A SINGULAR INCIDENT.
A Young Lady Selects the Spot on Which she is Buried.
Anniston Hot Blast.
Miss Mattie Skelton, the 18 year old daughter of Mr. Green B. Skelton, died on Sunday and was buried at Four Miles Church, yesterday, near which is located her home.
Measles have been prevailing in the vicinity for some time. One afternoon, a couple of weeks since the young lady carried several of her intimate friends to the cemetery, told them that she would soon take the measles and die, and pointed out the spot upon which she wished to be burried. She also stated that she wished for Rev. F.M. Treadaway to conduct the funeral services over her remains.
Within a week she had taken the disease, and within another was a corpse. Out of respect to her wishes the chosen minister conducted the services and her remains lie interred in the identical spot chosen.
JACKSONVILLE REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY, JULY, 1890
