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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF tjEOR^jA.
JANUARY 26, l!)4fi
Death Claims P. J. McNamara,
Clerk of Savannah City Council
SAVANAH, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Patrick James Mc
Namara, clerk of council, former
alderman, and retired veteran em
ploye of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, who died on December
20, were held from the Cathedral
of St John the Baptist, where his
son, the Right Rev. Msgr. T. James
McNamara, is rector.
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara,
D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of Savan-
nah-Atlanta, presided in the sanct
uary at the Solemn High Mass of
Requiem which was offered by
Monsignor McNamara with the
Rev. Thomas Brennan, pastor of
Blessed Sacrament Church, dea
con; the Rev. George Daly, assist
ant rector Si the Cathedral, sub
deacon, and the Rev. Serafin
Ocampo, assistant rector of the
Cathedral, master of ceremonies.
Many priests of the Diocese of Sa-
vannah-Atlanta assisted in the san
ctuary.
Bishop O’Hara described Mr.
McNamara as one of God’s noble
men and said his faith was a shin
ing example in a world that needs
faith.
Mayor Peter Roe Nugent and
members of the Board of Aider-
man of Savannah, Chairman James
P. Houlihan, and member of the
Board of Commissioners of Chat
ham County, Shelby Myrick, Edgar
L. Wortman. Lewis A. East, Roy
S. Carr, Soence Grayson, John J.
Bouhan, James H. McKenna,
Thomas Fogarty, James Earnest,
John Sutlive, H. E. Cabaniss, John
C. McCarthy Herbert F. Gibbons.
Dr. John Porter. Dr. E. J. Whelan
and Dr. J. Reid Broderick, acted
as honorary pallbearers. Active
pallbearers were John J. Clancy,
Dan J. Sheehan, John L. Cabell,
Thomas J. Canty, Abram J. Cohen,
Walter B. Murphy, James L. Davis
and Daniel J. Mahoney.
Mr. McNamara was stricken ill
on Christmas Eve at his office in
the City Hall where he had served
as clerk of council since May, 1941.
He had a record of tenure as a
member of the board of alderman,
having been first installed by
Major Murray M. Stewart in Janu
ary, 1919, for a four-year term.
When Judge Paul E. Seabrook was
elected in 1923, Mr. McNamara
went out of office, but he was later
elected with Mayor Hull and serv
ed with hitn and under Mayor
Hoynes, Mayor Saussy, Mayor
Gamble and Mayor Hitch. After
twenty-one years as an alderman,
he resigned four years ago to be
come clerk of city council.
MR. McNAMARA
LAST RITES FOR
BROTHER LOUIS,
BELMONT ABBEY
The title of "Father of City
Council” was bestowed on “Mr.
Mac” by his close and lasting
friend, the late Mayor Gamble, at
a ceremony held in the city hall
when Mr. McNamara was sworn in
ns clerk.
Mayor Gamble's tribute to Mr.
McNamara at that time was an
expression of thanks on behalf of
the community for Mr. Mc
Namara’s devotion to its interests,
particularly as chairman of the
harbors and wharves and city mar
ket committees.
Mr. M:Namara was employed at
the riverfront terminals of the At
lantic Coast Line for fifty-three
years, retiring May 1, 1941. to ac
cept the office of clerk of council.
He will be remembered by many
who came to Savannah seeking
their fortunes as the first man
they met. His anecdotes about life
on the river when this was a boom
ing port city can be surpassed by
no others. He could tell many hu
man interest incidents about the
men who made Savannah’s history
as well as about the stevedore who
touched his life insignificantly.
He knew everybody connected
with traffic on the river as well as
the river itself, and would gaze out
of his office window at the muddy
waters while recalling happenings
on the river in the old days.
Seventy-four years of age, Mr
McNamara was a native ol' Savan
nah. When he married Miss Mai
guret Sullivan in 1895, two of the
names connected with the progress
of this city were linked. With Mrs.
McNamara he celebrated a golden
wedding anniversary ’ast April.
Always genial in his contacts
with the public. Mr. McNamara
had a wide circle of friends. Many
hundreds of them addressed him
as "Jim.” He was known to many
other hundreds of his friends of
the yov.iger generations simply as
"Mr. Mac.”
A devout member of the Cathed
ral parish, he attended Mass daily
and gave a son and a daughter,
Mor.signor McNamara and Sister
Mary Rcdempta. to religion.
Long a leader in the local Hi
bernian Society, Mr. McNamara
was marshal of the St. Patrick’s
Day parade in 1939.
■ Besides his wife, his son, Mon-
I signor McNamara, and his daugh
ter Sister Mary Rcdempta, Mi
McNamara is survived by three
other sons, Richard McNamara, of
Savannah. John O. McNamara, of
Mobile, Ried McNamara, of Chic
ago, 111., and High Point, N. C.;
another daughter, Mrs. Bland
Montgomery, of Port St. Joe, Fla,
and several grandchildren.
