Mrs. Cline Died Following Stroke, Sept. 16, 1924

Mrs. Jerome Cline Dies at Lawndale

Mrs. Louisa Beam Cline, widow of the late Jerome Cline, died at 6:30 o’clock Monday morning at her home at Lawndale, following a stroke of paralysis Saturday afternoon at 6:30 o’clock. Mrs. Cline was about 60 years old and a devoted mother and church member, holding her membership at New Bethel Baptist church where the funeral will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.

Mrs. Cline’s husband died about three years ago. He was one of the leading farmers of that community. She is survived by five children: Grover, David and Furman Cline, Miss Lou Cline and Mrs. Will Spangler. One sister, Mrs. Nancy Grigg, who lives on N. Morgan street, also survives, together with two brothers, Mr. David Beam of Cleveland county and Rev. John Beam, a Baptist preacher of Roxboro and superintendent of the Person county schools.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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