Former Chief Justice of State Supreme Court Died, Sept. 14, 1925

Justice Hoke Will be Buried Tuesday Near Former Home. . . The Services Will be Held in St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Lincolnton, His Former Home. . . Served State for 34 Years. . . Was Associate Justice and Chief Justice of Supreme Court of State for Number of Years

Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 14 (AP)—North Carolina today mourns the passing of one who has given 34 years of his life to her service as a jurist. Wm. Alexander Hoke, former chief justice of the Supreme Court, died here yesterday morning of heart failure while apparently recovering from a slight and successful operation upon the thyroid glands. Death came peacefully to the aged jurist, who was in his 74th year. He had been talking to a nurse at the hospital when he turned his head slightly to ne side and died instantly. “Heart block”, the stoppage of blood flowing from a main artery to the heart, was given as the cause of death.

Today funeral arrangements had been completed, which provided for burial at Lincolnton, N.C., his former home, on Tuesday at noon in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. The body, accompanied by relatives and friends and the entire membership of the Supreme Court, will leave here tonight on a special car for Lincolnton. This afternoon the body will lie in state under the dome of the capitol while the public buildings of Raleigh will be draped in mourning.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Sept. 14, 1925

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