Mrs. Sallie Bivens, who died in this city early Monday morning had reached the extreme age of 102 years according to what the family considers well-authenticated records. Owing to the vigor of mind and body which Mrs. Bivens was blessed with up till within a short time of her death, few people believed that she was so old. However, she always was very clear and definite as to her age, and her vigorous recollection went back to the events of the better part of the last century. Her oldest daughter, who lives in Durham, is now 79 years old and herself too feeble to have come to the funeral of her mother who was always much more vigorous than she.
Mrs. Bivens died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ann Lane on North William street, where she had been living for some years. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist church and funeral services were held by Rev. Mr. Pollard. The remains were buried at Patetown.
Mrs. Bivens was a native of Alamance county and came to Goldsboro about the time of the Civil War. She knew Goldsboro from its infancy. She was first married to a Mr. Watson and later to Mr. Bivens. Seven of her children are living. They are John W. Watson of Greensboro; Jas. B. Watson of Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Nancy Ingram of Durham, Mrs. J.W. Lane, Mrs. Ann Lane, of Goldsboro; Mr. Joe Bivens of Princeton, and Mr. J.J. Bivens of Patetown. She leaves 43 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.
From the front page of the Goldsboro News, July 6, 1922
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