Flora Dodson Circle Presents Japan Fifty Years Ago Program
Members of the Flora Dodson Circle of the First Baptist Church posed in costume for a program titled Japan Fifty Years Ago. The group listed includes leaders and several named ladies, with Mrs. John Wood and Mrs. O. L. Smith absent from the pictured lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Dodson
First Baptist Church
Japan
J. L. Hutchinson
Gordon Price
Brown Thomason
W. R. Teele
Bennett Hutchinson
J. W. Womb
Initialled terrapin spotted near Roanoke River in Halifax County
Beaufort Vincent found an unusual terrapin along the Roanoke River banks with natural initials C E E on top and J F E on the other side. The animal was photographed by Grant and kept at Vincent’s home for public viewing while readers are invited to judge the markings.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke River
Beaufort Vincent
Halifax Paper Co
Vultaire
Beaufort
Roanoke
Herald Office
C.E.E
J.F.E
Grant
Vincent
Death of Roanoke Rapids pioneer J W Taylor
J W Taylor prominent Roanoke Rapids merchant and former mayor died at 315 Jackson Street at 7 this morning. Funeral services set for 3:30 p.m. Friday May 20 at Roanoke Rapids Methodist Church with Rev E B Fisher officiating. Burial will be in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Born June 17 1884, he moved to Roanoke Rapids in 1899 and married Jennie Elizabeth Edmondson in 1904. survivors include their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Taylor
Roanoke Rapids
Jackson Street
Roanoke Rapids Methodist Church
E. B. Fisher
Mr. Taylor
N. B. Taylor
Brunswick County
Virginia
Ella Wesson Taylor
Jennie Elizabeth Edmondson
Lasting Loss in Roanoke Rapids as Local Grocer Dies
Mr. Taylor, a Roanoke Rapids grocer with over 25 years in business, dies after a brief illness. He is survived by wife Mrs. Fletcher P Dickens. sisters Mrs. W E Taylor and Mrs. W G Hockaday. and brothers H M Taylor W P Taylor and George N Taylor. The community mourns a well-loved civic figure and longtime shopkeeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher P. Dickens
Richmond
Brownie Taylor
Raleigh
Ella Lee Taylor
Greensboro
Virginia
Frances Taylor
Roanoke Rapids
Taylor
W. E. Taylor
Durham
W. G. Hockaday
H. M. Taylor
High Point
W. P
George N. Taylor
Citzens
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. O’s
J.W. Taylor
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Mary Patterson
Marguerite Hamlet
Margaret Johnson
Virginia Jenkins
Mary Robertson
Frances Grant
Irene Hawkins
Mary Norwood
Mattie Harris
Janie Lassiter
Clyde Butts
Mildred Evans
Godwin Lane
Helen Apple
T. J. Taylor
Irene Clark
J. M. Moss
Katherine Harrison
R. P. Beckwith
F. G. Jarman
M. C. Maddrey
Ava Wood
B. E. Stephenson
Upshur Higginbotham
F. L. Starke
T. J. Alford
Bahnson Weathers
J. W. Martin
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