Descendants of
David Fleming
of Pitt County, North Carolina
thru his son Benjamin
Fifth of eight parts
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Generation No. 5
B155. ALLIE ELIZABETH7 FLEMING (William Benjamin6, Osmyn S.5, Luke4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born September 21, 1893 in Beaufort County, North Carolina; died April 15, 1960 in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, according to her obituary in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, April 15, 1960, p. 12 and Pitt County, North Carolina Families, Adams - Jinkins, Volume I, by Levis Allen Churchill, Greenville, North Carolina, April 1995, p. 82. However, if I transcribed it correctly, her grave marker at Greenwood Cemetery in Greenville, North Carolina gives the date of her death as April 16, 1960. “Besie” married Charles Erastus Fleming (same as #B72 above) on February 21, 1917 in Belvoir, Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Edward Peter Fleming and Talitha House. He was born April 1, 1875 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died November 16, 1955 in Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina.
Obituary of Allie Elizabeth Fleming
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, April 15, 1960, p. 12:
RITES SATURDAY FOR MRS. C. E .FLEMING
Mrs. Allie E. Fleming, 66, widow of C. E. Fleming, died at Pitt Memorial Hospital at 6:15 Friday morning following two weeks of illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Wilkerson Chapel Saturday morning at 11 o’clock by her pastor, the Rev. Hoke Richie. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Fleming was reared and spent most of her married life in Pitt County. She lived in Rocky Mount for several years but for the past two years had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Warren Causey, near Grifton. Mr. Fleming died in 1955. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Rocky Mount.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Guy Whichard of Fairmount, Mrs. Warren E. Causey of Grifton, Mrs. Archie Henry of Florence, S. C., and Mrs. Harvey Brinson of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; two sons, C. E. Fleming, Jr. of Rocky Mount and Louis Fleming of Greenville; 13 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Lyman Brown of Falkland, Mrs. Agnes Little of Williamston, and Mrs. H. T. Brown of Greenville; a brother, Carlton Fleming of Belvoir; and her stepmother, Mrs. Josephine Fleming of Belvoir.
Obituary of Charles Erastus Fleming
, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, November 17, 1955, p. 16:The Daily Reflector
FUNERAL FRIDAY FOR CHARLES E. FLEMING
Mr. Charles E. Fleming, 80, died at his home, 223 South Tillery St., in Rocky Mount, at 4:25 o’clock Thursday (sic – Wednesday) afternoon after 10 months of illness.
uneral services will be conducted at the Wilkerson Chapel Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by the Rev. Hoke H. Ritchie, pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rocky Mount. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Fleming was born and reared in Pitt County, son of the late Edward Peter and Ann House Fleming, and was married to the former Allie Elizabeth Fleming. They made their home in Greenville until 1947 when they moved to Rocky Mount. Mr. Fleming was a farmer and salesman until his retirement in 1945. He was a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and a member of the Retired Men’s Club.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Charles E. Fleming of Rocky Mount and J. Louis Fleming of Greenville; four daughters, Mrs. Warren Causey of Grifton, Mrs. Guy Whichard of Fairmont, and Evelyn and Martha of the home; and 11 grandchildren.
Issue listed above under (#B72),
Charles Erastus Fleming, before.
B157. ETHEL MARIAH7 FLEMING (William Benjamin6, Osmyn S.5, Luke4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born January 3, 1895, according to Emily Cheryl (Mayo) Malone. She married first Arthur Herbert Mayo on February 23, 1916 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He was born March 21, 1891 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina; died August 15, 1918 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He was buried in the Mayo Cemetery on the J.B. Ellis farm in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. She married second H. Lyman Brown.
From e-mail from Emily Cheryl (Mayo) Malone, Kinston, North Carolina, on September 30, 1999:
“Ethel Fleming and Lyman Brown had one daughter who now lives in Florida. She has two children and a couple of grandchildren. I will try to contact them and see if they will contribute information to be included in the genealogy.”
Issue:
Of Ethel Mariah Fleming and and Arthur Herbert Mayo
B322–––i.–––Arthur Benjamin8 Mayo, of whom below, born July 17, 1917 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina; died May 25, 1991 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina.
Issue:
Of Ethel Mariah Fleming and H. Lyman Brown
B323–––i.–––Betty Jean8 Brown, of whom below, born in 1934 in Pitt County, North Carolina.
B159. AGNES7 FLEMING (William Benjamin6, Osmyn S.5, Luke4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born about October 1899 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died January 30, 1981 in Martin General Hospital, Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina; and was buried in Pinewood Memorial Park, Greenville, North Carolina. She married Robert Jasper Little on June 5, 1919 in Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Christopher Crandall Little, Jr. and Emma Stancill. (Emma Stancill was a daughter of Theophilus Jones Stancill and Martha Johnston and was a brother of Theophilus Johnston “Offie” Stancill and Mattie A. Brown, #B122 above.) He was born September 18, 1890 in Beaufort County, North Carolina; died March 3, 1943 near Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and, according to his obituary below, was buried at Gum Swamp Free Will Baptist Church, Pitt County, North Carolina.
