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WILLOUGHB\." .\. S.SYDER.

Willoughby A. Snyder. the son or the late John and Rochelle ·nyder. was born in Norfolk County, March 6, 1854. Educated at outhern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., and began

11s ministry in 1897. God gave him a long and truitrul ministry, fo r thirty years he labored in the .\laster's vineyard, serving as pas-or or Appomattox. Phoebus. :.\Iatthews, Eastern Shore, Waverly,

West 11:orfolk and :\llineral. It was the writer's privilege to assist !llm in ·even meetings on the :\llineral field. Six at Trinity and me at Zion. I never labored with a more faithful or zealous man,

or with one who had a greater pa!:lsion for souls. nyder retired rrom the active ministry in 1927 on account of

ailing health. l"pon his retirement he brought his members-hip !lack to old South Street church, Portsmouth, where he had labored ,o t'aithrully bet'ore he was called to the ministry. At midnight m .\pril 28, at hi!:! home. :l03 Fourth Street, Portsmouth, Va., arter

.& linl;'ning illness. w·hich he bore with a beautiful submission and (reat fortitude. hp ~lipped away. His going waR -peaceful, quiet nd sweet.

Snyder loved his work with a pa.;isionate devotion and was never happier than when at his ta!!k. His Christian character Is the richest heritage he could beri ueath to his loved one. For him to <lepart was "to be with Christ, which is far better."

His runeral was conducted rrom his home at 303 Fourth Street, Portsmouth, Va., April 30, at :l: OIJ o'clock. by his pastor, Rev. T. A. Russell, assisted by Rpv G. H. Payne, pastor or Fourth Street Bap-tist chu rch. The service!:! werp .; imple and tender, the floral tributes many and beautiful. It was the home going or one or God's children.

He is survivPd by his wire. who was Miss Cornelia Ferguson. or Appomattox County. Virginia. Two daughters. Mrs. E. L. Davis nd Mrs. R. B. Bryant. one son. W. V . Snyder, two brothers, J. C.

,nct D. K . .Snyder. one ::1ister, Mrs. R. F. Bosman, :iix grandchildren, nd ~evPral nieces and nPphews. J. W . S.

REV .. J. R. TAYLOR.

In the pa.;ising or Rev . J . R. Taylor, Whaleyville, Va., the Black-<vatPr .\ssociatlon has lo:3t one or lts most active and well beloved ;1astors. He became pa!:ltor or Great Fork church November, 1927, nct continued nt1l his death. July 22, 1933. .\.t the time or his 1"ath he was vice-moderator and a member of the Executive Com-

l?llttee ot the ..\.ssoc1at1on, Hls experience ot thlrt;r-two yea rs as

on the street without igned in Martinsbura . ., ss1st the pastor in a reakfast table he said. y room for my morn-that he would return on meal was waiting; ology £or being late. ade seventeen and all

his friends and was ey came.

Carolina, December , October 20th. I:Iis ary Elizabeth Fanny son, North Carolina,

e was educated in the y, _Richmond College eminary. On Novem-Macie L. Hazlegrove. nd Olivia Hazlegrove. ghters, Mrs. Floyd R.

s now the Blackwater e following churches: d Central Hill. From

tt Memorial Church of artinsburg, \Vest Vir-resigned at Salem to from that work to the

eterspurg. This record ion, to larger responsi-e never sought a call. ot ambitious for pro-

, was not ambitious £or broke the barriers 0 £ nt rank of our most chur~hes more highly ~d with lari;er giving its w0rk. li we may lts his crowning work

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was his last. He was pasto< of the West End lo< eleven Y"'"· F,om the beginning to the end c0ng«gations g«w, baptisms we« continuous, the spirit of beneficence was de· veloped and cont,ibutions in«eased. The memb«ship 0£ the chu«h and also the SundaY school came to be the \a,gest. ,n Pet«sbu<g. Dudng this time he led his chu«h in bmld,ng a Sunday school annex, costing fifty thousand dolla<S and a nine-mom pa,sonage at a cost of !ou< thousand dol\a<S, and at the same time the chu,ch neve< failed in its oth<' financial obligations. During these st«nuous activities the« was _a continual grnwth in the spi<itual life of the. chu,ch- ... H,s

last illness was brief. ... The £uneml se,-vices we« held at the West End Chu«h, Qctob« 22, 1933. Many came from his fo,m« chu,ches. The la,ge audito<ium was th<onged and hund«ds could not be admitted. His body «sts in the Fo«st Lawn Cemet«Y

at Richmond. (This sketch, abridged, by W. C. Taylor.)

