Tennessee Deaths from the Pittsburgh Courier Newspaper

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Information compiled by Marlene Garrett Bransom and hosted by the Afro-American Historical and

Genealogical Society of TennesseeNashville Chapter. October 2013.

African-American Deaths from Tennessee Extracted from the Pittsburgh Courier

Compiled by Marlene Garrett Bransom

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Ms. Marlene Garrett Bransom has graciously donated the following obituaries she extracted

from thePittsburgh Courierfrom 1911-1932. The Pittsburgh Courier was an African-American

newspaper published from 1907-1966. These obituaries are ones that have Tennessee

references and an index that will help you browse them by surname and by county is available

on the AAHGS Nashville website at http://www.aahgsnashville.org/index-to-aa-obituaries-

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invaluable resource. If you find the information here useful, please contact her at

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Saturday, June 30, 1923 (The Pittsburgh CourierMemphis, Tenn.)

Tennessee Woman, 118 Years Old, Dead

EMMA TAYLOR

MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 23The oldest Memphian died Tuesday. She was Mrs. Emma

Taylor, and was 118 years old, according to figures given the bureau of vital statistics by her

granddaughter, who is near 70.

Mrs. Taylor was born in 1805, and was fifty-six years old when the Civil war broke out.

Grandchildren and great-grandchildren survive.

Saturday, March 14, 1925 (The Pittsburgh CourierPittsburgh, Pa.)

RESENTED INSULT TO WIFE; SLAIN

Bradenville Man Dies After Being Struck On Head By White Constable.

RICHARD HODSONThe alleged victim of a white constable, one William Tepper, whose brutality and

indiscriminate speech directed at the mans wife had been resented, were underlying

causes which led to the death of Richard Hodson, aged 54, of Bradenville last Friday evening.

Deputy Coroner Horner, of Mt. Pleasant, found that death was due to hemorrhages on

the right side of the brain and a fracture of the skull due to a blow or
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injury from some heavy instrument. It was also stated that Hodson had one hundred

convulsions before he expired.

Tepper, who it is claimed, went to Bradenville on Monday to issue a warrant against

John Cooperstadt, white, which had been filed at the office of Justice Lint of Bradenville, was

unable to find Cooperstadt at home. He was told that he would probably find him at Hodsons

house who lived near-by.

He went to Hodsons home and Mrs. Hodson, who answered the door, informed the

constable that Cooperstadt had been there but had left a half hour previous.

Hodson entered the walk just as the constable was leaving and in return to his inquiry as

to what was wanted, Tepper pulled back his coat and showed his badge.

Hodson then asked what he had been saying to his wife and Tepper told him if he

wanted to know to ask her.

Owing to the fact that there had been trouble over at the Cooperstadt home between

Cooperstadt and his wife, Hodson went over there later in the evening to stay with the two

children.Tepper, it is reported, returned to the Cooperstadt home and on entering he found

Hodson sitting in a chair and it is claimed, for no reason at all, he struck Hodson on the head

with some heavy instrument. At this juncture Hodson called him a coward, for

hitting a defenseless man from behind, and Tepper struck him again this time over the eye.

At this point, it is said that Hodson said, You have just about killed me, so why not

shoot me, it would be easier, and to this it is said Tepper replied, I will shoot you if you want

me to.

Hodson then went to Justice Lint to secure a warrant for Tepper but for some reason he

was refused one.

The next day Hodsons condition became so alarming that his wife sent for a doctor who hadhim removed to the hospital. It was also stated that either of the two

blows dealt by Tepper were sufficient to kill him but it was Hodsons wonderful stamina that

kept him alive.

Hodsonwas born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1871, the son of William and Frances

Hodson. He came to Pittsburgh in 1891 where he resided for seven years, then moving to

Bradenville. He married Miss Emma Gaines in Pittsburgh in 1907 and to this union three

children were born, of which one, Franceella, survives. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Deliah

Ferguson Arnold, and a niece, Mrs. Frances Moton.

Saturday, January 24, 1925 (The Pittsburgh CourierHuntington, Tenn.)

About to Lose Farmer, Man Kills Himself

TOSH BLEDSOE


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Huntington, Tenn., Jan. 22.Tosh Bledsoe, a worthy farmer, aged about 65 years, killed

himself with a shotgun at his home north of Huntington early Tuesday morning. His wife,

Mandy Bledsoe, runs a dairy in connection with the farm. It is said that a threatened

foreclosure of a mortgage on the farm, which they had been trying to pay for many years, upset

him so that in a fit of desperation he ended his life.

Saturday, March 21, 1925 (The Pittsburgh CourierChattanooga, Tenn.)

Memphis Sox Player Dies

GARNETT W. NORMAN

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 19.Garnett W. Norman, last season a member of the

Memphis Red Sox, died at his home here Sunday. Known to the fans as Bug House, Norman

came to the Red Sox in 1922 and developed into one of the best outgardeners in the league.

He leaves a mother and father, Mrs. Solonia E. Wilburn and Mrs. J. L. Wilburn, two sisters, Mrs.

Nettie Holmes and Mrs. Lille Mae Sutters and a host of friends to mourn his loss. Interment

was at Forest Hill Cemetery, this city.

Saturday, September 12, 1925 (The Pittsburgh CourierNashville, Tenn.)

John W. Work, Fisk Quartet Head, Is Dead

JOHN W. WORK

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 10The new South lost a mighty connecting link with the old

South Monday when John W. Work, famous as one of the celebrated Fisk Jubilee Quartet which

toured the world, fell dead here, while stepping aboard a train for New York City. He was fifty-

two. Death came from a heart attack, for treatment for which illness he was going to New York.

Immense in stature, and with an instinct for music peculiar to his own race, Prof. Workcontributed perhaps more to the survival and advancement of the old spiritual and folk songs

than any other man of his generation.

For twenty-five years he had been connected with Fisk University, where he had

reorganized the Jubilee Singers, and made famous their quartet.

Saturday, February 20, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierDyersburg, Tenn.)

