REBE RANDALL

THE RECTOR OF NEWBURY

It is with much regret that we have to refer to the domestic bereavement sustained by the Rev. J. L. Randall, in the loss of his second daughter, who passed away yesterday morning after a month’s illness. We should hesitate to allude to this distressing circumstance from a conviction that a time of bereavement is appropriately also one of retirement and of freedom from public intrusion; but in the present instance the feeling of profound sympathy with Mr. Randall and his mourning family is so deep and wide-spread that we cannot but attempt to give some expression to it in these columns. It is felt to be peculiarly saddening that the close of the Rector’s  residence in Newbury should be marked by so painful a remembrance, and on all hands sincere condolence is expressed. Miss Randall had, we believe, endeared herself to a wide circle of friends, and particularly to the poor and afflicted, by whom her visits will long be remembered. At the time of her death she was nineteen years of age.

Newbury Weekly News 3 January 1878

REBE RANDALL

THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE MISS RANDALL

The funeral of the late Miss Rebe Randall, whose decease we referred to last week, took place on Saturday. A large number of the shops and private residences in the town had their shutters up, or blinds drawn, and the Cemetery was thronged with people to testify their sympathy and their sorrow. The funeral cortege left the Rectory at ten o’clock, the remains being borne on a bier mounted on wheels, which was propelled by the bearers. This was followed by the Rev. J.  L. Randall and Mrs. Randall and family, Mrs. Bruxner and family, Rev. and Mrs. Morgan, C. S. Slocock, Esq. and Mrs. Slocock, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. And Miss Bazett, Mrs. Donaldson, Miss Devon, Mrs. Banting, Mr. Bunny, and other friends. On arriving at the Cemetery the choir of Newbury Church headed the procession, singing three hymns during the service, which was impressively read by the Rev. R. Randall, of Clifton. The coffin was of handsome polished oak, with brass plate and massive Gothic handles. We understand that it is the intention of the Rector of Newbury to present the bier used on this occasion for the purpose of internments at the Cemetery. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs. Bodman and Jones.

Newbury Weekly News 10 January 1878

Mrs. P. Code Ch17 (C)  page 66

She died on 2 January 1878 aged 19 and buried on 5 January 1878.