Kinston, Jan. 16—Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth Dodson, victim of the Japanese earthquake last September, were held at the northwest Kinston residence of Miss Dodson at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The body arrived here Thursday night. Miss Dodson, a middle-aged woman, was a member of a prominent local family and related in several states. She was killed by a falling beam in a Yokohama building.
Miss Dodson had been touring the world. She had been away two years and was about to cross the Pacific on her return when she was killed. A northern woman, her traveling companion, gave such details of the accident as were available after the disaster. The latter escaped.
Two sisters of Miss Dodson from Kinston, Misses Steva and Mary Dodson, were at Shanghai at the time to attend the dedication of a missionary school named for Miss Steva, an Episcopal educator widely known in the Orient. These accompanied the remains of the earthquake victim home. A first service for Miss Dodson was held at the home of Bishop McKim in Japan. She was a woman of exceptional culture.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Jan. 21, 1924
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