BILL JORDAN

Bill Jordan died at his home on the Midway farm last Saturday. Pneumonia was the

cause of his death.

Saturday, February 27, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierChattanooga, Tenn.)

Promising Youth Dies


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ROBERT KEY

Robert Key, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Key of Chattanooga, Tenn., has been the

victim of the Grim Reaper. He was a bright, little fellow, having entered his last year in high

school and had hoped to enter Meharry next year. Mrs. Tom Foster and F. B. Gregory of

Birmingham were great admirers of young Robert.

Saturday, March 13, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierHumboldt, Tenn.)

ELLA EDWARDS

Mrs. Ella Edwards died Sunday morning.

Saturday, April 3, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierBrownsville, Tenn.)

MR. M. BAUCHUMMr. M. Bauchum died last Friday and was buried Sunday. He had been ill for more than

three years.


__________ JAMES

Rev. S. H. James, pastor of First Baptist Church, mourns the loss of his 17-months old

baby, who died Tuesday March 2. Rev. Brown of Nashville, Tenn., officiated. Rev. James will

take the body to Houston, Tex., his old home, for burial. He will leave here Monday, March 29.


MRS. C. WINFIELD

Mrs. C. Winfield resident of Haywood County, widow died early in the week. The

funeral services were held from the Sanctified Brick Church, of which she was a member. She

leaves a daughter and a host of grandchildren.

Saturday, April 17, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierDyersburg, Tenn.)

SARAH PARR

Mrs. Sarah Parr died at her home in Future City last Friday afternoon at a ripe old age.

She was a devout Christian and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. She was held in

the highest esteem by all who knew her. Mrs. Parr is survived by five sons and two daughters.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Holloway at the C. M. E. Church.


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LOUIS ROBSON

Mr. Louis Robson, one of Haywood Countys oldest familys sons, passed out of this life

early this week and was buried from the First Baptist Church, Wednesday. He leaves two

daughters, an uncle and a dear mother.

Saturday, May 1, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierDyersburg, Tenn.)

FLOYD HOARD

Floyd Hoard, son of Mrs. Lizzie Hoard, Future City, was shot and killed last Tuesday

evening during an argument. Several people were arrested and are now in the county jail.


ZULA HUDSON

Mrs. Zula Hudson, wife of H. H. Hudson, local undertaker died at her home Friday

evening April 16. Rev. S. D. Hayes, pastor of Salters Chapel A. M. E. Church, delivered the

eulogy at Womacks Temple C. M. E. Church Monday afternoon, assisted by Rev. Armos Parr,

Rev. R. W. Spearman, Covington, Rev. Woodson, Paris, Rev. M. H. Holloway, M. H. Spencer,

Parker, and others. R. H. Woodson of Paris conducted the funeral, ably assisted by Undertakers

Will Owens, Union City, W. A. Hart and Mrs. Emma Wilburn, Memphis; L. J. Barlow, Ripley andH. L. Porter, with funeral car driven by Mr. West, Covington. Ersko Hudson, Paris, and a

number of friends from Newbern, Obion, Hollo and Gates attended the funeral. She leaves a

husband, five children, mother and host of friends to mourn her loss.


JEAN ARTHUR GARDNER

Little Jean Arthur Gardner died at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H.

Holloway last Thursday morning after a brief illness. The funeral was conducted at the

Holloway home last Friday afternoon.


WESS LIGHT


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Mrs. Bessie May Mason (nee Light) is here from St. Paul, Minn., having been called to

attend the funeral of her father, Wess Light.

Saturday, October 9, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierNashville, Tenn.)

Dies From Burns

FRED WILLIAMS

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 7Fred Williams is dead here as the result of burns, received in

a gasoline explosion at Franklin Monday.

Saturday, January 16, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierCleveland, O.)

A. C. SLOAN

Rev. A. C. Sloan, 2382 East Eighty-ninth street, pastor of the First Baptist Church of

Wardworth, Ohio, died Tuesday, January 5. The deceased was a member of Eureka Lodge No.

52, F. & A. M., having formerly served as chaplain. The remains were shipped to Tennessee. He

is survived by a widow and brother.

Saturday, February 6, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierPittsburgh, Pa.)

S. M. STRAYHORNE

The national office has just been advised of the passing of Grandmaster S. M.

Strayhorne, of Tennessee, who died at his home, 1207 Edgehill, Nashville. He was a member of

the Supervising board of Grandmaster and one of the most ardent of Grandmasters in support

of the Deacons. His influence will be much missed. Deacons will forego any initiatory work

during the month of February out of respect for the deceased. May he play Paradise in Peace.

Saturday, May 8, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierSt. Paul, Minn.)

DAVID M. PAYNE

David M. Payne, a well known young man of this city and employed at the Empress

Pantorium died Monday of pneumonia, after an illness of three days duration, at Anckerhospital. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon from McGavock mortuary. Rev.

W. H. Griffin, pastor of St. James A. M. E. Church, officiated. The deceased is survived by his

divorced wife, Dorothy Lee, who took charge of the remains; a grandmother in Tennessee and

an aunt in Indianapolis. Interment at Forest City.


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Saturday, January 9, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierJersey City, N. J.)

Dr. Worth Buried With Honors

CHARLES W. WORTH

The funeral of the late Dr. Charles W. Worth was held at the Monumental Baptist

Church last Thursday night, and was very largely attended by both races. The body was placed

in the church during the afternoon so that the many hundreds might view the remains. At 7:30

oclock, Rev. W. S. Smith opened the services formally, with the assistance of several of the

pastors of the city, including Rev. Hoggard, D. J. Brown, Burton and the North Jersey Medical

Association was very largely represented; seen among them were Dr. Wright of Newark, N. J.,

Dr. J. B. Ford, Percy Holden, Dr. J. F. Johnson, James R. Stroud. The lawyers were also

represented by Counsellor Bright; the fraternal societies held services also, including

Progressive Lodge of Elks, C. Bion Jones, exalted ruler, conducting the services; the American

Woodmen, Prof. F. Moore, conducting and Harmony Lodge of Masons, Carter Adkins, W. M.

