Clarke County GaArchives Obituaries.....Scudder, A. M. February 1 1892
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Athens Banner, Athens, GA Tuesday morning February 2, 1892
Scudder, A. M. 

Consigned to the tomb 

Funeral of Mr. A. M. Scudder Monday afternoon 

"Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly." 

Such were the sweet words sung by a choir, composed of Miss Maggie Morton, Mrs. 
C. M. Snelling, Prof. C. H. Herty and Prof. C. M. Strahan, Monday afternoon at 
three o'clock, as the casket, containing the mortal remains of Mr. A.M. 
Scudder, was borne into the Presbyterian church by the pall-bearers, Messrs. H. 
C. White, A. L. Hull, W. A. McDowell, C. D. Flanigen, E. I. Sith, H. H. Linton, 
J. M. Hodgson and C. B. Griffith. 

The church was well filled with friends and acquaintances of the deceased, and 
all the young ladies of the Lucy Cobb Institute were present, that college 
having suspended its exercises in honor of the lamented dead who was one of its 
trustees. 

Rev. C. W. Lane read a lesson from the Scriptures after which the Choir 
sang "Peace of the Soul."  A fervent prayer was then offered up to the throne 
of grace by Dr. Lane. 

The choir sang that grand old hymn, "Rock of Ages," and Dr. Lane, offered a few 
remarks upon the life of the departed father in Israel. 

Among the lessons that he drew from his life were two very important ones.  He 
always made it a rule to be present at one ofthe prayer meetings of his church, 
and he always took a special interest in the sessions of Synods and 
Presbyteries and the government of the church.  At the request of the family  
no funeral sermon was preached, and as the recessional hymn was sung by the 
choir, the body was borne forth to the hearse, and the solemn cortege moved off 
to Oconee cemetery. 

"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust."  Into the silent grave was 
lowered the mortal frame of one of Athens' oldest and ost honored citizens, but 
the memory of his life shall ong linger with our citizens.

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