Mrs. Eller Stafford of Asheville died last Saturday at 7:30 p.m. of pneumonia contracted the Wednesday before. Mrs. E.F. Stafford, father of her husband, went from here almost immediately begin joined by his daughter, Miss Lillian Stafford (teaching at Madison).
Mrs. Stafford before marriage was Miss Lillian Exum Clement. She was elected to the legislature in 1918—about the time woman suffrage was extended in this state—and refused renomination on democratic ticket the second time. She was the first woman licensed to practice law in this state. She was married March 16th, 1920, and was the first woman from Buncombe county of this state to become a lawyer and a member of the legislature.
She is survived by her little daughter, 21 months old, and her husband, Mr. E.E. Stafford, circulation manager for the Asheville Citizen.
From the front page of The North Wilkesboro Hustler, Feb. 25, 1925
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92072938/1925-02-25/ed-1/seq-1/#words=February+25%2C+1925
No comments:
Post a Comment