A most distressing occurrence took place in the Polenta section Saturday morning when the 5-months-old baby, Mary Jean, of Mr. and Mrs. Eustice Yelvington, was burned to death. Mrs. Yelvington put the baby to bed shortly after 10 o’clock and went to the kitchen to attend to some household duties. The bassinet was in the room with an open fire, although a screen was before the fireplace. Some time after the mother left the room, the smell of burning rags caused the child’s father and grandmother to go into the room to see if anything was burning. They found nothing on fire, but in a few minutes when the mother returned, she found the baby’s bed in flames. The child was already dead and burned to badly to dress. Mrs. Yelverton’s hands were burned in her effort to rescue the baby.
The parents are prostrated and the entire community is deeply bereaved over the tragic circumstances. This was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Yelverton.
Interment was made in the cemetery at Oakwood church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. AL large crowd of relatives and friends was present. The burial service was conducted by Rev. Chester Alexander of the Presbyterian church, pastor of the bereaved parents. A beautiful floral offering entirely covered the little mound.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, March 9, 1926
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