The Southern Banner
Athens, Clarke Co., GA
November 8, 1881
A Pair of Old Confeds.
There was a strange sight seen on our streets Wednesday--a gentleman on horseback, riding with an erect, military air, and attired in the uniform of a lieutenant in the Confederate Army. Men stopped to gaze at him and gathered in little knots to discuss the meaning of the strange spectacle. The minds of all ran back a decade and a half, and they began to talk of the days when our loved southland was torn and shattered by the ravages of war.
The rider's mission was one of peace, however. He was an old Confederate--Mr. W. G. Carithers, of Walton county; he had rode that identical horse in the army of the west, and at the solicitation of his mother and sisters, he had come to have his photograph taken, while sitting on his horse. The horse was known to be twenty-two years old, and was first rode in the army by Mr. ---- Griffeth of the Athens Guards. Mr. Griffeth having been killed at Gettysburg, his horse was given to his nephew, Mr. Carithers, and together they served their country till the close of the war allowed them to return home. The photograph was taken by Mr. Davis, and the pair of old Confeds went quietly away.
What memories were awakened by this incident! What currents of feeling, long frozen up, broke forth anew at the sight of these reminders of by-gone days! How could we help recalling the dead hopes of the past, our wild dream of a glorious nationality, and the memories of our martyred heroes? Thank God for a glorious past though it lives only in recollection.
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Banner-Herald
May 23, 1928 ~ page 6
CARITHERS ~ Died at his home, 524 Meigs street, after an illness of four days, Mr William Griffeth Carithers in his 82 year. He is survived by wife, Mrs Latitia Carithers; two daughters, Miss Elizabeth Carithers, of Athens; Mrs R H Chelsey, Boston, Mass; one son, Mr Hershel Carithers, Athens; two sisters, Mrs Amanda Breedlove, Atlanta, Ga, Mrs Ada Nowell, Monroe, Ga; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral was this afternoon, Wednesday, May 23, 1928, from McDorman-Bridges chapel at 4:30 o'clock, Dr J C Wilkinson, pastor First Baptist church, officiated. The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Mr W E Jackson, Mr Henry Jackson, Mr T L Elder, Mr Harry Elder, Mr W Carlton Thornton, and Mr Asa M Langford. Interment was in Oconee cemetery.
Obit Courtesy of:
Joyce (#47356108)
Athens, Clarke Co., GA
November 8, 1881
A Pair of Old Confeds.
There was a strange sight seen on our streets Wednesday--a gentleman on horseback, riding with an erect, military air, and attired in the uniform of a lieutenant in the Confederate Army. Men stopped to gaze at him and gathered in little knots to discuss the meaning of the strange spectacle. The minds of all ran back a decade and a half, and they began to talk of the days when our loved southland was torn and shattered by the ravages of war.
The rider's mission was one of peace, however. He was an old Confederate--Mr. W. G. Carithers, of Walton county; he had rode that identical horse in the army of the west, and at the solicitation of his mother and sisters, he had come to have his photograph taken, while sitting on his horse. The horse was known to be twenty-two years old, and was first rode in the army by Mr. ---- Griffeth of the Athens Guards. Mr. Griffeth having been killed at Gettysburg, his horse was given to his nephew, Mr. Carithers, and together they served their country till the close of the war allowed them to return home. The photograph was taken by Mr. Davis, and the pair of old Confeds went quietly away.
What memories were awakened by this incident! What currents of feeling, long frozen up, broke forth anew at the sight of these reminders of by-gone days! How could we help recalling the dead hopes of the past, our wild dream of a glorious nationality, and the memories of our martyred heroes? Thank God for a glorious past though it lives only in recollection.
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Banner-Herald
May 23, 1928 ~ page 6
CARITHERS ~ Died at his home, 524 Meigs street, after an illness of four days, Mr William Griffeth Carithers in his 82 year. He is survived by wife, Mrs Latitia Carithers; two daughters, Miss Elizabeth Carithers, of Athens; Mrs R H Chelsey, Boston, Mass; one son, Mr Hershel Carithers, Athens; two sisters, Mrs Amanda Breedlove, Atlanta, Ga, Mrs Ada Nowell, Monroe, Ga; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral was this afternoon, Wednesday, May 23, 1928, from McDorman-Bridges chapel at 4:30 o'clock, Dr J C Wilkinson, pastor First Baptist church, officiated. The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Mr W E Jackson, Mr Henry Jackson, Mr T L Elder, Mr Harry Elder, Mr W Carlton Thornton, and Mr Asa M Langford. Interment was in Oconee cemetery.
Obit Courtesy of:
Joyce (#47356108)
The Southern Banner
Athens, Clarke Co., GA
November 8, 1881
A Pair of Old Confeds.
