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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1947

Page

4

Deaths Ella Baker 76 Enfield burial Elmwood Cemetery

Mrs Ella Baker 76 died Sunday in Tarboro after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 4:30 PM from Branch Funeral Home Chapel in Enfield, conducted by Rev J Felix Arnold and Rev P F Newton. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. Born Ella Moss, daughter of Thomas Moss, wife of Drew Cilla Turner Moss, later wife of David Baker. Lived near Ringwood and later Enfield.

Enfield Branch Ella Baker Tarboro J. Felix Arnold Enfield Baptist Church P. F. Newton Elmwood Ella Moss Thomas Moss Drew Cilla Turner Moss Wilson County Miss Moss David Baker Halifax County Ringwood

John D. Ashford obituary from Scotland Neck

Funeral services for John Durwood Ashford 42 a Scotland Neck businessman were held Friday at the Scotland Neck Baptist Church. He died Wednesday in a Tarboro hospital from injuries after a Tuesday morning wreck near Fishing Creek Bridge twelve miles from Rocky Mount. Interment followed in Scotland Neck Cemetery.

Enfield John Durwood Ashford Scotland Neck Tarboro Ashford Rocky Mount Fishing Creek Highway Patrol

Local Man Killed By Car Engine Collapse At Scotland Neck

In Scotland Neck a man operating an automobile and general supply house was pinned in his seat when the engine broke through the floor. Passersby carried him to Tarboro hospital where he died after a long illness. Surviving are his wife Virginia Mitchell of Enfield, three sons all of Scotland Neck, four brothers and two sisters, and other relatives. He was born September 2 1870 in Greene county and known as a farmer and textile worker in Henderson Roanoke Rapids area. Funeral services were held at City Road Methodist Church Henderson with burial in Sandy Creek cemetery.

Scotland Neck Tarboro Hospital Virginia Mitchell Enfield John Durward, Jr Samuel Briggs David Ashford John Ashford Clarence H Robert E George Thomas Red Springs Howard Philadelphia Bill Wilkerson Eloise Ashford Washington, D. C George Tatum Wilson Greene County Wayne Johnston Henderson Roanoke Rapids Patterson Mill City Road Methodist Church E. V. Cowan Floyd A. Boger

William D Peacock Dies At Home At 76

William David Peacock, 76, died at his home Wednesday night of an unspecified illness. He was a longtime resident and is survived by family members.

William D. Peacock William David Peacock

Jannie Tate Kincaid Dies After Illness at 23

Jannie Tate Kincaid 23 died Tuesday night after a years long illness in Kinston hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. from Joseph W. Bailey's funeral home in Richmond with interment at Maury Street Cemetery. She is survived by her father Hubert J. Kincaid, brother Hugh Jones Kincaid of Roanoke Rapids, and step brother Ted Davis of Richmond.

Jannie Tate Kincaid Kinston Hospital Joseph W. Bailey Richmond Maury Street Hubert J. Kincaid Hugh Jones Kincaid Roanoke Rapids Ted Davis Pierce Shrdlu Hrdluwuuu

Mr. and Mrs. Wright Celebrate Golden Anniversary

Mrs. Carrie A. Ivey visits sister Mrs. J M P Wright of Brunswick Virginia as Mr. and Mrs Wright mark their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday March 23.

Carrie A. Ivey J. M. P. Wright Brunswick Mrs. Wright

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