The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-22

First Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, conducted by the Rev. Thos.
H. Lipscomb, assisted by the Rev.
Jesse D. Franks. The large audi
torium was filled with sorrowing rel
atives and friends who met to pay
tribute of love and respect to the
memory of this grand old citizen and
soldier. In the gallery there were
number of negroes, for the colored
people also loved General Sykes fer
his true nobility of soul.
The Confederate soldiers, the Bar
Association and the Daughters. of the
Confederacy attended the funeral in
body.
At ten o'clock the choir sang LEAD
Kindly Light" This was followed by
scripture reading by the Rev. Thos.
II. Lipscomb and prayer from the
Rev. Jesse d. Franks. Then the choir
sang "In the Christians Home In
Glory" The Rev, Thos. H. Lipscomb
then announced that the services
would be concluded at the grave, and
the great throng sorrowfully follow
ed the remains of General Sykes to
Friendship Cemetery, where the body
was laid to rest.
The services at the cemetery con-
sisted of a scripture reading by the
Rev. Thos. H. Lipscomb and a prayer
by the Rev. Jesse d. Franks.
The pall-bearers were Mr.. F.. r. !
Hopkins, Mr.. w. p Sanders, Doctor
Dabney Lipscomb, Mr.. Parker Reeves,
Mr.. w. G. Evans, Mr.. L. A. Vaughan,
Mr.. Thomas j. Locke and Mr.. C. F.
Sherrod.
The flower committee was COM
posed of Mrs. Irene Burke, Mrs. Adj
die Marshall, Mrs. L. p Wilkinson,
Mrs. J. M. Morgan, Mrs. ]. L. Walker
and Miss Lillian Gregory.
Before the casket was lowered into
the grave, the Daughters of the Con-
federacy placed a beautiful silk Con-
federate battle flag over the still heart
of General Sykes. After the mound
had been formed, Mrs. Battle K. Ses-
sums, president of the U. D. c., plac-
ed another Confederate battle flag on
the grave.
The floral offerings were many and
The grave of General
Sykes was completely concealed be-
meath a wealth of fragrant flowers,
their perfume rising to heaven like
the incense Of his useful life. The
graves of his sons, Harrison and Ed
ward, were also similarly covered.
And now, "By the flow of an in
land river" the remains Of this
splendid citizen repose. 1t matters
not to him whether the light Of a
mellow harvest moon falls upon his
grave or the slanting rays of a sum-
ner sun. He cares not whether his
Tomb be covered with the fragrant
flowers Of summer or the soft SHOWS
IF winter For all that lies beneath
The sod is but dust. The spirit has
gone home to the God who gave IL. '
Already the merciless fingers Of dis
are at work on his !
earthly tenement, but the fingers Of {
cannot touch his soul. ]
It is Of God and a part Of God, and
God IS eternal 4
General Sykes was a member Of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church, {
South. He was also a Mason. an Odd {
Fellow and a knight Of Pythias. He
was Past Grand Chancellor Of the
Knights Of Pythias Of Mississippi
With ability and energy he discharged
every duty laid upon him, and his
place viii be hard TO fill Il
To the aged widow, as sanity a soul {
rs ever frightened and blessed the
earth. to his daughters. grand
,hildren and ereat-grand-children. to
All near and far relatives. to his Con- {
federate comrades and % his friends
everywhere. the Dispatch would ex-
tend its profound. heartfelt sympathy
10 the great loss they have sustained. Z
Nay the good God comfort and sus- 4
.ain them al IN theh sorow.