Piedmont, Feb. 7 - Died on Thursday, January 27, Aunt Margaret Wright. She was a negro, and one of the mammys of antebellum days. Aunt Margaret, before the war belonged to the Cooleys. near Williamston, and consequently as a maid, she bore the name of Cooley. She married a Brown, and after the occasion of his death she married Uncle Solomon Wright, who for a number of years was somewhat of a character about Piedmont. Aunt Margaret was buried in the graveyard at Golden Grove church, (colored), Friday, the 28th of January. She had been about Piedmont ever since the place was founded, and had been in the service of many families, more or less. She took in washing, if any one wanted the house gone over and cleaned up Aunt Margaret's strong and willing hands were ready to do the job well. She assisted at births. If a big dinner was on hand this old time negro woman who was a good cook could make the feast palatable and attractive. She had a welcome place at many a hearthstone in home where she had served the mother and wife. After a life of toll and many hardships she passed through the gates of death to the home of the soul. A fitting epitaph to be placed o her tombstone would be this: "She served others." If that sentence does not prove an open "se-same" through the gates of Paradise through the infinite, mercy of the Son of God, we don't know what would. The fact that a number of white women attended the funeral services show that this old black mammy held a warm place in their affections. Peace be to her ashes, and may her soul find rest and happiness in the mansion of the blest
Greenville News - Tuesday, February 8, 1916
Greenville News - Tuesday, February 8, 1916
Piedmont, Feb. 7 - Died on Thursday, January 27, Aunt Margaret Wright. She was a negro, and one of the mammys of antebellum days. Aunt Margaret, before the war belonged to the Cooleys. near Williamston, and consequently as a maid, she bore the name of Cooley. She married a Brown, and after the occasion of his death she married Uncle Solomon Wright, who for a number of years was somewhat of a character about Piedmont. Aunt Margaret was buried in the graveyard at Golden Grove church, (colored), Friday, the 28th of January. She had been about Piedmont ever since the place was founded, and had been in the service of many families, more or less. She took in washing, if any one wanted the house gone over and cleaned up Aunt Margaret's strong and willing hands were ready to do the job well. She assisted at births. If a big dinner was on hand this old time negro woman who was a good cook could make the feast palatable and attractive. She had a welcome place at many a hearthstone in home where she had served the mother and wife. After a life of toll and many hardships she passed through the gates of death to the home of the soul. A fitting epitaph to be placed o her tombstone would be this: "She served others." If that sentence does not prove an open "se-same" through the gates of Paradise through the infinite, mercy of the Son of God, we don't know what would. The fact that a number of white women attended the funeral services show that this old black mammy held a warm place in their affections. Peace be to her ashes, and may her soul find rest and happiness in the mansion of the blest
Greenville News - Tuesday, February 8, 1916
Greenville News - Tuesday, February 8, 1916
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