Colonel William Starr Basinger -
Bonaventure Cemetery Savannah Georgia
August 26, 1827 April 25, 1910 Obituary: Savannah Press April 26th 1910:
The remains of Colonel W.S. Basinger ,who died yesterday afternoon in Athens,at the
home of his daughter,will reach Savannah tomorrow morning at 8:35 o'clock and will be
taken immediately by Messre Henderson Bros.to the Guards 'Arsenal ,where it will lie in
state until 4 o'clock in the afternoon.The funeral will take place at that time and
services will be conducted by Rev Troy Beatty of Emmanuel church Athens,assisted by Rev F
A Brown of Christ Church.The interment will be in Bonaventure cemetery.There will be no
services conducted at the armory,but at the cemetery. The Savannah Volunteer Guards,under
the command of Major William B.Stephens,will act as escort to the remains,Colonel Basinger
having always been identified in both peace and war with the battalion and having held the
most ardent affection for the organization.
The active pallbeares will be a squad of non commissioned officers of the Savannah
Volunteer Guards detailed by Major Stephens,and the honorary pallbearers will be Judge
Walter G Charlton,Capt.Henry C Cunningham,Col Alexander R Lawton,Col William Garrard,Col
Jordan F Brooks,Judge Samuel B Adams,Capt Thomas F Screven and Mr George C Freeman. The
people of Savannah will follow with regret the remains of Col. Basinger to his last
resting place.