FUNERAL 0F
MISS CORNELIA CROZIER
Tribute Paid to the Memory of
a Well Known Woman.
The funeral of [Miss] Cornelia Croz[ier]
was conducted from St. John's Episco[pal]
church Sunday afternoon, December (missing)
at two o'clock bb the rector, Rev. (missing)
Walter C. Whitaker. The pall bea[rers] _
were: Dr. A. P White, Mr. H. T. (missing)
Mr. James Scott, Mr John M. Allen,
Henry Lenoir and Mr. Robert Kella (missing)
As the flower-covered casket moved
slowly down the aisle to the organ's deep-
toned accompaniment under the sympa-
thetlc touch of Mr. Frank Nelson, and the
well trained choir added to the solemnity
of the occasion, memory swept one back
to the long ago when, upon so many similar occasions, had been heard Miss Cro-
zier's splendid voice.
Her intimate connection with St. John's
Episcopal church dates far back. Bishop
Otey was Tennessee's first Episcopal
bishop, and when Bishop Otey made his
initial visit to Knoxville, there were just
two avowed Episcopalians: William Ethel-
red Williams, Miss Cornelia Crozier's
grandfather, and Thomas McMullen, grandfather of Mrs. Edward Oates, Messrs.
James Wallace and Hugh Rodgers and
Mrs. Frank Clark.
At ten years of age. Miss Crozier was
bridesmaid, while her brother, Ethel Crozier, scholar, musician and courty (sic.) gen-
tleman, aged fourteen, was groomsman in
old St. John's, at the wedding of a cous-
in, one of the most beautiful belles of
Tennessee's early days, Miss Mary Hume.
St. John's is, today,
a new face (missing)
, but despite the added archi-
tectural grandeur, the
beautiful structure dear to the hearts of
many among Knoxville's pioneer citizens.
None was more interested in the advancement of her church, nor more generous in her efforts and labors than Miss
Cornelia Crozier. A devout Episcopalian,
she gave of her time and talents free (missing)
for the upbuilding of St. John's.
Miss Crozier was a woman of grea[t]
force, despite the frailty of the she (missing)
which encased the indomitable woman-
soul. Practical, energetic, yet shrinking
from notoriety, cultured, refined, artistic
in taste and instinct, loyal in the highest
degree to friend and principle—in short,
selfless—hers was a rare personality and
her going will leave a void in the hearts
of those who dwelt within the circle of
her regard.
Miss Crozier comes from a family which
has been prominent in the intellectual life
of Knoxville. Her father, Hon. John V
Crozier, was acknowledged one of the
brainiest men ever sent by Tennessee to
congress. She is survived by four sisters
Mrs. L. Crozier French, Miss Lucy Crozier-
and Misses Mary and Anna Crozier, "
ail women of dominance and Individuality
At the conclusion of the church serv-
ices, Miss Crozier's remains were borne
to Old Gray cemetery, and laid to rest in
the family lot. As the sun burst through
sullen clouds that darkened the sky, to
illumine the flower-banked mound, be-
neath which lay this noble Christian wo-
man, who was so truly of the "pure in
heart," those who turned from her resting
place thought how fitting it was that the
cold, hard clods should be hidden beneath
gracious bloom. Possibly next to a passionate love of music. Miss Crozier loved
flowers. Some who watched the exquisite
'floral offerings transform crude (missing)
a mound of bloom, were minde (missing)
deft fingers whose magic touch h (missing)
ten in the years gone by, when
had neither florist nor greenhou (missing)
wreaths and posies for the brid (missing)
burial. It seemed fitting that (missing)
generous soul should rest bene (missing)
rant blanket despite December (missing)
sky. ANNIE BOOTH M[cKinney]
