From the "Macon-Beacon" (1928)

"Following an accident in which he was thrown from a buggy last Thursday afternoon and was badly injured, S.A. Lever, 75, died at his home in Macon Wednesday morning at 9:30. His remains were interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery the following afternoon.

The deceased, who was born in Pickens County, Alabama, had spent the greater part of his life in Noxubee County, Mississippi, coming here in early boyhood. He was married to Miss Clearman [See NOTE below], daughter of a well-known resident of the county, and five children were born to their union. In addition to these five, they also had an adopted daughter, Duverne Drake, who is now Mrs. James Woodward of Akron, Ohio.

Standing as prominently on his integrity as an honored citizen of the county as any other man who ever lived here, he held the respect and esteem of all who knew him. For many years, he was rated among the best and most progressive farmers of the county, but the later years of his life were spent in Macon, where he owned his own home. He continued to do a dairying business and to keep in other activity that fitted into his years. He was outstanding as a horseman throughout the county, continuing to cling to this mode of travel, and always owning a blooded horse that he kept in prime condition. It was his pride that he never either drove or rode a horse that was not attractive for its splendidly kept condition. It was through the agency of a spirited horse which he was driving that he met with the accident which caused his death.

The afternoon of the accident, the shaft of the buggy became detached and fell to the ground, this frightening the horse so that it ran away, and near the Williams-Ridings blacksmith shop the buggy was overturned, Mr. Lever being thrown out and receiving such a blow on the head that it paralyzed his entire left side. He was picked up in an unconscious state and rushed by Dare's ambulance to his home, where he remained in unconsciousness into the second day. After this time, his periods of sensibility were intermittent, the while he grew constantly weaker until death resulted on Wednesday morning, one week after the accident.

The deceased leaves his devoted wife and children, Oscar, John, and Buford Lever and Mrs. Clara Bell Lever Eiland, all of Macon, and Mrs. Beulah Lever Bethany of Akron, Ohio, and his adopted daughter Roxie Duverne Drake Woodward, also of Akron. There are likewise a number of grandchildren, and one brother, the latter being James T. Lever, of Alabama."

NOTE: Jennie Linn Lever, the widow of Samuel Asa Lever, is identified on her marriage license as "Miss Jennie Linn Evans" and always used "Evans" as her maiden name. It seems very likely that her mother was a Clearman, which led to the typo in S.A. Lever's obituary.