Mayor Nugent mourned the
death of Mr. McNamara, saying;
“With the death of Mr. McNamara,
Savannah has lost an official who
championed every cause for the
advancement of the city during his
long tenure as an alderman and
later as clerk of council. He lived
an exemplary life. Devoted to his
family and his church, Mr. Mc
Namara went through life working
hard and making friends of all who
came in contact with him.
Judge Houlihan, chairmen of the
County Commissioners, said: “Jim
McNamara was a very fine charac
ter and a true Christian gentle
men. He was a very loyal and sin
cere friend and was held in the
highest esteem by the citizens of
Savannah. He will be missed very
much b^ everyone who knew him.”
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of the Sa-
vannah-Atlanta Diocese, paid trib
ute to Mr. McNamara, saying;
"The death of ivfr. P. J. Mc
Namara has taken from our midst
not only one of Savannah’s best
loved citizens but a man whp was
outstanding as a loyal and devoted
son of the church to which he gave
his unfailing allegience through a
long and edifying life.
“Mr. McNamara served his na
tive city with distinction during
much of his lifetime and left be
hind him amongst those who were
associated with him in his civic
work the memory of a man of spot
less integrity. Into his business and
civic activities he carried the re
ligious principles that, guided him
in his private life, and for this he
was universally admired. Mr. Mc
Namara was a devoted husband
and father, whose interests were
his family, his city and his church.
“Here at the Cathedral he will
be particularly remembered be
cause of his childlike piety. Every
morning of his life he assisted at
Mass, beginning each busy day by
communing in prayer with the God
whom he loved and served so
faithfully. We will greatly miss the
edification that his entire life gave
to those who knew him. He was
one of God’s noblemen, a true
Christian gentleman, whotn it was
an honor to have known.
"Savannah is all the poorer be
cause of his death.”
BELMONT, N. C. — Brother
Louis Marschall, O. S. B.. of Bel
mont Abbey, died on December 25.
f—.eral services being held from
the Abbey Cathedral.
Born in Bavaria on July 22,
1861, he came to this country as
o young man to enter the Benedic
tine Order at Belmont. He made
his profession as a lay brother on
October 18, 1895, and last fall cel-
brated his golden jubilee as a Re
ligious.
For many years Brother Louis
had charge of the janitors at Bel
mont Abbey College and as gard
ener cared for the lawns and flow
ers. No member of the Abbey
community was better known or
n.ore affectionately regarded by
the students.
The Solemn Pontifical Mass of
Requiem was offered by the Right
Rev. Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B.,
D. D., Abbot-Ordinary of Bel
mont, with the Very Rev. Sebast
ian Doris, O. S. B., as assistan
piiest: the Rev. Florian Cheekhart,
O. S. B.. and the Rev. Henry
Bauman. O. S. B„ deacons of
honor; the Rev. Charles Kastner,
O. S. B., deacon of the Mass; the
Rev. Gabriel Stupasky, O. S. B.,
subdeacon, and the Rev. Anselm
Biggs, O. 6. B., and Frater Francis,
O. S. B.. masters of ceremony.
In addition to members of the
Belmont Abbey community, pre
sent in the sanctuary were the
Right Rev. Msgr. Arthur R. Free
man, P. A., V. G., the Rev. Fred
erick A. Koch, the Rev. Patrick
N Gallagher, the Rev. Maurice
McDonnell, O. S. B., the Rev.
Daniel O’Leary, C. SS. R., the Rev.
Timothy Sullivan, C. SS. *R.. and
the Rev. Edward Gross, all of
Charlotte.
Interment in the Abbey Ceme
tery followed the chanting of the
"Libera" after the Mass.
Newspapers in Savannah Pay
Editorial Tribute to P. J. McNamara
(Special to The Bulletin)
S A V A N N AH, Ga. -Editorial
tribute was paid by The Savannah
Morning News and The Savannah
Evening Press to Patrick J. Mc
Namara, one or this city’s out
standing citizens, whose death
took place on December 29th.
The editorial in The Evening
Press read:
RAYMOND M. REDMONI)
FUNERAL IN MACON
MACON, Ga.—Funeral services
for Raymond M. Redmond, insur
ance executive of Chicago, who
died in Miami Beach, Fla., on Jan
uary 16, were held from St. Jos
eph’s Church here, the Very Rev.
Harold A. Gaudin, S. J., officiat
ing.
Mr. Redmond was born in Ma
con, and was a veteran of World
War I.
BERNARD V. MADDEN, JR.,
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.— Bernard
Vincent Madden, Jr., an electrician
at the Charleston Navy Yard, died
on December 27, funeral services
being held from St. Joseph’s
Church, the Rev. J. Alexis Wcst-
bury officiating.
Mr. Madden was born in
Charleston. June 14, 1904, the son
of Bernard V. Madden and Mrs.
Mary Roberts Madden. He is sur
vived by his father, Bernard V.
Madden; three sisters, Mrs. Ernest
Reeves and Miss Alice Madden,
both of Charleston, and Mrs. Karr
Larisey, of Hampton.
WILLIAM F. IIAYES
DIES IN WILMINGTON
WILMINGTON, N. C.—Funeral
services for William F. Hayes, who
died January 11, were held from
St. Mary’s Church, the Requiem
Mass being offered by the Very
Rev. Msgr. Cornelius E. Murphy.