The body was taken from the church and left at midnight via train for Raleigh, N. C., the

birthplace of the doctor. Dr. Worth took ill on December 26th

and died on the 28th

, from the

malady of pneumonia. He will be much missed in the community as he was quite popular and

enjoyed a fine practice. He is survived by a loving wife and brother, Mack Worth of Atlantic

City, N. Y. They accompanied the body south.

*Note: Another article states that Dr. Worth came to New Jersey about four years ago from

Greenville, Tenn., where he had practiced medicine; his wifes first name was Helen.

Saturday, April 17, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierCheyenne, Wyo.)

PEGGIE ANDERSON

Tuesday, March 23rd

, Mrs. Peggie Anderson passed into the great beyond at the age of

eighty-one years. Mrs. Anderson was born at Hampton Roads, Tenn., and lived in Clarksville,

Tenn., and other places in the state. Mrs. Anderson was united with the Baptist church sixty

years ago, and was a faithful Christian. She moved to Cheyenne thirty-five years ago with her

two daughters and husband. Mrs. Anderson had been ill for eight months and unable to be

out. The funeral was held from the Second Baptist Church March 25th

, at 2 P. M. Mrs.

Anderson leaves to mourn their loss, Mrs. P. C. Crutchfeld, wife of Rev. P. C. Crutchfield, and

Mrs. William Christian, wife of Mr. William Christian, and one grandson, Phillip Crutchfield, Jr.,

and a host of friends.


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Saturday, May 8, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierNew York, N. Y.)

Wealthy Woman Realtor Is Dead

ALICE G. BRANNER

New York, May 6.Reputed to have made a quarter million dollars in real estate

transactions begun on a shoe string capital with a small legacy from a former employer, Miss

Alice G. Branner, aged 42, died Saturday afternoon at 2313 Seventh avenue, in one of the

combination apartment and office buildings she owned, after a lingering illness of over a year.

Miss Branner was born in Knoxville, Tenn. At the age of three years her parents

migrated to Zanesville, Ohio. She came to New York in 1911 as the personal maid and secretary

to Mrs. Ida Smith Marvin, from whom she received a small sum. Miss Branner is survived byher mother Mrs. Anna Taylor; a sister, Mrs. Georgia Rush, and a niece and nephew, Herbert and

Theodore Rush. The Farmers Loean and Trust Company is named as executor.

Saturday, June 5, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierBuffalo, N. Y.)

ALICE BEAUFORD

Detectives today sought a colored man, named Charles Craig, 24 years old, to question

him in connection with the murder of Alice Beauford, colored, 32 years old, 224 East Eagle

street. She was stabbed to death Wednesday night at Michigan avenue and North Divisionstreet. Craig formerly lived with the Beauford woman. They quarreled several weeks ago. He

rented a room in Myrtle street. Since then he had been attempting to induce her to return to

him; she refused. He is alleged to have stabbed her several times from which she died in a few

minutes. Her body was shipped to Memphis Tenn., for burial.

Saturday, July 31, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierHoly Spring, Miss.)

OLIVET GUINN

Miss Olivet Guinn, of Holly Springs Miss., daughter of Mrs. Zenora Guinn passed away

Sunday, July 18th

, 1926, in Memphis, Tenn. Miss Guinn and her brother, Sidney Guinn, motored

to Memphis Tuesday to visit their sister, Mrs. Etta Seal. Miss Guinn was in perfect health upon

leaving home, but became suddenly ill Thursday and died Sunday. She was a popular girl of the


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younger set and a student of Rust College. She was laid to rest in Waterford, Miss. The entire

city mourns her loss.

Saturday, November 13, 1926 (The Pittsburgh CourierCleveland, O.)

Dies at 117; Forecast War

PARALLEE COBB

CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 11.Parallee Cobb, who predicted the coming of the Civil War 40

years before the conflict, died at her home, 1265 W. 25th

street, Tuesday.

She was 117 years old.

Mrs. Cobb was born into slavery in the little town of Culleoka, Tenn., in 1809. She was

sold to a Southern family in Decatur, Ala, when a child and served the Decatur family for 50

years.

During the Civil War she acted as nurse for Confederate and Union soldiers alike and

was placed on government pension in 1919. She has lived in Cleveland since 1917.

Her son, Dan Holt, a youngster of 70, with whom she lived in the W. 25th

street, home,

tells of his aged mothers Civil War prophecy:

When I was just a lad my mother used to tell me about the multitude of stars that fell

from heaven in 1821. I knew, then, that the big war was coming, she said.

I saw the gray and the blue a-marching and I to the Marse that there was goin to be

big doins with guns a-blarin, she used to say.

Mrs. Cobbs mother lived to the age of 115, according to Holt.

My mother would have lived longer if she hadnt contracted pneumonia soon after she

came to Cleveland, said Holt. After that she never was very well. She had a stroke in1928

and we knew the end was near.

Saturday, January 15, 1927 (The Pittsburgh CourierMadisonville, Ky.)

W. C. ORTON

Mrs. C. C. Marks was called to Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, to attend the funeral and

burial of her brother, Rev. W. C. Orton, who died in Columbus, Tenn., January 2. She was

accompanied by Mrs. Guy Orton, Mrs. Nellie Shelton of Sebree and Mrs. Birdie McClain of

Bardstown, Ky., other sisters and brothers of the deceased.


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Saturday, January 22, 1927 (The Pittsburgh CourierGriffin, Ga.)

__________ HEAD

INEZ HEAD

Mrs. Emma Evan was called to Chattanooga, Tenn., last week by the deaths of her

daughter Inez Head, and her brother.

The funeral of Miss Head was held Sunday, January 16th

.

Saturday, January 29, 1927 (The Pittsburgh CourierMonessen, Pa.)

ROBERT TIDWELL

Mrs. Etta Forster of Nashville, Tenn. who has been visiting her friends and relatives and

her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ella Tidwell, since the death of her brother, Robert Tidwell, in November

returned home on Saturday, January 22. She was accompanied to Pittsburgh by her nephew,

Howard Tidwell.