JOSEPH RICHARD TAYLOR 1876-1933

He was bom August 28th in Chowan County, North Ca<O· lina, his pa«nts being J. N. Taylo< and Macy A. Hobbs ; his brnth« and siste<S w«ec W. D. Taylo<, ~hs. J. Lane, M "· G. Choppel, M<S. A.H. Copeland. He was bapti,ed by Rev. Josiah Elliott, at Belvide«, No,th Cacolina, in Septemb«, 18g4. He studied at the Belvide« High School and at Wake Fo«st College. He was o,dained at P«cy's Chapel, Wake County, No,th Ca<olina, Ma<ch 3, 1got. He was ma<ried to Miss B«tha R. Muse, Novemb« 5, 1902, Rev. H. C. Moo«

performing the ceremony. His chu«hes and fields we« as fo\lowso Baybo<O, Atlan· tic Association, North Carnlina, I o 1 ·03 ; Jackson, West Chowan Association, N o,th ea,o\ina, 1 ()04-07 ; Red Bank, Accomac Association, Vi,ginia, 1 goB· 12 ; Cart«»;\le, J ,mes Rive< Association, Vi,ginia, 19n-22; Balla<d's Bridge, Cho· wan Association, North Carnlina. 1gs2-27; G<eat Fo,d, Blackwater Association, Virginia., 1 27-33·

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pastor and leader of churches prepared him to render a large service in Kingdom affairs.

We thank God for the influence of his life; his devotion to the truth; bis zeal for the Kingdom; his fidelity to humanity and his love for the Master.

We most earnestly pray that the Great God of comfort will keep and bless his family and all the people who looked up to him to be fed with the bread of life.

"Servant of God, well done! Rest from thy Loved employ;

The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy."

' BLACKWATER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA,

DR. BURTON J. RAY, ~1oderator. FRANK 8. HANDLEY, Clerk.

REV. W. B. TYLER.

Brother Tyler reached the good old age of eighty-one years. and until a few weeks previous to his death was active and greatly interested, not only in his own church, which he regularly at-tended, but in all the affairs of Christ's Kingdom. He was a quiet. gentle, lovable man. who was held in ~reat esteem by his brethren.

While a member of Pine Street church or Richmond In 189:l be was ordained at Antioch church, to which he had been called as pastor. This church. along with these other adjacent churches, Black Creek. Hopewell ( New Kent County 1. and New Bethesda. he served for six years. Then for sixteen years he was pastor or the Pamunkey Indian church, and during these sixteen years he missed only one Sunday from ,iervice. rter these years or faithful and efficient service, during which he was held lo grateful and loving appreciation by his members. he retired from the active ministry. In bis home church, Broadus Memorial, he was greatly beloved and held in highest esteem. His constant presence, his genial smile. his tender prayers and bis active labors Lo P.very good work wtll be greatly missed. Surviving him are his widow, three dangbters. one son and ten grandchildren. W. E. GIBSON.

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In the Herald in an article by Rev. H.J. Goodwin, written September 11, 1933, are the following paragraphs:

"Another severe blow to the Baptists of the Blackwater Association and the State and the splendid field which he served, came, when, on the morning of July 22nd, one of our most faithful and best beloved pastors, Rev. Joseph R. Tay-lor, passed to his eternal reward. He had apparently been in robust health and had been pursuing his ministerial duties with his usual vigor. When he was about to r.etire he suffe~ed a sudden apoplectic stroke, soon lapsed into a coma and died

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early the next morning .... "Survi.vi.ng Brother Taylor are his wi.dow, Mrs. Bertha Taylor, of Whaleyvi.lle; two daughters, Mrs. T. S. Mc:vlul-len, Jr., of Elizabeth City, North' Carolina, and Miss Louise Taylor of Whaleyvi.lle; two sons, J. R. Taylor, Jr., and James U. Taylor, both of vVhaleyvi.lle; one granddaughter, Barbara McMullen, of Elizabeth City; three sisters, Mrs. Joshua Lane, of Windfall, North Carolina; Mrs. Godfrey Chappell, of Glyden, orth Carolina; and Mrs. Alonza Cope-land, of Ryland, North Carolina; one brother, W. D. Taylor,

of Hickory, • orth Carolina." He was buried at Cartersville, Virginia.

WESTWOOD HUTCHISON 1846-1933

This life was unusually long. He was one of ten children and the father of fourteen sons and daughters, all having one mother. He was ordained to preach when he was seventy years old, and this, seemingly to human eyes, a mistake, was not, for his useful m1rustry lasted seventeen years. All the sorrow and joy in this long lite cannot be set down here. There was the ordination service; 500 people present; Dr. I. B. Lake, the preacher, with his text: "I will make an everlasting covenant with thee" ; dinner on the grounds, ' 'Everyone was bountifully cared for." Another scene: Rock Hill Church, a protracted meeting in progress; the pastor, Rev. Westwood Hutchinson is being helped by his son Rev. Othmel Grey Hutcluson of Dover. Delaware; and a week later, father and son, in an all-day preaclung Sunday service at Mt. Carmel with a great gathenng oi people. Then a sad-

dened circle a old preacher If we turn bac of this long li £ "He served as Army," a lad

By far the affairs. He w Manassas, Vir this office, its score of yea Prince Willia man of vario menian relief on General U. C. V. Th prevent his l Kingdom of number of ye ( for several strong in pu suming in m Stafford's St pered under strength, an chard, Loud Beverley H brothers an Annie B., J( was baptized cember 7, I these childre Mrs. W. S. The iuneral