"Oh rain fall gently from the skies
Oh flowers lie lightly on her breast
Oh wind sigh softly where she lies
Within the hallowed place of rest"
[from her mother's journal]
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Willie was born in the Atherton Mill area of South Boulevard (Charlotte, NC) to Ed and Elva Williams Daniels. [her parents' marriage ended in divorce, filed in Mecklenburg County, NC, in 1904 by Elva]
On the 1910 Mecklenburg County, NC, census (Charlotte) she was enumerated as "William". It has been speculated that her mother, being pregnant with her 2nd child, was in no mood to stand at the door answering questions. When she gave the name of her child as 'Willie' it is believed that the enumerator took it upon him or herself to assume that was short for William and noted the child as a "male".
She studied to be a registered nurse at the Presbyterian School of Nursing, but was unable to complete those studies. Her step-father was very strict and wasn't impressed at the career path she had chosen. He had warned her that if she did one tiny thing wrong, then that was it. Well, she became very interested in a medical lecture that she and some of the other students were attending. The others got up to leave and get back to the dorm before curfew and she wanted to hear the rest, so she stayed. She got in trouble and well, "that was that". However, she did do some practical nursing with the knowledge that she had gained.
She once worked at The Charlotte Laundry which was at 2nd and College Streets; a family story tells us that one day while at work she was mocking one of her supervisors' way of walking (unbeknownst to him), stumbled & lost her balance which sent her down the wooden laundry shoot. The workers at the bottom helped her up and showing much concern said they hoped she had not gotten a splinter!
For a time, per an early Charlotte City Directory, she was employed with Southern Bell. Her future husband, Pat Mungo, had given a friend a lift to see a girlfriend, that girl being Willie to which, it was said, that he looked at his friend (after they left) and told him: "Well, she might be your girl now, but she's going to be mine later." True to his prediction, they married and after some years had a daughter, Patty.
Her sudden death in 1935 caused much sadness for her husband, mother, sister and the little girl she left behind.
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Her middle name, Mozelle: The story goes that when Elva was pregnant with Willie there was a young girl who lived "down the street" who went by the name of Mozelle. She befriended Elva and was very kind to her. And after Willie was born, Elva chose the name of Mozelle for her daughter's middle name.
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Her mother wrote on July 18, 1937, on the inside cover of her small journal: The other evening as we drove out of the cemetery I had a feeling that I was leaving a part of me back there under that mount that stood out starkly despite the little bunch of flowers. But Willie whom we left out there in a lonely grave would understand. [-Elva R. W. Webb]
Oh flowers lie lightly on her breast
Oh wind sigh softly where she lies
Within the hallowed place of rest"
[from her mother's journal]
_ _ _ _ _
Willie was born in the Atherton Mill area of South Boulevard (Charlotte, NC) to Ed and Elva Williams Daniels. [her parents' marriage ended in divorce, filed in Mecklenburg County, NC, in 1904 by Elva]
On the 1910 Mecklenburg County, NC, census (Charlotte) she was enumerated as "William". It has been speculated that her mother, being pregnant with her 2nd child, was in no mood to stand at the door answering questions. When she gave the name of her child as 'Willie' it is believed that the enumerator took it upon him or herself to assume that was short for William and noted the child as a "male".
She studied to be a registered nurse at the Presbyterian School of Nursing, but was unable to complete those studies. Her step-father was very strict and wasn't impressed at the career path she had chosen. He had warned her that if she did one tiny thing wrong, then that was it. Well, she became very interested in a medical lecture that she and some of the other students were attending. The others got up to leave and get back to the dorm before curfew and she wanted to hear the rest, so she stayed. She got in trouble and well, "that was that". However, she did do some practical nursing with the knowledge that she had gained.
She once worked at The Charlotte Laundry which was at 2nd and College Streets; a family story tells us that one day while at work she was mocking one of her supervisors' way of walking (unbeknownst to him), stumbled & lost her balance which sent her down the wooden laundry shoot. The workers at the bottom helped her up and showing much concern said they hoped she had not gotten a splinter!
For a time, per an early Charlotte City Directory, she was employed with Southern Bell. Her future husband, Pat Mungo, had given a friend a lift to see a girlfriend, that girl being Willie to which, it was said, that he looked at his friend (after they left) and told him: "Well, she might be your girl now, but she's going to be mine later." True to his prediction, they married and after some years had a daughter, Patty.
Her sudden death in 1935 caused much sadness for her husband, mother, sister and the little girl she left behind.
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Her middle name, Mozelle: The story goes that when Elva was pregnant with Willie there was a young girl who lived "down the street" who went by the name of Mozelle. She befriended Elva and was very kind to her. And after Willie was born, Elva chose the name of Mozelle for her daughter's middle name.
