Friends as well as relatives were saddened Thursday night and Friday to learn of the death of Mrs. Archie McNeill, which occurred Thursday evening 9:45 o’clock, though not altogether unexpected, as Mrs. McNeill had been critically ill for several days and weeks. Heart failure was the immediate cause of death though several weeks ago she had suffered an attack from measles followed by pneumonia.
Mrs. McNeill, or perhaps better known as Miss Lelia Winkler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed. Winkler of Straw, having since married to Archie Jones McNeill of this town, lived in North Wilkesboro. She was born November 30th, 1903, and first went to school in her home community and completed her academic education at the school of Miss Mande Barber, where she graduated in 1919.
She afterwards taught two years, first at the River School or Anderson school near Fishing Creek, and the next year at Edgewood, the school of her childhood.
In May 1922 she was married to Mr. A.J. McNeill and had since lived here in a cottage residence on east F street.
She is survived by her husband, parents, one grown brother, Mr. Walter Winkler, and a sister, Miss Nellie Winkler, and a baby brother, Hubert.
A long profession followed the remains to Edgewood of which church she became a member at the age of 12 years and of which she continued to be a true member and had moved her membership to North Wilkesboro.
The funeral was preached at Edgewood by her pastor, Rev. W.L. Griggs, the texts of which were entirely from her own selections of Scripture during her Christian life now so soon ended.
The bereaved have the sympathy of a large number of friends.
From the front page of the North Wilkesboro Hustler, Wednesday, August 29, 1923 -=-
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