Aunt Olive Stocks, 90-Some Years Old, Died Nov. 28, 1925

Aunt Olive Stocks, an old slave-born colored woman, 90-some years old, died Saturday, Nov. 28. She had made her home for the past several years at the home of Mr. J.C. Carlyle.

She was laid to rest on Sunday, Nov. 28, at the Great Marsh Cemetery.

The funeral was largely attended by both white and colored. The grave was completely covered with flowers.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Dec. 14, 1925

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