The death of Mrs. Priscilla Margaret Read Barbee, which occured suddenly of apoplexy in Ashville, NC, Sunday morning at 12:30 o'clock. Just as the Methodist Sunday class was assembling and the first song was being sung, a messenger came in to bring the sad news that one of its oldest and dearest members had been called to her reward to "a home not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. "Deceased was a member of the Warner Moore Bible Class and was present the previous Sunday. On Tuesday of last week, Mrs. Barbee, in the company of her daughter, Mrs. V. P. Moriarty, Mr. Moriarty and Miss Catherine Moriarty, left for Ashville, NC to spend a few weeks and was visiting in the home of her niece, Mrs. Eugenia Sherrill Smith, at the time of her sudden taking away. A letter to her daughter, Mrs. W. Dan Majors, received a few minutes before the telegram arrived announcing her death, stated she had withstood the trip fine, had driven over the beautiful streets of Ashville and was feeling good. Mrs. Barbee was the widow of John Y. Barbee, who preceded her in death several years, he having died December 1st, 1916. Just after the close of the war, he had moved here from Haywood County and embarked in business. They were married November 1st, 1864, to their union were born: Allen J. Barbee; Mrs. V. P. Moriarty; C. R. Barbee; Mrs. Montell Rice; and Mrs. W. Dan Majors; all of Ripley; Dr. Taylor Barbee, of Knoxville; Isaac Barbee, of Chicago; and Mrs. G. M. Partee, a daughter who died several years ago. The remains arrived in Ripley on Monday night, funeral services were Tuesday morning, burial in Maplewood Cemetery. LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, RIPLEY, TN, AUGUST 10th,1923e
The death of Mrs. Priscilla Margaret Read Barbee, which occured suddenly of apoplexy in Ashville, NC, Sunday morning at 12:30 o'clock. Just as the Methodist Sunday class was assembling and the first song was being sung, a messenger came in to bring the sad news that one of its oldest and dearest members had been called to her reward to "a home not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. "Deceased was a member of the Warner Moore Bible Class and was present the previous Sunday. On Tuesday of last week, Mrs. Barbee, in the company of her daughter, Mrs. V. P. Moriarty, Mr. Moriarty and Miss Catherine Moriarty, left for Ashville, NC to spend a few weeks and was visiting in the home of her niece, Mrs. Eugenia Sherrill Smith, at the time of her sudden taking away. A letter to her daughter, Mrs. W. Dan Majors, received a few minutes before the telegram arrived announcing her death, stated she had withstood the trip fine, had driven over the beautiful streets of Ashville and was feeling good. Mrs. Barbee was the widow of John Y. Barbee, who preceded her in death several years, he having died December 1st, 1916. Just after the close of the war, he had moved here from Haywood County and embarked in business. They were married November 1st, 1864, to their union were born: Allen J. Barbee; Mrs. V. P. Moriarty; C. R. Barbee; Mrs. Montell Rice; and Mrs. W. Dan Majors; all of Ripley; Dr. Taylor Barbee, of Knoxville; Isaac Barbee, of Chicago; and Mrs. G. M. Partee, a daughter who died several years ago. The remains arrived in Ripley on Monday night, funeral services were Tuesday morning, burial in Maplewood Cemetery. LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, RIPLEY, TN, AUGUST 10th,1923e
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