Zebulon Barrick Alley, son of the late Colonel J.H. Alley, was born November 19, 1862, in Whiteside Cove, Jackson County, North Carolina; departed this life June 6, 1926.
On January 26, 1892, Mr. Alley was married to Miss Cora Davis of Clay County, Hayesville, N.C. To this union was born one son and four daughters, all of whom survive: Doyle D. Alley, Sylva; Mrs. Frank Morrison, Sylva; Mrs. N.D. Smithson, Asheville; Mrs. A.D. Dunn, Hyattsville, Maryland; and Mrs. Thomas Charchee of Baltimore.
Mr. Alley was a son of one of the most prominent families in Western North Carolina. He spent his boyhood days a home in the devoted care of his parents in their declining days, and grew to manhood in Whiteside Cove near the magnificent structure known as Whiteside Mountain, which he loved so well, and which will be an everlasting monument to the memory of one who stood staunch and strong I his life’s service of doing good for his country and fellow men. His example of life will be a guiding influence in that of many others. Mr. Alley’s friends were numbered by his acquaintances. He was loved by everyone in that familiar role of “Uncle Zeb.” He was one of the most influential men of Jackson County and his judgement and advice respected to the utmost. He lived up to the highest ideals of democracy and may we ever keep in mind the fact that he gave his life during the support of this great cause.
Mr. Alley, enroute from Cashiers to Sylva on the night of June 5th, was fatally injured in an automobile accident when the car in which he weas riding, driven by Mr. Henry Moss, was turned over an embankment off the road. Mr. Alley in company with his son and three other friends, had left Cashiers at the late hour after closing of voting polls, coming to Sylva to get final returns of the election in connection with his brother, Hon. Felix E. Alley, who lost the congressional nomination by a very close margin, Mr. Alley was found by his son, who becoming alarmed at the delay of the missing car went in search of them, to find the car in which his father rode wrecked and his father injured. Dr. Candler was first consulted but advised that death had been instantaneous. Mr. Alley was taken to the Medford Undertaking Parlor where all arrangements were completed, later being removed to his home in Cashiers Valley.
Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. June 8th by Rev. Clark Medford of the Methodist church, of which Mr. Alley had been a member for 15 years. This was one of the most beautiful and impressive ceremonies ever rendered and was very fittingly held in the open under the lovely pine grove at the entrance of the Alley Cottage. Mr. Alley’s favorite verse of scripture was read, i.e., “Owe no man anything but to love one another for he who loveth one another hath fulfilled the law,” leads us into the light of his everyday living and religious convictions. He was a genuine character of citizenship and his loss will be keenly felt in this entire community. Interment in Whiteside Cove Cemetery.
“For when the one greater scorer comes to write against your name he writes not how you won or lost but how you played the game.”
From the front page of the Ruralite, Sylva, N.C., Tuesday, June 22, 1926
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