Obituary of Agnes Fleming
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, May 6, 1974, p. 2:
LITTLE
WILLIAMSTON –– Mrs. Agnes Fleming Little, age 81, died Friday night in Martin General Hospital in Williamston. Funeral services will be conducted today at 3:30 p.m. in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel by Rev. Thurman Griffin, her pastor, and Rev. Ronnie Williamson. Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Little was the wife of the late Robert Jasper Little and was a native of Pitt County. She lived in the Belvoir community for many years and was a former member of Gum Swamp F(ree) W(ill) B(aptist) Church. For the past 25 years she made her home in Williamston where she was a member of Reddicks Grove Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ben Hopkins of Williamston; three sons, Robert D. Little of Rt. 2, Washington, Julius T. and Thomas G. Little, both of Greenville; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Fleming Brown of Greenville; 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Little, 1009 W. Wright Rd., Greenville.
Obituary of Robert Jasper Little
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, March 4, 1943, p. 2:
ROBERT J. LITTLE DIED WEDNESDAY
Robert J. Little, 52, died at his home six miles from Greenville, one mile south of the Falkland highway, at 6:20 o’clock Wednesday night. He had been in ill health for more than a year.
Pallbearers will be Heber Whichard, Arthur Morris, R. E. Adams, Shade Harris, Will R. Tyson, Guy Whitehurst, Ben Tripp and Hubert Savage.
Mr. Little was born in Beaufort county but spent most of his life in Pitt county. He served 13 months in the United States Army in World War I. He married Miss Agnes Fleming of Pitt county June 5, 1919, and for several years he operated a store at Belvoir. He had been living at his present home for only two months.
Surviving are his wife; three sons: Robert Dalton and Thomas Little, both of the home, and Julius Little of the U.S. Navy, now stationed at Great Lakes, Ill.; one daughter, Miss Helen Little of the home; one grandchild; three brothers, Earl Little of Washington, D. C., D. C. Little of Norfolk, and Irving Little of Pactolus; and one sister, Mrs. Roma Pollard of Penny Hill.
Issue:
B324–––i.–––Helen8 Little married Ben Hopkins. Her mother’s obituary calls her Mrs. Ben Hopkins (1981) and her father’s obituary Miss Helen Little (1943).
B325–––ii.–––Robert Dalton Little.
B326–––iii.–––Julius T. Little.
B327–––iv.–––Thomas G. Little.
B160. IRENE BROWN7 FLEMING (William Benjamin6, Osmyn S.5, Luke4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born June 14, 1904 in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina (I think the location of her birth is correct, though her obituary in The Daily Reflector below states she was born in Pitt County, North Carolina –– JTF); died September 10, 1948 in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; and was buried in Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. “Brownie” married Hubert Elitha Savage. He was born October 9, 1899; died January 19, 1982; and was buried in Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Obituaries of Irene Brown Fleming
The Evening Telegram, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Friday, September 10, 1948, p. 12:
MRS. H. E. SAVAGE
DIES HERE TODAY;
RITES ON SATURDAYMrs. Irene Brown Fleming Savage, wife of Hubert E. Savage, manager of the Imperial Life Insurance Company here, died at her home at 1123 Tarboro street this morning after an illness of several months.
Funeral services will be held at the First Universalist Church at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Conducting the service will be the Rev. Stanley Stall, Universalist pastor, the Rev. W. H. Skeels, former pastor, and the Rev. Norman Johnson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will in Pineview cemetery.
Born on June 14, 1904, in Washington, N.C., Mrs. Savage was the daughter of the late Mary L. Brown Fleming and William B. Fleming. She had lived in Rocky Mount for the last 20 years. She was a member of the First Universalist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Hubert Max Savage and Edward Baxter Savage, and a daughter, Norman Frances Savage, all of the home; four sisters, Mrs. Charles E. Fleming of Rocky Mount, Mrs. Lyman Brown of Falkland, Mrs. Agnes Little and Mrs. Henry Brown, both of Greenville; and a brother, Joseph C. Fleming of Chicago.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, September 10, 1948:
MRS. H. E. SAVAGE OF TARBORO DIED TODAY
Mrs. Irene Brown Savage, 42, wife of H. E. Savage, died at 5:45 o’clock Friday morning at her home on Tarboro Street in Rocky Mount following six months of illness. Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the First Universalist Church in Rocky Mount and burial will be in Pineview Cemetery in Rocky Mount.
Mrs. Savage, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fleming, was born and reared in Pitt county and had been living in Rocky Mount for the past fifteen years. She had lived in Greenville for several years prior to moving to Rocky Mount. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Falkland.
Surviving are her husband; two sons, Max and Baxter Savage of the home; a daughter, Miss Norman Frances Savage of the home; four sisters: Mrs. H. L. Brown of Falkland, Mrs. H. T. Brown and Mrs. Agnes Little of Greenville, and Mrs. C. E. Fleming of Rocky Mount; and a half-brother, Joseph Carlton Fleming, of the United States Navy.
Issue:
B328–––i.–––Hubert Max8 Savage.
