Raleigh, June 1—Colonel Benehan Cameron, president of the Bankhead National Highway and a director of the American Automobile Association, died at his home here this afternoon following a brief illness with pneumonia. He was 70 years old.
Colonel Cameron was well known throughout the south, taking an active interest in railroad and highway development, as well as farming. He served as president of the Farmer’s National Congress and, largely through his influence that body met in Raleigh in 1909. He was also a director in the Southern Cotton Growers Protective Association and of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Colonel Cameron was one of the organizers of the Seaboard Air Line railway, a director in the old Raleigh and Augusta Air Line, and served as president of the North Carolina railroad from 1911 to 1913. He was also one of the leaders in the construction of the Lynchburg and Durham railway and the Knoxville and Dickerson branch lines.
Colonel Cameron’s death was unexpected. He returned to Raleigh Saturday form the Confederate Reunion at Dallas, Texas, suffering with what was thought to be an attack of influenza. His condition grew suddenly worse, and pneumonia developed.
Colonel Cameron is survived by his widow, who was Miss Sallie Mayo of Richmond, and two daughters, Isabella M. and Sallie T. Cameron.
The funeral services will be conducted Wednesday morning from St. Matthews church, Hillsboro, at 11:30 a.m. Burial will be in St. Matthews graveyard.
From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, June 3, 1925. J.W. Noell, Editor and Publisher
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