Local Junior Order Has Buried 11 Members So Far This Year, Dec. 14, 1924

11 Members Buried This Year. . . Local Council of Junior Order Has Had One Death a Month

Seldom in the history of an order or organization is it called upon to bury a member a month for a long period of time. Death for the most part comes but a few times during a year’s time. Tar Heel council no. 2, J.O.U.A.M, has had the sad mission of burying 11 of its faithful members in as many months, from January through November. Thus far no deaths have occurred this month.

Several hundred dollars were paid out by the council during the year in funeral benefits, in addition to the regular benefits from the national organization, this year being by far the worst year the council has experienced through the loss of members by death.

Those who died during the year thus far were: W.W. Shaw, J.E. Cole, D.E. Tilley, C.L. Aiken, J.L. Bennett, W.H. Wilkins, W.D. Rider, W.H. Honeycutt, Robert Matthews, W.H. Williams, and J.E. Curry.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, December 14, 1924

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