Lizzie Stephens dies Monroe Co. TN 1941
Madisonville Democrat, (Monroe Co. TN) Wednesday, February 26, 1941:
“Center---Several from here attended the funeral of Miss. Lizzie Stephens, at Cane Creek, Thursday. Miss. Stephens died Feb. 19. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Nelson Cagle. Burial was in the church cemetery. Miss. Stephens was born in 1856. She lived to be 85 years old. She was the daughter of John and Jane Stephens. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. George Shaw and Mrs. Jim Cardin of Tellico Plains, Route 3 and Mrs. Jobe self of Vonore; also several nieces and nephews. During her last illness she remarked to one of her nieces that she had been here a long time and that when the time came for her to die, she was ready to go.”