Funeral Services for Rachel Sloan Sept. 28, 1924

Because Hurricane Helene could cause a power outage, I’m posting this article a day early.

Sloan Funeral Set for Sunday

Funeral services of Mrs. Rachel Sloan, who died Thursday morning, will be held Sunday afternoon from the home on Gattis street at 3:30 o’clock with Rev. J.S. Kennison, pastor of the Blacknall Memorial church, officiating. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery.

Pallbearers will be: Hal W. Boring, N. Underwood, J.J. Lawson, Louis Dixon, John H. Gibson, W.F. Strayhorn, Tom Horner, John M. Lipscombe.

Floral bearers will be as follows: Misses Annie L. Reeves, Helen Horner, Annie L. Aldridge, Beenie Stebbins, Mildred Brandon, Goldie Stephenson, Inex Harris and Annie Pendergraph.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, September 28, 1924

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