MRS. JAS. W. CANNON PASSES AT CONCORD

Funeral For Widow of Founder of Cannon Mills to Be Held Friday.

CONCORD, May 4.—Mrs. Mary Ella Bost Cannon, wife of the late James W. Cannon who founded the Cannon Textile mills, died at her home here this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. She was 81 years of age. Ill for a little more than a month with complications of diseases, Mrs. Cannon’s condition had been critical for the past 10 days and her death was not unexpected.

Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian church at 11 o’clock Friday morning, conducted by the pastor, Dr. J. Rowan. Interment will be in the family plot in Oakwood cemetery.

Native of Cabarrus

Mrs. Cannon was a native of this county and was a daughter of the late Martin Luther and Mozella Crowell Bost. She was born March 1, 1857, at Bost Mill where her ancestors had established a thriving community and where many other Cabarrus county civic leaders were born and reared.

Immediately after her marriage to Mr. Cannon on November 24, 1875, the couple established their home in Concord and she had resided here continuously since. As a young girl she had been a member of the Methodist denomination but she joined the First Presbyterian church after moving here and was one of its most active members.

Mrs. Cannon found her principal recreation in traveling. She only recently returned from a South American tour. She spent several months in Europe last summer and for a number of years had spent much time at Blowing Rock and Myrtle Beach.

Because of her devotion to its work and interests, the American Cotton Manufacturers association had made Mrs. Cannon an honorary life member, and she was widely known among textile leaders who were contemporaries of her husband and sons. The Jackson Training school, state institution for boys, and the Cabarrus hospital, only recently opened, were beneficiaries of funds made available by Mrs. Cannon. She built the administration building at the school and donated the land upon which the hospital was erected as memorials to her husband.

The Survivors.

Mrs. Cannon is survived by nine children, one brother, two sisters, 25 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The children are J. F. Cannon, E. T. Cannon, C. A. Cannon, of Concord; M. L. Cannon and J. W. Cannon, Jr., of Charlotte; Mrs. David N. Blair, of Washington; Mrs. Clark Howell, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Edward Mattes and Mrs. Hillary Lucke, of New York City. The surviving brother is E. T. Bost, of Bost Mill, and the surviving sisters are Mrs. Thomas Lanquist, of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. S. G. Daniels, of Littleton.

Also surviving are a brother, E. T. Bost, of Cabarrus county, and two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Lanquist, of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. S. G. Daniels, of Littleton.