Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......King, Mary Harris, 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY KING SUFFOLK. ____ Lung Disease Claimed Five Victims in Short Time ____ Death of Mrs. Laura J. McLeod, Miss Archer, Mrs. King, Mrs. Chalmers, and Miss Conway - Farley-Wilson Marriage - Paid High for Fowls. ____ (Special to Virginian-Pilot.) Suffolk, Va., Jan. 22.- The late prevalent weather conditions have brought about lung disease which is about epidemic. The victims are passing away with a rapidity that is well nigh appalling. There are five fatalities to tell about to-day - all women - and many others are ill. [...] MRS. KING Mrs. Mary, wife of Jesse King, who lived near Suffolk, died this morning 45 years old. She had pneumonia. There are left a husband and four children. The funeral will be conducted from Providence Church at 2 p.m. to-morrow. It will be a double funeral, the companion subject being Miss Archer. ****************************************************************************** Deaths in Suffolk. SUFFOLK, VA., Jan. 22.-Special- [...] Mrs. Jesse King, formerly Miss Mary Harris, died this morning in Nansemond county, aged about forty-five years. She had pneumonia. The deceased leaves a husband and four children. There will be a double funeral to-morrow at Providence M.E. church, the companion subject being Miss Archer. Mary (HARRIS; Mrs. Jesse) KING, d. 22 Jan 1900, Nansemond Co., age 45, funeral, Providence Church, 24 Jan 1900, "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Jan. 23, 1900, p. 8, col. 1; "The Times" (Richmond, VA), January 23, 1900, p. 5, col. 4 "Miss Archer" is Lillian ARCHER, d. 22 Jan 1900, age 18; obits posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/a626l1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k520m1ob.txt