Mrs. Lucy Ball Chambers, wife of Col. S.C. Chambers, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock in Watts hospital. Dilation of the heart was assigned as the cause of her death.
Mrs. Chambers was carried to the hospital Thursday for treatment. It was known Friday night that her condition was very serious, but the announcement of her death came as a great surprise and a hard blow to her friends throughout the city.
Before her marriage Mrs. Chambers was Miss Lucy Ball Wright, daughter of Mrs. G.T. Write, one of the oldest families of Durham. She was born in Durham in 1892 and was, therefore, 31 years of age. On July 12, 1919, she was married to Col. Sidney C. Chambers. She was one of the most widely known and greatly beloved women of the city. Taking an active part in church work and in the civic upbuilding of the city through her affiliation with civic organizations, she was a highly valued citizen of the community. Through her loveable disposition and good personality, she made friends easily and she numbered them among all classes of people. She was a member of Trinity Methodist church and was a regular attendant. A member of the Woman’s auxiliary of the American Legion she gave much of her time to the service of helping ex-servicemen, especially those in government hospitals. Through her affiliation in the Woman’s club she was able to do much for the city and through her wide knowledge of affairs she was invaluable. Mrs. Chambers was educated in the Durham schools and Converse college, Spartanburg, S.C.
Her husband is city attorney and occupies a high place in the esteem of the people of the city. He is an ex-service man, having served his country during the World war as lieutenant-colonel of the 113th Field Artillery.
Surviving her are her husband, mother, four sisters and two brothers. The sisters are Mrs. S.B. Pierce of Weldon, Mrs. John Clark of Franklinville, Misses Cora and Mary Ruth Wright. The brothers are T.D. and R.H. Wright Jr., both of Durham. R.H. Wright, local capitalist, is an uncle. Numerous other relatives and a host of friends throughout the entire state also survive.
Funeral service will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Bonnie Brae, the country home of R.H. Wright, several miles from the city on the Roxboro road. Rev. W.W. Peele, pastor of the deceased, will officiate. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery.
Pallbearers will be W.F. Carr, J.O. Young, J. Elmer Long, W.T. Minor, F.B. Webb, R.H. Sykes, W.P. Whitaker, and J.M. Lipscomb. Floral bearers are Dr. Foy Roberson, Dr. R.L. Felts, Dr. J.A. Speed, Jones Fuller, W.P. Budd, M.E. Newsom, W.E. Seeman, T.C. Worth, Don Sasser, J. Fuller Glass, L. Watts Norton, J.E. Pegram, V. S. Bryant, J. Southgate Jones, L.P. McLendon, and J.S. Patterson.
From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, Jan. 13, 1924
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