The Southern's Ponce de Leon came through here at 8:20 p.m. bearing the body of the distinguished soldier, statesman and educator to his final honors among his friends and neighbors in Macon.
From Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)
23 September 1929 - pg. 1 [via GenealogyBank]
IMPRESSIVE RITE TO MARK FUNERAL OF 'NAT' E. HARRIS
Company of National Guard to Fire Salute Over Casket
PALLBEARERS CHOSEN
High State Officials Among Many to Pay Last Respects to Georgian
Macon, Ga., Sept 22 (AP) -- Georgia tomorrow will pay its last respects to Nathaniel Edwin Harris, former governor, distinguished Confederate veteran and father of the Georgia School of Technology, who died last night at his summer home at Hampton, Tenn., after a lingering illness...
The casket will be draped with the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy and a company of national guardsmen will fire a military salute over the grave. Taps will be sounded as the casket is lowered.
...Governor Harris was 84 years of age and had been suffering for more than a year from trouble that forced his retirement from public life. During the last few weeks he had been sinking gradually and his illness, together with advanced age, soon wore down his resistance. The end came a few hours after he lost consciousness yesterday afternoon. The family was at his bedside for several days before his death...
Further Reading:
Myers, Barton. "Nathaniel E. Harris (1846-1929)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 14 May 2013. Web.
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