Mecklenburg County NcArchives Obituaries.....Black, Jane Catherine Lucas Weddington July 13, 1898 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michael Mayes mmayes3@carolina.rr.com December 26, 2013, 4:51 pm Charlotte Observer July 13, 1895 page 4 MRS. BLACK DEAD. ----------- She Was the Mother of Mayor Weddington of This City. Mrs. Katherine Black died yesterday morning at 12:15 o'clock at her home at Mt. Zion, near Caldwell's Station, after a brief illness. Mrs. Black was 70 years of age. She had been in poor health for some months, but was not seriously sick. She was taken suddenly ill Thursday, and passed away that night. Deceased's maiden name was Katherine Lucas. She first married Dr. S. N. Weddington. To them were born four children--J. H. Weddington, the present mayor of Charlotte, Joseph Y. and D. T. Weddington and Mrs. Mack Cannon. Some years after Dr. Weddington's death, Mrs. Weddington married Mr. Black. Deceased was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a woman noted for her kindness of heart, good deeds and many fine womanly qualities. Mayor Weddington, who arrived home from Wilmington yesterday morning, found the telegram announcing his mother's death awaiting him. He drove at once to Caldwell's. The funeral services will be conducted this morning at Ramah church, at 10 o'clock. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb