Wilson Daily Times, 12 March 1935.

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In the 1910 census of Brogden township, Wayne County: farmer Robert Lofton, 66; wife Eveline, 66; daughters Emma J. Lofton, 37, Alice A. Wilson, 35, and Mary, 24, Bettie, 19, Florence, 19, and Jessie Lofton, 14, plus granddaughters Donnie, 4, Mable, 3, and Marie, 2 months.

In the 1925 and 1928 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directories: Lofton Florence (c) cook h 600 W Nash [the home of Fannie Shepherd Harriss.]

Florence Loftin executed a will on 2 April 1927. She divided her property in even thirds between her sister Mary Hinnant and nieces Donnie Hinnant and Marie Jones.

Florence Lofton died 5 March 1935 at Saint Agnes Hospital, Raleigh, N.C. Per her death certificate, she was 44 years old; was born in Wayne County, N.C., to Barber Lofton and Evelyn Hards of Duplin County N.C.; lived at 600 West Nash Street; and did domestic work. She was buried in Wilson, N.C.