Winfield Scott Hartsell, a prominent young farmer of No. 3 township, is dead. Mr. Hartsell had been plowing with a Fordson tractor all day Thursday, taking sick after eating a hearty supper. He lived about four hours after the first attack. He died at 10:30 p.m.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Hartsell who survive. He also leaves his wife, who before marriage was Miss Ruth Goodnight, and two small children, Helen and Thelma. Also the following brothers and sisters: Boyd, Harry, Roy and Wilson Hartsell of No. 3; Miss Virginia Hartsell of Charlotte, Mrs. Theodore Hudson of Rockingham, and Misses Bertha, Esther and Ruth Hartsell, all of this county; one half-sister, Mrs. Calvin Garmon of Concord; one half-brother, Coy Hartsell of Morganton, and one brother, Frank Hartsell.
His remains were laid to rest in Gilwood Cemetery Friday evening at 3:30 o’clock. Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. F.A. Barnes. Mr. Hartsell had been a member of Gilwood Church since early boyhood.
From page 5 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925
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