November 3, 1923 The True Citizen
Waynesboro's Foremost Citizen Passes Into the Great Beyond
Hon. Robert C. Neely Died Very Suddenly Last Saturday Morning
Robert C. Neely died last Saturday morning about 6 o'clock apparently from an attack resulting from an affection of the heart.
He was in his usual good health Friday and while resting from a great many of his business activities was about the office at intervals during the day.
Friday night he was with his family and friends at his residence in the city and seemed unusually well and happy. He retired at a late hour and the attack cam upon him about 4 o'clock last Saturday morning. The family physician was called but he was already beyond the hope of any relief.
Mr. Neely was a business man of the highest standing and integrity and enjoyed the confidence of every man who dealt with him. His generosity and sympathetic consideration for those in need and in low estate made him believed by all. He was the foremost and most valuable man that had lived in Waynesboro and Burke county for the last twenty-five years and had contributed more to the general financial and moral welfare of the city and county than any man within its bounds for a long number of years.
Mr. Neely was a sound and progressive businessman and was largely interested in agricultural interests and especially the production and marketing of cotton. His farming operations for several years were possibly the largest of any single like concern in the state of Georgia. He was broad and liberal in the handling of his large interests, considerate and generous in his treatment and attitude will all parties with whom he dealt and those in his employ. The people of Burke county in his death suffer the loss of his splendid leadership, his faith and courage in his people and his county. The colored people of this section have never known such a friend before and will not likely have another of such a generous and sympathetic type as Mr. Neely.
Mr. Neely was the son of Thomas W. and Philo E. Whitehead Neely and was born in Savannah on May 17, 1856. His father was a cotton exporter at Savannah until the Civil War when he entered the Confederate service as a captain. Mr. Neely is the eldest of five children, three of whom are living: Mrs. Julia Russell, of Summitt, N. J., John Flew Neely, of Waynesboro, and Mrs. Berry West, an adopted sister and cousin, who lives in Waynesboro.
In his childhood he received his training from a private tutor and later attended school at Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's Md., and at Richard Malcolm Johnstone's School at Baltimore. In 1884 Mr. Neely formed the firm of McKenzie and Neely, his partner being the late lamented J. H. McKenzie. Later he became associated with the firm of Wilkins, Neely and Jones and continued in this partnership until 1896. In 900 the R. C. Neely Company was organized. In 1899 he organized the Citizens Bank and later the Waynesboro Savings Bank, having been president of both institutions.
Mr. Neely had at several times been mayor of Waynesboro and served as a Representative in the General Assembly of Georgia. He was president of the board of education of Burke county for a long number of years, a trustee of the State Agricultural College at Athens, a director of the experiment station at Griffin, and at the time of his death was a member of the State Highway Commission.
He was a member of the Waynesboro Methodist Church of which he was a steward and a most loyal member. He was a member of the Society of the Colonial Wars, the Bankers Club of New York, the social clubs of Atlanta and Augusta, and also the Rotary and other local organizations. Born of a line of distinguished forbears he was a gentleman of charming manners and personality. He was modest and considerate even to the degree of self-sacrifice and could never make an unworthy thrust even to a foe.
On April 28, 1886 Mr. Neely was married to Miss Lillian W. Wilkins, who survives him with three children, Alvin W. Neely, Robert C. Neely, Jr., and Mrs. John R. Palmer of Waynesboro, and several grandchildren.
Beneath a mound of flowers lies the remains of Robert C. Neely.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock and long before the appointed hour the church was filled to overflowing with friends from all sections of the city, county and state.
Rev. J. H. Pearson, pastor of the Methodist church, and Dr. J. P. McFerrin, former pastor of the deceased and now a citizen of Waynesboro, officiated in the exercises at the church and cemetery. The services were simple, yet solemn and impressive funeral rites of the Methodist church as had been requested by the family. They consisted of three selections sung by Mr. Garrett of Augusta, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "Abide With Me," scripture reading by the Rev. Pearson and prayer by Dr. McFerrin.
