Mrs. Lizzie Overman Has Died, Jan. 23, 1923

Mrs. Lizzie Overman Dead

Mrs. Lizzie Overman died Tuesday morning at 6:40 o’clock at her home on South Road street. Mrs. Overman was about 85 years old and had been blind for four or five years and in failing health. Her death was caused by leakage of the heart. She was up and around in her room Sunday but had not been feeling well for the past week. The nearest relatives that survive her are cousins: Mrs. Lou Mercer of this city, Mrs. George Waldron of New York City, Charlie and Dal Williams of Norfolk. Funeral arrangements are not yet made.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Jan. 23, 1923