Emily Moore, Oliver Clifton, J.A. Roebuck Have Died, Jan. 31, 1922

MRS. EMILY MOORE

Mrs. Emily Moore succumb to an attack of pneumonia which lasted about two weeks. She was 81 years old in September, 1921.

Soon after the Civil War, the horrors of which she lived through, she was married to Junius E. Moore, who lived only a few years and left her with several small children, four of whom survive her. They are Mrs. Hattie Ellis of Griffin’s township, Mr. W.H. Moore of near Jamestown, with whom she made her home, Mr. Julius E. Moore of Jamestown, and Mrs. Sadie Wallace of Roanoke Rapids. She was buried Monday afternoon at the W.B. Lilley burying ground. The funeral services were conducted by A. Corey, pastor of the Missionary Baptist church, of which she had been a member for many years.

YOUNG CHILD DEAD

Oliver Clifton, the 13 ½ months old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. McKeel, died the 18th of January after a six days’ illness with pneumonia.

The funeral service was conducted by Rev. A.V. Joyner and the little body was laid to rest Thursday afternoon in the family burying ground.

JAMES ALBERT ROEBUCK

James Albert Roebuck of Robersonville died at his home Saturday morning at an early hour. He had been in declining health for a number of years and it had been apparent to his friends for some time that the grim reaper of death was sharpening his scythe for an early harvest. The immediate cause of his death was a stroke of apoplexy on Thursday night, from which he never regained consciousness. He married twice, first to Miss Mary Wynne and then to Miss Maggie Leggett; from the first marriage he leaves six children and from the second he leaves nine.

Mr. Roebuck was 62 years old in December, was a resident of Cross Roads township where he did extensive farming and some milling until a few years ago when he sold his farm and bought property in Robersonville where he has lived since. For a number of years he had been a member of the Christian church and the funeral services were conducted at the Robersonville Christian church by A.J. Manning, Sunday at 1 p.m., followed by a burial by the Masonic burial at the old homestead in Cross Roads township. The service was largely attended even though the weather was bad, attesting to the esteem in which he was held.

From the Williamston Enterprise, January 31, 1922