The Shreveport Times.
Sunday, November 23, 1890
Page 4
NATCHITOCHES.
"Death is the common heritage of all, and when the ties of love and friendship are sundered thereby, it is but human for those surviving to bewail their loss." How much more so then, must the blow be felt, when death selects as its victim, one in the full flush of manhood, handsome, intellectual, with the future full of bright prospects, and whose many shining virtues made him an object to be loved and admired by all his associates? Such was John [Wellborn] Jack, "Johnnie," as he was familiarly called by all of his friends. The news of his death was a shock to the entire community, coming immediately after the publishing of a bright communication of him in the Review. Those from this place who attended the Dallas fair, spoke of him, of his endeavor to show special attention to the friends of his boyhood days. In fact it was proverbial that if anyone had only passed through Natchitoches and "Johnnie" knew of it, it was all sufficient to receive a hearty hand-grasp, and some other token from him. His death was a severe shock to his entire family. None knew of his sickness, and even his friends in Dallas, where he died, did not know how seriously ill he was. Rev. Mr. Hayden and Mr. Louis Prudhomme, of Texas, had the self-imposed but sorrowful duty of bringing the remains home. The funeral was largely attended and the floral offerings were handsomer and more plentiful than were ever seen here. The services were conducted by Rev. Alford, of Mansfield, assisted by Rev. Hayden, and were most impressive; the latter in recapitulating the life of the dead, paying a tribute that amounted to a eulogy, and justly so. The grief-stricken relatives have the sympathy of the entire community. Only a few months ago, Col. Jack laid to rest his little babe, and now this blow seems almost too hard to bear.
Sunday, November 23, 1890
Page 4
NATCHITOCHES.
"Death is the common heritage of all, and when the ties of love and friendship are sundered thereby, it is but human for those surviving to bewail their loss." How much more so then, must the blow be felt, when death selects as its victim, one in the full flush of manhood, handsome, intellectual, with the future full of bright prospects, and whose many shining virtues made him an object to be loved and admired by all his associates? Such was John [Wellborn] Jack, "Johnnie," as he was familiarly called by all of his friends. The news of his death was a shock to the entire community, coming immediately after the publishing of a bright communication of him in the Review. Those from this place who attended the Dallas fair, spoke of him, of his endeavor to show special attention to the friends of his boyhood days. In fact it was proverbial that if anyone had only passed through Natchitoches and "Johnnie" knew of it, it was all sufficient to receive a hearty hand-grasp, and some other token from him. His death was a severe shock to his entire family. None knew of his sickness, and even his friends in Dallas, where he died, did not know how seriously ill he was. Rev. Mr. Hayden and Mr. Louis Prudhomme, of Texas, had the self-imposed but sorrowful duty of bringing the remains home. The funeral was largely attended and the floral offerings were handsomer and more plentiful than were ever seen here. The services were conducted by Rev. Alford, of Mansfield, assisted by Rev. Hayden, and were most impressive; the latter in recapitulating the life of the dead, paying a tribute that amounted to a eulogy, and justly so. The grief-stricken relatives have the sympathy of the entire community. Only a few months ago, Col. Jack laid to rest his little babe, and now this blow seems almost too hard to bear.
The Shreveport Times.
Sunday, November 23, 1890
Page 4
NATCHITOCHES.
"Death is the common heritage of all, and when the ties of love and friendship are sundered thereby, it is but human for those surviving to bewail their loss." How much more so then, must the blow be felt, when death selects as its victim, one in the full flush of manhood, handsome, intellectual, with the future full of bright prospects, and whose many shining virtues made him an object to be loved and admired by all his associates? Such was John [Wellborn] Jack, "Johnnie," as he was familiarly called by all of his friends. The news of his death was a shock to the entire community, coming immediately after the publishing of a bright communication of him in the Review. Those from this place who attended the Dallas fair, spoke of him, of his endeavor to show special attention to the friends of his boyhood days. In fact it was proverbial that if anyone had only passed through Natchitoches and "Johnnie" knew of it, it was all sufficient to receive a hearty hand-grasp, and some other token from him. His death was a severe shock to his entire family. None knew of his sickness, and even his friends in Dallas, where he died, did not know how seriously ill he was. Rev. Mr. Hayden and Mr. Louis Prudhomme, of Texas, had the self-imposed but sorrowful duty of bringing the remains home. The funeral was largely attended and the floral offerings were handsomer and more plentiful than were ever seen here. The services were conducted by Rev. Alford, of Mansfield, assisted by Rev. Hayden, and were most impressive; the latter in recapitulating the life of the dead, paying a tribute that amounted to a eulogy, and justly so. The grief-stricken relatives have the sympathy of the entire community. Only a few months ago, Col. Jack laid to rest his little babe, and now this blow seems almost too hard to bear.
Sunday, November 23, 1890
Page 4
NATCHITOCHES.
"Death is the common heritage of all, and when the ties of love and friendship are sundered thereby, it is but human for those surviving to bewail their loss." How much more so then, must the blow be felt, when death selects as its victim, one in the full flush of manhood, handsome, intellectual, with the future full of bright prospects, and whose many shining virtues made him an object to be loved and admired by all his associates? Such was John [Wellborn] Jack, "Johnnie," as he was familiarly called by all of his friends. The news of his death was a shock to the entire community, coming immediately after the publishing of a bright communication of him in the Review. Those from this place who attended the Dallas fair, spoke of him, of his endeavor to show special attention to the friends of his boyhood days. In fact it was proverbial that if anyone had only passed through Natchitoches and "Johnnie" knew of it, it was all sufficient to receive a hearty hand-grasp, and some other token from him. His death was a severe shock to his entire family. None knew of his sickness, and even his friends in Dallas, where he died, did not know how seriously ill he was. Rev. Mr. Hayden and Mr. Louis Prudhomme, of Texas, had the self-imposed but sorrowful duty of bringing the remains home. The funeral was largely attended and the floral offerings were handsomer and more plentiful than were ever seen here. The services were conducted by Rev. Alford, of Mansfield, assisted by Rev. Hayden, and were most impressive; the latter in recapitulating the life of the dead, paying a tribute that amounted to a eulogy, and justly so. The grief-stricken relatives have the sympathy of the entire community. Only a few months ago, Col. Jack laid to rest his little babe, and now this blow seems almost too hard to bear.
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