B329–––ii.–––Edward Baxter Savage. Is he the same as Baxter Savage, a 1957 letterman in football (offensive guard) at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina?
B330–––iii.–––Norma Frances Savage.
B162. JESSE MARCELLUS7 FLEMING, JR. (Marcellus6, Osmyn S.5, Luke4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born October 20, 1902 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; died January 20, 1994 in Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina. He married first Doris Mae Powell on May 31, 1924 in Durham, North Carolina. A daughter of William Daniel Powell, she was born February 15, 1905 in Danville, Virginia; died December 9, 1968 in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville; and also was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina. After her death, he married second Alice Barrett. She may have been married to a Mr. Fussell prior to her marriage to Mr. Fleming.
Marriage of Jesse Marcellus Fleming, Jr. and Doris Mae Powell
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 4, 1924, p. 5:
FLEMING-POWELL
The following announcement will be read with interest:
Mr. and Mrs. William Daniel Powell
announce the marriage of their daughterDoris Mae
to
Mr. J. Marcellus Fleming, Jr.Saturday, May the thirty-first
Nineteen hundred and twenty-four
Durham, North Carolina.At Home
Greenville, N.C.
Obituary of Jesse Marcellus Fleming, Jr.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Saturday, January 22, 1994, p. B-2:
J. M. FLEMING, 91; FUNERAL ON SUNDAY
Mr. J. Marcellus Fleming, Jr., 91, of 501 Highland Ave., died Thursday, Jan. 20, 1994, in Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services Sunday, 2 p.m., Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Fleming was a lifelong resident of Greenville and a graduate of Greenville High School. He owned and operated a service station at West End Circle for a number of years. He was employed by Greenville Utilities, where he worked at the electric plant from 1942 until his retirement in 1961. Mr. Fleming was also involved in sales and service for Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner Co. for several years. He attended the Primitive Baptist Church and Memorial Baptist Church.
Surviving, his wife, Alice Barrett; son, Jesse M. Fleming III of the home; daughters, Polly Fleming Stokes of Phenix City, Ala., and Lou Fleming Woodard of Greenville; stepdaughter, Dorothy Kenny of Jacksonville; stepsons, Barron James Fussell of Phoenix, Ariz., and William Z. Fussell of Asheville; sister, Hazel Fleming Jackson of Greenville; two grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren.
Visitation today 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Obituary of Doris Mae Powell
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 10, 1968, p. 16:
FLEMING
Mrs. Doris Powell Fleming, 63, wife of J. Marcellus Fleming, died at Pitt Memorial Hospital Monday at noon from injuries received when hit by a car Saturday. Funeral services will be conducted at the Wilkerson Chapel Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 by Elder Marvin E. Garner, Primitive Baptist Minister of Greenville, assisted by the Rev. John T. Woodley, pastor of the People’s Bible Church. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Fleming resided at 501 Highland Drive.
Mrs. Fleming, a native of Danville, Virginia, had lived in Greenville since her marriage to Mr. Fleming May 31, 1924. She was a member of Mt. Vernon Methodist Church in Danville, Virginia.
Surviving are her husband, J. Marcellus Fleming; two sons, William P. Fleming of Greenville and Jesse Marcellus Fleming III of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Elwood E. Stokes of Phenix City, Ala., and Mrs. Woodard of Greenville; her mother, Mrs. W. D. Powell of St. Petersburg, Florida; three brothers, G. V. Powell of Miami, Florida, James E. and Alpha C. Powell, both of Danville, Virginia; two sisters: Mrs. T. H. Terrell of South Hill, Virginia, and Mrs. James H. Purcell of St. Petersburg, Florida; and five grandchildren.
Issue:
Of Jesse Marcellus Fleming, Jr. and Doris Mae Powell
B331–––i.–––William Powell8 Fleming was born on July 12, 1926 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; died on March 13, 1993; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina. He married Peggy Worthington, who was born in 1931.
Obituary of William Powell Fleming
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 16, 1993, p. B-2:
FLEMING
GREENVILLE –– William Powell Fleming, 66, died Saturday. His residence was Rt. 13, Greenville. A graveside service will be conducted Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery by the Rev. Joseph Sayblack.
Mr. Fleming, a native and lifelong resident of Greenville, attended the Greenville schools. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. A former employee of the Pitt Theater for 25 years, he was employed by Murphy Wholesale prior to his retirement.
He was a member of Hollywood Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are: his wife, Peggy W. Fleming; his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. J. Marcellus Fleming, Jr. of Greenville; a brother, Jesse M. Fleming III of Greenville; two sisters, Mattie Lou Woodard of Greenville and Polly F. Stokes of Phenix City, Al.; an aunt, Hazel Jackson of Greenville; two stepbrothers, Barrom James Fussell of Phoenix, Ariz., William Z. Fussell of Asheville, NC; and a stepsister, Dorothy S. Kenny of Jacksonville, NC.
The family will receive friends at Wilkerson Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
B332–––ii.–––Doris Elizabeth Fleming, born January 16, 1928; died January 16, 1928; and was laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina.
