CHUNG, Lew

Arizona Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Saturday, February 23, 1907 FUNERAL NOTICE - The funeral of Lew Chung, Chinese, will take place Sunday afternoon, February 24, at 2 o’clock p.m. from the residence of the deceased on Granite street, under the auspices of the Chinese Masonic lodge of this city. Interment will be in the Citizen’s cemetery. Note: Found in the Sharlot Hall Archives. -------------------- Arizona Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Saturday, February 23, 1907 FUNERAL NOTICE - The funeral of Lew Chung, Chinese, will take place Sunday afternoon, February 24, at 2 o’clock p.m. from the residence of the deceased on Granite street, under the auspices of the Chinese Masonic lodge of this city. Interment will be in the Citizen’s cemetery. ------------------------------------- Prescott Morning Courier, Prescott, Arizona Territory Thursday, February 23, 1907, page 3, column 2 The funeral of the late Lew Chung, merchant and Prescott's oldest Chinese resident, took place yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the local Chinese Masonic lodge, of which deceased was a member. The funeral was conducted with the usual oriental pomp and was one of the most imposing affairs of the kind ever had in Prescott. After the usual elaborate ceremonies in front of the Chinese Tempe, the procession started for the Citizens cemetery. The remains reposed in an elegant casket in Ruffner's handsome hearse which was drawn by four coal black steeds covered with stately funeral trappings. The Prescott brass band discoursed funeral music of the white race while following the hearse was the Chinese band with its babel of inharmonious noises. A Chinaman on a white horse rode in front of the procession along the line of which the great dragon banner and other lesser Chinese banners were in evidence. A wagon bore the earthly effects of deceased to the burial ground to be burned while another vehicle transported the roast pig, chicken and other substantial edibles to be left on the grave of deceased to prevent the departed spirit from growing hungry on its journey to that land where color, previous condition and vocation are not met by an exclusion act. The ceremonies at the grave were solemn and impressive and were witnessed by many of our citizens. As the funeral attendants filed out of the cemetery grounds three celestials stood at the gates and handed each person ten cents, wrapped in a piece of colored paper. No headstone has been found to mark Mr. Chung's burial place.