Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-09-09
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every day." welded the gavel in
control of his funeral service
and his audience until the end
of the final ceremony. He had
made the outline several years
ago and the family carried out
his wishes.
Sweet Auburn Avenue" turn
ed out in respect, jamming traf-
fic.
In his eulogy, the Rev. Will
liam Holmes Borders, Grand
Chaplain of the Prince H a |
Grand Lodge and pastor of
Wheat St. Baptist Church, chal-
lenged the survivors not to let
Mr.. Dobbs qualities of courage,
extraordinary mind, charity for
the poor, obligation to family
and ambition die.
John Wesley Dobbs was
courageous man." Rev. M. Bor-
ders said. 81 have known him
to turn the spotlight of right
eousness on wickedness in high
places. Most of US tip lightly
around wrong in powerful peo-
pie. John Wesley had Elijah's
prophetic power of sanction of
right in the weak and condemn
ing wrong in the strong :.
Twenty-Five years ago when the
Klan was really riding and pre-
JUDGE held a death grip from
Sugar Creek to the Chatta-
hoCchee from the bright light
of the Tybee to the line of Ala
bama, John Wesley Dobbs was
saying loud and long: Friends
let's get the ballot. The ballot
is your weapon. You can put
'em in and out with the ballot.
He was the main human instru-
mentality in causing the Masons
of George to put more than
$4,000 in the hands of Thur
good Marshall the fruit of
which is educational integra-
ton"
Rev. Mr.. Borders also paid
tribute to the family life of the
deceased and Mrs. Dobbs, who
were married nearly SIS years
and lived in one house almost
as long, declaring that "the
home is natures gift to society
and is mans first and most i'm
portant obligation"
The Pew. Homer E. McEwen,
pastor of First Congregational
Church, where Mr.. Dobbs was
a member, commended the gen.
Grafton of the deceased which
he said had "also fought well
against marvellous contribution
paid by this generation in fam
lily life.
The Rev. H. 1. Bearden, pas
tor of Bethel presided over the
funeral services and read Scrip
ture. Prayer was offered by the
Rev. M. L. King Jr., co-pastor
of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
The Masonic exercises were
in charge by DR.. x. L. Neal,
Deputy Grand Master of the
Georgia Prince Hall Grand
Lodge.
Songs on the program, desig-
mated by the deceased as sign
flying the three parts of his
life were: ~ Am Thine, o
Lord" 80 Zion Haste, Thy
Mission High Fulfilling" and
Say Well Done" the verses of
the latter being sung by Henry
J. Furlow.
Interment was in South View
Cemetery.
Honorary Pallbearers includ-
ed: Officers of the Georgia
Prince Hall Grand Lodge Trus-
tees, First Congregational Ch.;
the Grand Masters Council, Is
of whom were represented; Di-
rectors of Citizens Trust Com
pany; Officers of the Georgia
Voters League; Thurgood Mar
shall; Amos T. Hall; John G.
Lewis, Benjamin B. Mays, Ru-
fus E. Clement, A. E. Manlye,
Benjamin E. Brawley, S. L.
Green, Sr. Frank Cunningham,
H. V. Richardson, L. D. Milton,
C. R. Yates, A. T. Walden, T.
M. Alexander, w. R. Burleigh,
R. E. Billings, M. L. King, Sr.
Active Pallbearers were Leroy
Bolden, Mark Frazier, L. A.
Fuse, S. l.. Gibbon, Halle
Thomas and Lewis Young.
High Dignitaries Present
Among the high Masonic dig
nitaries present at the Dobbs
funeral were the following: DR..
John G. Lewis, Jr., Grand Mas
ter of Louisiana and Lieutenant
Grand Commander of the Su-
preme Council, Southern Juris-
diction; Leland French, Cleve-
land, Lieutenant Grand Com
mander Supreme Council;
Northern Jurisdiction; DIR.
Amos T. Hall, Grand Master of
Oklahoma and President of the
Conference of Grand Masters;
Booker T. Alexander, Imperial
Potentate, Order of Mystic
Shrine; Thurgood Marshall,
Chief NAACP Counsel and