RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT: Thomas Jefferson Holcomb, 1885 - Ennis, Ellis Co., TX Submitted by: Donald Holcomb Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ********************************************************* Transcribed from the original newspaper clipping, which I believe was published in the Ennis Saturday Review, October 31, 1885 Resolutions of Respect ------------ Hall of Ennis Council, U. F. of T.) Ennis, October 26, 1885 ) Whereas, It has pleased the Divine Father to remove our brother, Thomas J. Holcomb, from our Council to the Grand Council above, which event occurred on the 22d day of October, 1885; therefore, Resolved, That in his death, the Council has lost a worthy member and a faithful officer. 2d, That we offer the sorrowing family of our deceased brother beloved, the genuine sympathy of our Council. 3d, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes, and furnished the city papers for publication, also a copy forwarded to the bereaved family of the deceased J. Fred Cox, ) S. W. Reid, ) Com. B. R. Packard. ) Note: The above Resolutions of Respect was clipped to the Obituary when they were discovered in 1998. If anyone knows what the above abbreviation, U. F. of T. represents, please e-mail me.