The Macon Telegraph
27 June 1892

COL. BEVERLY A. THORNTON

His Remains Interred in Rose Hill Cemetery Yesterday

The news of the death of Col. Beverly A. Thornton, as announced in the
Telegraph yesterday, caused the profoundest sorrow among the wide
circle of friends who admired and loved him in this city.

The remains arrived in Macon from Columbus Saturday night.

The funeral services were conducted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Lee Ellis, on Georgia avenue, by the Rev. F. F. Reese, rector of Christ
Church. The funeral took place at 10:30 o'clock a.m.

The remains were interred in Rose Hill cemetery.

The pall bearers were: Judge A. L. Miller, Col. Isaac Hardeman, Judge G.
W. Gustin, Mr. Washington Dessau, Capt. J. L. Hardeman and Mr. Buford M.
Davis, all members of the Macon bar.

Thus has passed away one of Georgia's brightest legal men as well as one
of her purest, most upright and most valued citizens. Col. Thornton was
known and beloved throughout Georgia and the South, and the news of his
death will be heard with deepest regret everywhere.

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