A sad death occurred at the Johnston Couty hospital at Smithfield Friday afternoon when Mrs. R.E. Massengill of Cleveland township passed away after a brief illness. The deceased was 37 years old. She leaves her husband and six children.
The funeral was conducted Saturday afternoon by Rev. Chester Alexander, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and Elder Jesse Barnes of Smithfield. Interment was made in the cemetery at Oakland church.
She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church at Four Oaks. She was a good woman and will be missed not only by her family but by her friends and neighbors.
From page 2 of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, March 30, 1926
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