Bostic Woman, 96, Dies at Daughter’s Home
Mrs Bryson, age 96, longtime Rutherfordton area resident, died Sunday at her daughter Mrs Lindsay’s near Bostic. Funeral at Bethel Baptist Church in Heineman Monday at 2 pm with Rev Gay Harrill and others officiating. Interment in Bethel Cemetery. Widow of Cowan and later Walker, she had three children Raleigh Walker Ellenboro Lucy Grayson and Mrs Lindsay Purgason, plus 24 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was a charter member of Bethel Baptist Church at Ellenboro, joining in 1847 at age eleven. Despite age her memory remained sharp and eyesight keen.
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Bryson Walker
M Lindsay Purgason
Bostic
Jon
Bethel Baptist Church
Hieniom
Nev
Gay Harrill
Harrill
Sam Pyatt
Pe J.D. Bridges
Bethel Cemetery
Sis. Walker
Cowan
Walker
Raleigh Walker
Ellenboro
Lucy Grayson
Bostie
Lindsay Purgason
Near Bosti
Mrs. v
Oak Grove News highlights local events and sermons
In Oak Grove on Oct 14 the community is invited to Sunday night preaching and a program on Childhood and Youth Week. Epworth League meets weekly, and new church leadership includes Sunday school superintendent R S Magness and assistant superintendent Claude Blanton. Local residents attend fairs, hospital visits, and gatherings across Forest City, Ellenboro, Avondale, and Shelby with multiple families noted in weekly accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastic
R-3
Oak Grove
Epworth League
R. S. Magness
Claude Blanton
Sarah Martha Magness
Forest City
Mattie Magness
Delia Randall
W. T. Harrill
Ellenboro
M. E. Hawkins
Joe Hawkins
Avondale
W. A. Jolley
Rutherford Hospital
Hoover Jolley
Paul Harrill
H. J. Harrill
E. R. Magness
W. G. Magness
Cliff Magness
Wade Harrill
Walter Greene
J. M. Biggerstaff
Shelby
T. Wilson
Local residents busy picking cotton in Ellenboro area
Ellenboro on Oct. 14 reports many residents including Oscar Padgett and family Ship Harrill and family W A Bridges and family C M Watson Clyde Merck and family and Walter Bridges among those actively picking cotton in the Pinehurst News section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenboro
R-2
Oscar Padgett
Ship Harrill
W. A. Bridges
C. M. Watson
Clyde Merck
Walter Bridges
Bailey and Keete families host birthday dinner
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Bailey with relatives visited Mr. W. T. Keete and Tonie Merck families Sunday and surprised Joe Allen Miss Malinda Wells and Mrs. Keeter with a birthday dinner. Mr. Monroe Wells and Edger Price also present in this section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Bailey
W. T. Keete
Tonie Merck
Cramerton
Joe Allen
Malinda Wells
Keeter
Monroe Wells
Edger Price
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Farmers Hardware Co
Rutherford County
R. I. Roberts
Spindale
Jack Magness
Laurena Goode
Cliffside
Hazel Wells
Campbells Soup
Maxwell House Coffee
Corree
Es, Artichokes
Brussels
Tomah
Chuck Roast
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