| From the New Orleans Daily Picayune |
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| June 4, 1865 |
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| In Memoriam |
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| Office N. O., J. & G. N. R. R. Co. |
| New Orleans June 2, 1865 |
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The following memoriam and resolution were this day adopted by the Board
of Directors of this Company: |
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Died, May 1, 1865, at Lewisburg, Parish St. Tammany La., H. J. RANNEY,
late President of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad. |
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His associates in the great trust reposed in us, as the Director of this
corporation do an act of simple justice in offering this, our humble
tribute to his memory. In all the time he was with us his every act was
of such a kindly nature as won the confidence and affection of all with
whom he was associated la this public trust. Endowed by nature with a
superior mind, it was his pleasure to adorn It with the richest gems of
classic lore, culled from the pages of ancient and modern author. With
the rich gifts of nature thus improved by Information the most varied
and extensive -- his ready wit and aptness of repartee, always pleasant
-- his quick appreciation of the humorous and his ability in discussion
-- made him the centre of admiring friends, with whom he stood the peer
of any man. |
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Clear In his conception of right; just in his judgment, exalted in
principle, magnanimous by nature, largely generous and charitable to
all, with a heart gentle and warm for his friends, with simple truth it
may be said he was a man sans peur et sans reproche. |
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Our friend is no more -- be sleeps the sleep that knows no waking; his
spirit has departed, while his dust is mingled with his mother-earth on
the shores of the lake that encircles the city of his home and of his
love. May the winds that quietly kiss the flowers which bloom around his
grave – the waving boughs of the forest monarch, clothed in perpetual
green; the gentle cadence of old ocean's unceasing waves be his lullaby
-- soft and gentle be thy slumbers. Earth rest lightly on thy bosom,
while time shall ever keep thy memory green within our hearts. Worthy
friend, a long, long farewell; peace to thy manes. |
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Resolved, By the Board of Directors of this Company, that in the death
of H. J. Ranney this Company has lost one of its best friends; one of
its most useful members, and society one of its best and highest
ornaments. |
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Resolved, That the members of this Board wear the usual badge of
mourning for thirty days. |
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Resolved. That this Memoriam and Resolutions be spread on the records of
this Company, and forwarded to the relations of the deceased, and
published In the Picayune. |
| R. S. Charles, Secretary |
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