Minnie And Mattie Carpenter, Page Two

Mattie and Thomas McDaniel, date unknown. Provided by family.

In 1930, Mattie, now married to Thomas McDaniel, is living on South King Street, in Gastonia, with six children. Also in the home are Mattie's mother Mary, and sister Minnie. Mattie's husband and her oldest son Albert, 15 years old, are working at the cotton mill, as is Minnie.

Thomas died just four years later, from chronic health problems following an accident. Mattie did not remarry. She died on her 83^rd birthday, June 12, 1981. Minnie died on July 15, 1973, at the age of 76, the obituary stating that she was a retiree from Firestone Textiles, which bought the Loray Cotton Mill in the 1930s.

Victory celebration at the end of World War II, at Gastonia, North Carolina. Firestone Mill (formerly Loray Mill) is in the background. Mattie Carpenter McDaniel is the fourth person from the right. She is wearing a hat with a white band. Photo provided by family.

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