Sept 16, 1948: In 103rd Year, Mrs. Sarah Welch Love
April 21st, 2013 by admin
Mrs. Sarah Welch Love died yesterday at her home, 83 Hazzard street, at the age of 103 years. She had been ill one week.
Born in Jackson county April 18, 1845, she had resided in Asheville for 85 years. Surviving are a son, Robert P. Love; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral Arrangements under the direction of McCoy-Wilkins funeral home, were incomplete last night. (born to Louis Welch and Lucinda ____)
From a newspaper scrapbook kept by Ethel Pearson Daily (1908-1992) mostly of obituaries of African Americans of Asheville, NC, but also including some news stories of mostly African Americans from Charlotte, NC, and some from around the country and the world.