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Note: N20865 Aiken Standard (Aiken, South Carolina), 3 January 1940, Wednesday
MRS. HELEN BONEY DIES SUDDENLY
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Last Rites For Beloved Woman Held Sunday Afternoon.
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Abrocrombie Boney, beloved Aiken resident, who died Saturday morning at the residence of her sister, Mrs. R. W. McCreary with whome she had made her home, were conducted at 3:30 Sunday afternoon from the rcsidence on Laurens Street. The Rev. W. Fred Harris officiated and interment followed in Bethany cemetery.
Mrs. Boncy was found dead in bed at 7:30 Saturday morning. She had enjoyed excellent health and her death was a great shock to her many friends.
She was born in Russell county, Alabama, and after her marriage resided for a number of years at York. She later moved to Rock Hill where she made her residence until the last 18 months when she moved to Aiken to reside with her sister. She was a prominent civic leader in the state and at the time of her death held membership in the Methodist church of Rock Hill.
Surviving are one step-daughter, Mrs. S. E. Colvin, Greenville; three step-sons, Adolphus Boney; York; Ellie Boney, New York, and Waller Boney, Texas; one sister, Mrs. R. W. McCreary and a number of nieces and nephews, including Ernest A. McCreary and Mrs. Haskell Shuler and Mrs. Wilbur Driver all of Aiken.
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