Saturday, February 19, 1927 (The Pittsburgh CourierSt. Louis, Mo.)

MRS. WORK STRICKEN IN WEST

AGNES H. WORK

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 1.The body of Mrs. Agnes H. Work, known internationally as an

original Fisk University jubilee singer, who was stricken with apoplexy Wednesday night in the

midst of her singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot at the Womans National Exposition at the

Coliseum, and who died Saturday afternoon, was taken to Nashville, Tenn., Monday night for

burial. The Fisk University octet, accompanied by Mrs. Work as director, came to St. Louis last

week as feature attraction at the exposition. After her collapse on the platform at the

exposition, Mrs. Works daughter, Dollie, a member of the octet, took the leading part, finishing

the spiritual and relieving her mother. Mrs. Work was taken to Peoples Hospital, where shedied at 4:30 P. M., Saturday. She was 54 years old. Mrs. Work was the wife of Prof. John W. W.

Work, teacher at Fisk University and composer of Negro folk songs. He died last year from a

similar attack that caused his wifes death. The octet was here from an engagement in Europe

two months ago, singing for Mussolini. While in St. Louis, Mrs.


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Work was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Buckner, 4160 Enright avenue, a member of the St.

Louis Fisk Alumni, of which Mrs. Buckner is president, accompanied Mrs. Works remains to

Nashville.

John and Julian, students at New York University, sons of the deceased, were at her

besides when she died. Grace, daughter at Fisk University, and Merrill Cravath, son, at NewYork University, and Dollie, a daughter, survive.


MR. GOOCH

Mr. T. H. Gooch of Mason street was called to the bedside of his father who died before

he arrived, Monday March 7, in Hartsville, Tenn. The three children who were called to this

funeral were the Mrs. Eliza Bright, Indianapolis, Rev. E. F. Gooch of Braddock, Mr. J. C. Gooch of

Hartsville, Tenn. He was an old resident of Hartsville Tenn., and a deacon of the First Baptist

Church there for 47 years. He died on the 7th

and would have been 81 years old on the 10th

of

March. He was married 57 years and left a widow, Mrs. Mae Adeline Gooch who was 70 years

old. Mr. J. H. Gooch had prepared a surprise birthday dinner for his wife on the 7th

and just as

his family and his guests were seated at the table he received the sad news. He left immediately

for Tennessee and returned Monday, March 14th

.

Saturday, July 16, 1927 (The Pittsburgh CourierMonessen, Pa.)

W. D. SHERRON

The funeral of W. D. Sherron of 1043 Morgan avenue was conducted at Union Baptist

Church at 3 p. m. by Rev. H. B. Hilton of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. Mr. Sherron leaves a wife,

four children, a mother in Nashville, Tenn., two brothers, and three sisters of Dayton, Ohio, to

mourn his loss.

Saturday, October 8, 1927 (The Pittsburgh CourierMonessen, Pa.)

MARY SUGGS

Mrs. Mary Suggs, aged 62, died at the home of her son, William Folly, in Charleroi, Pa.,

Friday, September 30. Mrs. Suggs came from Adams, Tenn., to live with her son in 1922, and

had been in good health until taken with heart trouble about six weeks ago. She was taken to

Guthrie, Ky., for funeral services. She was a member of Gullfield Baptist Church. She leaves to


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mourn her loss one son, William Tally of Charleroi, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. Barbara Hunt of

Monessen, and Mrs. Sarah Vaughn of Adams, Tenn.

*Note: William Folly and William Tally are the same person.

Saturday, November 12, 1927 (The Pittsburgh CourierMemphis, Tenn.)

110-Year-Old Man Passes Away

WILL MCCULLOUGH

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 10.A life covering a span of 110 years and packed with

adversities and hardship woundhere Friday afternoon when Will McCullough died in the

county poorhouse.

McCullough came to Memphis one hundred and one years ago, when he was a lad of

nine. He saw the city grow from a village to the present size. He passed through wars and

epidemics and after a half-centurys work on the citys dumps, he entered the poor-house tospend his remaining years.

The aged man was one of the most quaint and popular characters in the city. He

boasted of having advised governors and mayors. He believed in the simple life, living under a

tent and sleeping on the bare ground with no covering to shield him from the cold during

winter.

Upon entering the poor house he continued to sleep without covering and protest until

the last against being covered up. Funeral services were held Sunday at the St. Matthews

church.

Saturday, December 10, 1927 (The Pittsburgh CourierCincinnati, O.)

Bishop Ross Buried In Cincinnati

I. N. ROSS

CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 8.Funeral services for the late Bishop I. N. Ross were held at

Allen Temple Monday. The Rt. Rev. Beverly D. Ransom had charge of the last rites. More than

a hundred ministers, several bishops and thousands of friends pushed their way into the church

to pay the last tribute of respect to the eminent churchman. The body of the late bishoparrived in Cincinnati from its long trip from Arkansas accompanied by Bishop Ransom and forty

members of the Arkansas conference. Bishop Ross had made his home in Cincinnati, although

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Bishop is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Hall Ross; a daughter, Miss Mayme Ross, and

a son, I. N. Ross, Jr., all teachers in the schools of this city.

Bishop Ross, who was 71 years of age, was the 41st

bishop of the African Methodist

Episcopal church. He was born January 22, 1856, in Hawkins county, Tenn. His early life was

spent on the farm and in the schools at Bowersville, Tenn. He entered the ministry whileyoung, rising from the pastorate of mission churches to some of the largest pastorates in the A.

M. E. churches. He was elected bishop at Philadelphia in 1916.

Immediately after election he was assigned as bishop of Africa, where he served four

years. In 1920, he was assigned to the diocese of Arkansas, the 13th

Episcopal district of the

church. During the seven years he had been head of the church in the state he acted as

president and chancellor of Shorter college, in addition to his duties in other branches of the

church work. Since he began his work in Arkansas, one new conference has been organized,

many new churches have been established and the offerings from the various churches to the

general work have been greatly increased.

