STOKES, Lennie – (d. 1871)
The Dyersburg Gazette of the 26th ult., chronicles the death of Lennie STOKES by drowning in a creek on the Chestnut Bluff road. She had been in bad health for some time, and it supposed to be a case of suicide.
Source: Whig and tribune. (Jackson, Tenn.), 02 Sept. 1871. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033435/1871-09-02/ed-1/seq-2/>