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CONFEDERATE VETERAN ANSWERS ! FINAL ROLL CALLI __.! Mr. D. D. Nanney, Formerly of Co. C., 34th Regiment, N.| C. V., Died TuesdaySpindale, May 15.—Mr. Drury D. .Nanney, aged 85, died at the home | of his son, Mr. Edgar Nanney, Tues-jday night at 9:30. Mr. Nanney had been in declining health for several months and was taken seriously ill last week. Death came peacefully at *9:30, ending the suffering of this aged soldier of the Confederacy.Funeral services will be held today (Thursday), at Pleasant Hill Baptist church, west of Rutherford-ton, at 11 o’clock. The pastor of the church, Rev. M. M. Huntley, will be in charge of the services. Interment will be in Pleasant Hill cemetery.i Mr. Nanney is survSjfed by his widow, Mary Justice Nanney, and three , children, Mrs. William H. Durham, of Tryon; Mrs. J. N. Fowler, who resides in Polk county, and Mr. Ed-j gar Nanney, of Spindale. Twenty i grandchildren and twenty-three great 1igrandchildren survive.Mr. Nanney was born February] 13, 1844, a son of Thomas and Polly! j Flack Nanney, of Union Mills. He i was left an orphan when twelve J ' years of age. He worked on a farm | until the War Between the States, j when he volunteered for service in j Company C., 34th North Carolinaj Regiment, Infantry, commanded by Capt. M. O. Dickerson and Logan i Twitty. He served during the entire! period of war, and was paroled in * April, 1865. During the four years of service in the Confederate service Mr. Nanney participated in more than thirty major engagements.After his parole he returned to j •Rutherford county where he engaged in farming. He was married to Miss Mary Justice on June 29, 1869, and to this union were born seven children, three of whom are now living.Mr. Nanney has been a life long member of the Baptist church, and was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist church at the time of his death. He was a loyal member of his church and always ready to undertake any task in carrying on the work of the church.
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Forest City Courier
Forest City, North Carolina, US
Thu, May 16, 1929
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