Note: At the time of his death, Bishop I. N. Ross was the head of the Arkansas Conference of

the A. M. E. Church and at one time pastor of a Brown Chapel A. M. E. church on the North

Side of Pittsburgh. He died of heart disease.

Saturday, September 10, 1927 (The Pittsburgh CourierChicago, Ill.)

Editor George L. Knox Dead

GEORGE L. KNOX

George L. Knox, owner of the Indianapolis, Freeman, first national newspaper, which failed a

few years ago, died of apoplexy at Richmond, Va., Thursday, August 25, where he was engaged

in a circulation drive for the Planet. He was born a slave in Tennessee, was 81 years old, and

was a G. A. R. veteran. As a successful barber in Indianapolis, he bought the Freemanfrom

Editor Cooper, who was in debt, about 25 years ago. Managers and actors immediately

patronized the paper on account of its national circulation. When I returned from the Pan-

American Exposition in Buffalo, N. Y., where I was engaged as a singer and lyric writer, I became

disgusted with show writers, I was urged to send in a manuscript to Elwood C. Knox, son and

manager, at once accepted by him as critic of the staff, which lasted over twenty years. It was

the brains and education of Mrs. George L. Knox, deceased, that maintained the management.

After her death, her son Elwood never opposed his fathers management right or wrong. Editor

George L. Knox was a fine old gentleman, who always done what he thought was best for the

Freeman. It was after Mr. Knox and his son had both married second wives that the Freeman


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management began to fail. The show business which supported it was completely disregarded.

I was then serving on the Freemanand

Defender, which then had no opposition. After the Chicago advertisements were

dispensed with by order of the senior Knox. I retired from the Freemanand ran the Chicago

Star, an advertising newspaper, until a white agitation company stole its name for a whiteChicago Star, which the authorities called in. It was a long ways from home for Mr. Knox to go

to Richmond at his age to build up another newspaper, which now

Saturday, January 21, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierNew Market, Tenn.)

Centenarian Dies

LEEANNA BRAZELTON

NEW MARKET, Tenn., Jan. 19.Mrs. Leeanna Brazelton, aged 103 years, died hereThursday morning suffering from infirmities of old age. She is said to have been one of the

oldest residents of this section. It was often a great delight to neighbors to hear Mrs. Brazelton

tell of how both white and Negro slaves marveled when the first locomotive passed through

Mossy Creek, now Jefferson City.

Saturday, January 28, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierMemphis, Tenn.)

DIES AFTER 70 YEARS ON DAILY

IKE POLK

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 26.Ike Polk, who has been on the payrolls of the Commercial

Appeal, a local daily, for 70 years, died here Monday night at his home. Mr. Polk began his

career with the Commercial Appeal back in 1858, when he was twelve years old. During the

Civil War when it was necessary for the newspaper to move headquarters, due to the onrush of

the Union troops, Polk, along with a group of workers, moved the equipment of the Appeal on

flat cars and went with it to Grenada where it resumed publication.

The loyalty to the newspaper which was signified in this deed and in his return when he

was captured by Union troops some time later, was characteristic of the 70 years of his

connection. He was actively engaged in various capacities until 1915 when he retired on a

pension on account of old age.

Polk was born in LaGrange and is survived by three sons, Walter and Arthur of St. St.

Louis, and Ike, Jr., who is a mail carrier in this city.


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Saturday, February 18, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierCarbondale, Ill.)

PEARL HILLSMAN

Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Hillsman, one of Carbondales pioneer citizens, who died

here Thursday, were held at the Bethel A. M. E. Church on Saturday, February 11. Rev. J. A.

Randolph, pastor, officiated. The remains were shipped to McLemoresville, Tenn., for burial.

Saturday, February 18, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierYoungstown, O.)

PETER MURPHY

The body of the late Peter Murphy, who died Saturday at his home 112 Penn avenue,

was shipped to Memphis, Tenn.

Saturday, March 17, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierNewark, O.)

MRS. FRANK BROWN

Mr. Ossaci and Porter Brown of Knoxville, Tenn. have returned after attending thefuneral of Mrs. Frank Brown.

Saturday, March 24, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierKnoxville, Tenn.)

BUSINESS MAN KILLS SELF

HENRY BROWN

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Mar. 22.Henry Brown, a Douglass street business man, shot

himself through the head in the home of his sister, Mrs. Flora Hansford, Thursday afternoonand died instantaneously.

Brown is said to have gone into his sisters home while she was out visiting some friends

next door, and according to Miss Ida Robinson, a young woman who was at the Hansford home


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Brown asked for his sister. When told that she was next door and he would wait for her to

return.

Miss Robinson said that Brown sat down in a chair and bent his head over his hands and

murmured, I feel terrible, then he got up, went into the next room and opened a dresser

drawer, took out a revolver and shot himself through the head.

Brown was the proprietor of a shoe shine stand and hat cleaning establishment in

Douglass street. Brown was married. Relatives say they know of no reason for his act.

Saturday, March 24, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierMonessen, Pa.)

FLORENCE GORDON

Mrs. Florence Gordon, aged 43, died Tuesday evening at 7:25 at her home, 115

Aberdeen avenue. The cause of her death was heart dropsy. She was sick for a year and fivemonths. The funeral was held at the Union Baptist Church by Rev. G. W. Kimbie at 2 p. m.,

Saturday, March 17. She was buried in the Grand View Cemetery. She leaves to mourn, a

husband, adopted son, in Monessen, Pa., mother and father in Beech Creek, Tenn., and a sister,

Mrs. Alice Simmon of Chicago, Ill., and a host of friends.

Saturday, April 21, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierKnoxville, Tenn.)

DIES AFTER 30 YEARS IN ARMY

HOUSTON LUST

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 19.Sergeant Houston Lust, aged 78, who served in Troop D,

Ninth Calvary, United States Army, for 30 years, died Thursday afternoon at his home in

Temperance street. He is survived by his widow, three sons, Thomas, Houston, Jr., and Luther;

two daughters, Mrs. Martha Campbell and Miss Esther Lust, and a number of grandchildren.

