DOAK, W.S. (Rev.) – (d. 1882)
Greeneville, Tenn., May 24, 1882 — Already the sad news has gone forth to the world that Rev. W.S. DOAK, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is dead. Yesterday morning, at 4 o’clock, at his home at Tusculum, death claimed him as his own, and tore him from the bosom of his family; from the affections of his friends, and from his position of usefulness. As the sad news spread it filled every heart with sadness, and everyone said in feelings, if not in words, “Truly a good and useful man has fallen.” This feeling is not confined to his more intimate friends and neighbors, but pervades the entire State.
The following telegrams have been received by Miss Julia A. DOAK, from Nashville, show the esteem in which he was held at the State Capital: — Nashville, May 23, 1882.
The sad news of the death of your father has just reached me. The State mourns the loss of a good man. To the bereaved family I tender my most sincere sympathy. — Alvin HAWKINS
“Accept the sympathies of one who loved him.” — A.W. HAWKINS
After appropriate services the remains were interred in Oakland Cemetery, one half miles north of Tusculum.
Blount County democrat. (Maryville, Tenn.), 03 June 1882. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96091617/1882-06-03/ed-1/seq-1/>