The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-16
SPLENDID TRIBUTE PAID
TO LATE MRS. WEATHERS,
BELOVED RESIDENT OCALA

The death in Ocala last Friday,
August II, of Mrs. B. A. Weathers,
aunt of Mrs. |. V. Stevens of Lake
land. was an event that called for
prominent mention in the South Flor
ida press and Lakeland friends of Mrs.
Stevens have been quick to express
sincere sympathy in her bereavement
because the deceased lady had been
more OF a mother to Mrs. Stevens than
expressed by the real relationship
An Ocala dispatch of Saturday
said:
Mrs. Marion Jane Weathers. wife
of b. A. Weathers, died at their home
in this city early today, after a lin
gering illness. She was sixty-seven
years old and one of the best known
women OF Ocala. Before her illness
She was active in church, club and
charity work, and in social life. She
was Il member Of the Ocala Woman 5
Club, j. J. Dickson Chapter United
Daughters of the Confederacy. the
Kings Daughters and st. Margaret's
Guild. She was a member OF Grace
/ Episcopal church and active in its
wCrk. and with her husband was num-
/ bered among the organizers of that
church
Marion Jane CFerguson) Weathers
was born on Aug ,, 1853, at Emathla,
this county, being the fourth daughter
of Neil Ferguson (died Dec. ,, 1870
and Of Nancy CBrooks) Ferguson
oiled Nov. :, 1910. She was married
at Emathla on Feb. s, 1873, to Brant-
ley Alexander Weathers, the third son
of Benjamin Weathers. Jr., and Esth-
er Dyess) Weathers, of a neighbOr-
ing plantation in this county
Mr.. and Mrs Weathers moved i'm
mediately after their marriage to Oca-
la and lived here continuously since
that time Mrs Weathers was edu-
Gated in the neighborhood by private
tutors, and later attended college at
Southern Female Seminary at Green
vile. South Carolina, which is now
Greenville College for Women.
Mrs. Weathers' father, Neil Fergu
son. was a native of Scotland, com.
ing to America in 1893, and becoming
one of the first settlers in this sec.
ton, her mother, Nancy (Brooks) Fer
suson, was born in that portion of old
Marion county that is now Levy coun-
ty. Mrs. Weathers was their fourth
and last surviving daughter. The last
and only surviving child of the eleven
children is Robert William Ferguson
who inherited the old plantation and
now lives at Emathla.
Mrs. Weathers is survived by heI
devoted husband and the following
children: Neil A. Weathers of New
York city; Marion Esther (Mrs. Geo
ForD OF jacksonville; Benjamin S
Weather5 OF Jacksonville: HILBERT NJ
Weathers OF Winston-Salem, n. c.;
Janet Ferguson (Mrs. Stephen Jew
i, ett Of Savannah; Brantley A. Wealth
ers, Jr., of New York city; Paul d
Weathers of Amsterdam, n. Y, and
devoted niece who is like a daughter
in the family, Mrs. |. V. Stevens OF
4 Lakeland"
The Funeral
The following account of the funei al
appeared in the Ocala papers:
Funeral services for Mrs. Brantley
\. Weathers were held in Grace Eps
cOpal church, of which she was mem
Der.
/ REV. G. Hendree Harrison, of Pen
sacola. a former rector of the church
and very close friend of the family
conducted the services. The little
church was crowded with friends of
! Mrs. Weathers and the family. The la
dies of the church auxiliary; the Ia
dies of the Woman's club and the
members of Dickson Chapter, L. d.
c., all sat in the front of the church
in body. The chancel was banked
with beautiful flowers.
After the service at the church the
body Of Mrs Weathers was conveyed
to Greenwood where the funeral rites
were concluded.
Pallbearers were Messrs C. H.
Lloyd Of Jacksonville, J. f. Chase, f.
J. Crook, II. A. WATERMAN, J. II.
Taylor, and F. II. Logan. Acting as
honorary pallbearers were Messrs. r.
A. Bprford, John L. Edwards, George
MacKay, J. J. Gerig and Ben Rhei-
nauer.'