Our community received a severe shock on Tuesday afternoon when it was learned that Mrs. Sallie Chesson Lewis had died suddenly from an attack of heart disease in Townsend, Va., where she was visiting her daughter, Mrs. A.J. Kissam.
Mrs. Lewis had been a lifelong citizen of Plymouth and was held in high esteem by the entire community, and the sudden death causes a keen sense of sorrow among our people.
The remains were brought to Plymouth Thursday morning, and after a funeral service at the home on Third Street, conducted by Revs. Theodore Patrick, W.G. Lowe and O.W. Sawyer, the funeral party repaired to the family cemetery at Mackeys, where the interment was made.
Besides a great number of friends, the deceased leaves to mourn her demise five daughters, Mesdames A.J. Kissam, W.N. Whitehead and W.G. Gibb, J. (Jr.?) of Townsend, Va.; Mrs. W.M. Scarborough of Richmond; Mrs. R.H. Kirby of this place. Three sisters also survive her: Mrs. Gertrude Johnson of Roper, Mrs. E.S. Chesson of Elizabeth City, Mrs. T.L. Wynn of Mackeys, and Mrs. H.E. Vandevort of Asheville.
Mrs. Lewis was in the fifty-seventh year of her life.
The Beacon extends its heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved ones.
From page 5 of the Roanoke Beacon, Plymouth, N.C., Friday, Feb. 29, 1924. Article says three sisters survived her, but four names are listed.
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