Miss Amanda Lucas, 83 years, 8 months and 3 days old, a resident of this city for 70 years, who was a sister of the famous "Blind Mary" Lucas, clairvoyant, died Monday at the family home, 13 South Race street, after along illness.
Miss Lucas, who was a native of Missouri, was taken ill about a years ago and for the last few months was a helpless invalid.
Her only surviving relative is her brother, John Lucas, with whom she made her home. John Lucas and his sisters, "Blind Mary," a famous fortune teller who attracted people to Belleville from far and wide for many years, and Amanda Lucas lived together for half a century. Neither married and each was devoted to the other.
The funeral of Miss Lucas takes place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family hoem to Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville News Democrat
February 24, 1914
NOTES:
~ Both her parents were born in Pennsylvania.
Miss Lucas, who was a native of Missouri, was taken ill about a years ago and for the last few months was a helpless invalid.
Her only surviving relative is her brother, John Lucas, with whom she made her home. John Lucas and his sisters, "Blind Mary," a famous fortune teller who attracted people to Belleville from far and wide for many years, and Amanda Lucas lived together for half a century. Neither married and each was devoted to the other.
The funeral of Miss Lucas takes place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family hoem to Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville News Democrat
February 24, 1914
NOTES:
~ Both her parents were born in Pennsylvania.
Miss Amanda Lucas, 83 years, 8 months and 3 days old, a resident of this city for 70 years, who was a sister of the famous "Blind Mary" Lucas, clairvoyant, died Monday at the family home, 13 South Race street, after along illness.
Miss Lucas, who was a native of Missouri, was taken ill about a years ago and for the last few months was a helpless invalid.
Her only surviving relative is her brother, John Lucas, with whom she made her home. John Lucas and his sisters, "Blind Mary," a famous fortune teller who attracted people to Belleville from far and wide for many years, and Amanda Lucas lived together for half a century. Neither married and each was devoted to the other.
The funeral of Miss Lucas takes place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family hoem to Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville News Democrat
February 24, 1914
NOTES:
~ Both her parents were born in Pennsylvania.
Miss Lucas, who was a native of Missouri, was taken ill about a years ago and for the last few months was a helpless invalid.
Her only surviving relative is her brother, John Lucas, with whom she made her home. John Lucas and his sisters, "Blind Mary," a famous fortune teller who attracted people to Belleville from far and wide for many years, and Amanda Lucas lived together for half a century. Neither married and each was devoted to the other.
The funeral of Miss Lucas takes place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family hoem to Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville News Democrat
February 24, 1914
NOTES:
~ Both her parents were born in Pennsylvania.
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