B333–––iii.–––Jesse Marcellus Fleming III was born in 1931.
B334–––iv.–––Mattie Lou Fleming. Lou married David Woodard.
B335–––v.–––Polly Fleming, of whom below, was born on November 7, 1933 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; died on October 11, 2002 in Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama.
B166. CHARLES EDWARD7 FLEMING (Charles Erastus6, Edward Peter5, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born October 13, 1920; died October 31, 1963 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina; and was buried in Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He married Juanita (Wanetta?) Graves, who was born May 5, 1922; died November 4, 1978; and was also buried in Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Records of Pineview Cemetery in Rocky Mount, North Carolina call her “Juanita Graves Fleming Arrington,” suggesting a second marriage to a Mr. Arrington?
Obituary of Charles Edward Fleming
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, October 31, 1963:
FUNERAL FRIDAY FOR CHARLES E. FLEMING
Charles Edward Fleming, 43, died early this morning in Rocky Mount following a brief illness.
He was the son of the late Charles Erastus and Besie Fleming of Pitt County.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday. Services will be conducted from Trinity Lutheran Church by his pastor, the Rev. Hoke Ritchie. Burial will be in Pineview Cemetery.
He was a Mason, veteran of World War II and a member of the Rocky Mount Cosmetologist Guild.
Surviving are his wife, the former Wanetta Graves; three daughters, Marguerite Eason, Rhonda Susan and Anita Elizabeth, all of the home; one son, Charles Edward, Jr. of the home; one brother, J. Lewis (sic –– Louis) Fleming of Greenville; four sisters, Mrs. Warren Causey of Grifton, Mrs. Harvey Brinson of Swansboro, Mrs. Guy Whichard, and Mrs. Archie Henry, both of Greenville.
Issue:
B336–––i.–––Marguerite Eason8 Fleming.
B337–––ii.–––Rhonda Susan Fleming.
B338–––iii.–––Anita Elizabeth Fleming.
B339–––iv.–––Charles Edward Fleming, Jr.
Notes
Is Suzanne Elizabeth Fleming a daughter of Charles E. Fleming, Jr.?
Excerpt from The Rocky Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, April 6, 2003:
FLEMING-FRUITS
Suzanne Elizabeth Fleming and Jefferson Ryan Fruits were married at 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church Chapel in Rocky Mount. The Rev. Dan Davis performed the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Robin C. Fleming and the late Charles E. Fleming, Jr.
Grandparents of the bride are Mrs. Joseph B. Bass and the late Horace W. Carmichael, Sr. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Fleming.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Fruit of Asheville.
Grandparents of the groom are Joyce Fruits of Jefferson City, Mo. and the late Ira Fruits, and Marguerite Thurmond of Macon, Ga. and the late J. C. Thurmond.
The bride was given by her brother, Charles Edward Fleming III.
Heather Wilson of Waxhaw served as maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Lauren Fruits, sister of the groom, and Brooke Kelley, both of Asheville, Emily Hyatt of Waynesville and Alison Justice of Canton.
Junior bridesmaid was Emily Fruits, sister of the groom, of Asheville.
The groom choose his father as best man.
Groomsmen were Nick Garvey and Jeff Boyd, both of Louisville, Ky., and Michael Anderson and Webb Elvington, both of Asheville.
Music was performed by Wimberly Moore of Nashville, flutist; Lauren Fruits, vocalist; Lamar Cumbee, organist.
A reception was held at the church fellowship hall.
Following a wedding trip to Ocracoke Island, the couple will live in Boone, where they both are students at Appalachian State University ...
B167. JAMES LOUIS7 FLEMING (Charles Erastus6, Edward Peter5, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born October 5, 1922. He is named as a survivor of his sister, Martha Brooks (Fleming) Brinson in the latter’s obituary in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, October 26, 2001. Louis married Julia Elizabeth Sawyer on September 1, 1946, daughter of Julian Mathews Sawyer and Cassie Elizabeth Howell. She was born May 6, 1928 in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia. From The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 6, 1976, p. 6: “25 year membership certificates and pins were awarded (by Masons of Greenville Masonic Lodge No. 284, A.F. and A.M.) to J. Louis Fleming and J. A. Bunting, both of Greenville. Both became Master Masons in 1951. They are also members of the New Bern Scottish Rites and the Shriners.”
Issue:
B340–––i.–––James Louis8 Fleming, Jr., born in 1947, according to Pitt County, North Carolina Families, Adams - Jinkins, Volume I, by Levis Allen Churchill, Greenville, North Carolina, April 1995, p. 85.
Notes
Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 22, 1965, p. 10:
YOUTH CHOSEN SERVE LEAGUE
James L. Fleming, Jr. is one of three youths from North Carolina who have been selected to serve the Luther League of the Lutheran Church in America as a caravaner.
Caravaning, described to the youth ministry, begins with a ten-day intensive training period for the 56 young people who were chosen throughout the country at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis. After the session, 14 teams composed of two boys and two girls each will be sent to Lutheran youth groups in the United States and Canada for four-day periods, during which time the caravan team will provide guidance in worship, programs and recreation.
