Masonic Resolutions Adopted Relative to the Death of Members of Whiteville Lodge, No. 143
Brother Wiley T. DODSON, a young man full of promise and possessed of many virtues, died Nov. 4, 1861, of disease contracted in camp.
Brother Joseph F. ALLEN, called, as he believed by duty, left home and the practice of his profession, early enlisted in the army of the South, and met his end faithfully discharging his duty as a soldier at Brittain’s Lane, Sept., 1862.
Brother Richard J. NEELY, a man kind and sympathetic by nature, endeared most tenderly to many friends, most dearly beloved by his family, died in the midst of family and friends, May 19th, 1862, of disease contracted in the army. He felt prepared and departed in peace and hope.
Brother W. D. IRLY, upon whom friends and brethren looked with much hope of future usefulness to the Lodge and society, fell mortally wounded at Murfreesboro, on the 27th of Dec., 1862.
Brother John T. WOOD, first a soldier in the war between the United States and Mexico, again in the army of the late rebellion, a man of virtue, fondly beloved by family and friends, returned home pressed down by disease, which in its ravages could not be staid by the hands of affection or skill of the medical profession, died a christian November 3, 1863.
Brother I. T. CREWS, a kind husband, affectionate farther, a generous friend and neighbor, a christian and true mason, sleeps near Oxford, Miss., where he was placed by comrades deeply mourning his loss. He fell mortally wounded in a fight neat Abbyville, Miss., Sept 1864. (His remains since removed to the family burying ground)
Brother John C. BOYD, the kind companion of a young wife, a beloved father, a good and true mason, respected by many friends, sleeps in a soldier’s grave near Columbia, Tenn., where he met his death discharging his duty as such.
Peace to their sacred dust; they sleep in safety, watched over by Him whose eye never sleepth.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 16 Nov. 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
