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The announcement of the death of this good citizen on last Saturday, though not unexpected, touched a chord of sincere regret throughout this community, in which a long life of usefulness had been spent strictly attending to the quiet pursuits of his daily vocation connected with the duties and handiwork of cabinet-making.
Mr. Justus was born in the month of April 1831, in Blue Ridge township of Henderson (then a part of Buncombe county) the second son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Justus, to whom were born nine sons and one daughter, of this large family three yet remain-- including our venerable and highly respected townsman, M. T. Justus, Walker Justus, now of Greenville, SC., and Mrs W. H. Bowen, residing in Newberry, SC
During the late war between the states, Mr. Justus responded to the call of his country tendering volunteer service to the Confederate Government, assigned to the Armory department, located at Columbia, SC., later at Charlotte and Lincolnton, NC
At the close of the war, on returning home, he resumed his former occupation, on which still greater demands were made for the products of his advancing skill---fine specimens thereof are here and there to be seen today in our city---in some of the well furnished villas in Flat Rock, and elsewhere in this county, and special orders for choice pieces has been occasioned shipments to various sections of Boston and New Orleans
In his later days, consequent upon the loss of his wife, the daughter of the late Sheriff Isaac Arledge, the fatherly care of five motherless girls and a son by former marriage added to his domestic responsibilities of which however, in the wise choice of partners in life"life's joys, some of the vigorous young manhood of our city were pleased to relieve him. One of those devoted daughters became the wife of K. G. Morris, cashier of the First National Bank in this home city; another is the wife of F. Z. Morris, a successful mercantile representative, another is the is the "sweet home" maker of T. B. Carson, residing on Anderson avenue in this city; the youngest of these attractive daughters is the bosom companion of John Wofford, engaged in railroad service in Kentucky. Blaine Justus, the only son, is a minister of the gospel, located in South Carolina.
On Sunday afternoon, notwithstanding the depth of a winter's snow, the seating capacity of the Methodist church, where for many years the family has loved to meet in worship, and on whose roll of membership the name of the deceased was written in young manhood, the funeral rites were conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Moore, assisted by G. S. Jones, life long friend of the deceased, Interment was in Oakdale cemetery, in charge of Director Thomas Shepherd.
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