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Alvira Mahaley <I>Styers</I> Tesh

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Alvira Mahaley Styers Tesh

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
10 Oct 1923 (aged 74)
Old Town, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Wife of George W. Tesh; daughter of John A. Styers and Eliza Reich Styers. She was the twin sister of Almira Rebecca Styers Kiger (buried at the Lewisville Baptist church).

Please note that Alvira's funeral was held under the shade trees because the church was being built at the time of her death.

She and George lived on Franklin St. in Winston-Salem, NC.




Obituary in the Winston-Salem Journal on 10/18/1924

Death yesterday of Mrs. Alvina (Alvira) Tesh

Mrs. Alvina Mahaley Tesh, aged seventy-five years, died yesterday at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. William A. Rock, 938 Franklin Street, yesterday morning about 3:16 o'clock. She was the widow of George W. Tesh. She has been in declining health for several months and had been seriously ill for the past two weeks.

Mrs. Tesh is survived by the following children: Mrs. C. C. (Frances) Flynt of Kernersville; Mrs. Samuel B. (Sarah Bell) Lumley of the city; Mrs. Thomas L. Willingham, of Sumter, S.C.; Messrs. Luther M. Tesh, of Excelsiour, Minn., William W. Tesh of this city, and fourteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Also one sister, Mrs. J. J. Kiger of Lewisville, and one brother, A. A. Styers of Clemmons.

The day and hour of the funeral have not yet been determined awaiting result of communication with relatives at a distance. The interment will be in Ziglar's Graveyard.
Wife of George W. Tesh; daughter of John A. Styers and Eliza Reich Styers. She was the twin sister of Almira Rebecca Styers Kiger (buried at the Lewisville Baptist church).

Please note that Alvira's funeral was held under the shade trees because the church was being built at the time of her death.

She and George lived on Franklin St. in Winston-Salem, NC.




Obituary in the Winston-Salem Journal on 10/18/1924

Death yesterday of Mrs. Alvina (Alvira) Tesh

Mrs. Alvina Mahaley Tesh, aged seventy-five years, died yesterday at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. William A. Rock, 938 Franklin Street, yesterday morning about 3:16 o'clock. She was the widow of George W. Tesh. She has been in declining health for several months and had been seriously ill for the past two weeks.

Mrs. Tesh is survived by the following children: Mrs. C. C. (Frances) Flynt of Kernersville; Mrs. Samuel B. (Sarah Bell) Lumley of the city; Mrs. Thomas L. Willingham, of Sumter, S.C.; Messrs. Luther M. Tesh, of Excelsiour, Minn., William W. Tesh of this city, and fourteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Also one sister, Mrs. J. J. Kiger of Lewisville, and one brother, A. A. Styers of Clemmons.

The day and hour of the funeral have not yet been determined awaiting result of communication with relatives at a distance. The interment will be in Ziglar's Graveyard.

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  • Created by: KJHall
  • Added: May 5, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26620323/alvira_mahaley-tesh: accessed ), memorial page for Alvira Mahaley Styers Tesh (8 Dec 1848–10 Oct 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26620323, citing Oak Summit Community Church Cemetery, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by KJHall (contributor 47003415).