Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lex, Mary July 2, 1920
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Virginian-Pilot July 4 & 5, 1920
Six-year-old Mary Lex, daughter of Jacob and Sophie Lex, died Friday aft¬ernoon 
from burns received earlier in the day while playing with matches in a rear room 
of her home, 2523 Church street.
According to the report, the girl was in the kitchen with two small children 
about 10 o’clock in the morning, playing with matches, when she caught fire.
Her mother, in a front room, heard the child scream, and, rushing to the back of 
the house, saw her clothing in flames.
A coat was thrown over the child and the flames smothered, but such serious 
burns had been received about the body that death occurred about 3 o’clock in 
the afternoon.

The funeral of Mary Lex, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lex, 
who died Friday as a result of burns, was held yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock 
at the residence, 2523 Church street, and was conducted by Father Joseph Rooney. 
Burial was in St. Mary’s cemetery, the pallbearers being Winfred Morrisette, 
Frank Baxter, Doris Capps and John Austin.


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