Anna Williams (1887 - 1902)

HARRIS, WILLIAMS, PIERSON

Posted By: Barry Mateer (email)
Date: 2/20/2024 at 10:29:31

May 29, 1902
The Osceola Democrat, Osceola, Iowa

Anna Williams, only daughter of Mrs. Amanda Williams, died at half past four o’clock Wednesday morning, May 28, of pneumonia, aged 15 years, 2 months, 5 days. She had been sick fourteen weeks and suffered greatly most of the time.

The funeral services will be from the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church at 3 o’clock this afternoon, conducted by the pastor Rev. Wade.

Anna was a good girl, a great comfort to her mother who will sadly miss her

Miss Stella Pierson of Greenfield is in the city – called by the illness and death of her cousin Anna Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harris and children came Wednesday to attend the funeral of Miss Anna Williams, his sister.

The Osceola Sentinel
May 29th, 1902

Miss Anna Williams, colored, died at the home of her mother, Amanda Williams, in Osceola Wednesday morning aged fifteen years. She had been sick with tuberculosis for some time. The funeral services were held in the A.M.E. church today. Her brother, Joe Harris and wife of Greenfield, attended the funeral.