Saturday, April 21, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierKnoxville, Tenn.)

AGED PORTER DIES

JOHN WELCH

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 19.John Welch, a Pullman porter for 52 years, died in this city a

few days ago.


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Saturday, May 19, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierKnoxville, Tenn.)

Pastor Who Died At Conference Was Well Known

R. J. BUCKNER

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 17.The sudden death of the Rev. Dr. R. J. Buckner, aged 62, in

St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday, while attending the A. M. E. Zion General Conference, resulted from

the loss of blood caused by a hemorrhage.

Rev. Buckner had been presiding elder of the Knoxville district, Tennessee Conference,

for six years. He pastored East Tennessee churches for many years. Not only was Dr. Buckner a

leader in religious affairs, he was active in civic and political affairs. He was recently elected to

a position on the Knox County Republican Primary Board.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nina H. Buckner, and two children.

Saturday, May 26, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierHughes, Ark.)

FANNIE BROWN

Mrs. Fannie Brown died in the General Hospital at Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, May 10,

after a brief illness. She was stopped at 951 E. Peabody street, with Mrs. Bettie Butler, when

she was taken ill and carried to the hospital. Her body was brought here for burial. The funeral

was held from Hughes M. B. Church of which she was a member. Rev. S. Edwards officiated.

Mrs. Brown was a Christian worker in the many auxiliaries of the church. She was president ofthe local Missionary Society.

Saturday, May 26, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierNashville, Tenn.)

Aged Man Dies In Blazing Home

JOHN CLOGGETT

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 24.When the little two-room dwelling, which he called his

home caught fire Wednesday night, John Cloggett, age 90 and an invalid, was burned to deathand his wife barely escaped a similar fate.

The aged couple lived alone and as the shades of night fell Wednesday the old man

attempted to light a lamp near his bed. The bed-clothing caught fire and because of his

infirmities could not escape the flames which consumed the house.


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Saturday, June 2, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierClarksville, Tenn.)

DEANIE HARRIS

Mrs. Deanie Harris, an old citizen of Clarksville and a member of Fifth Ward BaptistChurch died at the home of her daughter, Knoxville, Tenn., May 15. Funeral services were held

at Fifth Ward Baptist church, Clarksville on May 22. The eulogy was presented by the pastor,

Rev. J. W. Lee, assisted by Rev. W. Martin Harris of Nashville, Tenn., former superintend of state

missions. The embankment of flowers that covered the casket and grave bespoke the very high

esteem in which she was held by the citizens here.

Saturday, August 25, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierPittsburgh, Pa.)

COMMUNITY MOURNS LOSS OF PROMINENT CITIZEN

Matron of Davis Home Succumbs After Several Months Illness

DELIA HODSON FERGUSON ARNOLD

The community bemoans the demise of Mrs. Delia Hodson Ferguson Arnold, matron of

the Davis Home for Colored Children and prominent club and social worker.

Mrs. Arnold, daughter of the late William and Fannie Hodson, was born in Knoxville,

Tenn., September 8, 1868, and departed this life, Wednesday, August 15, at 5:45 p. m., at the

age of 59 years, 11 months and 14 days. She was reared and educated in the city of her birth.

In 1889 she was married to the late Charles Frances Ferguson.

To this union of 12 years duration, three children were bornEvelyn Elizabeth, Frances

Rebecca and Richard Dawson. In 1908, she came to the city of Pittsburgh and since that time

resided in and around the Pittsburgh district. On September 8, 1914, she was united in

marriage to the late John Arnold.

The deceased was a woman of great foresight and a strong believer in the possibilities

of her own people. She believed in the promotion of good citizenship and in race politics. This

belief was put into effect in the attempt to organize the women of this community into a

political club, the results of which we feel in a better political status of race citizens in the

community today.

She was a Christian woman of many noble virtues, worthy to be emulated by those who

survive her. She was ever ready to lend a helping hand to those in need; always she had a smile

and a word of encouragement for the careworn and depressed. Her presence in the death

chamber or in the sickroom was as a ray of sunshine that comes to dispel the clouds. To really


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know her was to really lover her. She was dearly loved by the younger folks; they delighted in

having her in their company. Though always dignified and motherly, she could be the life of any

group.

Especially was she interested in the Christian development of children. At one time she

taught the little ones whose parents perhaps gave never a thought to sending them to theSunday school or to teaching them Bible stories. It was her delight to gather these little ones

about her on a Sunday morning and try to inculcate into their little hearts and minds the

principles that would tend to develop them into Christian men and women.

Lifes a house of many windows looking out on varied views, and our natures are

decided by the windows we may choose. The window chosen by this noble woman was the

development of children. In November, 1926, she became matron of the Davis Home,

Pittsburgh, for orphan children. She loved those childrenshe studied them, she taught them,

she mothered them; she developed in them a feeling of self-pride; she taught them to love and

to respect her; she trained them to recite, to sing and to develop whatever talent she foundthere. Her work was most effective there. Praises were heaped

upon her for the changes wrought in that institution during her stay. But the great strain began

to fall, and finally, in June, she gave up her work and came home to her only daughter and lone

survivor, Mrs. Frances Ferguson Moten. There she spent her last few days under the watchful

and loving care of that devoted daughter and her husband. All that human hands could do

these loved ones did for her, but it was Gods will to give her a greater rewarda reward of

eternal rest and peace.

Saturday, September 29, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierClarksville, Tenn.)

HATTIE PAGE

Mrs. Hattie Page, a former resident of Clarksville, died in Covington, Ky., of infirmities

incidental to old age. The remains were brought here. Funeral services were conducted at St.

Peters A. M. E. Church, Rev. W. Y. Harton officiating.

Saturday, October 20, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierMemphis, Tenn.)

Reconstructionist Dies At 84 Years

CHARLES B. SWAYBACK WILSON


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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 18.Charles B. Swayback Wilson, former slave, a

reconstruction day politician and pioneer race leader, died at the Collins Chapel Hospital here,

Saturday morning, a victim of paralysis. He was 84, and had no known relatives.