There was a strange sight seen on our streets Wednesday--a gentleman on horseback, riding with an erect, military air, and attired in the uniform of a lieutenant in the Confederate Army. Men stopped to gaze at him and gathered in little knots to discuss the meaning of the strange spectacle. The minds of all ran back a decade and a half, and they began to talk of the days when our loved southland was torn and shattered by the ravages of war.
The rider's mission was one of peace, however. He was an old Confederate--Mr. W. G. Carithers, of Walton county; he had rode that identical horse in the army of the west, and at the solicitation of his mother and sisters, he had come to have his photograph taken, while sitting on his horse. The horse was known to be twenty-two years old, and was first rode in the army by Mr. ---- Griffeth of the Athens Guards. Mr. Griffeth having been killed at Gettysburg, his horse was given to his nephew, Mr. Carithers, and together they served their country till the close of the war allowed them to return home. The photograph was taken by Mr. Davis, and the pair of old Confeds went quietly away.
What memories were awakened by this incident! What currents of feeling, long frozen up, broke forth anew at the sight of these reminders of by-gone days! How could we help recalling the dead hopes of the past, our wild dream of a glorious nationality, and the memories of our martyred heroes? Thank God for a glorious past though it lives only in recollection.
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Banner-Herald
May 23, 1928 ~ page 6
CARITHERS ~ Died at his home, 524 Meigs street, after an illness of four days, Mr William Griffeth Carithers in his 82 year. He is survived by wife, Mrs Latitia Carithers; two daughters, Miss Elizabeth Carithers, of Athens; Mrs R H Chelsey, Boston, Mass; one son, Mr Hershel Carithers, Athens; two sisters, Mrs Amanda Breedlove, Atlanta, Ga, Mrs Ada Nowell, Monroe, Ga; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral was this afternoon, Wednesday, May 23, 1928, from McDorman-Bridges chapel at 4:30 o'clock, Dr J C Wilkinson, pastor First Baptist church, officiated. The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Mr W E Jackson, Mr Henry Jackson, Mr T L Elder, Mr Harry Elder, Mr W Carlton Thornton, and Mr Asa M Langford. Interment was in Oconee cemetery.
Obit Courtesy of:
Joyce (#47356108)
Athens, Clarke Co., GA
November 8, 1881
A Pair of Old Confeds.
There was a strange sight seen on our streets Wednesday--a gentleman on horseback, riding with an erect, military air, and attired in the uniform of a lieutenant in the Confederate Army. Men stopped to gaze at him and gathered in little knots to discuss the meaning of the strange spectacle. The minds of all ran back a decade and a half, and they began to talk of the days when our loved southland was torn and shattered by the ravages of war.
The rider's mission was one of peace, however. He was an old Confederate--Mr. W. G. Carithers, of Walton county; he had rode that identical horse in the army of the west, and at the solicitation of his mother and sisters, he had come to have his photograph taken, while sitting on his horse. The horse was known to be twenty-two years old, and was first rode in the army by Mr. ---- Griffeth of the Athens Guards. Mr. Griffeth having been killed at Gettysburg, his horse was given to his nephew, Mr. Carithers, and together they served their country till the close of the war allowed them to return home. The photograph was taken by Mr. Davis, and the pair of old Confeds went quietly away.
What memories were awakened by this incident! What currents of feeling, long frozen up, broke forth anew at the sight of these reminders of by-gone days! How could we help recalling the dead hopes of the past, our wild dream of a glorious nationality, and the memories of our martyred heroes? Thank God for a glorious past though it lives only in recollection.
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Banner-Herald
May 23, 1928 ~ page 6
CARITHERS ~ Died at his home, 524 Meigs street, after an illness of four days, Mr William Griffeth Carithers in his 82 year. He is survived by wife, Mrs Latitia Carithers; two daughters, Miss Elizabeth Carithers, of Athens; Mrs R H Chelsey, Boston, Mass; one son, Mr Hershel Carithers, Athens; two sisters, Mrs Amanda Breedlove, Atlanta, Ga, Mrs Ada Nowell, Monroe, Ga; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral was this afternoon, Wednesday, May 23, 1928, from McDorman-Bridges chapel at 4:30 o'clock, Dr J C Wilkinson, pastor First Baptist church, officiated. The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Mr W E Jackson, Mr Henry Jackson, Mr T L Elder, Mr Harry Elder, Mr W Carlton Thornton, and Mr Asa M Langford. Interment was in Oconee cemetery.
Obit Courtesy of:
Joyce (#47356108)
Inscription
WILLIAM G. CARITHERS
FEB. 6, 1846 MAY 22, 1928
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Double marker with wife, Mary Lutitia Jackson Carithers.
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