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Jane Beatty Dies of Pneumonia, Dec. 10, 1920

Newton, Dec. 10—Mrs. Jane Beatty died Thursday at her home near Sherrill’s Ford, this county, of pneumonia. Mrs. Beatty was about 70 years of age. She was Miss Jane McColl of Mecklenburg county before her marriage to the late G.M. Beatty in 1880. Mr. Beatty died in 1902. Mrs. Beatty’s only child died in infancy. The deceased was the step-mother of Mrs. W.F. Rader of Newton and Mr. C.M. Beatty of Mountain Creek. The other step-children are Lock Beatty, Mesdames B.A. Gabriel, A.E. Sherrill, J.P. Cornelius, of this county, and Mrs. J.A. Gabriel of Lincolnton. The interment took place today at Rehoneth in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives. Mrs. Beatty was one of the founders of Sherrill’s Ford Presbyterian church, of which she remained a most devoted member till death. Mrs. Rader and son, Mr. Edgar Rader of Newton, attended the funeral. Prof. A.C. Sherrill of Catawba College is a nephew of the deceased. (From the Hickory Daily Record, Dec. 10, 1920)

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