The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-02-18

? ominent Physician and l1emoeS o.
Schoof Board Passes Away.

| Dr. Julian tr1SG bfangie.s 4'op"1S'
physician. prominent citizen ahG
member Of the parish school boaro
from the fifth ware, dice suddenly,
last Wednesday afternoon Nh1le OUT
hunting On the Conway plantation.
back of Burnside With his f1eno'
DR.. Brooks A. Colomb OIL st. James.
Death is said to have beer due 20
heart disease from which the doctor
is said &c have been sufferer Toe
years.
Deceased was lati7e and LIFE
long resident Of the parish OF Asceh~
sion. He was born on the Hermitage
plantation March 8, 1862, q son Of
the late l.. A. Bringier ano Stella
Tureauc. He was educated at the
Louisiana State University and the
Virginia Military Institute. He grad
mated as an NJ. D. at Tulane Unlver,,
stiy, New Orleans, in 1888. and
shortly thereafter located near Burn
side and engaged in the practice OF
his profession, which ne continued
successfully up to the time Of MS
death. IN the course OF time ne &C.
quired the beautiful Ben Tureaud
home "Tezcuco," and lived there FOR
| the past twenty-five years. In 1891,
he married Miss Mary Jones, daugh~
| ter Of DR.. Joseph Jonesy the oele--
brated scientist, who, in 1878, sent
70 the gallows five brutal negroes
who murdered Philip Arrieux. The
expert testimony of Dr.. Jones con-
victed the quintette and they were
legally hanged in the public square
| in Donaldsonville in the presence Of
! thousands Of people. The doctors
testimony was to the effect that the
blood found on the clothing Of the
negroes was Identical with that on
| the scale weights which had been
used TO crush the old mans skull.
| DR.. Bringier always took an active
part in the political life OF the par
ish and state. He served Tor four
years as a member Of the State Leper
Board, and for. two terms as mem.
| ber Of the parish school board OF
Ascension. He was Z polished gen
tleman and scholar, friend to the
poor, devoted husband and affec-
tionate father. His domestic life
was exemplary He was liked and
respected by all who knew him,
white and colored alike, and his
death has cast deep gloom over the
community in which he lived and Ia
bored faithfully and we'll for so
many years.
The funeral took place yesterday
morning. Services were held at the
Episcopal church in this city at IL
O'Clock, at which Rev. Quincy Ewing
of Napoleonville oficiated, following
which the remains were Laid to rest
in the large family tomb in the
Catholic cemetery. A large number
of people from the vicinity in which
he lived and from all parts Of the
parish attended the obsequies and
followed the remains to their last
resting place.
! The active pall-Dearers we're: Ber-
I'll Schexnayder, Joseph Belle, Jr.,
] Maurice Hymel, Clarence Porta, John
| Boudreaux and Uriei Louvierre.
| Besides his estimable wife, de-
cedent leaves to mourn his loss, TWO
/ daughters. Mrs. S. Logan hMfcGGof4fael]
| of Monroe, La, and Miss Trista, and
two brothers and one sister. L. a
| Bringier of New Orleans, and Browse
Bringier Of Los Angeles, Calf. and
| Mrs. r. H Thach Of Birmingham,
ALA. The Chief proffers condolences
to the afflicted family in their great
loss,
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