The floral tributes were from every section of the state and were many and a beautiful silent esteem in which Mr. Neely was held by all who knew him. His family not alone was sustained an irreparable loss, for his city, county and state share the loss of this good man. Conscientious clean and a gentleman always he will be missed.
The pall bearers came from every walk of life and among them was one who had been in Mr. Neely's employ for more than a third of a century. The active pallbearers were: Henry Blount, Frank Blount, George A. Steadman, Frank Rackley, Bill Johnston, Hugh Green, Preston Lewis and Frank Burney.
The honorary pallbearers were from all sections of the state and city and county. They were John N. Holder, Allen W. Jones, Stanley Bennett, R. J. Ellison, John A. Blount, R. L. Oliver, E. V. Heath, S. B. Bates, R. M. Murphy, H. C. Hatcher, Frank M. Cates, E. T. Agerton, S. Schwarzweiss, A. F. Evans, G. F. Cox, E. E. Chance, Gary Quinney, H. C. Daniel, Sam Wilcox, E. H. Callaway, R. C. McBride.
Owner of the first automobile in Waynesboro, a Darra.cq. Popularly known as the "Red Devil".
Waynesboro's Foremost Citizen Passes Into the Great Beyond
Hon. Robert C. Neely Died Very Suddenly Last Saturday Morning
Robert C. Neely died last Saturday morning about 6 o'clock apparently from an attack resulting from an affection of the heart.
He was in his usual good health Friday and while resting from a great many of his business activities was about the office at intervals during the day.
Friday night he was with his family and friends at his residence in the city and seemed unusually well and happy. He retired at a late hour and the attack cam upon him about 4 o'clock last Saturday morning. The family physician was called but he was already beyond the hope of any relief.
Mr. Neely was a business man of the highest standing and integrity and enjoyed the confidence of every man who dealt with him. His generosity and sympathetic consideration for those in need and in low estate made him believed by all. He was the foremost and most valuable man that had lived in Waynesboro and Burke county for the last twenty-five years and had contributed more to the general financial and moral welfare of the city and county than any man within its bounds for a long number of years.
Mr. Neely was a sound and progressive businessman and was largely interested in agricultural interests and especially the production and marketing of cotton. His farming operations for several years were possibly the largest of any single like concern in the state of Georgia. He was broad and liberal in the handling of his large interests, considerate and generous in his treatment and attitude will all parties with whom he dealt and those in his employ. The people of Burke county in his death suffer the loss of his splendid leadership, his faith and courage in his people and his county. The colored people of this section have never known such a friend before and will not likely have another of such a generous and sympathetic type as Mr. Neely.
Mr. Neely was the son of Thomas W. and Philo E. Whitehead Neely and was born in Savannah on May 17, 1856. His father was a cotton exporter at Savannah until the Civil War when he entered the Confederate service as a captain. Mr. Neely is the eldest of five children, three of whom are living: Mrs. Julia Russell, of Summitt, N. J., John Flew Neely, of Waynesboro, and Mrs. Berry West, an adopted sister and cousin, who lives in Waynesboro.
In his childhood he received his training from a private tutor and later attended school at Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's Md., and at Richard Malcolm Johnstone's School at Baltimore. In 1884 Mr. Neely formed the firm of McKenzie and Neely, his partner being the late lamented J. H. McKenzie. Later he became associated with the firm of Wilkins, Neely and Jones and continued in this partnership until 1896. In 900 the R. C. Neely Company was organized. In 1899 he organized the Citizens Bank and later the Waynesboro Savings Bank, having been president of both institutions.
Mr. Neely had at several times been mayor of Waynesboro and served as a Representative in the General Assembly of Georgia. He was president of the board of education of Burke county for a long number of years, a trustee of the State Agricultural College at Athens, a director of the experiment station at Griffin, and at the time of his death was a member of the State Highway Commission.
He was a member of the Waynesboro Methodist Church of which he was a steward and a most loyal member. He was a member of the Society of the Colonial Wars, the Bankers Club of New York, the social clubs of Atlanta and Augusta, and also the Rotary and other local organizations. Born of a line of distinguished forbears he was a gentleman of charming manners and personality. He was modest and considerate even to the degree of self-sacrifice and could never make an unworthy thrust even to a foe.
On April 28, 1886 Mr. Neely was married to Miss Lillian W. Wilkins, who survives him with three children, Alvin W. Neely, Robert C. Neely, Jr., and Mrs. John R. Palmer of Waynesboro, and several grandchildren.
Beneath a mound of flowers lies the remains of Robert C. Neely.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock and long before the appointed hour the church was filled to overflowing with friends from all sections of the city, county and state.
Rev. J. H. Pearson, pastor of the Methodist church, and Dr. J. P. McFerrin, former pastor of the deceased and now a citizen of Waynesboro, officiated in the exercises at the church and cemetery. The services were simple, yet solemn and impressive funeral rites of the Methodist church as had been requested by the family. They consisted of three selections sung by Mr. Garrett of Augusta, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "Abide With Me," scripture reading by the Rev. Pearson and prayer by Dr. McFerrin.
The floral tributes were from every section of the state and were many and a beautiful silent esteem in which Mr. Neely was held by all who knew him. His family not alone was sustained an irreparable loss, for his city, county and state share the loss of this good man. Conscientious clean and a gentleman always he will be missed.
The pall bearers came from every walk of life and among them was one who had been in Mr. Neely's employ for more than a third of a century. The active pallbearers were: Henry Blount, Frank Blount, George A. Steadman, Frank Rackley, Bill Johnston, Hugh Green, Preston Lewis and Frank Burney.
The honorary pallbearers were from all sections of the state and city and county. They were John N. Holder, Allen W. Jones, Stanley Bennett, R. J. Ellison, John A. Blount, R. L. Oliver, E. V. Heath, S. B. Bates, R. M. Murphy, H. C. Hatcher, Frank M. Cates, E. T. Agerton, S. Schwarzweiss, A. F. Evans, G. F. Cox, E. E. Chance, Gary Quinney, H. C. Daniel, Sam Wilcox, E. H. Callaway, R. C. McBride.
Owner of the first automobile in Waynesboro, a Darra.cq. Popularly known as the "Red Devil".
November 3, 1923 The True Citizen
Waynesboro's Foremost Citizen Passes Into the Great Beyond
Hon. Robert C. Neely Died Very Suddenly Last Saturday Morning
Robert C. Neely died last Saturday morning about 6 o'clock apparently from an attack resulting from an affection of the heart.
He was in his usual good health Friday and while resting from a great many of his business activities was about the office at intervals during the day.
Friday night he was with his family and friends at his residence in the city and seemed unusually well and happy. He retired at a late hour and the attack cam upon him about 4 o'clock last Saturday morning. The family physician was called but he was already beyond the hope of any relief.
Mr. Neely was a business man of the highest standing and integrity and enjoyed the confidence of every man who dealt with him. His generosity and sympathetic consideration for those in need and in low estate made him believed by all. He was the foremost and most valuable man that had lived in Waynesboro and Burke county for the last twenty-five years and had contributed more to the general financial and moral welfare of the city and county than any man within its bounds for a long number of years.
Mr. Neely was a sound and progressive businessman and was largely interested in agricultural interests and especially the production and marketing of cotton. His farming operations for several years were possibly the largest of any single like concern in the state of Georgia. He was broad and liberal in the handling of his large interests, considerate and generous in his treatment and attitude will all parties with whom he dealt and those in his employ. The people of Burke county in his death suffer the loss of his splendid leadership, his faith and courage in his people and his county. The colored people of this section have never known such a friend before and will not likely have another of such a generous and sympathetic type as Mr. Neely.
Mr. Neely was the son of Thomas W. and Philo E. Whitehead Neely and was born in Savannah on May 17, 1856. His father was a cotton exporter at Savannah until the Civil War when he entered the Confederate service as a captain. Mr. Neely is the eldest of five children, three of whom are living: Mrs. Julia Russell, of Summitt, N. J., John Flew Neely, of Waynesboro, and Mrs. Berry West, an adopted sister and cousin, who lives in Waynesboro.
In his childhood he received his training from a private tutor and later attended school at Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's Md., and at Richard Malcolm Johnstone's School at Baltimore. In 1884 Mr. Neely formed the firm of McKenzie and Neely, his partner being the late lamented J. H. McKenzie. Later he became associated with the firm of Wilkins, Neely and Jones and continued in this partnership until 1896. In 900 the R. C. Neely Company was organized. In 1899 he organized the Citizens Bank and later the Waynesboro Savings Bank, having been president of both institutions.
Mr. Neely had at several times been mayor of Waynesboro and served as a Representative in the General Assembly of Georgia. He was president of the board of education of Burke county for a long number of years, a trustee of the State Agricultural College at Athens, a director of the experiment station at Griffin, and at the time of his death was a member of the State Highway Commission.
He was a member of the Waynesboro Methodist Church of which he was a steward and a most loyal member. He was a member of the Society of the Colonial Wars, the Bankers Club of New York, the social clubs of Atlanta and Augusta, and also the Rotary and other local organizations. Born of a line of distinguished forbears he was a gentleman of charming manners and personality. He was modest and considerate even to the degree of self-sacrifice and could never make an unworthy thrust even to a foe.
On April 28, 1886 Mr. Neely was married to Miss Lillian W. Wilkins, who survives him with three children, Alvin W. Neely, Robert C. Neely, Jr., and Mrs. John R. Palmer of Waynesboro, and several grandchildren.
Beneath a mound of flowers lies the remains of Robert C. Neely.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock and long before the appointed hour the church was filled to overflowing with friends from all sections of the city, county and state.
Rev. J. H. Pearson, pastor of the Methodist church, and Dr. J. P. McFerrin, former pastor of the deceased and now a citizen of Waynesboro, officiated in the exercises at the church and cemetery. The services were simple, yet solemn and impressive funeral rites of the Methodist church as had been requested by the family. They consisted of three selections sung by Mr. Garrett of Augusta, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "Abide With Me," scripture reading by the Rev. Pearson and prayer by Dr. McFerrin.
The floral tributes were from every section of the state and were many and a beautiful silent esteem in which Mr. Neely was held by all who knew him. His family not alone was sustained an irreparable loss, for his city, county and state share the loss of this good man. Conscientious clean and a gentleman always he will be missed.
The pall bearers came from every walk of life and among them was one who had been in Mr. Neely's employ for more than a third of a century. The active pallbearers were: Henry Blount, Frank Blount, George A. Steadman, Frank Rackley, Bill Johnston, Hugh Green, Preston Lewis and Frank Burney.
The honorary pallbearers were from all sections of the state and city and county. They were John N. Holder, Allen W. Jones, Stanley Bennett, R. J. Ellison, John A. Blount, R. L. Oliver, E. V. Heath, S. B. Bates, R. M. Murphy, H. C. Hatcher, Frank M. Cates, E. T. Agerton, S. Schwarzweiss, A. F. Evans, G. F. Cox, E. E. Chance, Gary Quinney, H. C. Daniel, Sam Wilcox, E. H. Callaway, R. C. McBride.
Owner of the first automobile in Waynesboro, a Darra.cq. Popularly known as the "Red Devil".
Waynesboro's Foremost Citizen Passes Into the Great Beyond
Hon. Robert C. Neely Died Very Suddenly Last Saturday Morning
Robert C. Neely died last Saturday morning about 6 o'clock apparently from an attack resulting from an affection of the heart.
He was in his usual good health Friday and while resting from a great many of his business activities was about the office at intervals during the day.
Friday night he was with his family and friends at his residence in the city and seemed unusually well and happy. He retired at a late hour and the attack cam upon him about 4 o'clock last Saturday morning. The family physician was called but he was already beyond the hope of any relief.
Mr. Neely was a business man of the highest standing and integrity and enjoyed the confidence of every man who dealt with him. His generosity and sympathetic consideration for those in need and in low estate made him believed by all. He was the foremost and most valuable man that had lived in Waynesboro and Burke county for the last twenty-five years and had contributed more to the general financial and moral welfare of the city and county than any man within its bounds for a long number of years.
