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Lena Rebecca <I>Smith</I> Wallace

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Lena Rebecca Smith Wallace

Birth
East Laport, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
10 Aug 1931 (aged 60)
Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Qualla, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Lena was the daughter of Lewis Jesse Smith and Clarissa Almira Coward. She married Cassius Alonzo Wallace.

LAST RITES ARE HELD FOR MRS. LENA WALLACE
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Wallace, relict of the late Cassius Wallace, were held at Cullowhee Methodist Church at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. Mark Q. Tuttle, Rev Sam H. Hilliard, Rev. George B. Clemmer, Rev. I.K. Stafford and Rev. W.C. Reed. Mrs. Wallace passed on at noon on Monday, August 10th at the Harris Community Hospital, where she had been a patient for some two weeks. She had been ill for five or six weeks. Mrs. Wallace was a daughter of the late Lewis J. Smith, prominent citizen of this county, and state senator of this district. She was married to the late Cassius Wallace, and with him spent some time in South Dakota and Wisconsin, where he taught among the Chippewa and Sioux Indians. She was a woman of strong and pleasing personality and numbered her friends by her acquaintances. She was an active member of the Methodist Church at Cullowhee. Mrs. Wallace is survived by one son, John L. Wallace, of New York city, one daughter, Mrs. Floyd S. (Cassie) Griffin of Cullowhee, four sisters, Mrs. Lee (Nellie) Hooper of Speedwell, Mrs. Nannie McGuire of Cullowhee, Miss Ida Smith of Cullowhee, and Mrs. John (Bertie) Phillips of Sylva, two brothers, Lewis J. Smith of Cullowhee and Nathan Smith of Dundee, Florida, and a large number of other relatives.
(Obituary from "Jackson County Journal," Sylva, NC, Thursday, 13 August, 1931.)
Lena was the daughter of Lewis Jesse Smith and Clarissa Almira Coward. She married Cassius Alonzo Wallace.

LAST RITES ARE HELD FOR MRS. LENA WALLACE
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Wallace, relict of the late Cassius Wallace, were held at Cullowhee Methodist Church at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. Mark Q. Tuttle, Rev Sam H. Hilliard, Rev. George B. Clemmer, Rev. I.K. Stafford and Rev. W.C. Reed. Mrs. Wallace passed on at noon on Monday, August 10th at the Harris Community Hospital, where she had been a patient for some two weeks. She had been ill for five or six weeks. Mrs. Wallace was a daughter of the late Lewis J. Smith, prominent citizen of this county, and state senator of this district. She was married to the late Cassius Wallace, and with him spent some time in South Dakota and Wisconsin, where he taught among the Chippewa and Sioux Indians. She was a woman of strong and pleasing personality and numbered her friends by her acquaintances. She was an active member of the Methodist Church at Cullowhee. Mrs. Wallace is survived by one son, John L. Wallace, of New York city, one daughter, Mrs. Floyd S. (Cassie) Griffin of Cullowhee, four sisters, Mrs. Lee (Nellie) Hooper of Speedwell, Mrs. Nannie McGuire of Cullowhee, Miss Ida Smith of Cullowhee, and Mrs. John (Bertie) Phillips of Sylva, two brothers, Lewis J. Smith of Cullowhee and Nathan Smith of Dundee, Florida, and a large number of other relatives.
(Obituary from "Jackson County Journal," Sylva, NC, Thursday, 13 August, 1931.)

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