Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-05-26
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1t is with the deepest regret that we
record the death Of Rev DR.. Harry
Bedinger Lee, which occurred last
Saturday evening At his home in Cul-
peper, Virginia. His death was suo-
aen and without warning and came In
luSt such form as he had often eX-
pressed the desire that il should come.
few days before his death DR.. Lee
complained OF pain in his arm, and
II ANNOYED him so that he consulted a
physician. There appeared to be no
serious trouble. however. and bv Satur
day he was all right again. Saturday
evening about s O'Clock he was sitting
IN chair on his porch, conversinp
cheerfully with his wife and a neigh
Dor, when without single premonitorv
symptom he gasped, leaned back in his
chair and died. Those who were with
him could scarcely realize that he was
dead. so quickly had his snirit taken
its fight, but it was only too true, ana
the sorrowful news was convened 70 his
relatives and friends.
The funeral service was held Mon
dav afternoon in ST. Stenhen's Episco-
pal Church the rector, Rev. K 7. Ham
mond. officiating. He was buried with
Masonic honoTs. he having been Grand
Chaplain Of the Vi-oinia Grand Loace
of Masons. The body was Inferred in
the MaScnic Cemetery ut Culpeper.
Many devoted friends from various
sections of Virginia ATTENDED the ser
vices TO nav their last tribute OF re-
70 th- a
had loved So devotedlv. MeSsrs s. 6
cambridge. f. j. Goldstorouch. Harry
.ColdSborouGh and Llewclvn Potts. Of
Shepherdstown. attended the fun4rr'
DT. ee is survived by his wife, wro
vas formerly Miss Lucy Marshall p
granddaughter OF the famous Chicf
Justice Iohn Marshall: two caughters
Miss Rebecca Rust Lee and Mss Lucy
Marshall Lee: five sons: Rev Harry P
Lee Tr., rector of the Episcopal Churcn
.at Towson. Md; Rev. Claude Lee,
medical ~: sionary in China: Edwin
G. Lee. of Charlottesville. Va: Rev. l.
Keith Marshall Lee, of Blackwell, Va. ::
Richard Henry Lee, soldier in the
World War now STUDYING law in Wash
ingtcn; and one sister, Mrs Henrietta
Goldsborough Of Shepherdstown. now
the last surviving child Of the late
Edmund !. and Henrietta Lee.
The friends of DR.. Lee in Shepherds
town were shocked and grieved last
Sunday morning to learn OF his sudden
death. He was born and reared in
this place, and no man from our COM
munity has ever been more highly re-
garded than he. Although he has NOT
lived here for many years, our speo-
PIE held him in the greatest affection,
Just as he dearly loved the friends OF
his youthful days. How he delighted
In his occasional visits to his old home
town, and how thoroughly he ENJOY
ed meeting old acauaintances! 1t was a
love feast when he came back home
and his genuine devotion to the folks
here and their esteem for him was a
source of mutual happiness that will
long remain as 4 pleasant memory. He
was genuinely good man, of high
courage and noble impulses, and moth
ing could swerve him from conscien-
tiouS performance of his duty as he
saw it. Withal, he was gentle and kind
and affectionate. and these qualities
made him the most lovable of men.
DR.. Lee, who was II years Of age,
was born at Iceland, at the southwest
edge of town. He attended the pub.
lie schools here, and was a leader
among the boys. Too young to enter
the army during the Civil War. he was
an ardent southern svmpathizer. and
gave such aid to the Confederate cause
as boy could render. II was one Of
his bitter experiences to see Bedford.
his fathers home. burned by order of
General Hunter in 1864. He remem-
bered many interesting experiences
during the war, and was fond Of talk
ing about these events in after years.
Subsequent to the war he was a stu
dent at Washington and Lee University
at Lexington, Va, of which his ia
nous kinsrnan, General Robert E. Lee,
his fathers first cousin. was president
We think that he made his home with
the family OF General Lee while he
was in Lexington. All Of his life he
retained the most profound reverence
and respect for the great soldier and
educator, his devotion being mixed
with awe and his love with almost HOLY
fear. He taught school for a time in
the vicinity OF Shepherdstown-tho
school at Mcler's Cross Roads. among
others. Later he studied law and was
admitted to the bar. but the call to
become a minister OF the GOSPEL came
to him and he obeyed it. After serv-
ing several churches in Virginia he
was called to become rector OF Trinity
Episcopal Church in Charlottesville.
and here he found his life work. For
twenty-five years he was the faithful
and consecrated rector Of this church.
not only looking after the spiritual
ncH11 Of his congregation. but doinr a
ma-'s full duty in civic affairs in tnr
city. His work for the temperance
cause in Virginia was largely effective
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