 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas  Wm Ridley Dean 1847 - 1886 Mary H. Dean 1852 - 1943 A. Ridley Dean 1876 - 1953 Sherman Daily Register Monday, May 24, 1886 RIDLEY DEAN This morning at 2 o'clock the spirit of ex-City Attorney Ridley Dean left its habitation of clay and winged its flight, let it be trusted, to a better world where sorrow and pain are unknown and there is no death. Ridley Dean has been identified with the legal circle of Sherman for a number of years, and was the compiler of the present revised ordinance under which the city is now being policed. For a number of years he has been afflicted with heart disease and during the last few months he has been declined to his bed for weeks at a time. A few days ago he began to improve and had been able to come up town and shake hands with his many friends, who were glad to see him able to be about again, but it was like the ____ before the ____. Yesterday afternoon he came home after a short walk and ate supper without any apparent _____. At 2 o'clock this morning, his wife was aroused by his calls for aid and tried in every way to alleviate his suffering but all was futile; he expired in a few moments. He was an Odd Fellow in high standing, and was, at the time of his sad death, past Noble Grand. He will be buried by that organization at 4 o'clock this afternoon. To his sorrowing wife and little son the Register wished to offer its sincerest sympathies, and we trust that when they too have crossed over the dark river of death and shall have landed on the other shore, they will be welcomed by the husband and father to a home eternal, where there is no parting. Earth has its sorrows, trials and its woes, but there is a blissful consolation in the words "It is not all of life to live." The funeral obsequies of Ridley Dean, which were observed under the direction of the Odd Fellows, was a solemn affair, and were conducted at the opera house. Rev. J. M. Binkley, who has known the deceased from boyhood on, conducted the religious services and took as his text for remarks: " It is not all of life to live, nor all of death to die." The large room was nearly full. The line of procession was quite long.   Thomas J. Dean 1852 - 1922 Mattie L. Dean 1858 - 1924 West Hill Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 Grayson County TXGenWeb |