Reese Martin Ling |
| Posted 2019-01-14 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Prescott Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Thursday, April 6, 1916, page 3, column 3 Ling Answers The Call Of His Maker Dying Request Made To Friends Is That He Be Buried At His Old Home, Prescott. Reese M. Ling, well known lawyer and politician, died early yesterday morning in Phoenix, following an illness of only 18 hours duration. The malady which resulted in his demise was an acute case of indigestion. Ling represented the pioneer element in this generation, coming to Arizona over a third of a century ago when a boy of less than 16 years of age. His indomitable will, which so strongly asserted itself in later years, was strikingly shown in his efforts to gain an education. He attended the public schools of this city, and later graduated from the Tempe Normal. Then with a determination to climb higher, he entered the Michigan law school, from which he started his legal career. Ling started from the bottom of life's long ladder, and reached the top. After embarking on his professional career he was elected district attorney of this county, serving until the close of 1900. In the meantime his legal ability was recognized by his appointment as city attorney, of Prescott, serving in that capacity for four years. His prominence as an attorney, and his popularity as a citizen, threw him into political channels, in which he struggled and lost his fight for the nomination for U.S. senator. He was affiliated with fraternal associations and was past chancellor of the local lodge of Knights of Phythias, as well as a member of the Elks of this city. He was a native of Ohio, and was aged 49 years. When his life was fast ebbing away, he made a farewell request to those at his side to take his remains back to Prescott to be laid away amid scenes he knew as a boy. He is survived by his widow, who arrives today from Los Angeles, and two sons, one of whom resides in Phoenix, and the other being assistant to the county attorney of Greenlee county, this State. Funeral services for Reese M. Ling, who died in Phoenix yesterday will be held in Prescott Friday afternoon, the hour to be announced later. A number of Ling's friends will bring the body to Prescott on the 1:30 o'clock train Friday afternoon. Burial will be under the auspices of the Elks' lodge, of which Ling had been a member for more than 20 years. ----------------- Prescott Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Friday, April 7, 1916, page 5, column 1 Memorial Day For Ling Is Ordered Judge F. O. Smith, in the Superior court, yesterday ordered that Wednesday, April 12, he set aside as memorial day in honor of Reese M. Ling, member of the Arizona bar, who died in Phoenix Wednesday. ----------------- Prescott Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Friday, April 7, 1916, page 6, column 3 Funeral Notice - The funeral services for Reese M. Ling will be held at the North Methodist church this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends and acquaintances are invited. Interment at Citizens' cemetery. See Also: Arizona Gravestone Photo Project |
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