OBIT:  Nancy Bell CARR, 1907, Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA

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At 10:25 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Nancy Belle Carr, widow of James Carr, 
died at her home on Roadside avenue, of cancer of the stomach, from which she 
has been suffering since last Thanksgiving. She was in the 69th year of her 
age, and is survived by the following children: Mrs. John O. Ditch, of 
Burbank, Ohio; Charles H., of Chambersburg; J. Sherman, of Waynesboro; Sarah 
Catherine, of Philadelphia, now at home, and James F., of Harrisburg. The 
funeral will be held Wednesday, morning with a short service at the house at 
8:30 o'clock, after which the body will be taken to Kauffman, where the 
regular service will be held in the German Baptist church at 11:30 o'clock. 
Rev. Vaughn T. Rue will preach the sermon. The friends will please take 
notice of this in lieu of other word.

The Herald Daily, Waynesboro, PA, May 27, 1907 

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Mrs. Nancy B. Carr, Aged 68 yrs. 

Mrs. Nancy Belle Carr died yesterday morning at 10.30 o'clock at her home on 
Roadside avenue after an illness of five years. During the last six months of 
that time she was bedfast. The cause of her death was gastritis of the 
stomach. She was aged 68 years, 5 months and 2 days. Mrs. Carr's maiden mane 
was Miss McCutcheon. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCutcheon  
She was born and lived at Greencastle her entire life with the exception of 
the last nine years. For four of these years she resided in Cumberland 
county. Five years ago she came here and made her home with her son, J. 
Sherman Carr, Roadside avenue, where she died. She was a member of the 
Methodist church. She is survived by these children: Mrs. John O. Ditch, 
Burbank, Ohio; Charles H. Carr, Chambersburg; J. Sherman Carr, Waynesboro; 
James F. Carr, Harrisburg; Miss Sarah Catherine Carr, Philadelphia. Funeral 
services, Wednesday; meet at the house at 8.30 a. m. The funeral cortege will 
be driven to Kauffmans station, where at 11.30 a. m. Rev. V. T. Rue will 
preach the funeral discourse. An autopsy was performed on Mrs. Carr's body, 
yesterday afternoon, by Drs. J. H. Koons, Joseph Frantz, J. B. Amberson and 
J. W. Croft. They pronounced death due to an ulcer, which closed the small 
end of the stomach.

Blue Ridge Zephyr, Waynesboro, PA, May 28, 1907