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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
6
A reader recalls a "Gossip Column" misread as an English paper, noting a Wel don wedding announced from Oxford and listing Roanoke Rapids as a hometown thrill. Enclosed are wartime letters from Cpl Henry E Jenkins and Pfc Douglas C Mullis, plus brief local births and visits in Newport and Weldon.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Harris 73 were held Tuesday afternoon June 27 at her home with interment in the family cemetery. Rev E C Thornton and Rev Sam Habel officiated. Surviving relatives include five daughters two sons two sisters four brothers and four grandchildren. Out of town mourners attended from several nearby towns.
Mrs. Paul Ray is spending vacation in Portsmouth with relatives. Ray Goodman of Williamston visited last week. Miss Shafia Hatem returned from a trip to Buffalo New York. Miss Elizabeth Wilder of Franklinton visits Iris Davis Margaret Manning and Louise Godbey.
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