The schedule calls for two caravaners to make two consecutive visits to congregational Luther League after which they will receive a free day. The young people receive no remuneration and are given assistance only in travel allowances.
Fleming is a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fleming, Sr., of 605 S. Elm Street.
B341–––ii.–––Benjamin Wesley Fleming was born February 2, 1949, according to Pitt County, North Carolina Families, Adams - Jinkins, Volume I, p. 85; died April 12, 1949 in Duke Hospital, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina.
Obituary of Benjamin Wesley Fleming
, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 12, 1949, p. 10:The Daily Reflector
INFANT SON OF LOCAL
FAMILY DIES TODAYBennie Wesley Fleming, two month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fleming of Greenville, died in Duke Hospital early Tuesday morning after one day of illness. Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the S. G. Wilkerson and Sons Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock by the Rev. R. E. Hardaway, pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church, and burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.
Surviving are his parents; a brother, James Louis Fleming, Jr. of the home; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Fleming of Rocky Mount; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Cassie Sawyer of Greenville; his maternal grandfather, Julian Sawyer of Lenoir, N.C.; and his maternal great grandmother, Mrs. Maggie Sawyer, of Hertford, N.C.
B342–––iii.–––Thomas Edward Fleming, of whom below, born in 1951.
B343–––iv.–––Cathy Elizabeth Fleming, of whom below, was born in 1952.
B168. ETHEL LOUISE7 FLEMING (Charles Erastus6, Edward Peter5, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born June 6, 1926 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died December 6, 1997 in Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and buried in Riverside Christian Church Cemetery, near Grifton, North Carolina. She married first Warren E. Causey in 1946. “Bill” died in 1958. Ethel married second Samuel C. Winchester in 1966. He was born in Summerfield, Guilford County, North Carolina; died in 1988.
Obituaries of Ethel Louise Fleming
The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, December 8, 1997, p. B-4:
ETHEL C. WINCHESTER, 71, Dec. 6. Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, December 8, 1997, p. B-2:
WINCHESTER
GREENVILLE, N.C. –– Mrs. Ethel Causey Winchester, 71, died Saturday, December 6, 1997 in Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
he funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Riverside Christian Church Cemetery near Grifton.
Mrs. Winchester, a native of Pitt County, spent her early life in Ayden. She was married to Warren E. “Bill” Causey in 1946 and made her home in Craven County in the Riverside community near Grifton. She farmed with her husband for 11 years until his death in 1958.
In 1966 she married Samuel C. Winchester and moved to Greenville. She continued to maintain her interest in farm property in the Riverside community. Prior to Mr. Winchester’s death in 1988, she was very active with him in his work with the Pitt County Agricultural Fair. Mrs. Winchester was a member of Red Oak Christian Church in Greenville.
Surviving: daughter, Fleming Causey Wooten of Herndon, Va.; sons, Edwin W. Causey of Rt. 1 Grifton and Wayne Douglas Causey of Greenville; step-son, Samuel C. Winchester, Jr. of Cary; step-daughters Jane Pridgen of Nashville, N.C. and Kathryn Manning of Lynchburg, Va.; brother, Louis Fleming of Greenville; sisters, Evelyn Henry and Martha Brinson, both of Greenville; 8 grandchildren, Warren Wooten, Jae Wooten, Sallie Wooten, Amy Sprenkle, Holly Causey, Heather Causey, Bill Causey and Kati Lynn Causey; 7 step-grandchildren; and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Monday from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Red Oak Christian Church, 1827 Greenville Blvd., S.W., Greenville, N.C. 27858.
Biographical Notes on Samuel C. Winchester
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, December 3, 1965, p. 8:
WINCHESTER WILL BE SPEAKER AT MEETING
Sam C. Winchester, chairman of The Pitt County Extension Service, will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Pitt-Greene Production Credit Association here Saturday.
Saturday’s meeting will mark the 32nd annual stockholders meeting of the farm credit association. In addition to Winchester’s address, the annual business meeting in which J. R. Boswell, general manager, will present the secretary-treasurer’s report and two new directors will be elected.
Winchester is a native of Summerfield in Guilford County and is a graduate of N. C. State University in agriculture.
He first came to Pitt County in 1941 as an assistant agent and following one year as agent in Jones County, Winchester returned to Pitt in 1946 as agent, a position he has held since that time.
Issue:
Of Ethel Louise Fleming and Warren E. Causey
B344–––i.–––Ethel Fleming8 Causey, of whom below.
B345–––ii.–––Edwin W. Causey was born in 1951.
B346–––iii.–––Wayne Douglas Causey. Wayne is the community development manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Department office in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.
B169. EVELYN NELL7 FLEMING (Charles Erastus6, Edward Peter5, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born September 4, 1927 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died July 8, 1999 in Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Pinewood Memorial Park, Greenville, North Carolina. She married Archibald (Archie) Lindsay/Lindsey Henry.
