Etowah County AlArchives Obituaries.....Christopher, Abihue January 13, 1935 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Blum-Barton lab@boone.net June 30, 2003, 2:15 pm The Gadsden Times, Gadsden, AL, Jan 14, 1935 THE GADSDEN TIMES GADSDEN, ALA., MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1935 A. CHRISTOPHER PASSES SUNDAY AT HOME HERE ------------------ Ninety-Year Old Veteran of Confederate Army Dies ---------------------- Abihue Christopher, 90, pioneer citizen of the county and one of the best known Confederate veterans died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. C. Hipp, 1136 Seventh Avenue, at 5:40 o'clock Sunday night, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held from the Hipp residence at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning with the Rev.Roy Hewlett, pastor of the Eleventh Street Methodist Church, in charge, assisted by the Rev. O. A. Bonner, of Alabama City, and the Rev. W. S. DuBose, of Attalla. Members of the Attalla Masonic lodge, No. 383, and of the Gadsden lodge, No. 236, will meet in the local temple at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in order to attend the services in a body. The following sons and sons-in-law of the deceased will serve as pallbearers: W. T. Christopher, June Christopher, Norton Christopher, Louis Christopher, J. W. Bartlett, G. C. Hipp, Ernest Smith, William Chalmers. Mr. Christopher was born in Georgia, November 23, 1844. He married Miss Lona Bridges at Senoia, Ga., at Christmas time in 1868. Ten children were born to them, eight of whom survive. The family is one of the oldest and most respected in Northeast Alabama. Mr. Christopher joined the Confederate Army in 1862, being assigned to Company I, Tenth Alabama Regiment. He served his full time with that regiment. He came to Etowah County 52 years ago and has resided in Gadsden continuously ever since. He was a member of the first board of alderman of Alabama City when that town was incorporated. He was a farmer and was active until about two weeks ago when he became ill. He did not suffer from any particular ailment. Apparently he went to sleep when the end came. Mr. Christopher was a member of the Emma Sansom Camp of Confederate Veterans. His death leaves only four members, S. H. Daniel, T. H. Stephens, Nimrod Argo and G. W. Chumley. There are four veterans in the county who do not belong to the camp. He was a life member of the Attalla Masonic lodge and had served as tiler of that body for 50 years. He was an officer of the Queen City chapter of Eastern Star and an honorary member of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The Masons will have charge of the services at the grave. Brown-Service will direct the funeral. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.oom/pub/usgenweb/al/etowah/obits/c/christop18ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb