Husband of Margaret Williams

Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of VA

Father died when he was 8 years old.

Mother was Sidney Sophia (Gather) Gore

The program called first for a hymn, "He Leadeth Me." Rev. J. W. Wildman then read some extracts from the Scriptures, and led in prayer. Dr. F. P. Venable feelingly spoke of the influence of Professor Gore on the University. He was followed by a student, W. P. Stacy, taking as his theme "As the Students Knew Him." Then came music by the University Quartet, after which Prof. M. C. S. Noble discussed Mr. Gore as a Citizen, followed by Charles E. Maddry, who told of him as a Christian Man. The addresses being over a hymn was sung, "Supreme in Wisdom as in Power," after which was the benediction.

There was universal grief at the death of Professor Gore. He was a hightoned Christian gentleman, a patriotic and useful citizen, a learned and progressive professor, a stimulating instructor. He was a wise counselor, always ready to advance the interests of the University, whether in his department or out of it, a most agreeable associate and friend. And his knowledge of the practical details of organization and administration was of the utmost value to the President and his colleagues and to the Trustees, the governing power of the University. It is an interesting evidence of his benevolence that he and his devoted wife, daughter of Rev. Dr. J. W. M. Williams, of Baltimore, spent much time and labor in ministering to the intellectual and spiritual needs of the country parents and children in the region south of Chapel Hill, he and the children of Dr. Williams erecting the Williams Memorial Chapel as a center of influence.

This estimate of Professor Gore is abundantly corroborated in resolutions of the Faculty, reported by Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, Dr. Eben Alexander, and Prof. Walter D. Toy, and by a resolution of the Board of Trustees, reported by Hon. John W. Graham, chairman of a committee.

Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia

Friday, April 10, 1908, page 3

Charlotte, N C, April 10. - Dr J W Gore, for 22 years a member of the faculty of the University of North Carolina and who was at one time offered the presidency of that institution, died suddenly yesterday. He was one of the most prominent educators in the south.