Remains of Isaac R. Strayhorn reached home Saturday morning at 10 o’clock and his lifeless form now lies in his home on Watts street from whence he left a few short months ago on what was to be a pleasure trip taking him to many countries of the old world. Sunday afternoon the last sad rites and the final tributes of sorrow on the part of his many relatives and friend will be paid to him before his body is interred in Maplewood cemetery for its last long sleep.
Mr. Strayhorn died a number of weeks ago following injuries received on August 20th when the bus in which he, together with his wife and other tourists were on a sightseeing trip of the French Alps, ran over a precipice and fell many feet below. He was thrown clear of the car before it started on its plunge. He, together with his wife and other injured people, was rushed to the hospital for treatment and for a time his recovery seemed apparent. Later on his condition grew worse and in that foreign land, surrounded by unfamiliar scenes, he died.
After his death his body was placed in a temporary vault pending the improvement of Mrs. Strayhorn and her return to America. A few days ago she was released from the hospital and, in company with her brother. Z.A. Rochelle, she began the long journey across the Atlantic with her beloved dead. The body reached New York Friday and was immediately placed aboard a train for the last lap of his journey home. Upon the arrival of the train here, the body was met at the union station by many sorrowing relatives and friends and carried to the home until the funeral.
Mr. Strayhorn was a member of the Durham bar and was one of its most popular members. For some time he was prosecuting attorney in recorders court and made an inviable reputation as a fearless exponent of right against crime. After his term of office expired, he began a private practice of his profession.
He was the son of the late M.A. Strayhorn and his wife, the latter surviving him. He received most of his education in local educational institutions. Surviving him in addition to his wife and mother are four sisters and four brothers, as follows: Mrs. E.C. Milloway, Mrs. B.B. Sapp, Miss Augusta Strayhorn, and Miss Bessie Strayhorn are the sisters, while the brothers are Charles of Hillsboro, A.R., W.F. and R.N. Strayhorn, all of Durham.
The funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the home with Dr. David H. Scanlon of the First Presbyterian church, and pastor of the deceased, officiating, assisted by Rev. Trela D. Collins, pastor of the Temple Baptist church, assisting. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery.
The active pall bearers will be James Patton, F.L. Fuller Jr., J.W. Barbee, Grover Lee, W.S. Lockhart, W.B. Umstead, Don Bright and Allen Craig.
Honorary pall bearers will be: P.C. Graham, W.J. Brogden, W.B. Guthrie, S.C. Brawley, Jones Fuller, W.L. Foushee, J. Elmer Long, Hugh Scarlett, Charles Scarlett, R.P. Reade, W.G. Braham, J.LO. Morehead, S.C. Chambers, R.H. Sykes, B.M. Watkins, J.R. Ruff, E.C. Harris, L.P. McLendon, D.W. Sorrell, L.G. Cole, S.F. Moredecia, S.M. Gattis Sr. of Hillsboro, P.E. Crews, W.G. Frazier, J.R. Patton, Thomas Dickson of Hillsboro, Dr. Foy Roberson, O.T. Carver, and Dr. C.A. Adams.
Floral bearers will be as follows: W.H. Young, S.O. Biley, H.G. Hedrick, R.O. Everett, Stuart Cole, Alex Blackwood, A.L. Weatherspoon, R.M. Gantt, C.M. Craig and W.E. Burgess.
From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, Oct. 28, 1923
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