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SIX 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. 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