Obituary of Evelyn Nell Fleming
The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday, July 9, 1999, p. B-6:
EVELYN F. HENRY, 71, July 8. Funeral 2 p.m., Saturday, Immanuel Baptist Church. Burial, Pinewood Memorial Park. Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, July 9, 1999, p. B-2:
HENRY
Mrs. Evelyn Fleming Henry, 71, died Thursday, July 8, 1999 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Henry, a native of Pitt County, was a longtime resident of Greenville. She was a graduate of Ayden High School. She had worked for Standard Oil Company and the Registrar’s Office at East Carolina University. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and the Mittie Smith Sunday School Class.
She is survived by her husband, Archie Henry; sons, Lindsay Henry and wife Margie Peoples of Wilmington, NC, and Robert Henry of Coppell, Tx; grandchildren, Elizabeth Henry and James Henry, both of Wilmington, NC; sister, Martha Brinson of Greenville, NC; and brother, Louis Fleming of Greenville, NC.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday at Wilkerson Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church Building Fund, 1101 S. Elm St., Greenville, NC 27858.
Issue:
B347–––i.–––Lindsay8 Henry (Archibald Lindsay Henry, Jr.?), of whom below.
B348–––ii.–––Robert Elliot Henry.
B170. MARTHA BROOKS7 FLEMING (Charles Erastus6, Edward Peter5, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born about 1929 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died October 25, 2001 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Pinewood Memorial Park, Greenville, North Carolina. She married E. Harvey Brinson.
Obituary of Martha Brooks Fleming
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, October 26, 2001, p. B-2:
MARTHA BRINSON
Mrs. Martha Fleming Brinson, 72, died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, at her home, 2605 Tryon Drive.
Mrs. Brinson, a native of Pitt County, was a longtime resident of Greenville. She was employed with NationsBank for many years, retiring in 1995. A member of the Pitt County Shrinettes, she was named Shrinette of the Year in 2000. She also was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, where she was active in a number of aspects of the church.
Mrs. Brinson was preceded in death by her sisters, Ethel Causey Winchester and Evelyn Fleming Henry. Surviving are her daughter, Cynthia Ann Brinson of Greenville; son, Harvey Keith Brinson of Wake Forest; and brother, Louis Fleming and his wife, Judy, of Greenville.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7-9 at Wilkerson Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church, 1101 S. Elm St., Greenville, N.C. 27858.
Issue:
B349–––i.–––Cynthia Ann8 Brinson was born in 1960. In 2003, Cynthia adopted a son, Nathan Qwalee Brinson, born in March 2001. They live in Winterville, North Carolina.
B350–––ii.–––Harvey Keith Brinson was born in 1961.
B173. ROBERT NELSON7 FLEMING (Bithel6, Edward Peter5, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born October 3, 1914; died May 17, 1986 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, according to an e-mail message from his daughter Jane Lois Elizabeth (Fleming) Kachel. He married first Margaret Lucille Cobb on February 17, 1942 in Dillon, Dillon County, South Carolina. She was a daughter of Lawrence Alexander Cobb and Mary Lillian Parkerson. Margaret was born on July 7, 1925 in Greenville, North Carolina; died on May 31, 1996 in Carrollton, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia; and was buried in St. Luke’s Memorial Park, Smithfield, Virginia.
Margaret Lucille Cobb married second Charles Levin Harrell on November 20, 1950 in Greenville, North Carolina. Their children were: (a) Carolyn Lee Harrell who married Stanley Carl Cook; (b) Vicky Lynn Harrell; (c) Kenneth Levin Harrell; and (d) Margaret Louise Harrell.
Robert Nelson Fleming married second Roberta May Holmes in November of 1951 in Massachusetts. She died October 2001.
Obituary of Margaret Lucille Cobb
The Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, Sunday, June 2, 1996:
MARGARET COBB HARRELL
Margaret Cobb Harrell, 70, of 15496 Waterworks Road, died Friday, May 31, 1996. She was a native of Pitt County, N.C., a housewife and Baptist.
Survivors include three daughters, Carolyn H. Cook of Peoria, Ill., Vicky H. Smith of Glenn Burnie, Md., and Margaret H. Hildebrand of Carrollton; two sons, Robert Fleming of Miami, Fla., and Kenneth L. Harrell of Smithfield, Va.; two sisters, Bessie Irene Horz of Pasadena, Md. and Janet C. Wingate of Greenville, N.C.; one brother, Lawrence A. Cobb, Jr., of Greenville, Texas; and 11 grandchildren.
A graveside service will be conducted Monday, June 3, at 1 p.m. in St. Luke’s Memorial Park with the Rev. Fred Breeden officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday, June 2 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield, and suggest memorial contributions be made to the Isle of Wight Volunteer Squad, P.O. Box 97, Smithfield, Va. 23431.
Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield, Va., is handling arrangements.
Issue:
Of Robert Nelson Fleming and Margaret Lucille Cobb
B000–––i.–––Robert Lawrence8 Fleming was born in 1946 in Norfolk, Virginia. On December 20, 1980 in Hampton, Virginia, Bobby married Grace Ann Van Allen, who was born in 1957 in Frankfurt, Germany, daughter of Robert Eugene Van Allen and Rose Mary Lorraine-Taunario. They have two children: (a) Jennifer Marie Fleming, born in 1981 at Riverside Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia; and (b) David Lawrence Fleming, born in 1983, also at Riverside Hospital in Norfolk.
