Funeral services, attended by a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives, were conducted Friday afternoon for Mrs. A. Mortimer Britt Sr., who died Thursday night in the Baker sanatorium here, where she had been undergoing treatment for cancer for several weeks. Dr. Charles H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist Church, conducted the services, assisted by Rev. I.P. Hedgpeth, pastor of several Baptist churches in the county. Interment was made in Meadowbrook Cemetery, where beautiful designs of floral tributes from a large number of friends and relatives of deceased completely hid the grave.
The passing of this good woman is a great loss to the town and community. She was considered one of Lumberton’s best women and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Before her marriage to Mr. Britt she was MIss Belle McLauchlin, member of a prominent family of the Western part of the county. Besides her husband, she leaves one son, Mr. A.M. Britt Jr., both of whom were devoted to her and were faithful and especially comforting to her during her illness.
Pallbearers were Messrs. Guy Townsend, Herman Crump, Furman Williams, L.W. Wiker, Robert and William Caldwell.
From the front page of The Robesonian, Monday, Feb. 15, 1926
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