The Gurley Herald
August 29, 1912
Reunion Of Capt. Frank B. Gurley’s Co.
Last Wednesday, and Thursday, August 21-22, Capt. F. B.
GURLEY honored the survivors of his Confederate Company C 4th
Alabama Cavalry and other veterans with a two days barbecue at his
residence. This was the seventh annual
reunion he has given, at all of which his hospitality has been lavishly
bestowed.
There were present of his company:
J. E. HEWLETT, 4201 Ave D Birmingham, Ala.
T. J. KELLEY, Ryland, Ala.
G. B. GILL, Petersburg, Va.
J. B. WEAVER, Nashville, Tenn.
J. E. BUTLER, New Hope, Ala.
F. T. GIVEN, Brownsboro, Ala.
J. T. GULLATT, Hollywood, Ala.
J. W. PROCTOR, Mud Creek, Ala.
D. W. SPIVEY, Gurley, Ala.
J. C. GIDENS, Leighton, Ala.
John BURDINE, Deposit, Ala.
Other veterans present were:
J. B. JOPLIN, Gurley, Ala.
J. S. RENFROE, Gurley, Ala.
W. C. BRAGG, Gurley, Ala.
C. L. PRITCHETT, New Hope, Ala.
W. D. BUFORD, New Hope, Ala.
J. W. GRAYSON, Gurley, Ala.
W. H. BEASON, Gurley, Ala.
J. R. RUSSELL, Gurley, Ala.
R. B. LEDBETTER, Gurley, Ala.
W. T. CAMPBELL, Gurley, Ala.
J. L. SMITH, Gurley, Ala.
J. S. ORR, Gurley, Ala.
J. W. CONNALLY, Gurley, Ala.
C. O. SHEPPARD, Huntsville, Ala.
C. S. McCAULEY, Huntsville, Ala.
R. L. COYLE, RFD2 Huntsville, Ala.
W. T. HOOPER, Huntsville, Ala.
A. W. MOSELY, Huntsville, Ala.
Geo A. MORRIS, RFD4 Huntsville, Ala.
D. H. TURNER, Huntsville, Ala.
Henry GOLDSMITH, Huntsville, Ala.
E. D. MARTIN, Madison, Ala.
R. E. WILLIAMS, Madison, Ala.
R. D. TRIBLLE, Madison, Ala.
D. M. JONES, Maysville, Ala.
John A. DOUGLAS, Chase, Ala.
A. J. ESSLINGER, Chase, Ala.
John B. DOUGLAS, Chase, Ala.
L. M. SLOAN, Scottsboro, Ala.
John R. HARRIS, Scottsboro, Ala.
R. F. COLE, Upton, Ala.
J. F. DELONEY, Decatur, Ala.
John GLOVER, Owens Cross Roads, Ala.
N. G. CHANDLER, Owens Cross Roads, Ala.
John SIMS, Larkinsville, Ala.
A. W. BAKER, New Market, Ala.
John HORNER, New Market, Ala.
J. P. DAVIS, Hollytree, Ala.
G. M. GIPSON, Ryland, Ala.
W. H. WEBSTER, Brownsboro, Ala.
W. J. POTTS, Meridianville, Ala.
M. T. JOHNSON, Hollywood, Ala.
J. B. FERGUSON, Grant, Ala.
R. E. McGAHA, Grant, Ala.
T. Bright CONNALLY, Jackson, Tenn.
W. B. LEEDY, Birmingham, Ala.
J. M. ROBINSON, Birmingham, Ala.
T. S. McCALLEY, Birmingham, Ala.
G. G. LILLY, Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. H. MOORE, Memphis, Tenn.
J. C. BEAN, South Pittsburg, Tenn.
At the closing of the reunion Major J. M. ROBINSON was
called to preside and Capt. GRAYSON offered the following resolutions, which
were adopted by a rising vote.
Whereas the Great Commander of the Universe has removed, by
death, the beloved Commanding General of the Confederate Veterans G. W. GORDON,
and a number of other comrades who resided near here, since our last reunion,
to wit:
W. I. SPIVEY, Co. E, 37th Tenn.
J. P. MOON, Co. E, 37th Tenn.
T. T. COBB, Co. E, 37th Tenn.
J. W. WOODY, 55th Ala.
Madison POWERS, Co. F, 41st Tenn.
Bradford HILL, 4th Ala. Cavalry.
William HAMBRICK, Lee’s Army.
Thomas MORRIS, Lee’s Army.
Wiley COTTON, Co. F, 4th Ala. Cavalry.
Edward ADAY, Co. F, 4th, Ala. Cavalry.
Resolved. That we
bow reverently to his inexorable decrees, offering grateful thanks that so many
of us have been spared so long, trusting that we may so live that our lives
will be honor to the great cause for which we fought.
Resolved, that as the years come ad go faster our comradeship
grows stronger and stronger and our appreciation of Capt. Gurley’s annual
hospitality grows deeper and deeper.
Resolved, that we hereby extend to him our most grateful
appreciation of his heroic services during the war and our keen remembrance of
the punishment inflicted upon him just after the war by imprisonment fettered
with chains and a narrow escape for execution, by the Federal Government, all
because he participated conspicuously in a fight in which the Federal General
McCOOK was killed.
Major J. M. ROBINSON offered the following, which was
adopted:
Resolved. That we
hereby express our sincere appreciation of the splendid services rendered
during the war by our splendid women and who, with their daughters, lend their
aid to the pleasure and social happiness of the veterans on such occasions as
the present.
Resolved. That a
copy of these proceedings be furnished the Gurley Herald, the Huntsville
Mercury, the Progressive Age and the Confederate Veteran with the request that
they publish the same.
“God be with us until we meet again: was feelingly sung as the veterans marched around and gave a parting hand to each other. Then with a benediction by Rev. G. M. GIPSON, the reunion ended.
J. M.
ROBINSON, Chairman
J. W. GRAYSON, Secretary