Rev. J.S FRENCH preached an able sermon at Glenwood last
Sunday last.
Mr. Thomas GEORGE came over from Tazewell yesterday.
Miss Nora HUNT has returned home from Horsepen Cove, where she has been
visiting her sister.
Mr. Terro BOLLING who has been visiting in Smyth county for several days
has returned home with his sister Miss Ida, who has been with her aunt
for some weeks.
Mr. John T. SMITH has been on the sick list for several days but is
improving.
No death has occurred in this community for many years
that has been as great a loss as that of Dr. Thomas Richie PEERY.
He was a gentleman in the fullest sense of the term, by breeding,
education and association. He was a thoroughly scientific physician and
surgeon and one of the most accomplished Masons in the state of
Virginia. His loss is a severe blow to the poor of this region, to his
relatives, friends and to the fraternity. The writer has been his
intimate associate for may years. He was as pure in thought as a nun and
as gentle as any woman. Loyal to his friends and tolerant of his
enemies, if he had any, and under any and all circumstances he was a
gentleman without fear and without reproach. The funeral took place
Sunday afternoon from the home of his mother about two miles east of
town, where he was interred in the family burying ground by his Masonic
brethren.
WEBMASTER NOTE: Not sure what community the
above death occurred it - it may not have been Thompson Valley.
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