Lamentable
Last Thursday morning Mrs. LEA, the aged and respected mother of the wife of Gen. R. P. NEELY, for some time an almost helpless invalid, while attempting to rise from her seat, fell upon the hearth, and was so severely burned about the face and neck that her life is despaired of. The unfortunate lady, owing to the face that she was suffering from paralysis, could not extricate herself from the awful position in which she was place. As soon as possible assistance was rendered, but alas too late to save her from a terrible fate. The sad occurrence has caused the profoundest grief to a large circle of acquaintances and friends, all of whom deeply sympathize with her relatives in this the hour of their affliction. Dr. COLEMAN was called in and is rendering all the assistance that man can perform.

The Bolivar Bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 11 Jan. 1868, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.