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cher hospital
Services were held in the New 1
ing SPrings Baptist Church i
Rev. Roy Rector officiating,
was conducted in the Robinson far
cemetery in Yancey County.
A natiev of Madison County, he i
a son of Mary A. Robinson of Fletck
and the late Marion Robinson. 1
owned and operated the Inters tat
Service Station in Fletcher tyr
than 20 years,
In addition to his mother, he is sur
vived by three brothers, the Rev.
Dolph, Robinson and Ray Robinson of
Hendersonville and Dewey Robinson
of Arden; and four sisters, Bertha
Wilkey of Fletcher, Doris Bradshaw
of Swannanoa, Lois Welch of Winston
Salem and Joyce Soesbee of
ftnlu mill W
Lawton A. Thomas
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Funeral services were held on M
day for Lawton Thomas "Tommy'
Thomas of Asheville who died Satur
day in the Asheville VA Medical
Center at the age of 77.
SErvices were held in the chapel of
the Anders-Rice Funeral Home with
the Revs. Milford Boyce and David
Sparks officiating. Burial was con
ducted in the Green Hills Cemetery.
A native of Walnut, he was a son of
the late Emory M. and Bette
Freeman Thomas. He was a member
of the Sunrise Baptist Church.
A retired employee of the Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Co., he was a
member of the Woodmen of the World
Lodge No. 01. Mr. Thomas was a
veteran of the U.S. Army and a reci
pient of the Order of the Long Leaf
Pine.
He is survived by his wife. Nettie
Williams Thomas; a daughter, Betty
Jean Becker of Asheville; two sons.
Charles Andrew Thomas of Hender
sonville and Edwin Bryce Thomas of
Clearwater, Fla.; a brother, Hobson
Dewey Thomas of Hot Springs; eight
grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Cora R. Pegg
Funeral services were held yester
day morning for Cora Roberts Pegg
of Weaverville who died Saturday at ~
her home at the age of 81. i
Services were held in the Mount
Sheba Baptist Church, of which she
was a member, with the Revs. Ebb
Jenkins and Luther Spivey of
ficiating. Burial was conducted in the
church cemetery.
A lifelong resident of Buncombe
County, she was the daughter of the
late Amos and Louisa Edwards
Roberts and the widow of the Rev.
Fred W. Pegg, who died in 1961.
She is survived by three daughters,
Bertha Hyatt of Asheville and Bunie
Peeples and Frances Robinson, both
of Weaverville; four sons. Frank,
Sam and Garrett Pegg, all of Weaver
ville and Eugene Pegg of Cowpens,
S.C.; three brothers, Carl ar)d Roy
Roberts of Weaverville and Lewis
Roberts of Alexander; 27 grand
children, 36 great-grandchildren and
a great-great-granddaughter.
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KY PA.M t'KOWIIL'KST |
Two Madison County 4-H'ers were
among 30 North Carolina 4-H'ers who
participated in the 4-H Citizenship
Washington Focus last week in
Washington. D.C. Julie Brittain and
Laura Ledford spent a week at the
National 4-H Center and were involv
ed with a variety of activities which
gave them the opportunity to set
goals in citizenship as individuals, as
community members, citizens of
states, the nation, and the world.
About the activities, Julie said she
' . enjoyed getting to know people
from all over the US, improved public
speaking skills, and saw a nightview
of Washington, DC as well as the Na
tional Zoo." Laura added that the ob
jective of the trip was " to introduce
idea* about citizenship to the 4-H'ers.
We enjoyed the debate about citizen
ship we 1 u ~
THE SINGING PATRIOTS of Asheville will
present a program of old-fashioned gospel
musi|c on Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Enon Baptist
Church in Marshall. The singing will begin at
7 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
A lot of big banks these days seem
more concerned with Florida than with
North Carolina.They've forgotten where
they started and who helped them grow.
At First Citizens we haven't.
North Carolina is our home. You are
the people who have helped us grow. And
that's why \ms take both the name and
the responsibility of being a "citizen"
so seriously.