After he had been thought to be on the road to recovery from pneumonia, Thornton Shirley Graves, professor of English in the University, suffered a sudden relapse and died last Friday night. A daughter had been born to him three days before his death. Only two or three weeks ago, he started building a new home.
Mr. Graves was 38 years old. The possessor of the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Chicago, and with the record of fine achievement already to his credit, he was regarded as one of the country’s leading authorities on the English drama. Sir Sidney Lee, in a recent review of contemporary research in this field, paid him a high tribute.
From 1917 to 1919 he served in the Army as a captain, and was with the 81st Division in France. In 1922 he was married to Miss Margaret White.
The funeral was held here Sunday afternoon. The honorary pallbearers were H.W. Chase, Edwin Greenlaw, E.W. Knight, J.F. Royster, E.V. Howell, W. de B., MacNider, N.I. White, Oliver Towles, Norman Foerster, J.M. Booker, Dr. E.A. Abernethy, W.S. Lockhart, H.F. Comer, and F.O. Bowman. The active pallbearers were R.R. Potter, R.P. McClamroch, W.D. MacMillan, Frederick Hard, A.T. Johnson and L.B. Wright.
From page 4 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Thursday, March 12, 1925
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