| Obit For | Hampton Hagood |
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| Headline | NEVADA LOSES A GOOD CITIZEN |
| Text | Hampton Hagood died last evening at seven o'clock at his home on South Cedar Street in this city. Death came after a sickness of several months. The illness was Bright's disease, and the malady, which refused hope to the sufferer, was met with patient endurance and steadfast courage which few men have possessed in a higher degree. Hampton Hagood from boyhood was an earnest and untiring worker. His life was one of purpose, and it is probable that it was shortened by his devotion to his work. He was never obtrusive, no mad was ever freer from offensive self-assertion, but in his ideas of right he was immovable. To really know the man it was necessary to be very close to him. He did not like blazonry, and in his frequent labors for others shrank from the glare of publicity. "In every good cause," said an intimate friend, "you could count on Hamp for double work just as long as he believed himself in the back-ground. His right hand was always most effective when his left was ignorant of what its fellow was doing." While Hamp was yet a boy, his employer said to the writer: "I never saw a better quality of nerve than that boy has. When he thinks he is right, he would not give an inch of the road to Death itself." When a man dies it is customary to say that his life made the world better. Sometimes it is true and sometimes false but in this case no one who knew the man will question the truth of the statement. He made friends and loved them and they loved him. The call of suffering was, to him, and undeniable demand for his service and all men were hid neighbors because they were men. He was far more than the later definition of gentleman. He was a gentle man, sympathetic, self-denying, quietly forceful, and in all things modes. He was the sold wood of which veneer is made. Had he lived until the 22nd of the this month he would have been 37 years of age, having been born in Springfield Mo., November 22, 1876. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and was an Elk, having been one of the first members of the Nevada lodge. He leaves a father and mother Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Hagood of this city; and three sisters, Misses Mary, Julia and Georgia, besides hosts of friends who mourn his loss. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock from the family residence on South Cedar Street. Rev. Shook having charge of the services. The funeral will be in charge of the Masonic lodge. Troop "A" will act as a mounted military escort. Research Note: The Nevada mentioned is the town of Nevada in Vernon County, Missouri. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | No Paper Given |
| Date | 1912 |
| Death Cert Link | - |
| Resource | Scrapbook bought at the estate sale of Vivian Roller |
| Submitted by | Ted Roller |
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