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DEATH CLAIMS
Mrs. L. T. Williams, who at One Time 
WAS ONE OF THE RACE'S REAL BUSINESS WOMEN-ALWAYS HELPED WORTHY CAUSES

The passing of Mrs. Loula T. Williams at St. John's Hospital Tuesday where she had been carried, with the hope of saving her life, removes from our ranks one of the most ambitious women we had. Since the riot here, she has been sick, and death ultimately relieved her of her sufferings this week. Prior to the unpleasantness in Tulsa in 1921, when our section was wiped out, with her husband Mr. Wesley Williams she had acquired a fortune estimated at from $50,000 to $75,000. For years she successfully managed not only the Dreamland Theatre, but a well stocked confectionery business, and by thrift and economy amassed much property that was swept away in the trouble here previously mentioned above.  After years of toil and sacraficing, and seeing it all destroyed in the twinkling of an eye, so to speak, it greatly affected her, and hastened her to her grave. Members of her family especially Dr. and Mrs. [[illegible]] [[illegible line]] to no avail. She attended school in Jackson, Tenn., and at an early age came to Tulsa where her business career for years was the talk and admiration of all. During Mrs. Williams' lifetime, many of the group were employed by her, and she was liberal in her donations toward helping deserving enterprises, and with a deep feeling of bitter grief, at her passing, the editor well remembers how she encouraged him, with a hope of having a real Colored newspaper for Tulsa. She was a member of the C.M.E. church, and was ever dutiful to same, giving according according as the Lord prospered her. She was proud of her son, W. D. Williams, who is connected with Hampton University and always expressed the greatest desire of seeing him develop into a man worth while.

The young man will graduate this year, and already has won great fame as a foot ball player. She She leaves a large number of relatives to mourn her demise, besides scores of friends who deplore her passing. For the past 6 years Mrs. Williams had not been herself, but up to that time, she was a power in the business world.

Her husband, Mr. Wesley Williams one of the group's expert mechanics, and a man with much business ability, always depended on Mrs. Williams' foresight and business sagacity,and their success, was nothing less than phenomenal.

Mrs. Williams was sent to Conrad Sanatarium of Guthrie, Oklahoma, where she was treated for some weeks after which she went to Jefferson, Texas and was treated by her brother-in-law Dr. Leach for some months.

The Eagle extends sympathy to [[line illegible]]. 

Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Jim Cherry, and one other lady, whose name we were not able to find out, established the C. M. E. Church in this city, and gave liberally toward it maintenance.

She never made much-a-do over helping, but no one was denied when she could help them. Two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Leach, and Mrs. Lizzie Estes, a mother Mrs. Sallie Cotton, reside in Texas, a brother Mr. Ernest Cotton, in Los Angeles, two sisters in Tulsa, Mrs. J. J. McKeever and Mrs. Mittie Roberson.

Decreased was a member of the American Woodmen and also the Eastern Star. As we go to press no funeral arrangements have been made.

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