Miss Marjorie Suttle Will Be Buried Today. . . Pretty Young Shelby Girl Victim of Strange Malady—Underwent 4 Operations
Today sorrow sits supreme in the hearts of those of the community at large, and like Rachel of old, as one large family in the bonds of sympathy, Shelby weeps for “one who is not;” and we mingle our tears together with the bereaved ones.
“Marjorie Suttle is no more.” The sad, sad tidings of her passing at the University hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., in the early morning hours of a sweet, peaceful Sabbath day, March 4th, reached Shelby about 9:30 Sunday morning and the news spread like wild-fire throughout the town. Although the people of Shelby had been in a measure prepared for the inevitable, as her condition had been growing more serious for the past week, the message brought a pang of inexpressible sorrow and shock.
The passing of this lovely young girl-woman—just in the flower of young womanhood—when life seemed to hold all that was fair and lovely—at the youthful age of 17 summers—seems beyond the understanding of the finite mind. But to the hearts that sorrow, and they are many, the knowledge that “God doeth all things well,” is solace and sweet balm to the aching breasts. In the stillness of the night-time, when God’s own bright sun-light was obscured from sight, a Gardener entered her quiet sick-chamber of this hospital and transplanted from this earthly paradise, a fair, pure, white rose-bud to bloom in a brighter Paradise forever more; where no blighting frost of old age can wither the beauty of this fairest of earth’s flowers.
“Marjorie” as she was lovingly called by all her friends and acquaintances, was one of Shelby’s most beautiful young women. She was born here August 19th, 1905, the daughter of Mr. Joe L. Suttle, the popular manager of the insurance department of the Cleveland Bank and Trust Co., of this place. Her lovely young mother, who before marriage was Miss May Walker of Mansfield, La., passed to the great beyond about six years ago, leaving her oldest daughter, Marjorie, a younger one, Mary, and a little son, J.L. Jr., to be a companion to the bereft husband. Marjorie was not only the idol of this loving father’s heart, but was a general favorite among her schoolmates and the older people of the town as well. She was rarely gifted, added to the beauty of form and face—was a character, brilliance of mind and sweetness of disposition seldom found in one so young. It was only in the year 1922 that she graduated from the Shelby high school with high honors, and to her literary attainments was also the gift of an artistic temperament. Inheriting from her talented mother the gift of music, she charmed all who sat under the spell of her sweetest notes, and her school annual of 1922 bears testimony of her great talent as an artist with pen and brush.
She was a social favorite everywhere, the life and joy of Shelby’s younger social set, and when she became ill last August with that dreaded malady, typhoid fever, which so often leaves other complications in its wake—her sick room was the gathering place of her girlish companions. But although she was to recover from this trouble, other complications far more serious set in shortly, and for the past six months her father has carried her from one skilled physician to another, seeking relief from her great suffering, her trouble baffling the most noted surgeons. It was while undergoing the fourth operation for an abscess in the head that she passed away. All that love and medical skill could do and the wonderful and untiring ministration of her friends and nurse throughout her entire sickness, Miss Irma Bowman, was brought to bear upon her case without avail.
Her remains were brought to Kings Mountain Monday morning over the Southern, where the body was met by a concourse of friends and loved ones and taken to the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Suttle.
The funeral services will be conducted from the Suttle home on West Marion street this afternoon (Tuesday) at 3 o’clock by Rev. R.L. Lemmons, pastor of the First Baptist church, of which she has been a faithful member since childhood. Acting pall bearers are Messrs. William McCord, Jean Schenck, Folsome Moses, J.J. McMurry, Jessie Washburn and Lowery Suttle.
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Dr. W.A. Wray Dies in Knoxville, Tenn. . . . Native of Cleveland and Brother of Mrs. C.B. Suttle of Shelby Passes
From Knoxville Sentinel, Feb. 27th
Dr. W.A. Wray, one of Knoxville’s most prominent and highly esteemed citizens, died Monday afternoon at the family residence, 1013 North Central avenue.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 10:30 o’clock Wednesday morning, Rev. F.F. Brown, D.D., pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating. The choir of the First Baptist church will sing.
The pall bearers will be deacons of the First Baptist church and others.
