Newton-Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....William P. Anderson October 21 1896
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Georgia Enterprise, Jan. 30, 1896
In Memoriam
     Brethren- It has pleased the Supreme Ruler of the Universe to call our 
dear brother, William P. Anderson, from earthly labor to eternal refreshment, 
and we are greatly grieved at his departure, because it entails upon us an 
irreparable loss.
     He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. Yondereaux, at 395 Rawson 
street, Atlanta, on Monday, October 21, 1895, and his remains were brought to 
Covington on Wednesday, October 23d, and tenderly laid to rest by the side of 
his life long partner,  Mr. N. P. Hunter, with all the honors of our beloved 
order.
     Brother Wm. P. Anderson was born January 12, 1821, and was, therefore, 74 
years old last January.
     Our deceased brother was long a merchant of Covington, and was always 
noted for his fair and honest dealings, and his upright life.
     Brother Anderson was one of the oldest and brightest masons in our lodge, 
and had filled the Eastern Station perhaps longer than any other member in it. 
He had also filled every other position in the lodge, and was always ready and 
well prepared to fill them with credit to himself and satisfaction to the lodge.
     He was a Royal Arch mason, and was equally as well prepared for the 
discharge of his duties in those higher and more intricate degrees of our noble 
order, as in this lodge.
     Brother Anderson was devoted to the work and principles of masonry. We 
have all drawn inspiration from his noble teachings, and can truthfully say we 
had long learned to love and regard him as our Masonic father.
     In all the relations of life he was noted for his strict integrity, and 
for his well conceived ideas of right. He was a plain, unassuming gentleman, of 
a retiring disposition, who sought no honors in public life, but never shirked 
a duty which his fellow citizens called him to discharge.
     Brother Anderson was long a prosperous merchant of Covington, and was 
accustomed to live in reasonable affluence and comfort; but, in his old age, 
misfortunes came upon him, and his means for carrying on business were swept 
away; yet, like the honest man that he was, he gave up his home and everything 
else in the world that he possessed, to his creditors, and with his aged and 
devoted life companion, he went out into the cold and uncharitable world a 
penniless and feeble old man.
     We would not refer to these private affairs of our brother, but they teach 
us such a noble lesson for the maintenance of principle and integrity and 
honor, no matter what the sacrifice may be, that we cannot refrain from a 
reference to them.
     But our brother is gone, and we shall no more listen to his teachings in 
this lodge; but his memory still leaves with us, and his voice still calls us 
to higher and better and nobler deeds of charity and fraternal love and 
friendship towards our Masonic brethren as well as all mankind.
     Death is no respecter of persons, but is the great leveler of mankind. He 
comes alike to us all, and we must sooner or later meet the grim monster face 
to face, and walk with him through the cold valley. Let us, therefore, take 
lesson from the life of our departed brother, and so walk uprightly and 
squarely with all mankind, that we may be ready, when the summons comes to us, 
to cross peacefully “over the river and rest under the shade.”
     We commend the life of Brother William P. Anderson to all masons, as well 
as to all mankind, as a beacon light to guide their  footsteps in the right 
way, and as a worthy example for us all to follow.
     We recommend that this memorial be spread upon the minutes of this lodge, 
that a copy be furnished the wife of our deceased brother, and that the same be 
published in the Covington STAR and ENTERPRISE.
J. W. Anderson
T. J. Shepherd
Marion Moss
Committee


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