Many Attend Funeral of Mary Ella Vestal, April 22, 1924

Many Attend Vestal Funeral . . . Mrs. Mary Ella Vestal, Wife of E.V. Vestal, Died Sunday Morning

With a large number of friends and relatives attending, funeral serv ices were held on Monday afternoon for Mrs. Mary Ella Vestal, age 22 years, wife of E.V. Vestal, 704 Holloway street, who died Sunday morning at 9:05 o’clock at Watts hospital. Acute dialation of the heart was the immediate cause of death.

Mrs. Vestal was Miss Mary Ella Nichols, daughter of S.H. Nichols, of this city. She was a young woman of unusually attractive personality and had many friends in the city and county.

Following funeral services at the home in this city, burial was made at the Olive Branch churchyard at 3:30 o’clock, six miles from East Durham, with Mr. Brindell officiating, assisted by Rev. Mr. Vestal of Yadkin county, father-in-law of Mrs. Vestal.

Pall bearers at the funeral were Robert O’Briant, Culen Burns, Coy Beck, E.V. Wilkie, Clyde Ferrell, and Ernest Mason, while floral bearers were Misses Alma O’Briant, Kate Beck, Ethel Beck, Lula Burns, Eva Burns, Lena Monday, and Lottie Lyon, and Mesdames C.T. Burns, J.A. Webster, H.L. Delow, Coy Beck and R.E. O’Briant.

In addition to the father and husband the following brothers and sisters survive Mrs. Vestal: W.E. Nichols of Coats, J.T. Nichols of Winston-Salem, L.F. Nichols of Henderson, Mrs. Nebb Sherron of Durham county. Other relatives survive.

From page 12 of the Durham Morning Herald, April 22, 1924