Mr. Neely was a sound and progressive businessman and was largely interested in agricultural interests and especially the production and marketing of cotton. His farming operations for several years were possibly the largest of any single like concern in the state of Georgia. He was broad and liberal in the handling of his large interests, considerate and generous in his treatment and attitude will all parties with whom he dealt and those in his employ. The people of Burke county in his death suffer the loss of his splendid leadership, his faith and courage in his people and his county. The colored people of this section have never known such a friend before and will not likely have another of such a generous and sympathetic type as Mr. Neely.
Mr. Neely was the son of Thomas W. and Philo E. Whitehead Neely and was born in Savannah on May 17, 1856. His father was a cotton exporter at Savannah until the Civil War when he entered the Confederate service as a captain. Mr. Neely is the eldest of five children, three of whom are living: Mrs. Julia Russell, of Summitt, N. J., John Flew Neely, of Waynesboro, and Mrs. Berry West, an adopted sister and cousin, who lives in Waynesboro.
In his childhood he received his training from a private tutor and later attended school at Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's Md., and at Richard Malcolm Johnstone's School at Baltimore. In 1884 Mr. Neely formed the firm of McKenzie and Neely, his partner being the late lamented J. H. McKenzie. Later he became associated with the firm of Wilkins, Neely and Jones and continued in this partnership until 1896. In 900 the R. C. Neely Company was organized. In 1899 he organized the Citizens Bank and later the Waynesboro Savings Bank, having been president of both institutions.
Mr. Neely had at several times been mayor of Waynesboro and served as a Representative in the General Assembly of Georgia. He was president of the board of education of Burke county for a long number of years, a trustee of the State Agricultural College at Athens, a director of the experiment station at Griffin, and at the time of his death was a member of the State Highway Commission.
He was a member of the Waynesboro Methodist Church of which he was a steward and a most loyal member. He was a member of the Society of the Colonial Wars, the Bankers Club of New York, the social clubs of Atlanta and Augusta, and also the Rotary and other local organizations. Born of a line of distinguished forbears he was a gentleman of charming manners and personality. He was modest and considerate even to the degree of self-sacrifice and could never make an unworthy thrust even to a foe.
On April 28, 1886 Mr. Neely was married to Miss Lillian W. Wilkins, who survives him with three children, Alvin W. Neely, Robert C. Neely, Jr., and Mrs. John R. Palmer of Waynesboro, and several grandchildren.
Beneath a mound of flowers lies the remains of Robert C. Neely.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock and long before the appointed hour the church was filled to overflowing with friends from all sections of the city, county and state.
Rev. J. H. Pearson, pastor of the Methodist church, and Dr. J. P. McFerrin, former pastor of the deceased and now a citizen of Waynesboro, officiated in the exercises at the church and cemetery. The services were simple, yet solemn and impressive funeral rites of the Methodist church as had been requested by the family. They consisted of three selections sung by Mr. Garrett of Augusta, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "Abide With Me," scripture reading by the Rev. Pearson and prayer by Dr. McFerrin.
The floral tributes were from every section of the state and were many and a beautiful silent esteem in which Mr. Neely was held by all who knew him. His family not alone was sustained an irreparable loss, for his city, county and state share the loss of this good man. Conscientious clean and a gentleman always he will be missed.
The pall bearers came from every walk of life and among them was one who had been in Mr. Neely's employ for more than a third of a century. The active pallbearers were: Henry Blount, Frank Blount, George A. Steadman, Frank Rackley, Bill Johnston, Hugh Green, Preston Lewis and Frank Burney.
The honorary pallbearers were from all sections of the state and city and county. They were John N. Holder, Allen W. Jones, Stanley Bennett, R. J. Ellison, John A. Blount, R. L. Oliver, E. V. Heath, S. B. Bates, R. M. Murphy, H. C. Hatcher, Frank M. Cates, E. T. Agerton, S. Schwarzweiss, A. F. Evans, G. F. Cox, E. E. Chance, Gary Quinney, H. C. Daniel, Sam Wilcox, E. H. Callaway, R. C. McBride.
Owner of the first automobile in Waynesboro, a Darra.cq. Popularly known as the "Red Devil".
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