At the home of her son, Mr. Henry Sapp, on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Mrs. Ruth Sapp a very aged lady passed away.

She was about ninety years old and had been ailing with dropsy for some time, and her death has been expected for several weeks.

Mrs. Sapp was the mother of Messrs. John, Henry, Joe, Enoch and Levy Sapp of this county.

She was buried at the Cato grave yard, Wednesday.

The Douglas Breeze, Douglas, Georgia, 31 July 1896, page 1, column 4.

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