Postcard dated 1896 announcing the death of:

ELI PRESSLEY 
1817 - January 18, 1896
Union County, North Carolina

A note from the submitter, Doug Norwood:  "Those of you with Pressley / Preslar connections in Union County, NC might be interested in this postcard sent by my great uncle, Garrison Pressley, to my grandfather, John Ivan Pressley on the occasion of the death of my great-grandfather (their father), Eli Pressley."  

                      
                   Text:  Mr. J.I. Presley, Mathewes, NC           Judith Union Co., NC Jan. 1896
                                                                                         Mr. John I. Presley Brother
                                                                                         I write you a few lines to let know
                                                                                         farther is dead he died today
                                                                                         about one oclock let Sam Newell
                                                                                         folks no it if you please
                                                                                                          Yours,  
                                                                                                      G.H. Presley