| From the The Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.) |
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| May 14, 1905 |
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| Maj. Myers is Honored by Many |
| Great Concourse Attends Funeral of
Distinguished Railroad Man |
| Body Will Be Cremated |
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Special Train Bore It to Washington After Church
Service |
| The funeral of Major E. T. D. Myers took
place at All Saints' Church at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the
body was taken to Washington to be cremated. The church was fairly
thronged with sorrowing friends, and the service, conducted by Rev. J.
J. Gravatt, was a most impressive one. |
| The scenes at the church were indeed
touching. Engineers and conductors, who had started as apprentice boys
and served faithfully to mature manhood and to journeymen in their
respective lines, were both active and honorary pall-bearers, along with
men who had been intimate with the distinguished railroad man in other
walks of life. |
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Every Wheel Stopped |
| Every wheel on the lines of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac Washington-Southern roads were stilled at 5
o'clock on account of the funeral, and the stations along the route were
draped in mourning. The occasion was fraught with the utmost sadness
through-out, and all who attended did so with bowed and uncovered heads. |
| Out of respect for the simplicity of Major
Myers's life, the family requested that there be no flowers, and this
request was observed. |
| The congregation and pall-bearers were
dismissed when the church ceremonies were over. |
| The body was then placed on a special
train for Washington. A representative of the crematory met the body an
conveyed it in a hearse to the establishment of J. William Lee, on
Pennsylvania Avenue, which has a crematory attached. The body will be
cremated at 6 o'clock this morning. A number of relatives and friends
accompanied the body to Washington. |