Mrs. Rhoda Harwell, an old lady of nearly eighty years of age, mother of our street boss, Mr. Vesta Harwell, died Thursday night.  The deceased had long been a member of the Methodist church and much beloved by her numerous friends and acquaintances.  She had been an inhabitant of this place over fifty years.

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The Cartersville American
September 8, 1886, page 3

Mrs. Rhoda Harwell, of this place, died at her residence on last Friday morning.  She was in her seventy-eighth year, and had for more than fifty years been a resident of Cartersville.