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MRS. DR i E PASSESs?!\\Mrs. Cora Richardson Drve, wife of Mr. Thomas W. Drye, 520 North Myers Street, Char-.ite. N. C., after briei illness, passed away Sunday evening, October 30th, 1932, at 10:00 o’clock.Funeral service was held from eventh Street Presbyterian church, Tuesday afternoon, Nc~ vember 1st, at 3 o’clock. The service was conducted by Dr. R. P. Wyche, pastor of the church, assisted by Revs. A. H. Prince, F. C. Shirley, W. R. Mayberry, Drs. Gordon and L.J. Melton.The music sung by the church choir was “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,” and “Some Day. We Will Understand,” by Miss-Marie Lindsay.The pallbearers were Messrs. U J. R. Hemphill, J. E. Hemphill, James Mcknight, P. H. Richardson, Drs. Thos. A. Long and It. L. Douglass. The interment was in the Pinewood Cemetery, Charlotte.The floral offerings were in profusion, among them being one from the Ed. Mellon Company, one from the Sheaf Gatherers’ Bible Class of Seventh Street church, and another from the D. J. Sanders Memorial Bible Class. Particularly notable was the floral piececovering the length of the casket, fashioned by the florist with rare flowers gathered from Mrs. Drye’s own rose garden.Mrs. Cora Richardson Drye was born in Monroe,, N. C. SherV.tr.ti:cV 0Vhn*aore:L/lclt;t(wTvEf(lawas married to Mr. Thomas W. Drye in February, 1900. To this union live children were born.Mrs. Drye was a very active and loyal member of Seventh Street Presbyterian church, this city, being at the time of her passing a member of the Missionary Circle of the church, member of the Sheaf Gatherers’ Class in the Sunday school, and was present fvery Sunday. She was also' a m.nn-b er of the House Committee . W*' T*-lXJ'~ Vta/*the Y. W. C. A. of this city._ Mrs. Drye became a Christian at an early age and united with the church and lived a conscientious, Christiaan life.Mrs. Drye was a loving wife and a devoted mother, and loved her home, friends and neighbors.Those surviving are: herhusband, Mr. Thomas W. Drye; two sons, Robert Wesley and Thomas Worth; three daughters, Thelma, Bernice and Edna Lois Drye; two brothers,Mr. S. J. Richardson, of Statesville, N. C., and Mr. James Richardson, of Charlotte, and several nieces and nephews.suw;a*natl)idr,tair.owifie'orbmoprcoththeS
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Charlotte Africo American Presbyteria
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
Thu, Oct 20, 1932
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