CARL WILSON
Carl Wilson, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Smith Wilson of the Mint Hill section of the county, died at 10 o’clock Monday morning at the Presbyterian hospital where he was brought about three weeks ago for treatment.
The funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 o’clock at Philadelphia Presbyterian church and will be in charge of Rev. J.W. Brown, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Dr. W.W. Orr of Charlotte.
Mr. Wilson is survived by his parents and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Grady Mcauley and Walter Wilson of Charlotte; Mrs. J.C. Christian and Miss Carrie Wilson.
ROY E. SMITH
The body of Roy E. Smith, former Charlotte boy and son of John W. Smith of 411 North McDowell street, arrived in Charlotte Monday, having been shipped from Bordeaux, France, where young Smith died November 12, 1918, of pneumonia. He was a member of C. company 120th Infantry, Thirtieth Division.
Members of Hornets Nest Post No. 9 of the American Legion will act as pallbearers. Members of the Ladies Auxiliary and of the Charlotte War Mothers organization also are to have a part in the funeral exercises. Rev. W.A. Jenkins, chaplain of the local post of the legion, will be in charge of the services, which will be at 411 North McDowell street at 5 o’clock Tuesday.
SAMUEL C. BLACK
Denver, July 25—Samuel C. Black, president of the Washington and Jefferson University, Washington, Pa., died at a local hospital early today after a two weeks’ illness growing out of complications resulting from an attack of influenza last April. He was on a honeymoon trip to national parks.
BOLIN WHITFIELD
Brunswick, Ga., July 25—Bolin Whitfield, division counsel for the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway company and one of the best known lawyers in this part of the state, died at the age of 70. Death came while hwas taking a nap before dinner.
R.S. McRAE
Chapel HIll, July 25—R.S. McRae, 70, said to have been the only blind postmaster in the United States, died suddenly at his home here Sunday morning. He was named postmaster at the beginning of the Wilson administration in 1913.
HON. GEORGE S. MOWER
Columbia, S.C., July 25—Hon. George S. Mower of Newberry, S.C., member of the state legislature and prominent in the general assembly for a third of a century, died at his home today following a stroke of apoplexy Sunday. He was born in Maine in 1853 but has lived practically all of his life in this state.
MRS. MARY M. BOMER
Mrs. Mary M. Bomer, widow of the late James F. Bomer, died Monday morning at 5 o’clock at her home, 1015 West Trade street, after an illness of some duration. She had been a resident for Charlotte for years and was widely known and highly esteemed. She was in her 77th year.
Mrs. Bomer is survived by sons George H. Bomer and James C. Bomer of Charlotte; and John E. Daniel Bomer and Edward L. Bomer of Birmingham, Ala. Two brothers, George Huggins of Columbia, S.c., and John S. Huggins of Atlanta, Ga., also one sister, Mrs. Michel Horne of Pittsburgh, Pa.
The funeral services will be held at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the residence on West Trade street and will be conducted by Rev. E.A. Penick Jr., rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Bomer had long been a member. Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
From The Charlotte News, Monday, July 25, 1921
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