L. C. HARRIS DIES
OF WRECK INJURY
SATURDAY NIGHT
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Halifax County had its first
1941 highway fatality on Saturday
night, January 4.
Leonard C. Harris, 30, died in
the Roanoke Rapids Hospital a
bout 11:55 p.m. of that day as a
result of injuries received in an
automobile accident. The accident
occurred near the Grant Brick
Works on highway 158 near Wel
don Saturday night about 8:30 in
the evening.
James F. Coletrain, driver of
the fatal machine (an A model
Ford), was cut about the face and
one leg, but not injured seriously.
Harris and Coletrain were the
only occupants of the roadster.
The accident occurred when two
other cars met the Coletrain car,
forcing it off the pavement and
on the shoulder, according to
Coletrain. He lost control of his
machine when it hit the shoulder,
he told officers.
The car turned over, the glass
cutting Harris severely across the
stomach and some part of the
machine crushing him, bringing
death within about three hours
after the accident.
Coletrain had picked up Harris,
whose home was in South Wei
don, at the Junction to take him
home, according to reports. Har
ris was employed at the Roanoke
Mills Company in No. 2 plant, it
is said.
Coletrain, who is being treated
at the hospital here this week,
will be given a hearing after he
leaves the hospital, Patrolman H.
W. Rothrock said this week.
Funeral services for Harris were
held at the Holiness Church on
Burton Street Monday afternopn
at 3:00, with the Rev. Mr. Camp
bell conducting. Interment was in
the Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fan
nie Tompkins Harris; two step
daughters,, Margaret and Bessie
Mae Tompkins; and two step
sons, Marion Francis and Webster
Tompkins.
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Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Boone of
Smithfield were guests of Mrs. R.
I. Starke Thursday.
Misses Edith Wood and Lois
Lyles returned to Norfolk Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Davis,
Charles, Lanier, and Carolyn Da
vis spent the holidays in Hills
boro.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Willis spent
Sunday in Portsmouth, Va.
Miss Evelyn Mitchell has re
turned home after spending some
time in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. C. G. Tilghman and Mrs.
Dean Richmond visited in Chapel
Hill last week.
Misses Alice and Frances Moore
returned to Greensboro Sunday
after spending the holidays with
their mother, Mrs. Frank Moore.
Misses Agnes and Frances
Oakes returned to A. C. College
in Wilson Sunday after spending
the holidays with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Oakes.
C. A. Sledge of Selma spent
Sunday in Weldon with his fam
ily.
Miss Emily Crouch visited Miss
Annie Pope in Enfield last week.
Mrs. Frank Moore spent Fri
day in Norfolk, Va.
I
CARD OF THANKS
The wife, parents, and relatives
of the late John D. House Jr. wish
to express their appreciation for
the kindness and sympathy shown
them during his illness and death.
Mrs. H. L. Bobbitt
Dies At Her Home
Near Littleton
Mrs. Annie May Bobitt, 45, of
Littleton R.F.D., died suddenly
last Thursday evening at her
home. Funeral services were held
at the Littleton Baptist Church
Sunday ^fternoon at 2 o’clock
with the Rev. H. B. Davis and
the Rev. C. R. Jenkins conduct
ing. Interment was in the Sun
set Hill Cemetery, Littleton.
Mrs. Bobbitt lived in Roanoke
Rapids for about six years, hav
ing operated a cafe in the South
Ward business section from 1932
to 1938.
She is survived by her hus
band, H. L. Bobbitt; three sisters,
Mrs. Lonnie Winston of Durham,
Mrs. Lena Brown of Durham, and
Mrs. Mack McKenny of Durham;
three brothers, Willie and Tom
mie Cates of Knoxville, Tenn.,
and Edgar Cates of Durham.
Aged Enfield Man
Buried Saturday
Q. B. Gurganus, age 82, died
at his home in Enfield Friday
morning at eleven thirty o’clock
after an extended illness. Funeral
services were held at his home
Saturday afternoon at three o’
clock conducted by Rev. B. D.
Critcher, of the Methodist
Church, assisted by Rev. Ross Ca
die, of the Baptist Church. Burial
was made in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mr. Gurganus is survived by one
son, Alfred Gurganus, of Enfield;
six daughters, Miss Mittie Gur
ganus and Mrs. W. H. Howing
ton of Enfield, Mrs. William
Sparks of Darlington, Mrs. D. E.
Millikin of near Enfield, Mrs.
Matt Hux of near Enfield and
Mrs. Louis Cooke, of Weldon.
Mrs. Sarah Cooke
Dies In Enfield
Mrs. Sarah B. Cooke, age 74,
died at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. C. O. Strickland, with
whom she made her home, here
Thursday morning after a week’s
illness. Funeral services, conduct
ed by Rev. Ross Cadle, were held
at the home Friday afternoon at
two thirty o’clock, and burial was
made in the Strickland plot in
Elmwood Cemetery.
, Mrs. Cooke is survived by her
daughter, Mrs. Strickland, two
sons, Temple Cooke, of Norfolk,
Va., Fred Cooke, of Washington,
D. C.; three sisters, Mrs. Bettie
Lancaster of Goldsboro, Mrs. Gus
Whitehead of Enfield, and Mrs.
Joseph Williams of Battleboro;
one brother, N. Braswell, of En
field.
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