Thursday, December 7, 2023

Mrs. Harley Shields, Just 17, Died Nov. 30, 1923

Mrs. Shields Passes Friday, Nov. 30th

Mrs. Harley Shields of near Ranger, aged 17, died at her home Friday, November 30th, after an illness of only a few days. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Pleasant Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. Mr. Noble, after which the body was interred in the cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Will Foster, and several brothers and sisters, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn her departure.

From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, Dec. 7, 1923. Nov. 30 was Thanksgiving Day in 1923.

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