Mrs. Cecelia Frick, 93, Died Suddenly, July 28, 1926

Mrs. Cecelia Frick Dies at Age 93 Years. . . Sweet Spirited Woman of Shelby Died at Blowing Rock. . . Buried Here Tuesday at 4:30 O’clock

Mrs. Cecelia Jane Frick, one of Shelby’s sweetest spirited women and perhaps the oldest citizen of the town, died Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Blowing Rock, where she and her daughter, Miss Emma Frick, were accustomed to spending the summer months. Her death was rather sudden from an acute attack of indigestion. On Sunday she had been in her usual health, feeble because of the weight of years, but up about the house radiating her accustomed cheerfulness. She was taken with indigestion at 7 o’clock Sunday night and died the following day.

News of her death was learned here with sorrow to her many friends. Those who came in contact with her during her 41 years in Shelby became devoted to her. She was a woman of wonderful loyalty and refinement of manner, possessing a remarkable common sense. She was devoted to family and friends and was an ardent worker for the Episcopal church here to which place her body was brought Tuesday, the funeral being conducted at 4:30 o’clock by the rector, Rev. Mr. Allen, assisted by Rev. John Jackson, rector of St. Martins Episcopal church, Charlotte, of which her son Clarence is a member. Her remains were laid to rest in Sunset Cemetery beside her daughter, Mrs. Wray, who died many years ago.

Mrs. Frick was born in Carroll County, Maryland. She was married to E. A. Frick who was a commission merchant in Baltimore at the time of his death. Her son George was a reporter on the Baltimore Gazette at the time of the husband’s death and he wished to launch in the newspaper business for himself, hence the removal of the family to Shelby where George and Clarence Frick purchased the New Era from Tom Dixon. This they ran for four years. Mr. George Frick is an attorney in Baltimore and member of the Maryland state senate. Clarence has been living in Charlotte for a number of years, while Miss Emma, the only surviving daughter, has been a constant companion of her saintly mother in Shelby.

Mrs. Frick was a member of a family noted for longevity of life. There was a period of 60 years when there was not a death in her family.

Attending the funeral from out of town were: Mrs. Lindsay Ross and Mrs. Julius Fisher of Concord; Senator George Frick of Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Frick and his pastor, Rev. John L. Jackson of Charlotte, Mrs. Lucas and Mrs. Platt and other friends of Charlotte.

From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., July 28, 1926

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