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The Martinsville Bulletin
Tuesday, 4 February 1941

         Former Slave Dies
           At Home of Son Here
           
         "UNCLE" JOHN LIZE HAIRSTON, 91-year-old
       respected and lifelong Henry county Negro,
       and a former slave belonging to the HAIR-
       STON family in this county during the Civil
       War, died at the home of his son, MILLARD
       HAIRSTON on Standpipe Hill Friday after a
       long decline in health.
         HAIRSTON drove the family carriage for
       the HAIRSTON'S a greater part of his life,
       and by the older citizens of this section
       he is remembered as carriage driver for
       the late MISS BETTIE HAIRSTON of "Beaver
       Creek."
         Up to the time he was forced to quit
       work due to infirmities, he was in the
       employ of B. M. TOWNES, city.  HAIRSTON
       was highly-respected by all who knew him.
         Funeral services were held Sunday.
         
       Transcriber's Note: At least 3 newspapers
        carried his obituary and some listed his
        name as JOHN ELIAS HAIRSTON. This was the
        most complete obituary found.
       
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