Issue:
Of Robert Nelson Fleming and Robert May Holmes
B351–––i.–––Jane Lois Elizabeth8 Fleming, of whom below, born in 1952.
B352–––ii.–––Michael Gilbert Fleming was born in 1954.
B353–––iii.–––Rhonda Patricia Fleming was born in 1955.
B354–––iv.–––Linda Jean Fleming, born 1957.
B355–––v.–––William Robert Fleming, born 1958.
B356–––vi.–––Jessie Holmes Fleming, born July 31, 1962.
B357–––vii.–––Jeffrey David Fleming was born on July 31, 1962; died in 1986 in an automobile accident.
B358–––viii.–––Josephine Nelson Fleming, born July 31, 1962.
B359–––ix.–––Theodore Paul Fleming, born 1965.
B360–––x.–––Marion Beatrice Fleming, born May 1, 1966. Peggy was murdered in 1993.
B174. WALTER MACK ERASTUS7 FLEMING (Bithel6, Edward Peter5, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born January 10, 1916 at Fleming and Randolph’s Crossroads, Pitt County, North Carolina. He married Ethel Mae Pollard on January 9, 1938, eloping to Trenton, Jones County, North Carolina, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 305. She was a daughter of Ashley Paton Batson Oliver Pollard and Clyde Mae Heath. Ethel was born May 16, 1920 in Beaver Dam Township, Pitt County, North Carolina; died April 7, 1994 in Stokes, Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina.
Notes
Excerpts from The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 307:
On January 10, 1916, in a house at what was then called Fleming and Randolph’s Crossroads in Pitt County, Walter Mack E. Fleming was born of parents Josephine Elizabeth Nelson and Bithel Fleming ...
When he was about three years old, Mack’s family moved to Greenville where his (father) worked at Export Leaf Tobacco Company. At the age of five, they moved to a place in the country where his (father) began farming ...
Mack (worked) at Northside Lumber Company on North Greene Street for ten cents an hour ...
On January 9, 1938, Mack married Ethel Mae Pollard. After their marriage, he worked at J. J. Perkins Lumber Yard. He worked at Edenton, North Carolina, where he supervised labor building a naval base on the Albemarle Sound. Later he went to Manteo on the Outer Banks where he worked with the Civilian Conservation Corp building brush fences for sand dunes.
Mack went to work with the Greenville Utilities in 1950. He retired in 1977 ... spending winters in Florida and summers in the mountains of North Carolina ...
Obituary of Ethel Mae Pollard
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, April 8, 1994, p. B-2:
ETHEL P. FLEMING, 73; FUNERAL ON SATURDAY
STOKES – Mrs. Ethel Pollard Fleming, 73, died Thursday, April 7, 1994.
Funeral services Saturday 2 p.m., Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Fleming, a native of Pitt County, lived in Greenville for many years prior to moving to the Stokes community in 1970. She was a member of the Sweet Gum Grove Free Will Baptist Church.
Surviving: her husband, Mack E. Fleming; daughter, Yvonne Fleming Brown of Route 1, Stokes; brothers, O. P. Pollard Jr. of Greenville and Jasper R. Pollard of Chattanooga, Tenn.; sisters, Lossie P. Moye of Hialeah, Fla. and Elizabeth P. Galant of West Palm Beach, Fla.; one grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren.
Visitation today 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Issue:
B361–––i.–––Irma Yvonne8 Fleming, of whom below, born in 1938 in Pitt County, North Carolina.
B179. LILLIAN7 STOKES (Addie6 Perkins, Annis S.5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born October 6, 1890; died September 2, 1966 in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina. She married James Beverly Congleton on June 16, 1916, son of Asa Biggs Congleton and Jennie Whitley. He was born February 2, 1891 in Stokes, Pitt County, North Carolina; died there on May 30, 1953; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina. The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 237: “James Beverly, Sr. was in the first class at East Carolina Teacher’s Training College. He married Lillian Stokes on June 6, 1916, and in the early 1920s, his father-in-law made him a partner and the business became Stokes & Congleton.”
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Obituary of Lillian Stokes
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Saturday, September 3, 1966, p. 16:
CONGLETON
Surviving are a son, J. Beverly Congleton of Stokes; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Stokes Romeiser of Brwyn, Pa.; several grandchildren; a brother, William F. Stokes of Stokes; and a sister, Mrs. Ethel Stokes Tyson of Stokes.
The family requests that no flowers be sent. Anyone desiring to do so may send a contribution in her memory to the Stokes Christian Church Steeple Fund.
Obituary of James Beverly Congleton
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, June 1, 1953, p. 3:
FUNERAL HELD TODAY FOR J. B. CONGLETON
Mr. James B. Congleton, Sr., 62, prominent farmer and former merchant of Stokes, died suddenly at his home in Stokes at 3:40 o’clock Saturday afternoon following a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at his home in Stokes Monday afternoon at four o’clock and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. The Rev. Harold Tyqre (?), Christian minister of Bath, conducted the services.
