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- Mrs. M.E. Shackelford Dies at Winchester
Body Is Sent to Fincastle For Burial After Absent Children Arrive
Fall Proves Fatal
Husband and Eight Children Survive Aged Lee County Woman
Winchester, Ky., March 29. - Mrs. M.E. Shackelford died Sunday morning at the home of her son, J.A. Shackelford, of Hays Street, in this city, and the body was sent this morning to her home at Fincastle, Lee County. Arrangements for the funeral will not be made pending the arrival of her children, who live at a distance. The burial is expected to take place Saturday or Sunday.
Mrs. Shackelford was 68 years old, and was born and reared and lived all her life within a radius of a few miles of Fincastle. She was the youngest member of a very wealthy and prominent family, which owned hundreds of acres of land in the mountain section. She was Miss Miriam Scott Kincaid before her marriage.
Mrs. Shackelford is survived by her aged husband and the following children: J.A. Shackelford, of Winchester; Thomas and Logan Shackelford, of Fincastle; Bristow Shackelford, of Cavour, Wis.; Rosco Shackelford, of Altro; Mrs. Sarah Dailey, of Milton, W.Wa.; Mrs. Addie Treadway, of Saint Maries, Idaho, and Miss Malissa Shackelford, who is a teacher at Clarkis, Idaho.
Mrs. Shackelford fell at her home in Fincastle on March 15 and sustained a broken arm and two broken ribs. She was brought here for treatment and was thought to be improving until a very short time before her death.
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Tuesday, 30 March 1915.
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