DEATH ENTERS RICHARDSON HOME ON PROPER
STREET (Oct., 1917)
(Submitted by:
Vickie Clark)Miss Lela Richardson,
daughter of J.W. Richardson, and sister of Miss Falla
Richardson, city missionary, passed away at the family
residence on Proper Street, this morning at 11 o’clock.
Deceased was born on February 27, 1879. She
has been an invalid practically all her life, but has only been seriously
ill the past two months.
Eleven months ago today, deceased lost her
mother, which caused sadness in the home, to which has only been added to
in the death of the daughter and sister.
Rev. J.E. Cunningham,
pastor of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the funeral service at
the family residence Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock, and her body will be
laid to rest in the family burying ground in Tennessee.
Friends of the grief stricken family tender
their profound sympathy to them in their bereavement.