Mr. Hayes, veteran of World
War I, was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Hayes, of Steuben
ville, O. He is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Anne Lock-
faw. of Wilmington, and two sis
ters, Mrs. George Wassum and
Miss Frances Hayes, both of Am-
bridge. Pa., ar.d one brother, Ar
thur J. Hayes, of Pittsburgh.
EDMUND F. BELLINGER
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Edmunc' F. Bellinger,
retired farmer, who died in Savan
nah on January 8, were held from
the Sacred Heart Church, the Rev.
Henry F. Wolfe officiating.
Mr. Bellinger, who was 84 years
old, was born in Ashcpoo, the son
of Joseph Bellinger and Mrs. Anna
Fishburne Bellinger. He is sur
vived by two brothers, F. F. Bell
inger, of Charleston, and Joseph
Bellinger, New York; a sister, Mrs.
Lou Patterson, Georgetown; two
daughters, Mrs. J. B. Chisolm and
Mrs. Bessie Holton, botli of
Charleston: five grandchildren,
and a number of nieces and
nephews.
The City of Savannah never,
had a stauncher supporter nor
the host of people who knew him
a kindlier friend than Patrick
James McNamara, whose life came
to an end this morning after a
critical illness of five days dura
tion. Mr. McNamara had not
been in the best of health for
some time, and it was completely
in keeping with his determination
never to give up that he dis
regarded advice to the contrary
and was in his office at City Hall
Monday when he was stricken
very ill. But this method of his
going was 'as "Jim Mac’ would
have wanted it; working up to
the very last minute for the
municipality which he had loved
and served so well.
The port of Savannah from the
days of sailing vessels to the
times of giant ocean-going Deisels
knew Mr. McNamara as one of
the representatives of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad at its
terminas here. His faith in the
port and its future was unbound
ed, and he never lost an oppor
tunity to boost it. He just nat
urally liked the river and treat
ed it with the attention and ad
miration due that great factor in
Savannah’s development. He was
on the river front the greater por
tion of his Life, retiring only after
his term of service had exceeded
the half-century mark by three
years.
His tenure as clerk of City
Council capped a career in public
service extending over almost
twenty-five years. For twenty
years he served as a member of
the Board of Aldermen, haying
been the dean of the municipal
ity’s governing board. It was a
natural move in April of 1941,
when the office of clerk of the
council became vacant through
the death of Mr. McNamara’s
neighbor, J. F. Sullivan, that his
colleagues in Council chose Mr.
McNamara as clerk of that body.
He brought to the important office
an intimate knowledge of city
affairs, and he discharged b>s
responsibiilties in a manner at
once efficient and pleasant.
There are many fine hings to
be said of Mr. McNaiitaia, but
perhaps the outstanding char
acteristic of this happy man was
his sence of loyalty. A devout
Catholic, his loyalty to bis church
and his family was a shining ex
ample of devotion. He v,as loyal
to the city of his birth and never
passed up an opportunity to sing
its praises to folk at home and
from afar. He was loyal to his
friends and colleagues in public
life and acted on his firm belief
that through unity of hign purpose
the best public service ir pro
duced. The places which knew
him will not seem the same with
out him.
The editorial in The Savannah
Morning News read:
It can be said of Patrick James
McNamara that his fruitful life
was guided by three loves: his
church, his family and his city,
and that he gave to each a deep
and abiding devotion.
.A native of Savannah, he spent
his boyhood and youth nere and
loved every corner and spot of
the city. For fifty-three years
he was connected with the At
lantic Coast Line Railway, rising
from a lowly position to be gen
eral foreman of the road’s river
front terminal.
He served as an alderman for
twenty-one years, and when lie
retired from his railroad position
in May, 1941, he also gave up his
alderrnanic duties and was ap
pointed clerk of the council, a
post which he filled wth con
spicuous ability and with court
esy to all concerned.
Last April 14. he and his good
wife observed their golden wed
ding anniversary, and at that time
reverent attention was called by
his friends to his contributions to
his church in the persons of his
son, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. J. Mc
Namara, and his daughter Sister
Mary Redempta, the living sources
of his deepest pride in life.
A man of benevolent nature
even-tempered and deeply under
standing of the problems of his
fellow man, “Mr. Mac”, as he
was affectionately known by his
associates, ended his days beloved
and admired by all who knew dim.
an outstanding example of the
man of whom it was said, in a
great parable, “Well done, thou
good and faithful servant.”
FRANCIS J. QUINLIVAN
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.-Funeral
services for Francis J. Quinlivan,
auditor of the Charleston Hotel,
who died January 17, were held
from the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, the Right Rev. ‘Msgr.
James J. May, V. G., officiating.
Mr. Quinlivan was born in Char
leston on November 25. 1872, the
son of Michael Quinlivan and
Mrs. Michael CoOk Quinlivan. He
was a graduate of Belmont Ab
bey College.
Surviving are a sister, Miss
Clara Quinlivan, of Charleston,
and a brother, Robert E. Quinli-
. van. Si- Petecxbui'g. Fla.
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