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- "Johnson County News," Thursday, September 16, 1943 pp. 1 DEATH
ELBERT C. MOREFIELD born April 6, 1873 died Sept. 8, 1943 aged 70 years, 5 months, 2 days.
He was united in marriage to Charlotte S. Forrester Jan. 1, 1894. To this union were born 8 children, 23 girls 6 boys, 3 sons preceded him in death.
Those surviving are his widow, Charlotte Morefield; two daughters Mrs. John Netherly of Neva, Tenn., and Mrs. John Wilson of Waco, W.Va., three sons, Richard and Robert of Waco, W.Va., and Charles of Brownsville, Pa. He united with the Christian Church of Neva several years ago.
Funeral services were conducted at Mountain City Church of Christ at 3 o'clock p.m., Saturday Sept. 12, 1943. Albert Q. Dickson officiated. Mrs. L. F. Yelton and Mr. Dickson sang two hymns. Military services followed at the Mountain City Cemetery with the Spanish American War Veterans in charge. Burial was in charge of North Funeral Home of Elizabethton.
Mr. Morefield was a kind Christian man, a good neighbor, a man that will be missed in his community and to the bereaved family we express our deepest sympathy to you in your loss.
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1873 - 1943 (70 years)
