This Is From The Moberly Monitor Index Febuary 1952,I Found It Interesting Since The Recent Posting Of The May Burton Info. Aged Woman Died After She Puts Out Fire. 95 Year Old Former Slave In May Burton Family Found Dead. Miss Mandy Burton 95 Year Old Former Slave Of The Late May Burton South Of Higbee Was Found Dead On The Floor Of Her Home In Higbee About 8 O Clock This Morning. Coroner Thomas Barnes Said She Probably Died About 4:30 Or 5 O Clock Yesterday Afternoon >From Overexertion After She Had Extinguished A Blaze In Her Bedroom.Her Body Was Found By Eddie Roberts A Neighbor Who Saw To It Each Morning That She Had A Coal Supply In Her Home.Evidence Of A Fire Was Found In Her Bedroom Where A Big Hole Had Been Burned In The Floor.A Broom Nearby Showed Signs Of Having Been Used To Put Out The Blaze. She Died In An Adjoining Room. The Elderly Negro Was Watched Over For Years By Mr Burtons Grandaughter miss Lizzie Bottoms, And When Miss Bottoms Became Unable To Continue Because Of Her Ill Health Mr And Mrs Edwin Hawkins Watched Over Her Welfare.She Had Lived In The Higbee Since 1915 When She Moved From The Farm Where She Was Born Into Slavery.She Is Survived Only By A Nephew Floyd Turner Of Chicago. The Body Is In The Burton Funeral Home And Funeral Arrangements Will Be Made By Mr And Mrs Hawkins And Miss Bottoms.