Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Friday, March 28, 1947

MRS. HARGROVES, 80, SUCCUMBS

Funeral Services Held Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Lyda Hargroves, 80, of near Benson were conducted at Stone's Creek church near the home Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 by the Rev. B. H. Ingle of Raleigh. Interment followed in the Barefoot cemetery near the church.

Mrs. Hargroves, widow of J. R. Hargroves, died at her home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock following a heart ailment.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ethan Adams and Mrs. W. Edgar McLamb of Benson and Mrs. Luther McLamb of Rocky Point; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Young of Fayetteville; 26 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.