Clarke Co. GA - OBIT:  William Starr Basinger

Submitted by Joe Basinger <joeb@redrose.net>


                           William Starr Basinger
                                      
[from the Savannah Press, 26 April 1910]
                                      
   The remains of Colonel W.S. Basinger ,who died yesterday afternoon in
   Athens,at the home of his daughter,will reach Savannah tomorrow
   morning at 8.35 o'clock and will be taken immediately by Messre
   Henderson Bros.to the Guards 'Arsenal ,where it will lie in state
   until 4 o'clock in the afternoon.The funeral will take place at that
   time and services will be conducted by Rev Troy Beatty of Emmanuel
   church Athens,assisted by Rev F A Brown of Christ Church.The interment
   will be in Bonaventure cemetery.There will be no services conducted at
   the armory,but at the cemetery.
   
   The Savannah Volunteer Guards,under the command of Major William
   B.Stephens,will act as escort to the remains,Colonel Basinger having
   always been identified in both peace and war with the battalion and
   having held the most ardent affection for the organization.
   
   The active pallbeares will be a squad of non commissioned officers of
   the Savannah Volunteer Guards detailed by Major Stephens,and the
   honorary pallbearers will be Judge Walter G Charlton,Capt.Henry C
   Cunningham,Col Alexander R Lawton,Col William Garrard,Col Jordan F
   Brooks,Judge Samuel B Adams,Capt Thomas F Screven and Mr George C
   Freeman.
   
   The people of Savannah will follow with regret the remains of
   Col.Basinger to his last resting spot.

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