Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Tombstone Tuesday - Viola Maddox

In loving
memory of
VIOLA R.
daughter of J. T. and M. J. Maddox
Born Feb 28, 1889
Died Jun 2 1890

Viola R. Maddox was the youngest sister of my great-grandmother Mattie V. Maddox (1881-1927). She is buried in the church cemetery of Moore Union Christian Church in Lee, County, NC. So few people are even aware of her existence anymore. Viola was born in 1889 and died at the young age of 15 months. Church records of that time period for this small church did not or no longer exist, and the 1890 federal census was lost to fire. That leaves only her weather worn tombstone marking her short life.


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