Deaths And Funerals Of Warren County And Area Residents
Mrs. Elizabeth Yancey of Ridgeway announces the
engagement of her daughter, Cynthia Ann, to Alphonso
Wilkerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wilkerson of Norlina.
A May 21 wedding is planned at the Lions Den in Warrenton
at three o'clock. All friends and relatives of the couple are
invited to attend.
The record height for a kite is over four miles. Ten kites
were put together for the record-breaking flight.
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Funeral services (or William
Christopher Walker, 72, a
Warren County native who
died Tuesday in Guardian Care
Nursing Home in Henderson
after an illness of 10 years, will
be held at 3 p. m. today
(Thursday) at Gardner's Baptist
Church by the Rev. Michael
Macon. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
The son of the late William
Henry and Mollie Wright
Walker, Mr. Walker was a
retired farmer and made hie
home on Rt. 2, Macon.
Surviving are five sisters,
Mrs. Maude W. Lynch and Mrs.
Mary W. Thompson, both of
Macon, Mrs. Bettie W. Bottoms
of Warrenton, Mrs. Edna W.
Spaight of Raleigh and Mrs.
Grace Bobbitt of Henderson;
and one brother, Stith W.
Walker of Rt. 2, Macon.
W. B. STANSBURY
LITTLETON—Funeral services
for Willie Ben Stansbury,
58. were conducted at 3 p. m.
Wednesday from Enterprise
Baptist Church by the Rev.
Jerry E. Harper. Burial was in
Accepting Applications
The Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, an agency of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
is accepting applications
for the "All-Risk" insurance on
tobacco for 1977 in Vance and
Warren counties, according to
an announcement by Lucille B.
Buchanan, office representative.
In 1977 Federal Crop
Insurance has increased the
coverage on tobacco in both
Vance and Warren counties.
"If you are interested in
learning more about your
coverage please contact the
local Federal Crop Insurance
Office located in the Vance
County Office Building in
Henderson immediately," Mrs.
Buchanan said. "Sales have
already been closed in many
counties in other areas."
Due to the current funding
situation, no Federal Crop
Insurance fieldmen will be able
to call on individual farmers,
she said.
Continental
Standing Timber Woodlaods
Pine or Mixed Pine and Hardwood
By The Unit Or By The Boundary
If You Are Interested In Selling A Tract Of Timber, 30 Acres Or
Larger, Please Call Us Collect At Our Procurement Office Nearest
You. Or Write Continental Forest Industries, Inc.
Loutsburg 496 2700 P.O. BOX 385
Katesviiie Woodyard 496 5294 Franklinton, N.C. 27525
Norlina Woodyard 456 2611
Thompson's
Tobacco Warehouses
No. 795 Warrenton, N. C
We Guarantee Your Fair Share
Of Selling Time Every Week
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Mrs. Anna S. Thompson Virgil T. Grissom
Glenn R. Riggan
Telephone 257-3779 (Home Phone 257-3877)
Warehouse Number 795 Warrenton, North Carolina
the church cemetery.
Mr. Stansbury died in
Halifax County Memorial Hospital
in Roanoke Rapids
Monday at 3:41 a. m., following
an illness of five weeks. The son
of Mrs. Eugie Shearin Stansbury
and the late Benjamin
Franklin S tans bury, he was a
sawyer, and a member of
Enterprise Baptist Church.
Mr. Stansbury is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Dorothy
Riggan Stansbury of the home;
three daughters, Mrs. Larry S.
(Justine) Jones of Lawrenceville,
Va.. Mrs. Michael
(Sandra) Williams of Route 3,
Littleton, and Mrs. Alex (Jane)
Lockerman of Gasburg, Va.; his
mother, Mrs. Eugie Shearin
Stansbury of Gaston; a sister,
Mrs. S. C. Dann of Gaston; a
brother, John Bill Stansbury of
Route 3, Littleton; and four
grandchildren.
The family requests that in
lieu of flowers donations be
made to the Warren County
Rescue Squad, of which Mr.
Stansbury was a charter
member, or to the Enterprise
Baptist Church.
MRS. NORA L. PL'RDY
Funeral services for Mrs.
Nora L. Purdy. 89, former
resident of Warrenton, who
died last Friday, were conducted
at 3 p. m. Sunday from
Kinswood United Methodist
Church in Bracey, Va. Burial
was in the Boyd family
cemetery in Bracey.
Mrs. Purdy is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Carl W.
Dickens of Wake Forest, and
Mrs. W. M. Gullett of
Burlingame, Calif.; four sons,
A. Goode of Richmond, Va.,
Edwin 0. of Crozet, Va., James
M. of Mineral, Va., and Dr.
Thomas S. Russell of Pullman,
Wash.; 12 grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
REV. EDWARD W. GREENE
OXFORD-The Rev. Ed
ward W. Greene, 67, of Rt. 5,
Henderson, died at 6:35
Monday morning at Maria
Parham Hospital.
He attended Campbell College
and Wake Forest College.
He was a minister of Amis
Chapel Baptist Church in
Granville County for 34 years
and the minister of Reedy
Creek Baptist Church in
Warren County for 30 years.
He u as a member of the Henry
F. Grainger Masonic Lodge 412,
A.F. and A.M. He was a
member of the dairymen's
association. He was a member
of the board of directors of
Central Carolina Farmers
Exchange.
Funeral services were held at
3 p. m. Wednesday at Dexter
Baptist Church by the Rev.
Robert H. Wainw right, the
Rev. Neil Woodlie and the Rev.
