Daughter of Walter Milton & Meda Hallums Shockley.
Her first husband was Thomas Jackson Smith, married April 1924 in Greenville County, SC. Date of divorce unknown.
Her second husband was Clinton Jackson Burroughs.
Florence and Clinton were staying in a tourist motel in Charlotte, NC in March 1952 when there was apparently a carbon monoxide leak in their room overnight while they slept. Florence was found deceased and Clinton was injured but survived after being hospitalized.
Florence was a native and lifelong resident of Greenville, formerly employed in textile work, and was a member of Sans Souci Baptist Church.
Survived by two daughters, Mrs Max H. (Catherine) Foster and Mrs. James D. (Consuelo) Williams, both of Greenville; three grandchildren; her parents; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Joe Pearce of Greenville; a stepson, Harold Burroughs of San Francisco; and two sisters, Mrs. Jess Adams of Shelby and Mrs. Ernest Dorn of Greenville.
Funeral services: Friday, March 14, 1952, Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. A.M. Phillips, and Rev. J.N. Wrenn.
Burial: Graceland Cemetery
Thomas McAfee Funeral Home
Greenville, SC
Full obituaries and account of accident may be located here:
The Greenville News
Burroughs, Florence
1952 Mar 13 p1
1952 Mar 14 p27
1952 Mar 29 p6
NCDC Mecklenburg County 1952 #6302
Graceland, Greenville, SC
McEwen Funeral Home
Charlotte, NC
Informant: Mrs. Max H. Foster (daughter, Catherine)
Florence's ex-husband, Thomas Jackson Smith, died in an automobile accident six months after Florence's death.
Her first husband was Thomas Jackson Smith, married April 1924 in Greenville County, SC. Date of divorce unknown.
Her second husband was Clinton Jackson Burroughs.
Florence and Clinton were staying in a tourist motel in Charlotte, NC in March 1952 when there was apparently a carbon monoxide leak in their room overnight while they slept. Florence was found deceased and Clinton was injured but survived after being hospitalized.
Florence was a native and lifelong resident of Greenville, formerly employed in textile work, and was a member of Sans Souci Baptist Church.
Survived by two daughters, Mrs Max H. (Catherine) Foster and Mrs. James D. (Consuelo) Williams, both of Greenville; three grandchildren; her parents; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Joe Pearce of Greenville; a stepson, Harold Burroughs of San Francisco; and two sisters, Mrs. Jess Adams of Shelby and Mrs. Ernest Dorn of Greenville.
Funeral services: Friday, March 14, 1952, Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. A.M. Phillips, and Rev. J.N. Wrenn.
Burial: Graceland Cemetery
Thomas McAfee Funeral Home
Greenville, SC
Full obituaries and account of accident may be located here:
The Greenville News
Burroughs, Florence
1952 Mar 13 p1
1952 Mar 14 p27
1952 Mar 29 p6
NCDC Mecklenburg County 1952 #6302
Graceland, Greenville, SC
McEwen Funeral Home
Charlotte, NC
Informant: Mrs. Max H. Foster (daughter, Catherine)
Florence's ex-husband, Thomas Jackson Smith, died in an automobile accident six months after Florence's death.
Daughter of Walter Milton & Meda Hallums Shockley.
Her first husband was Thomas Jackson Smith, married April 1924 in Greenville County, SC. Date of divorce unknown.
Her second husband was Clinton Jackson Burroughs.
Florence and Clinton were staying in a tourist motel in Charlotte, NC in March 1952 when there was apparently a carbon monoxide leak in their room overnight while they slept. Florence was found deceased and Clinton was injured but survived after being hospitalized.
Florence was a native and lifelong resident of Greenville, formerly employed in textile work, and was a member of Sans Souci Baptist Church.
Survived by two daughters, Mrs Max H. (Catherine) Foster and Mrs. James D. (Consuelo) Williams, both of Greenville; three grandchildren; her parents; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Joe Pearce of Greenville; a stepson, Harold Burroughs of San Francisco; and two sisters, Mrs. Jess Adams of Shelby and Mrs. Ernest Dorn of Greenville.
Funeral services: Friday, March 14, 1952, Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. A.M. Phillips, and Rev. J.N. Wrenn.
Burial: Graceland Cemetery
Thomas McAfee Funeral Home
Greenville, SC
Full obituaries and account of accident may be located here:
The Greenville News
Burroughs, Florence
1952 Mar 13 p1
1952 Mar 14 p27
1952 Mar 29 p6
NCDC Mecklenburg County 1952 #6302
Graceland, Greenville, SC
McEwen Funeral Home
Charlotte, NC
Informant: Mrs. Max H. Foster (daughter, Catherine)
Florence's ex-husband, Thomas Jackson Smith, died in an automobile accident six months after Florence's death.
Her first husband was Thomas Jackson Smith, married April 1924 in Greenville County, SC. Date of divorce unknown.
Her second husband was Clinton Jackson Burroughs.
Florence and Clinton were staying in a tourist motel in Charlotte, NC in March 1952 when there was apparently a carbon monoxide leak in their room overnight while they slept. Florence was found deceased and Clinton was injured but survived after being hospitalized.
Florence was a native and lifelong resident of Greenville, formerly employed in textile work, and was a member of Sans Souci Baptist Church.
Survived by two daughters, Mrs Max H. (Catherine) Foster and Mrs. James D. (Consuelo) Williams, both of Greenville; three grandchildren; her parents; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Joe Pearce of Greenville; a stepson, Harold Burroughs of San Francisco; and two sisters, Mrs. Jess Adams of Shelby and Mrs. Ernest Dorn of Greenville.
Funeral services: Friday, March 14, 1952, Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. A.M. Phillips, and Rev. J.N. Wrenn.
Burial: Graceland Cemetery
Thomas McAfee Funeral Home
Greenville, SC
Full obituaries and account of accident may be located here:
The Greenville News
Burroughs, Florence
1952 Mar 13 p1
1952 Mar 14 p27
1952 Mar 29 p6
NCDC Mecklenburg County 1952 #6302
Graceland, Greenville, SC
McEwen Funeral Home
Charlotte, NC
Informant: Mrs. Max H. Foster (daughter, Catherine)
Florence's ex-husband, Thomas Jackson Smith, died in an automobile accident six months after Florence's death.
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