Miss Margaret Cress Died of Brain Fever, Aug. 31, 1926

Miss Margaret Cress Died Here Monday. . . Had Been Ill for Several Weeks and Death Was Expected. . . Funeral Services at St. Johns

Miss Margaret Alberta Cress, member of a prominent Cabarrus county family, died Monday afternoon at 4:45 at the home here of her sister, Mrs. Joe Honeycutt, with whom she had made her home for some time. Death was caused by brain fever with which she had been critically ill for several weeks.

Miss Cress was born in Cabarrus county on August 19, 1885, being a daughter of the late D. M. and Martha Cress. She spent her entire life in this county. She was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church, which she joined in early life.

Surviving are six sisters and four brothers, as follows:

Mrs. Honeycut of Concord, Mrs. J. R. D. Lentz, Mrs. L.L. Honeycutt and Mrs. G. T. Kluttz of Cabarrus county; Mrs. S. D. Lambeth of Charlotte; Mrs. A. L. Carter of Spokane, Wash., Joe T. Cress of Concord; R. M., E. a. and G. M. Cress of Cabarrus county.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o’clock at St. Johns, conducted by Rev. W. C. Lyerly and Rev. L. D. Miller. Interment was made in the church cemetery.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, August 31, 1926

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