MRS. THESNIA PAPPAS
Funeral services of Mrs. Thesnia Pappas, 61, of 12 North Long Street, who died at Mercy Hospital early Sunday morning, were conducted from the undertaker establishment of Z.A. Hovis & Co. Monday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Pappas was born in Greece. She had been living in Charlotte for a number of years. Her husband has been dead for some time.
Mrs. Pappas is survived by a number of relatives associated with the Atlantic lunch room on West Trade Street.
LUCY PARKS ALEXANDER
The funeral services of Miss Lucy Parks Alexander, 61, who died Monday morning at 12:55 o’clock at the Presbyterian Hospital following an illness of some time, will take place Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home, 314 West Fifth Street. The service will be conducted by Dr. A.S. Johnson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in the family plot at Elmwood Cemetery.
Miss Alexander was a daughter of the late Dr. And Mrs. E.C. Alexander and hd spent her life in this city. She was one of the first teachers in the Charlotte graded schools and was a member of the city school faculty for a number of years. She had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church for more than 40 years.
One sister, Miss Jeannie C. Alexander, and three brothers, W.C., W.S. and John B. Alexander, all of Charlotte, survive. In addition to other relatives, most of whom live in Mecklenburg County.
WALTER R. REYNOLDS
Winston-Salem, March 7—Walter R. Reynolds, 54, vice president and member of the board of directors of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, died here Sunday morning at 3:30 o’clock after an illness lasting over a year.
JOHN J. ODAM
Greenville, S.C., March 7—John J. Odam, for 52 years court crier in the state and federal courts of this city, died last night, it was learned today. Mr. Odam lost a leg while fighting as a soldier in the confederate army in the battle around Petersburg.
MRS. W.L. BLACKWELDER
The funeral services of Mrs. W.L. Blackwelder, 48, who died at St. Peter’s hospital Sunday night following an illness of several days with pneumonia, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the J.M. Harry undertaking parlors. The services will be conducted by Rev. A.A. McGeachy, pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, assisted by Rev. John F. Crigler, pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery.
A special service at the grave will be conducted by the Mizpah Chapter No. 36, Order of the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Blackwelder had been a member for several years.
Mrs. Blackwelder was taken to the hospital Friday after an illness of two days. She was a native of Rock Hill, S.C., having been Miss Mollie McDuffie before her marriage to Mr. Blackwelder, who died four years ago. Her home was on East Fifth Street.
For several years Mrs. Blackwelder had been head of the linen department at J.B. Ivey & Co. She was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church.
The closest surviving relatives are four or five nephews and a niece, Mrs. Nettie Martin of Badin.
MRS. C.R. THOMAS
Mrs. C.R. Thomas, sister of Mrs. W. Harvey Overcarsh of Charlotte, died Saturday night at her home in Pittsburgh, Pa., following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Overcarsh went to Pittsburgh some time ago to be with her sister.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by Mrs. J.A. Snyder, her mother, and by one little son and her sister, Mrs. Overcarsh. The funeral services and interment were held Monday afternoon at the old home of Mrs. Thomas in New Market, Va.
PAUL M. PORTER
New York, March 7—Paul M. Porter, dramatic critic, who was the author of many popular plays, was found dead today of natural causes in the Murray Hill baths.v From The Charlotte News, March 7, 1921
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