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Her mother wrote on July 18, 1937, on the inside cover of her small journal: The other evening as we drove out of the cemetery I had a feeling that I was leaving a part of me back there under that mount that stood out starkly despite the little bunch of flowers. But Willie whom we left out there in a lonely grave would understand. [-Elva R. W. Webb]
"Oh rain fall gently from the skies
Oh flowers lie lightly on her breast
Oh wind sigh softly where she lies
Within the hallowed place of rest"
[from her mother's journal]
_ _ _ _ _
Willie was born in the Atherton Mill area of South Boulevard (Charlotte, NC) to Ed and Elva Williams Daniels. [her parents' marriage ended in divorce, filed in Mecklenburg County, NC, in 1904 by Elva]
On the 1910 Mecklenburg County, NC, census (Charlotte) she was enumerated as "William". It has been speculated that her mother, being pregnant with her 2nd child, was in no mood to stand at the door answering questions. When she gave the name of her child as 'Willie' it is believed that the enumerator took it upon him or herself to assume that was short for William and noted the child as a "male".
She studied to be a registered nurse at the Presbyterian School of Nursing, but was unable to complete those studies. Her step-father was very strict and wasn't impressed at the career path she had chosen. He had warned her that if she did one tiny thing wrong, then that was it. Well, she became very interested in a medical lecture that she and some of the other students were attending. The others got up to leave and get back to the dorm before curfew and she wanted to hear the rest, so she stayed. She got in trouble and well, "that was that". However, she did do some practical nursing with the knowledge that she had gained.
She once worked at The Charlotte Laundry which was at 2nd and College Streets; a family story tells us that one day while at work she was mocking one of her supervisors' way of walking (unbeknownst to him), stumbled & lost her balance which sent her down the wooden laundry shoot. The workers at the bottom helped her up and showing much concern said they hoped she had not gotten a splinter!
For a time, per an early Charlotte City Directory, she was employed with Southern Bell. Her future husband, Pat Mungo, had given a friend a lift to see a girlfriend, that girl being Willie to which, it was said, that he looked at his friend (after they left) and told him: "Well, she might be your girl now, but she's going to be mine later." True to his prediction, they married and after some years had a daughter, Patty.
Her sudden death in 1935 caused much sadness for her husband, mother, sister and the little girl she left behind.
---------------
Her middle name, Mozelle: The story goes that when Elva was pregnant with Willie there was a young girl who lived "down the street" who went by the name of Mozelle. She befriended Elva and was very kind to her. And after Willie was born, Elva chose the name of Mozelle for her daughter's middle name.
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Her mother wrote on July 18, 1937, on the inside cover of her small journal: The other evening as we drove out of the cemetery I had a feeling that I was leaving a part of me back there under that mount that stood out starkly despite the little bunch of flowers. But Willie whom we left out there in a lonely grave would understand. [-Elva R. W. Webb]
Oh flowers lie lightly on her breast
Oh wind sigh softly where she lies
Within the hallowed place of rest"
[from her mother's journal]
_ _ _ _ _
Willie was born in the Atherton Mill area of South Boulevard (Charlotte, NC) to Ed and Elva Williams Daniels. [her parents' marriage ended in divorce, filed in Mecklenburg County, NC, in 1904 by Elva]
On the 1910 Mecklenburg County, NC, census (Charlotte) she was enumerated as "William". It has been speculated that her mother, being pregnant with her 2nd child, was in no mood to stand at the door answering questions. When she gave the name of her child as 'Willie' it is believed that the enumerator took it upon him or herself to assume that was short for William and noted the child as a "male".
She studied to be a registered nurse at the Presbyterian School of Nursing, but was unable to complete those studies. Her step-father was very strict and wasn't impressed at the career path she had chosen. He had warned her that if she did one tiny thing wrong, then that was it. Well, she became very interested in a medical lecture that she and some of the other students were attending. The others got up to leave and get back to the dorm before curfew and she wanted to hear the rest, so she stayed. She got in trouble and well, "that was that". However, she did do some practical nursing with the knowledge that she had gained.
She once worked at The Charlotte Laundry which was at 2nd and College Streets; a family story tells us that one day while at work she was mocking one of her supervisors' way of walking (unbeknownst to him), stumbled & lost her balance which sent her down the wooden laundry shoot. The workers at the bottom helped her up and showing much concern said they hoped she had not gotten a splinter!
For a time, per an early Charlotte City Directory, she was employed with Southern Bell. Her future husband, Pat Mungo, had given a friend a lift to see a girlfriend, that girl being Willie to which, it was said, that he looked at his friend (after they left) and told him: "Well, she might be your girl now, but she's going to be mine later." True to his prediction, they married and after some years had a daughter, Patty.
Her sudden death in 1935 caused much sadness for her husband, mother, sister and the little girl she left behind.
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Her middle name, Mozelle: The story goes that when Elva was pregnant with Willie there was a young girl who lived "down the street" who went by the name of Mozelle. She befriended Elva and was very kind to her. And after Willie was born, Elva chose the name of Mozelle for her daughter's middle name.
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Her mother wrote on July 18, 1937, on the inside cover of her small journal: The other evening as we drove out of the cemetery I had a feeling that I was leaving a part of me back there under that mount that stood out starkly despite the little bunch of flowers. But Willie whom we left out there in a lonely grave would understand. [-Elva R. W. Webb]
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