Died Nov. 3, 1921. Age 51 Yrs. Gone to a brighter home, where grief cannot come.
Is this broken headstone in Odd Fellows Cemetery that of Mariah Powell?
Per her death certificate, Mariah Powell of Wilson died 3 November 1921 at the age of 53. (This is a little off the age on the marker, but reasonably close.) She was born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County. Informant Luciar Stamper did not know Powell’s parents, and her marital status is ambiguously conveyed. Powell was buried by undertakers Batts Bros. & Artis in Wilson County, which possibly was a generic designation for Vick Cemetery.
Unfortunately, I can find little about Mariah Powell before her death. She may have been the Maria Powell listed in the 1916 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory as a laundress living at 411 East Green, as was laundress Lucille Powell.
Perhaps the new season of Lane Street Project cleanups with uncover the rest of her marker.
Photo by Lisa Y. Henderson, December 2023.