Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Prince, James Edward January 18, 1926
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Virginian-Pilot  January 21, 1926
James E. Prince, for 35 years a leading factor in Norfolk politics, was buried 
beside the grave of his wife in St. Mary’s Cemetery yesterday. Mrs. Prince died 
just two weeks ago, and her grave was still fresh with flowers from friends and 
relatives when the casket containing the body of her husband was lowered to its 
last resting place with just a few feet of earth separating the two.
Hundreds of friends gathered at the grave to witness the last rites for a man who 
had the greatest human quality vouchsafed to any man - the gift of friendliness.
The funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Church, beginning at 11 o’clock. It 
was almost 12:30 o’clock before the long line of automobiles containing persons of 
all walks of life reached the cemetery where the final services were conducted. 
Long before the cortege reached the cemetery, several hundred persons had gathered 
around the open grave.
Visiting Divines
At the church, a solemn requiem high mass was said, with Rev. E. A. Brosnan as 
celebrant and Rev. A. J. Taylor, deacon; Rev. P. P. Brennan, sub-deacon; Rev. 
Michael Hartigan, master of ceremonies, and with Revs. J. P. Ewens, chaplain of 
St. Vincent's Hospital, R. E. Kealey and Phillip Blackburn, of Holy Trinity 
Church, R. E. Hannan and E. C. Kiefer of Sacred Heart Church, Vincent Warren of 
St. Joseph’s Church, John Finn, chaplain U.S.N., Frank McCourt, of Wilmington, N. 
C., Walter Nott, of Richmond, and Father Cleary, chaplain of Fort Eustis, in the 
sanctuary.
The church was filled with friends of Mr. Prince, many of them coming a great 
distance. In the congregation was practically every city official in Norfolk and a 
number of State officials.
Westmoreland Davis, former Governor of Virginia and a close friend of Mr. Prince, 
was among those who attended the funeral.
The Rev. Father Brosnan, in paying tribute to Mr. Prince, said in part:
“To know him was to admire him and to admire him you were forced to love him.
"He was a man who made many friends and kept them because he
never betrayed one. He made his word his bond and his friends stood by him because 
he stood by them.
"There are many of you here today who will miss him more than you realize right 
now. He was a kindly man and his charity had made many of you happy."
Covered With Flowers
The casket was covered with flowers and there were numerous floral offerings 
placed around the stand on which the casket stood. A double cluster of pink roses 
covered the casket from end to end and hung over the sides.
Mrs. S. A. Sutton sang, “Lead, Kindly Light,” with E. J. Doran as accompanist. 
Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers were Representative J. T. Deal, Westmoreland Davis, Judge 
W. H. Sargeant, Judge Thomas H. Willcox, John F. Lawler, Robert B. Cooke, W H. 
Venable, Senator J. S. Barron, Judge Richard I. McIlwaine, John T. Riley, W. M. 
Hannan, Sr., Richard C. Taylor, Albert L. Roper, Judge W. W. Dey, S. Heth Tyler, 
Comdr. Allen M. Cooke, W. L. Petty, John A. Butt, George Hogan, John Correia and 
Dr. P. S. Schenck. Active pallbearers were B. Gray Tunstall, A. Plummer Pannill, 
W. Taylor Johnson, J. Watts Martin, James T. Holland. W. Y. Hosier, W. H. Cox, C. 
H. Tumbleson, N. T. Green and R.L. Boggs.

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