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Minerva Norwood, 94, Dies of Pellagra, May 13, 1925

Colored Deaths

Minerva Norwood, colored, 94, and one of the oldest residents of Durham county, died at her home, 112 Beaman avenue, last Sunday, and was laid to rest in a cemetery in Chatham county yesterday, it was learned this morning. The cause of the aged woman’s death was given as pellagra attendant upon old age.

From page 2 of The Durham Sun, May 13,1925

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn84020732/1925-05-13/ed-1/seq-2/#words=MAY+13%2C+1925

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