Dr. Wray was born in Shelby, N.C., May 12, 1849, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A.L. Wray. He has been a faithful and active member of the Baptist church since early youth and has been a deacon for more than half a century. He has been a deacon in the First Baptist church of Knoxville since he came to Knoxville 35 years ago. He has taken a part in the Christian activities of the entire city.
Dr. Wray was in the drug business in Shelby, N.C., for 23 years before coming to Knoxville. Since living in Knoxville he has been connected with various real estate enterprises, and many businesses in and around Knoxville. He was one of the founders of the Holston National bank, was a director in it until a few years ago. He was at one time president of the board of education of North Knoxville. He founded the North Carolina Pharmaceutical association in 1881. Dr. Wray was a member of the Masonic fraternity and of Amro Grotto.
On November 29, 1870, he married Miss Ellen Damron, daughter of Col. and Mrs. John Damron of Shelby, N.C. His wife died on January 11 of this year. Dr. Wray was of staunch English ancestry.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs. C.B. Suttle of Shelby, N.C.; two brothers, James L. Wray of Greensboro, N.C., and Julius A. Wray of Asheville, N.C. He also leaves one daughter, Mrs. J. Gerald Stewart of Knoxville and three sons, Rev. John A. Wray of Owensboro, Ky., Rev. W.A. Wray of Elberton, Ga., and J. Bailey Wray of Knoxville.
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Fred Dayberry Dies in Knoxville, Tenn.
Mr. Fred Dayberry, son of Mr. John Dayberry of this place, died in a hospital in Knoxville, Tenn., last Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock, after an illness of several days from influenza followed by an acute attack of pneumonia.
Young Dayberry was 21 years of age and had been working in a railroad shop in Kentucky for the past two years, and was en route home when he became too ill to travel, entering a hospital there several days ago. His father was summoned to his bedside, but his condition continued to grow worse until the end came Tuesday after a brave and valiant fight against this dread disease.
The grief-stricken father accompanied the remains home Wednesday evening, and the funeral and interment took place Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at Mt. Zion Baptist church, Rev. I.D. Harrill and Rev. J.F. Weathers conducting the service.
The deceased was the only son of Mr. Dayberry by his first wife, who passed to the Great Beyond a number of years ago. He was a consistent member of the Baptist church since childhood, and much beloved by a wide circle of friends for his noble character and sunny disposition.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, March 6, 1923
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Mrs. J. Mord Hord Dies at Kings Mountain. . . Sister of Mr. Pink Bookout and Mother of Mrs. Farris Ledford and Mrs. T.G. Roberts
Kings Mountain Herald
Mrs. Sarah Jane Bookout Hord, widow of the late J. Mord Hord, died Friday night in Gastonia, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Weir. The body was taken to her old home church, Elizabeth near Shelby, Sunday afternoon and the funeral conducted by Rev. J.O. Fulbright, pastor of the First Baptist church of Kings Mountain, assisted by Rev. W.G. Camp, pastor of Elizabeth church, and Rev. T.H. King, pastor of Loray Baptist church of Gastonia. The body was laid to rest in the Elizabeth cemetery by the side of her husband who preceded her to the grave by 14 years. The funeral was largely attended and the floral tribute was profuse, attesting the popularity of the deceased.
Mrs. Hord had lived among her children for the past several years, spending a while with one and then another. She considered Shelby as her first home with her daughter, Mrs. T.G. Roberts. In early childhood she connected herself with the Baptist church at New Prospect, later transferring to Elizabeth and then to Kings Mountain where she was a faithful member until death. She was one of the staunch old mothers in Israel who was looked upon as an example of true womanhood and genuine Christian character. For a number of years she suffered with a leak of the heart which finally resulted in her death. She would have been 72 years old April 13th.
Deceased is survived by the following children: Mrs. Farris Ledford of Shelby, Mr. D.F. Hord of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Stowe Miller of Winston-Salem, Mrs. T.G. Roberts of Shelby, Mrs. T.C. Baumgardner of Erwin, Tenn., and Mrs. Frank Weir of Gastonia. Three brothers, Pink Bookout of Shelby, David Bookout of Grover and Charley Bookout of Clover, also survive.
From page 3 of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, March 6, 1923
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