Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Friday, April 12, 1918

BENTONVILLE NEWS

Mrs. Eliza Hudson, mother of our townsman, Mr. A. B. Hudson, died at her home here last Thursday night and was buried Friday at the city cemetery here. She had been in poor health for some time and was taken with pneumonia from which her death resulted. She was about 63 years old and was a consistent member of the Primitive Baptist church. She is survived by five sons and three daughters.