Mr. Thomas Hoyle, one of Cleveland county’s veteran farmers and most substantial citizens, passed away yesterday morning at 10 o’clock at his country home in the Polkville section at the age of 71 years, after having suffered from dropsy for a number of months, having been confined to his bed for the past few weeks.
The funeral services will be conducted today at 11 o’clock at Clover Hill Methodist church by his pastor, Rev. L.T. Cordell and will doubtless be one of the largest funerals ever attended in that section, owing to the prominence and popularity of the deceased, who was beloved and revered by all who knew him for his great goodness of heart and deeds. In speaking of his merit one who had known and loved him since a child remarked: “He was one of the best men I ever knew.” He was a live long and devoted member of the Clover Hill Methodist church—and zealous in all good works.
The deceased was thrice married, his first wife being a Miss Willis of upper Cleveland, and to this union was born two children, Mr. Joe Hoyle who still lives on the farm adjoining his father, and one daughter, Mrs. Jim Self, who lives at Casar. His second wife, Miss Eliza Settlemyre, only lived a few months after marriage, and about two years ago he was married to Mrs. W.J. Morrison, who had been making her home here with her son Mr. Edgar Morrison for some time, and who survives him.
Also surviving him are three brothers, Jonothan Hoyle of Cornelius, David Hoyle of Lincoln county and Rev. R.M. Hoyle of Kings Mountain, and two sisters, Mrs. Newton and Mrs. John Morris, the latter of upper Cleveland.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Friday, Sept. 1, 1922. A person with dropsy had swelling of the soft tissue. Since he died of it, the retention of fluids and swelling may have been caused by congestive heart failure. The newspaper spelled his brother’s first name as Jonothan.
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