Funeral Held Monday For Mrs Simmons
Funeral services for Mrs. J. C. Simmons 57 were held at Rosemary Methodist Church on Monday afternoon with Rev. Paul Fields and Rev. Edmond Berkley officiating. Interment followed in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. She died at her daughter’s home on Hamilton Street after several months illness. She came to Roanoke Rapids from Granville County in 1908 and is survived by three daughters, a son, three sisters, and three brothers from nearby towns.
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J. C. Simmons
Rosemary Methodist Church
Paul Fields
Edmond Berkley
Roanoke Rapids
Simmons
Mark Allen
Hamilton Street
Granville County
Addie Bell
Jessie Simmons
John C. Simmons
This City
C. Z. Whitaker
Oak Ridge
G. K. Gibbs
Guilford
W. H. Saunders
White Fall
Texas
A. S. Lyon
Rocky Mount
A. M. Lyon
Smithfield
W. E. Lyon
Franklinton
Local family visits. hospital and weekend guests
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Taylor visited Mrs. John Taylor at Duke Hospital Friday. Bill Dunning of Norfolk spent the week end here with Mrs. Dunning.
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Carlton Taylor
John Taylor
Duke Hospital
Bill Dunning
Norfolk
Dunning
Permits Issued for Dwelling Station and Remodeling
Three building permits were issued in the city for a dwelling a service station and a remodeling job. The records list owner contractor location type and estimated costs including EB B Helms Wesley Fulghum Vance Street six room dwelling How erton Gowen F M Rightmyer First Street and Roanoke Avenue service station 2300 J R Jones Fred Forrest 227 Roanoke Avenue remodeling to present building into office 300
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EB. B. Helms
Wesley Fulghum
Vance Street
Howerton Gowen
F. M. Rightmyer
First Street
Roanoke Avenue
J. R. Jones
Fred Forrest
Governor to Attend Weldon Rockfish Festival Opening
Governor J. Melville Broughton accepts invitation to join the Weldon Rockfish Festival on April 28 for the Governor's Day program. Weldon festival committee names Mrs. D. W. Seifert as chairman as clubs join in. Work will begin this week.
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J. Melville Broughton
Weldon
Iron Duke to Visit Roanoke Rapids in a Few Days
The Iron Duke mobile tea kitchen, a war relic from the Battle of Britain, will tour Roanoke Rapids within days. Mrs. R P Beckwith announces the visit by the British War Relief Society, with a driver and a hostess from the national group. Paul Fields Jr of Duke University is in town for holidays.
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America
Roanoke Rapids
R. P. Beckwith
British War Relief Society
Britian
Duke
Paul Fields, Jr
Duke University
Local residents visit and return after visits
Weldon Mrs. Ivan Gay and children return to Raleigh after time with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Trueblood. Grigg Fountain returns to Hartford after days with his mother. Mrs. W. T. Whitehead visits Spruce Pine. Mrs. Dean Richmond arrives from London to stay with relatives in Weldon. Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Pierce return from Saint Petersburg. Mrs. Allen Pierce in Philadelphia. Mrs. D. C. Johnson hosted daughter in Norfolk. Miss Mabel Alston of Lillington visits Weldon. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Grant of Rocky Mount spend weekend in Weldon. Dutch Seifert returns to Chapel Hill after holidays with parents.
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Ivan Gay
Raleigh
Jack Trueblood
Grigg Fountain
Hartford
S. B. Pierce
Saint Petersburg
Fila
Allen Pierce
Philadelphia
Penn
D. C. Johnson
Milton Underwood
Norfolk
Mabel Alston
Lillington
W. L. Alston
H. L. Grant
Rocky
Camp Jackson Man Spends Weekend Here
George Wood of Camp Jackson spent the week end here. Stewart Hall and Buddy Ed monds spent Wednesday in Raleigh.
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George Wood
Camp Jackson
Stewart Hall
Buddy Edmonds
Raleigh
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Q. S. Leonard
Franklin County
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Johnston
Woodrow Warren
Nash
Carlton Blalock
Wilson
Mrs. Simmons
Weldon Festival
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