The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08
Falls on Sleep After Most
Memorable Career

Mrs. Belzorah Stamey, Wife of and
Mother of Five Ministers-EIeven
Children in All-Girl Chum of
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson-Aunt of
Former Supt. Haynes-Born ia
Lincoln County, N. c., in the Year
1892.
Relatives here of Mrs. Belzorah
Stamey received the sad intelligence
of her death at Pilot Mountain Thurs
day afternoon at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Dodson. Mrs.
Stamey had been in feeble health
for several months and an attack of
pneumonia hastened the end.
Deceased had a long and useful
career and up to a few years ago
was in unusually good health. She
was 66 years old when the end came
and at The time the above picture
was taken in Winston four years
ago at a big family reunion she was
very active Mrs. Stamey had the
distiuct;on Of being the mother of
four ministers of the gospel who,
with her husband, the late Rev.
Alexander Stamey Of the Baptist
church Of Virginia, made five min
i ters il he family out of six boys;
the late Rev P. F. w. Stamey, who
was preSiiing elder of this district
of the Western Moth Carolina NJ. E.
Conference when he died here July
4th 1890, the late Rs.v. Whiteford
Stanty, Of Galax, Va, (BapIist); the
late Rev. Sam D. Staney of the NJ.
E. Conference, serving Winston, Ran
dleman, Guiiford College and other
points near here; and EuOch L
Stamev, now physician in charge of
Kee'ey Institute, Greensboro, but for
a number of years member of the
NJ. {. church until throat trouble
forced his retirement from the min
istry. lie is the only living minister
doctor of the family. Five other chill
dren survive, Mrs. Friel Brannock of
Michigan; Mrs. J. 7. Herrin of Bridge
water; Mrs Sarah Dodson Of Pilot
Mountain; j Lee Stamey Of Sumas,
WASH, aud Forney Stamey Of Pay
cite. Idaho. Two other daughters,
Mrs Martha Pell and Mrs Lemuel
Wines 5tte, died several years ago.
there are large number Of grand
hcildren, great grand childred and
great great grand children living
The grandchildren who reside in
High Point are w. L. Stamey, Mrs
Harry Hoffman, Mrs J. L. Kirkman
and Mrs. W. R Wix and others Of
the immediate family are Mrs 0. b.
Bumgarner and Mrs. Ad Gilkey of
Marion, N. G. Two great great
grandchildren live here. the daugh-
ters CT Mr. and Mrs Ivey Smith, and
one at Albemarle, the daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hoffman, Jr. At
The big reunion held at Winston four
years ago there we're five generations
represented. Grandmother Stamey
was al exceptionally strong charac
Ter, universally loved and admired
and performed much valuable work
for her God and country during her
lifetime During the Civil strife she
was the good Samaritan on many
occasions, yet giant Of defense
when it took courage to defend her
home and her beloved Southland.
We repeat that she gave much TO
the cause of her country and her
God, being the mother of four min
.SterS and performing untold DEEDS
for the cause of the Confederacy
which must necessarily be abridged
III this sketch. -
1t was intended to take the re-
mains to Snow Hill, Va, and inter
them beside her husband and son
Sam, in the little country graveyard
there, but sickness in the family and
bad roads prevented this. The re-
mains were inferred at Pilot Noun
tain Friday.
SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH
Belzorah Haynes was born near
beatties Ford, Lincoln county, IL
The year 1882 and married AleA
otamey about II years later. MRS
otamey's mother, before marriage