Wilson was born in Georgia. He was 16 at the close of the Civil War, the time also he

established a residence here. During the yellow fever days, 1878, he served creditably on thelocal police force. He resigned from the position when told he would have to vote the

Democratic ticket.

In 1896 Wilson was chosen Republican National Committeeman for Tennessee. He

attended every national convention of the Republican Party until 1920, the year he was refused

a seat, but was successful in securing a sergeant at-arms badge. He had only a limited

education but both white and colored recognized his native ability.

Saturday, October 27, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierClarksville, Tenn.)

THOMAS BROADIE

Thomas Broadie, a former resident of Clarksville, died in Pimbrook, Ky. His body was

brought to this city for burial.

Saturday, October 27, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierLexington, Miss.)

DIES AT 125

PATIENT JULIAN

LEXINGTON, Miss., Oct. 25.A message has been received from J. B. Cunningham,

owner of a plantation near Howard, of the death of Holmes countys oldest citizen, Patient

Julian, who had attained the age of 126 years. Patient Julian was a mulatto, born on February

25, 1808. She was owned as a slave by Nathan Grant who lived in Polden County, Georgia, and

afterwards sold to Judge Rice in Cobb County, Georgia. She lived there until the Civil War

ended and afterwards, when free, moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., later moving to Mississippi,

where she lived many years. She was the mother of 11 children. All children are now dead,

except four boys, the oldest son being over 100 years old, now living at Chattanooga. Up until a

few days before her death she was active and managed to go about her duties without any helpbut her faithful walking cane.

Saturday, November 3, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierWashington, D. C.)


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MOTHER OF BOB CHURCH DIES

ANNA WRIGHT CHURCH

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 1.According to telegraphic advices received here, Mrs.

Anna Wright Church, mother of Robert R. Church, died at her home in Memphis, Tenn., early

Tuesday morning. Mr. Church left here Monday afternoon for Chicago.

Saturday, November 10, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierLos Angeles, Calif.)

NOTED SOCIAL WORKER AND WRITER IS DEAD

Emma Lue Sayers Passes Away After Several Month Illness Correspondent For The Courier

EMMA LUE SAYERS

LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 8.Miss Emma Lue Sayers passed away last Saturday morningat 2:00 oclock after an illness of several months. During the time of her illness she was as

cheerful as ever and still tried to carry on her work from her bedside, though she was rapidly

sinking.

Her funeral was held last Monday afternoon at 2 oclock from the A. M. E. Church, Rev.

W. D. Miller conducting the service. The sermon was preached by Rev. J. Edw. McConkle, an

old friend of the family. Solos were by N. Jackson and Edna R. Herd. Resolutions from the local

branch of the N. A. A. C. P., Phys-Art-Lit-Mo Club and the Business Girls of the Y. W. C. A. were

read. Miss Sayers interment was at the Evergreen cemetery, which was beautifully arranged

by the Angelus Funeral Parlors.

The deceased was born in the city of Clarksville, Tenn., in 1897. She was the youngest of

four children of the late Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Sayers.

Emma Lue, as she was known to most of us, spent her early childhood days in the city of

Clarksville. When she was about ten years old, the family moved to Danville, Ill., and Emma Lue

remained there until the death of her mother, about eight years later, when she moved to the

west to join her sister, Mrs. Jessie Terry, and her brother, Frank Sayers.

Immediately upon her arrival at Los Angeles, she joined the First A. M. E. Church, under

the pastorate of Rev. J. Logan Craw. It was at this time that her young life became as a bursting

bud, coming forth in the freshness of morning to glorify its Maker. It was here that the

fundamentals of the Christ-like life, that life of service and of goodwill toward all, were indelibly

imprinted upon the heart of the deceased that, she, throughout the span of her beautiful life,

carried within those sterling qualities which enriches the lives of those who knew their Creator

and shape them to the pattern left by him . . .


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Saturday, December 1, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierJohnson City, Tenn.)

SIX SONS BEAR FATHERS BODY TO RESTING PLACE

Rev. W. A. Scott, Well Known Divine, Dies In Tennessee

W. A. SCOTT

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., Nov. 29.Six sons of the late Reverend W. A .Scott served as pall

bearers when his body was laid to rest here Sunday afternoon. The distinguished minister

passed away Sunday evening at his home here on Chilhowie avenue.

The funeral services were held from the Langston High School auditorium due to the

crowd which attended. The services were directed by Dr. J. E. Walker, who paid many glowing

tributes to the memory of his friend and co-worker. Other eulogies were delivered by Dr. O. W.

Sherrill, Rev. E. M. Hale and John Latture.

Rev. Scott was born in Port Gibson, Miss., and secured his early education in the schools

of that state. In 1898 he was graduated from Hiram College in Ohio and a few years later

returned South to enter upon his lifes work. He took an active part in the business,

educational, and religious affairs of our group in various parts of the country, having for a

number of years served a chaplain at Alcorn College and president of the American Trust and

Savings Company of Jackson, Miss. He was prominent in fraternal circles, as well as in civic

affairs.

The past few years he had been engaged in educational and religious work in Tennessee

and was so engaged at the time of his death. He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Emmeline Scott,

teacher in Dunbar school; six sons, Aurelius S., principal Fessenden Academy, Florida; W. A., Jr.,

editor of the Atlanta World, Atlanta, Ga.; Cornelius A. foreman of Scott Brothers, printers and

publishers, Atlanta; L. Augustus, Daniel M., and Emel, students, and three daughters, Vashti C.,

teacher, Esther W. A., and Ruth.

Saturday, December 15, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierNashville, Tenn.)

TENNESSEE EDUCATOR IS DEAD

Professor James Dallas Burrus Leaves Estate to Fisk University


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JAMES DALLAS BURRUS

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 13.A career of service, which extended over more than two

score years, came to an end here Wednesday when Professor James Dallas Burrus, of Fisk

University, passed away.

