Harris dies from wreck injuries in Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County reports its first 1941 highway fatality as Leonard C. Harris, 30, dies at Roanoke Rapids Hospital after a car crash on highway 158 near Wel don. Driver James F. Coletrain is hospitalized with injuries. Harris died about three hours after the accident. Funeral services held at Holiness Church. interment in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Harris survived by wife Fannie Tompkins Harris and stepchildren.
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Halifax County
Leonard C. Harris
Roanoke Rapids
Grant Brick Works
Highway 158
Weldon
James F. Coletrain
Harris
Coletrain
South Wel
Don
Roanoke Mills Company
Holiness Church
Burton Street
Mr. Campbell
Fannie Tompkins Harris
Margaret
Bessie Mae Tompkins
Marion Francis
Webster Tompkins
Social notes from Weldon and nearby towns
Weldon residents and visitors head to Portsmouth Norfolk and Chapel Hill for weekend trips and family visits. Miss Evelyn Mitchell returns home from Richmond while Misses Alice Frances Moore travel back to Greensboro after holidays with Mrs. Frank Moore. Families including the Oakes and Sledge are noted visiting Weldon and Enfield audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Willis
Portsmouth
Evelyn Mitchell
Richmond
Alice
Frances Moore
Greensboro
Frank Moore
Agnes
Frances Oakes
A. C. College
Wilson
A. W. Oakes
Card of Thanks for John D. House Jr.
The wife, parents, and relatives express appreciation for kindness and sympathy shown during his illness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. House Jr
Mrs. H. L. Bobbitt Dies At Her Littleton Home
Annie May Bobbitt 45 of Littleton RFD died suddenly at home last Thursday. Funeral held Sunday at Littleton Baptist Church at 2 PM with Reverends H. B. Davis and C. R. Jenkins officiating. Burial in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Survived by husband H L Bobbitt three sisters and three brothers from Durham Knoxville and Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie May Bobitt
Littleton
H. L. Bobbitt
Lonnie Winston
Durham
Lena Brown
Mack McKenny
Willie and
Tommie Cates
Knoxville, Tenn
Edgar Cates
Aged Enfield Man Buried Saturday
Q. B. Gurganus, 82, died at his Enfield home Friday at 11:30 after a long illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at his residence.
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Enfield
Q. B. Gurganus
Gurganus Rites Held With Ministers Officiating
The funeral was conducted by Rev. B. D. Critcher of the Methodist Church aided by Rev. Ross Cadle of the Baptist Church. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery. Survived by son Alfred of Enfield and six daughters including Miss Mittie Gurganus and Mrs. W. H. Howington of Enfield, Mrs. Sparks of Darlington, Mrs. Millikin of near Enfield, Mrs. Hux of near Enfield, and Mrs. Cooke of Weldon.
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B. D. Critcher
Methodist Church
Ross Cadle
Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Gurganus
Alfred Gurganus
Enfield
Mittie Gurganus
W. H. Howington
William Sparks
Darlington
D. E. Millikin
Matt Hux
Louis Cooke
Weldon
Mrs. Sarah Cooke Dies In Enfield
Mrs. Sarah B. Cooke aged 74 died at the home of her daughter Mrs. C O Strickland after a week of illness. Funeral services were held at the Strickland home with Rev. Ross Cadle presiding and burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs. Strickland two sons Temple Cooke of Norfolk Virginia and Fred Cooke of Washington D C three sisters Bettie Lancaster Gus Whitehead and Mrs Joseph Williams and one brother N Braswell all of Enfield.
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Sarah B. Cooke
C. O. Strickland
Ross Cadle
Strickland
Elmwood Cemetery
Modern electric range designed with you in mind in 1941
A compact 1941 era feature explains a new electric range built for household use. It emphasizes user friendly design and practical convenience, targeting the modern home and daily cooking tasks.
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. C. Harris
H. W. Rothrock
J. J. Boone
Smithfield
R. I. Starke
Edith Wood
Lois Lyles
Norfolk
C. W. Davis
Charles, Lanier
Carolyn Davis
Hillsboro
C. G. Tilghman
Dean Richmond
Chapel Hill
C. A. Sledge
Selma
Emily Crouch
Annie Pope
Sarah Cooke
Virginia Electric and Power Company
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