MACON COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - THOMAS WEST, Sept. 11, 1893 Published in the Franklin Press, Sept. 20, 1893 - Vol. VII, No. 49 OBITUARY WEST. - Thomas West, of Macon Co., died Sept. 11, '93. He was perhaps the oldest man in this country; he was supposed to be about 98 years old. He joined the church, M.E. South, while a young man and lived a consistent member of the same for more than 40 years. On the 12th day of Sept. '93, his body was borne to Snow Hill church, the funeral preached by the Rev. R.G. Wild, of Webster, and then his body was placed in the silent tomb where it will rest until the resurrection morn. May God bless the bereaved friends. T.B. JOHNSON ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joanna Loops thefamilyorchard@earthlink.net ___________________________________________________________________