Funeral services were held in the University Chapel, Friday afternoon, where the body

had lain in state for six hours. University officials, representatives of other institutions and a

host of friends gathered at the funeral bier to pay their last respects to the man who had served

his race well and thereby gained the friendship and devotion of thousands of individuals.

Professor Burrus began his career at Fisk University as a student in the first class to

graduate from the college department. He continued his education at Dartmouth, where he

received the degree of Master of Arts. A few years later he returned to Fisk University as a

teacher, being the first Negro to be appointed on the University faculty.

During the years of service he won distinction and as a teacher bore the reputation ofbeing efficient and sympathetic. He had the respect of fellow members of the faculty and the

student body. It is legendary that Professor Burrus assisted many deserving students financially

thus enabling them to finish their education.

Leaves Estate to University

While serving others, Professor Burrus, also wrought well for himself amassing quite a

deal of money and property. As he gave his life to Fisk University, so he did with his estate,

leaving everything to the University, to be used in erecting Burrus Memorial Hall and increasing

the endowment fund.

His worth as a teacher, a business man, and a humanitarian was cited at the funeral

services by President Jones and other members of the faculty. The obituary showed that he

was a member of a family of educators, who, too, had given their lives in the cause of

promoting education among Negroes.

Saturday, December 22, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierNashville, Tenn.)

Mrs. R. H. Boyd Passes Away

Mother Of Henry Allen Boyd Dies in Tennessee. Born In SlaveryExact Age Not Known.

MRS. R. H. BOYD

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 20.Mrs. R. H. Body, wife of the late Dr. R. H. Boyd, died in this

city at 4:50 Sunday afternoon at her residence, 1602 Heiman street, following her husband who

died in 1922. Exact age was uncertain, because she was born in the days of slavery when no


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records of birth were kept. She was a native of Florida, having been born, to the best of

recollection from what her parents told her, in Clearwater.

She was taken from Florida to Texas, where she grew up, and was married to Richard

Henry Boyd in Grimes county, Tex.

She is survived by five children, Mrs. Thomas E. Hall of Galveston, Tex.; Mrs. M. B.

Johnson of Nashville, Tenn.; Henry Allen Boyd of Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. L. Landers, Nashville,

and Theophilus E. Boyd of Kansas City, Mo.

The funeral was held from the Mt. Olive Baptist Church at 2 oclock last Wednesday

afternoon. Cause of her death, as announced by the family physician, was a cerebral

hemorrhage. She was up Sunday, took her meals and was sitting in a chair talking to two of her

children, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Landers, when the attack came. Dr. J. H. Hale the family

physician, was summoned and reached the home just three minutes prior to her passing. She

was a member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church of this


LOUIS WILLIAMS

Mr. Louis Williams departed this life on Friday, February 24, in the West Penn Hospital,

following an operation. He was the husband of Mrs. Mary Williams of 7328 Susquehanna

street. He was born in the state of Tennessee in 1875 and came to Pittsburgh about 1898. Mr.

Williams was a prominent member and faithful church worker in the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist

Church; he was also a prominent member of the Masonic Lodge Golden Shield No. 69, the

Minlick Chapter No. 20 and Malta Commandery, Knights Templar. His body was taken from

Canada Adams funeral chapel on Frankstown avenue to lay in state at his late residence on

Susquehanna street, where many of his relatives and friends reviewed his remains. Funeral

services were held Tuesday, February 28, at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church; Rev. Grayson of

Columbus, O., formerly pastor of the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, officiated. He leaves to

mourn his loss, his devoted wife, Mrs. Mary Williams, four small children, a father, mother-in-

law, and one sister, Mrs. Missouri Buford of Louisville, Ky., also a host of relatives and friends.

Interment was held at the Allegheny Cemetery.

Saturday, November 10, 1928 (The Pittsburgh CourierPittsburgh, Pa.)

SARAH BLANCHIA CARPENTER


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G l i l S i f T N h ill Ch O b 2013

Mrs. Sarah Blanchia Carpenter, the daughter of the late Larkin Rhine and Mable Rhine

Helser, was born in Jonesboro, Tennessee, December 2, 1892. Departed this life at the Mercy

Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., October 30, 1928. Age, 36 years, 10 months, 28 days.

She was converted at the early age of 13 years and had lived a consistent Christian life

until the Feather called her home. She was a kind and obedient child and was never anytrouble in the home, but rather a blessing and comfort.

She became a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, under the pastorate of Rev.

Willis Brown. Upon moving to Hazelwood in 1919, realizing that she could do a

more effective work she joined the St. John Evangelical Baptist Church, under the pastorate of

the Rev. Robert Burrell, where she labored hard and was the instigation of raising much money

for the building of that church.

In 1924, she became a member of the Pleasant Hope Baptist Church and served under

Rev. Robert Burrell and the present pastor until her death. Her best work was done for thePleasant Hope Baptist Church. It was her whole heart. No sacrifice was too great for her to

make for her church. She worked day and night for its success. She went when she was able

and when she was not able. The last time she was there it was to help in a financial effort.

She was injured in an automobile accident in 1926 and her health began to fail. She was

taken to the hospital on Wednesday, October 24. She lived only five days.

She had worked very hard in all departments. She was the president of the missionary,

the wife of one of the deacons, a Sunday school teacher, the treasurer of the Literary Society

and the assistant clerk of church.

She was married to Mr. Charles L. Carpenter on December 26, 1921. Her favorite song

was She was married to Mr. Charles L. Carpenter on December 26, 1921. Her favorite song

was Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?

The funeral was held from the family residence, 5532 Second avenue, Hazelwood, Pa.,

on Thursday, November 1, 1928, at 1:30. Rev. James Robinson, pastor of the Macedonia

Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. Robert Burrell and her pastor, Rev. Richard Johnson. Interment

was in the Homestead cemetery.

She died in full triumph of the faith. She told a friend before she went to the hospital

that she would not get well, but not to tell mother because she would worry. To others shesaid, Dont worry about me; everything is all right.

She leaves to mourn their loss, a mother, husband, stepfather, one uncle, three aunts,

one stepbrother, one stepsister, one half-brother and a host of other relatives and friends.

Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?

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