Mrs. Mary E. Pullin Black, aged 74 years and 6 days, died at her home in Confluence on Sunday, February 9, 1930. Although she had been in delicate health for nearly two years, she had not been ill until a few months before she passed away. Mrs. Black was born in Addison Township on February 3, 1856. She was the only child of William E. and Sophia E. Pullin, and when young was married to the late Virgil M. Black, who died January 18, 1928. To this marriage were born four children, all of whom survive. They are: Herbert G. Black, chief of the auditing department of the Armour Packing Company, Chicago; Robert E. Black, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Confluence; Fannie, wife of Reeves Hill of Hagerstown, Md., and Esther, wife of Dr. Milton M. Brooke, Confluence. She is also survived by four grandchildren. Mrs. Black was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from girlhood. She was not only an earnest worker in the church, but also took an active part in the Sunday school and all other auxiliaries of the church. She was always ready to do any good work for the glorification of God and the benefit of mankind and to aid any one in sickness or distress. Funeral services were conducted at her late residence on Hughart Street, Confluence, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 12, by Rev. H. W. Jamison, pastor of the Confluence Methodist Episcopal Church, assisted by Rev. Thomas Charlesworth of Turtle Creek, a former pastor of the Confluence church. The pall-bearers were C. E. Black, E. B. Black and D. L. Miller, Confluence; Harry Black, Friendsville, Md.; Frank Black, Dickerson Run and Dewey Farmer, Connellsville. Interment in Addison Cemetery. Undertaker C. B. Humbert had charge of the funeral arrangements. Meyersdale (Pa.) Republican, February 27, 1930