The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-04-23
JUDGE ROANE CELEBRATES
18th BIRTHDAY
Only Brother, Children and Grand
children Present

who go even beyond that are en-
titled to special honor and distinction
Thus it is that everybody thinks joy
ously and gladly of those who get
enough of heavens sunshine and i'm
blbe enough of the sweetest and most
gracious things of life to live to and
beyond the three score and ten al
lotment. Like thousands and thou
sands of other things of life, the
length of days and years allotted to
people are one of the puzzles of the
ages.
In token of the gratitude to the
Creator, the family of Judge A. T.
Roane of Grenada planned for him
celebration of his 10th birthday on
April II. The. day found this man,
who has had many honors conferred
upon him and who has met the duties
of a public servant and of a private
citizen in manner highly creditable
to HIMSELF and in way that his
family ands children have every rea-
son to felicitate over, hale and hearty
and vigorous both in mind and body.
Besides the immediate ones of the
household, who are: His wife and
daughter, Miss Annie Elise and son,
A. G. Roane, the others present were
Mr.. j. A. Roane and family, with the
exception of John Archibald who is
at school, Mr.. S. S. Roane and wife,
all of Grenada; a married daughter
and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
r. Roundtree of Philadelphia, also
son and daughter, William Russell and
Miss Mary, another married daughter,
Mrs. w. E. Callen of Selma, Ala,
and her son, Roane, and the only
brother, Judge W. A. Roane, Of
Houston, Miss. A splendid gathering
Of splendid people, a vathering that
the father and grandfather of the
household had every reason to be
proud of. Of all it can be truthfully
said that they have honored and low
ed for these years the one whose ad-
vent into this world was being cele-
brated that day.
Naturally many things were dis
cussed and many more perhaps
thought of. Good humor and ioy
held sway. The brother of the Judge
is just one of those who can touch
the humorous chord at the proper
moment and who is also capable of
reaching out and above and bring
ing into play those things from the
celestial realms which make one seri-
Gus and better for the thought of
them. Each one present seemed
aglow with the best the day could
bring and the occasion was alto
gether ore to furnish food for re-
fiection and one to encourage the
best IL humanity.
So much has happened in seventy
nine years. The world has been shak-
Ell with many tragic events, the prin-
cipal of which are stored away in
Judge Roane's mind, where he can
make draught upon them with that
freshness and lucidity of youth
The dinner for the occasion was in
thorough keeping with the dignity,
gentleness and thoughtfulness and
completeness Of the character of the
mother of the household. 1t was a
feast that would have pleased the
gods
Judge Roane's friends join in con-
graduating him and expressing the
hope that he may see many more
years of strength and virility.
During the past week, the home
of Judge Roane has been the scene
of delightful gathering of the clan,
children and grandchildren having
come from several states to be with
the head of the family on his seventy
ninth birthday.
The climax of the celebration was
the birthday dinnier on Saturday the
18th, when sixteen of his family sat
with him around table made lovely
with crystal and flowers, and aglow
with the light of 79 candles which |
decorated the birthday cake.
After dinner Miss Daisy Leigh |
Roane, the youngest granddaughter, |
brought in basket containing gifts |
from members of the family absent |
and present. Judge VIM. A. Roane |
then rose and in his charming man
ner presented the gifts. He said that |
few men had so good a brother as
he, and that Judge Archibald Roane,
thru his life, largely spent for his
children and for the weak and op-
pressed, was giving glowing ex-
ample of how man may spend a
useful and happy life, always being
found on the higher side in ques-
tlons OF morality and religion. He
spoke of the duty devolving on his
descendants to carry on the same
ideals, and also of the pleasure that |
each one present had in participating
in this expression of their love.
Judge Archibald Roane responded
thanking them feelingly, and told
them incidents of his early career,
his father as the best
man he ever knew, and advising them
to model their lives along the same
lines of unselfishness and sympathy.
A shower of kilograms, cards and
letters made the day more joyous.
and kodaks of the group made fitting
souvenirs of an tunforgetable oc-
casion.
The out-of-town guests weh,e Mr..
and Mrs. w. r. Roundtree and
daughter Mary, and son William Jr.,
who is in the Law department of
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