Selma, Aug. 12—The death of Mr. James H. Pridgen of this city came as a shock to his family and friends, occurring yesterday morning at 3 o’clock. He was a representative of the Business Men’s Life Insurance Company of Greensboro and had been in Dunn on Wednesday in that capacity.
At home at the evening meal he complained of feeling jaded but retired at the usual hour and slept until 2 o’clock when he awakened his wife saying that he felt nauseated and had pains in his arms. She did what she could for him and called in near neighbors, who seeing his serious condition, called in medical aid, but life was extinct before the doctor could reach him. A heart attack was said to be the cause of his death.
He is survived by his widow and three children, three sisters, Mrs. W. T. Wrenn of Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. C. M. Markham and Mrs. W. E. O’Neal of Neuse; two unts and an uncle, Mrs. Zilphia Ellis of Raleigh, Miss Alice Lindsay and Mr. Charlie Lindsay of Smithfield.
Mr. Pridgen was 47 years of age. He was born in Jones county but had spent his young manhood in Wake county where on October 25, 1911, he was married to Miss Flonnie Beavers. To this union were born three children, Mary, James Jr., and a two-year-old boy.
The family moved to Selma 10 years ago and have many warm friends here who regret the untimely passing of this good man. He was a member of the Edgerton Memorial Methodist church and of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. Quiet and unassuming in manner, faithful to every trust, he numbered his friends by the score.
On account of some of the relatives living at a distance, funeral arrangements have not been completed.
From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Aug. 17, 1926
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