Parents: Mark Alexander York and Nancy Ann Gadbury
Elizabeth Lavalett York was born in Rockford, North Carolina, May 18, 1845 and died at the home of her daughter, M. L. E. Haight, Ritzville, Thursday April 17, following an illness of five months from a paralytic stroke.
The deceased was married to W. S. Blackwood at Rockford Surry County North Carolina, March 21, 1876 and seven children were born to them, four of them now living. The family came to Ritzville in 1905 and Mrs. Blackwood made her home here since that time.
Besides the aged husband the four children left to mourn her loss are: Ula Jones of Mohler;. W.N and Wm Blackwood and Ethel Haight of this community. There are 23 grandchildren. Mrs. Blackwood was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral service will be conducted from the Haight chape Saturday morning, Rev. Dann officiating with interment in the Ritzville cemetery.
Ritzville Journal Times April 17, 1930 Courtsey of Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Elizabeth Lavalett York was born in Rockford, North Carolina, May 18, 1845 and died at the home of her daughter, M. L. E. Haight, Ritzville, Thursday April 17, following an illness of five months from a paralytic stroke.
The deceased was married to W. S. Blackwood at Rockford Surry County North Carolina, March 21, 1876 and seven children were born to them, four of them now living. The family came to Ritzville in 1905 and Mrs. Blackwood made her home here since that time.
Besides the aged husband the four children left to mourn her loss are: Ula Jones of Mohler;. W.N and Wm Blackwood and Ethel Haight of this community. There are 23 grandchildren. Mrs. Blackwood was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral service will be conducted from the Haight chape Saturday morning, Rev. Dann officiating with interment in the Ritzville cemetery.
Ritzville Journal Times April 17, 1930 Courtsey of Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Parents: Mark Alexander York and Nancy Ann Gadbury
Elizabeth Lavalett York was born in Rockford, North Carolina, May 18, 1845 and died at the home of her daughter, M. L. E. Haight, Ritzville, Thursday April 17, following an illness of five months from a paralytic stroke.
The deceased was married to W. S. Blackwood at Rockford Surry County North Carolina, March 21, 1876 and seven children were born to them, four of them now living. The family came to Ritzville in 1905 and Mrs. Blackwood made her home here since that time.
Besides the aged husband the four children left to mourn her loss are: Ula Jones of Mohler;. W.N and Wm Blackwood and Ethel Haight of this community. There are 23 grandchildren. Mrs. Blackwood was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral service will be conducted from the Haight chape Saturday morning, Rev. Dann officiating with interment in the Ritzville cemetery.
Ritzville Journal Times April 17, 1930 Courtsey of Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Elizabeth Lavalett York was born in Rockford, North Carolina, May 18, 1845 and died at the home of her daughter, M. L. E. Haight, Ritzville, Thursday April 17, following an illness of five months from a paralytic stroke.
The deceased was married to W. S. Blackwood at Rockford Surry County North Carolina, March 21, 1876 and seven children were born to them, four of them now living. The family came to Ritzville in 1905 and Mrs. Blackwood made her home here since that time.
Besides the aged husband the four children left to mourn her loss are: Ula Jones of Mohler;. W.N and Wm Blackwood and Ethel Haight of this community. There are 23 grandchildren. Mrs. Blackwood was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral service will be conducted from the Haight chape Saturday morning, Rev. Dann officiating with interment in the Ritzville cemetery.
Ritzville Journal Times April 17, 1930 Courtsey of Sue Gardner & gapwork90