Clarence Bishop. Burial will be
in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Lee Boyd Greene; two
daughters, Mrs. Carolyn G.
Nutt of Henderson and Mrs.
Barbara Monk of Roxboro;
three- sisters, Mrs. Katherine
Turlington of Clinton, Mrs.
Lucy Lyle of Henderson and
Mrs. Esther Hicks of Oxford;
three brothers. A. B. Greene
and S. W. Greene, both of
Oxford and R. Tom Greene of
Raleigh; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers were the deacons
of Amis Chapel Baptist Church
and Reedy Creek Baptist
Church.
MARY J. DANIEL
ROCK MOUNT-Grave
side services for Mrs. Mary
Johnston Daniel, 82, who died
last Thursday, were conducted
at 3 p. m. Saturday at Pineview
Cemetery.
Surviving are her widower,
Vann C. Daniel; two daughters,
Mrs. Flozzie James of Rocky
Mount and Mrs. Josephine
Lanz of Raleigh; a sister, Mrs.
Fannie Mansten of Littleton; a
brother, Nathan Johnston of
Littleton; and four grandchildren.
JACOB T. HARRIS
Funeral services for Jacob T.
Harris, 74, of New York City
were conducted Sunday at 3 p.
m. from Oak Chapel AME
Church at Warrenton by the
Rev. Walter Yar borough.
Burial was in the Plummer
family cemetery.
Mr. Harris died at 6 a. m. on
Tuesday, March 15, in New
York City. The son of the late
William and Ellen Harris, Mr.
Harris was born in Warren
County on Aug. 22, 1903. He
sp«nt his childhood in Warrenton
and at an early age joined
Oak Chapel AME Church. As a
young man he migrated to New
York City where he was
employed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad for many years. He
was a communicant at the St.
Francis Church and a member
of his lodges, the Holy Name
Society and the Franciscan
Fathers.
He is survived by Mrs. Mary
Roberts of Warrenton, Mrs.
Willie Hinnant of Brooklyn, N.
Y., Mrs. Ruth Holmes of
Weldon, Ms. Clara Harris, Mrs.
Mary Butts and Mrs. Sallie
Cawthorne of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Mr. John Harris, Jr., of
Warrenton, and Mrs. Richard
E. Harris of South Orange, N.
J.
GEORGE W. GARRETT, JR.
George Washington Garrett,
Jr., 64, of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
died at Bay Front Medical
Center on March 16. He is
survived by^ one son. Wade
Garrett of Ogden, Utah, and a
daughter, Mrs. Ann Pullen of
Norlina. Graveside services at
Warrendale Cemetery were
conducted by the Rev. G. Elton
Cooke on Sunday, March 20.
WILLIAM H. CARTER
Funeral services for William
H. Carter of Rocky Mount were
conducted on March 14 at 2 p.
m. from Reedy Creek Baptist
Church cemetery. He was the
son of Mrs. Lula Harris Carter
of Henderson and the late
Weldon Carter.
FLOYD KNIGHT
Funeral services f6r Floyd
Knight, 76, of the Afton
community, were conducted at
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2 p. m. Wednesday afternoon
from St. Stephen's Baptist
Church by the Rev. Luther
Brown. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Knight, a retired truck
driver uid farmer, suffered a
heart attack at his home last
Saturday and was dead on
arrival at Warren General
Hospital. He was born in
Petersurg, Va., and came to
Warren County 60 years ago
and had lived in the Afton
community for 45 years.
He is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Fattie Knight of the home;
two daughters, Mrs. Susie
Alston of Baltimore, Md., and
Mrs. Clara Knight Cooper of
the home; one son, Edward
Knight of Baltimore, Md.; ton
grandchildren and ten greatgrandchildren.
His grandsons served as
pallbearers.
ROGER RAY TALLEY
Funeral services for Roger
Ray Talley. 28, were conducted
at 2 p. m. Saturday from
Bethlehem Baptist Church at
Wise by the Rev. Frank
Bullockr pastor, assisted by the
Rev. Robert Burnette. Interment
was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Talley, son of Eugene
Talley and Mrs. Mary Lou
Talley. was born on June 5.
1949, in Warren County. He
wed on March 12 in New York
City.
He was baptized and joined
the Bethlehem Baptist Church
at air early age and was a
faithful member until he moved
to New York.
He was a 1966 graduate of
North Warren High School, and
was an employee at North
Central Bronx Hospital.
He is survived by his mother
and father, Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Talley of Wise; three
sisters. Miss Ruth Ann Talley
of Bronx, N. Y., Miss Vanilla
Talley and Miss Eva Talley of
Wise; six brothers, Bessie
Talley, Ronald Talley, Frank
Talley, Jesse Talley and
Darnell Talley all of Bronx, N.
Y., and Walter Talley of Tillery.
CURRIN'S WAREHOUSES
Warrenton, N. C.
A message to tobacco growers
in North Carolina and Virginia—
As a result of the untimely death of my husband,
Dan Currin, Jr., I wish to announce that Currin's
Warehouses in Warrenton, North Carolina will be in
operation for the 1977 tobacco season as if he were
still with us.
I will be assisted by a competent and experienced staff
dedicated to proving you with the best and finest
service available to seii your tobacco this season. I ask
the continued support of the many loyal customers who
have done business with the Currin family for many
years and would deeply appreciate working with any
tobacco growers that can see their way to give any
or all of your sales this year.
Thank you for your business.
CURRIN'S WAREHOUSES, INC.
Betty Ellis Currin
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