Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-06-14
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Alfred Wcstficld Perritt

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1893, and died at tho County Hospi-
tal, Anderson, S. c., May 10, 1922,
after very brief illness. He was
graduated from the Seneca High
School in May, 1911, and entered
clemson College In the September
following. Here he contracted 10
lent case Of Pneumonia in the spring
OF 1912, and was sent, for three
months, to the Pine Heights Hospi-
tai, Augusta, Ga. After his return
to college he suffered a relapse, and
was thus forced to leave college and
rclinquish the scholarship he had
won in a county contest.
In tho spring Of 1918 Mr.. Perritt
volunteered for the U. S. Navy, and
was sent to the training station at
Finey Grove Camp, Charleston, S. G.
llo did not see active service in the
Great War, but having enlisted for
four years, he maintained his con-
nection with the navy until Decem-
Der, 1921, when he received an hon
orablo. discharge.
For two years Mr.. Perritt was in
the employment of G. w. Gignil-
lat & Son, Of Seneca, rs the mana
ger of the Seneca Warehouse Co.,
where, as a man Of business, he
proved capable, painstaking and
honorable, enjoying in the fullest de-
gree the good will and respect Of his
employers. The last few months Of
his life were spent quietly with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Perritt,
at their home near Seneca. :
Mr.. Perritt became a Christian at
the early age Of eleven years, and
was baptized into the fellowship Of
the Seneca baptist church by Rev.
G. Wardlaw, it's pastor. In this re-
lationship, as in every other, his life
was characterized by n quiet earnest
ness .steadfast loyalty to duty, and
by deop interest that was never
demonstrative, but always true and
vital.
Dependablencss was the keynote
Of his character. Whether in church,
lodge or community, nobody ever
had moments doubt as to where
Alfred Perritt stood when good
cause was at stake.
The love Of mans heart Is the
supreme test Of his character Alfred
loved God, and Gods cause as rep
resented in His church. OF this She
gave, in his quiet and modest way,
many convincing proofs, among
which may be mentioned his gift Of
a beautiful individual cup commun-
ion service, now used by the church,
and his bequest, out Of his savings Of
his brief life, Of large sum Of
money rs beginning for a new
church building. And thus, Though
dead, he will yet live and speak"
through the years in the church he
loved so sincerely.
He loved his home and it's cher
ished inmates with strength that
tied him there. "The shouting and
the tumult" Of busy, bustling
world offered no inducements to his
home-loving heart.
4Ie loved his friends with a loyal
sincerity that proved itself in many
happy ways. That he made friends,
stronger and moro numerous per-
haps, than he even suspected, goes
without saying, and was fully DEM
onstrated by the immense throng
that attended, his funeral, and by the
wealth Of lovely flowers that covered
his grave. 4
A life which thus steadied itself by
this triple attachment--its love for
God, for home, and for friends-and
Christ Himself could point no nobler
objects for mans love-must bear
Its fruit in ways and places which
only God can see, and in tho hearts
and memories Of his many friends
it's influence will abide as another
note Of harmony In the choir invisi-
BILE, "whose music is the gladness Of
the world"
Mr.. Perritt Is survived by his ia
ther, D. "A. Perritt, and mother, Eiiz-
abeth Dendy Perritt, of Seneca, and
by his sisters, Mrs. A. 8. Rollins of
Charleston; Mrs. o. G. Skinner, Au-
gusta, Ca, and Miss Lura Perritt, of
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