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The pall-bearers were: Dr. G. A.
Howard, of Vicksburg and Marcellus
Green, of Jackson, members of the
standing committee of the diocese,
G. D. Sidway, of Jackson, Treasurer
of the diocese, Capt. James T.Mead,
of Lexington, Capt. James Prestly, of
Canton, Judge F. T. Cooper, of Jack-
son, Judge Frederic Speed, of Vicks-
burg, and Capt. L. M. Tucker, of Co-
lumbus, all vestrymen of their respect-
ive churches.

The deacons of the diocese led the
funeral procession, followed by the
cisiting clergy, the clergy of the dio-
cese next, the standing committee,
Bishop Gallaher and Adams, the pall-
bearers, Bishop Thompson, as chief
mourner, the family of the deceased,
the vestry of St. Andrew's Church and
the visiting vestries following in the
order named.

At the burial grounds the last ser-
vices began. The sentence was de-
livered by Rev. Dr. Sansom. The offi-
cial committal of the body was given
by Rev. Nowell Legan, registrar of the
Diocese as follows: "The body of the
Right Reverend Father William Mer-
cer Green, Docter in Divinity and
Doctor of both laws, Chancellow of
the University of the South and
First Bishop of the Diocese of Missis-
sippi, whose soul is now with the
Lord, we here commit to the earth in
the name of the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost, Amen.

The body was then placed in the
grave and the Right Reverend Bishop
Gallaher, of Louisiana, delivered the
concluding prayer.

The pall-bearers filled the grave and
closed the sunlight forever from the
cast off shell of the noble and truly
good man, the memory of whom had
been the occasion of the solemn cere-
monies. A last benediction was
said by Bishop Hugh Miller Thomp-
son after the earth of the grave was on
a level with the soil about it, and the
mourning multitude silently withdrew
from the sacred spot.

Among the prominent visiting
clergymen were the Right Reverend
Dr. Patterson, Drs. Shoup and Sessoms,
of Memphis, Tenn., Right Reverend
Wm. N, Gallaher, of Louisiana, Dr.
Douglas, Louisiana, Bishop Adams
and Rev. Dr. Sansom, of Vicks-
burg, and Rev. Drs. Halstead,
Harris, Logan, Short, Martin,
Dehart, Turner, Hargrave, Brown,
Starkweather, Derossett, Stevens,
Stokes, and J. A. Harris. Among
the prominent citizens of Vicks-
burg who were present were
Messrs, Baum, Lehman, Walsh, Lee,
Mocre, Speed, Judge Farrar and many
others.