10 the one which he held at his
death. Judge of the United States
court for the Western district of Ten
nessee. In this place, he was appointed
by President Roosevelt, in January,
1905, to succeed Judge +. s. Ham
mond, deceased, The appointment as
federal judge is lifelong one.
Besides HIS wife, who was at his side
when death came, Judge Mccall is sur
vived by one son, John Il. Mccall, Jr.,
Of Memphis; two daughters, Mrs. La
mar F. Heiskell. OF Memphis. and Mrs
Marshall Priest Of Huntington, and
the following brothers and sisters; ].
K. G.. Mccall. Nashville, Dr. p. W.
Mccall, Lexington George T. Mccall,
Huntingdon Mrs. Jennie Scott, Dyer;
Mrs. Williams, OF Lexington. and Mrs
Dr. J. b. Cox of Huntington