The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-09

hope of recovery. I had the
good fortune of seeing and
talking with him on the last
day and he seemed cognizart
of his new adventure and he
faced it unafraid. During the
night, he seemed to improve,
but in the early morning hours
the strength ebbed out of him
with each breath and he
quietly expired at 6:15 A. M.
on Sunday, May the third.
The late Buddy CrosSon is
survived by his wife, the for
mer Lola Wilson, and two
lovely children, Cornelia aged
5, and Ronald aged 212 years.
He was also an accomplished
musician on the SaXophone
and for a great many years
played with the Ivanhoe Lodge
band of the Ivanhoe Lodge,
Alphabetical Order of Knights
of Pythias, North America,
South America, Europe, Asia,
Africa and Australia.
Mortician Everton L. Nor
rison conducted the funeral
arrangements and services
were held on Wednesday, May
6, to IL noon in the st. Mark
Congregational Church on
Townsend Street in Roxbury,
where Rev. Samuel L. LAWS
count delivered a brilliant eul-
ogy. Ralf Coleman read a
tribute in verse from the the
atrical profession penned by
Bertha Elliot. Mrs. Nancy
Scott sang 1.-THE Old Rugged
Cross" and "'We Shall Meet
accompanied by Dolan Yates,
church organist. The platform
was a mass of floral tributes
and the body reposed in a
massive steel gray casket lined
with ruffled white satin. One
hundred and fifty persons at
tended the services at Boston
and over three hundred more
were present at the John Wes-
ley AME Zion Church in At
tleboro where Rev. Scott of
Portland, Maine, gave a glow
ing tribute and a minister from
Providence made the invo-
cation. Rev. Booker T. Med
ford, a boyhood friend, eulo-
gized the deceased in the po-
etc beauty of William Cullen
Bryant's "Thanatopsis." A
resolution from the church
board was read and the choir
sang abide With Me" A pro-
cession of twenty motor cars
rode to the Woodlawn Gene
terry where in a peaceful spot
on the side of a hill overlook
ing the river, the mortal re-
mains were lowered, After
the conclusion of these cere-
monies, the entire party OF
mourners drove to the CroSson
homestead and partook of the
excellent hospitality of the
family. The pail bearers were:
John Miller, Charles Rhone,
Charles Mitchell, Herbert
Jackson, Ralf Coleman, Will
liam Averett, Harold Walls and
Walter Campbell.
Floral offerings were as fol-
lows: Charles Rhone, Cousin
Crosson, Virginia TyneS, Ada
Barco, Ruth Johnson, Ann
Ouarles, Luoneal Mason, Ralf
Coleman. Frank Silvera, Lor-
EMO Quarles, Fannie Small
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
bur Edwards, Mr.. and Mrs. Jay
Powell. Boston Chapter OF
Girl Friends, John Morris,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Jackson,
Navy Yard Shops, From The
Boys, Mrs. Matilda Wilson;
large piece from the family
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fairfax,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis and
Mildred, Mr.. and Mrs. John W.
Brown, Sr., Lydia F. Brown
Mrs, Marjorie Darlington and
family, Mrs. A. Hayes and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. John }.
Miller, Mamie Crosson, DAN
iel Wilson and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Smith and Clydine,
Mrs. Helen Sledd, Fellow
workers of the Publishing
House, Mrs. Jane Robinson
Helen G. Robinson, Joseph
ColIum, Members and Friends
iof the A. M. E. Zion Church,
Mr., and Mrs. William A. NC
Nance, MIR. and Mrs. Daniel
Facey, From Neighbors, Harold
Walls and Mother, Mr.. and
Mrs John B. NORM, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter M. Kendall, Mr..
and Mrs. ] Wilson Parker, MI
and Mrs. VIM. w. Wright, MI
and Mrs. George Davis, Mr..
apd Mrs Jones and Edith