Lenoir, Nov. 2—Mrs. E.Z. Smith died here last night at the home of Calvin Triplet, where she has been boarding for the past several weeks, after a brief illness from pneumonia. When she first came here, she seemed much averse to letting any one know who she was, where she was from and her business. She kept her affairs a secret as much as possible. After she became ill, those with whom she was boarding asked her if she had any near relatives, and she replied that she had none, and the day before she died she insisted that she had no near relatives.
However, an envelope addressed to a party in Florida was found, and a message was sent to that address. Immediately a reply was received asking for more information, which was given. As a result on Saturday, a sister, daughter and niece of the woman arrived from Alabama. The deceased had requested T.J. Stone to make her a cheap pine coffin, and after she was dead to let no one see her. On arrival, the sister said that they had not heard from Mrs. Smith in several years, and they did not know whether she was living or not.
After her death a Hickory undertaker prepared the body, and it was taken to Alabama for burial.
From the front page of the Mount Airy News, Nov. 9, 1921
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