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Emma High, 44, Has Died of Cancer, Nov. 30, 1924

Mrs. High Passed Away on Saturday. . . Funeral Services Will be Conducted Sunday Afternoon from Home

Mrs. Emma High, aged 44 years, died at an early hour Saturday morning after an illness of some duration with cancer. Her condition did not reach the critical stage until last Thursday night. Prior to that time, she was able to perform her household duties. Thursday night however, her condition changed for the worse and death came about 24 hours later.

Mrs. High is survived by three sons, Alf, Gregory and Allen High, oldest being 16 years of age; two brothers, G.W. Maynor of Richmond, Va., and J.J. Maynor of Durham; three sisters, Mrs. Pendergrass of Lee county and Mrs. A.F. Carden and Mrs. A.W. Woods of Durham. Other relatives and friends also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the home, 608 Carr street, with Rev. H.E. Myers, pastor of Memorial Methodist church, of which the deceased was a loyal member, officiating. Interment will be in the High burying ground located about six miles from the city on the Alston avenue road.

Pall bearers will be as follows: M.T. Cousins, A.T. Crutchfield, B.J. Blalock, F.D. Smithwick, D.M. Clayton and Louis Blalock.

Floral bearers will be members of Mrs. R.N. Wilson’s Sunday school class of Memorial Methodist Sunday School, of which Mrs. High was an active member.

From page 16 of the Sunday morning Durham Herald, Nov. 30, 1924

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