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Submitted by Durhamite (not verified) on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 11:43am
Mrs Mary Alice Coble, 83 year old mother of Mrs W W Askew of this city, died at her home in Durham at 4:15 a.m. today after an illness of three months. A native of Guilford County, she was the wife of the late Robert C Coble.
Surviving are eight daughters, Mrs W W Askew, Burlington; Mrs W F Tew, Graham; Mrs J S Harvey, Portsmouth, Va; Mrs W P Parrish, Henderson; Mrs H A Adams, Mrs Nannie Glenn, Mrs R S Williamson, and Mrs W M Cook, all of Durham; one son Bunn C Coble, Durham; two sisters, Mrs Katie Hackett, Graham, and Mrs Monroe Coble, Burlington. Sixteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren also survive.
Burlington Daily Times-News, Oct 2, 1945
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