Area obituaries - Ayscue CREEDMORE - Wiley V. Ayscue, W. of Creedmore. N.C.V died Saturday He was the husband of Mrs. Hoiice Ball Ayscue aad was a retired farmer Besides his wife, surviving are oo e daughter, Mrs. Em mett Gooch of Creednore; one son. Wiley W. Ayscue. Jr. of Butner, N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Edwards of Rolesville, Mrs. Onnie Johnson of Zebulon and Mrs. Hallie Overton of Louisburg; one brother, Joseph R. Ayscue of Route 1. Hertford; four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Mt. Carmel Christian Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Bates CHESAPEAKE, VA. - Mr. Elden Thurman Bates, 70, of 722 Stewart Street, and Route 1, Hertford, died Monday in Chesapeake General Hospital. A native of Oak Hill, Ohio. be iu the husband ci Mrs. Elisabeth V. Bates ud ?u retired u a y ardmaster at the Army Terminal in Norfolk He ?aa a member of tbe Norview Masonic Lodge No. 113, Norfolk Scottish Rites Bodies. Kheidive Temple. Chesapeake Shrine Club aad the fheespeske Fraternal Order of the Eagles. Besides his wile he is sur vived by one daughter, Mrs. Frances B. Rogers of Chesapeake; two brothers, Bert Bates of Gorton. Conn., and Austin Bates of McArthur , Ohio. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday af ternoon at 1 p.m. in Frances A. Gay Cedar Road Chapel by Rev. Frank Hughes, Jr. Burial followed in Cedar wood Cemetery in Hertford. Bryant GREENSBORO - Mrs. Agnes Tucker Bryant, 68, of 3506 Pine Top Road; Green sboro, died Sunday night. She was a native of Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Nathan and Isa Gordon Tucker an