Mr. Congleton, son of the late Asa Biggs and Jennie Whitley Congleton, spent all his life in the Stokes community. For a number of years he was a partner in a mercantile business in Stokes. He was a member of the Stokes Christian Church.
He is survived by his wife, the former Lillian Stokes of Stokes, to whom he was married in 1916; a son, James Beverly Congleton, Jr., of Stokes; a daughter, Mrs. W. A. Romeiser, of Toledo, Ohio; three grandchildren; and two sisters, Miss Bessie Congleton of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. A. F. Caldwell of Richmond, Va.
Issue:
B362–––i.–––James Beverly8 Congleton, Jr., of whom below, born January 25, 1918.
B363–––ii.–––Virginia Annette Congleton, of whom below, was born on May 6, 1927.
B181. WILLIAM FLEMING7 STOKES (Addie6 Perkins, Annis S.5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born January 31, 1898 in Stokes, Pitt County, North Carolina; died July 1, 1968 in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina. He married Kathryn P. Tripp on October 25, 1922. She was born May 10, 1903 in Beaufort County, North Carolina; died March 19, 1995 in Stokes, North Carolina; and was also buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Biographical Notes on William Fleming Stokes
From The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 648:
WILLIAM FLEMING STOKES
William Fleming Stokes, retired merchant, farmer, public servant and religious leader, was born Jan. 31, 1898, in Stokes. He was the son of William Green and Addie (Perkins) Stokes.
He received his early education in the local schools, graduated from Warrenton High School under the late John Graham and earned (an) A.B. degree at the University of North Carolina, Class of 1919. Later he was a student at Eastman Gaines Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York. At the university during World War I, he was a member of S.A.T.C. and completed his training at Plattsburg, New York.
On Oct. 25, 1922, he married Kathryn Tripp of Stokes, N.C. and they were the parents of three daughters ...
Mr. Stokes was engaged in general merchandise business from 1920 to 1950 and had farming interests. At one time, he was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. After his retirement, he was an avid Camellia and Rose enthusiast. He was a member of several Camellia societies and attended Camellia conventions throughout the South. He was an active member of Stokes Methodist Church, serving his church as steward and as Trustee for many years. He served on the local school board several years and then on the Pitt County Board of Education for 23 years. He did extensive traveling during his retirement until his death on July 1, 1968.
Obituary of William Fleming Stokes
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, July 1, 1968, p. 20:
STOKES
Mr. William F. Stokes, 70, prominent Pitt County farmer and merchant, died at Pitt Memorial Hospital Monday morning at 5:30 after four days of illness. Funeral services will be conducted at the Wilkerson Chapel Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock by his pastor, the Rev. Daniel C. Boone. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Stokes, son of the late William Green and Addie Perkins Stokes, was born and spent all his life in Stokes. He was a graduate of Warrenton High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served in the United States Army during World War I. He was a partner of Stokes & Congleton until his retirement in 1952. A member of the Stokes Methodist Church, he was a trustee and served on the board of stewards. He had been a member of the Pitt County board of education for the past 24 years and was a member of the North Carolina and American Camellia Society.
Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Kathryn P. Tripp of Stokes, to whom he was married in 1922; three daughters, Mrs. Harold L. Watson of Stokes, Mrs. Howe Q. Wallace of Jacksonville, Florida, and Mrs. James P. Norman, Jr. of Wallace; 7 grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Ethel Stokes Tyson of Stokes.
Obituary of Kathryn P. Tripp
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, March 20, 1995, p. B-2:
KATHRYN T. STOKES, 91; SERVICES ON TUESDAY
STOKES – Mrs. Kathryn Tripp Stokes, 91, died Sunday, March 19, 1995, at her home.
Mrs. Stokes, a native of Beaufort County, lived in Robersonville for a number of years prior to moving to Stokes where she lived all of her adult life. A graduate of East Carolina Teachers College, she was a member of Stokes United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women and was a charter member of the Jane Austen Book Club.
Surviving her, daughters, Carolyn S. Watson of Stokes, Marvel S. Wallace of Jacksonville, Fla., Billie Sue S. Norman of Greenville; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.
Visitation today 7-9 p.m. at Wilkerson Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions to the Methodist Home for Children, P. O. Box 10917, Raleigh, N.C., 27605 or the Stokes United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, P. O. Box 182, Stokes, N.C. 27884.
Issue:
B364–––i.–––Carolyn8 Stokes married Harold L. Watson. They had two children, including possibly a son, Harold, Jr., who married Gail Page Andrews??? Ref.: The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 575: “They are the parents of two children and grandparents of two.”
B365–––ii.–––Marvel Stokes was born in 1930. She married Howe Q. Wallace, who was born June 15, 1930. They had four children, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, and two grandchildren at its writing in 1982. They were living in Jacksonville, Florida in 2002.
Notes
Howe Wallace is CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of PalletOne, the largest new pallet manufacturer in the United States, headquartered in Bartow, Florida. He became President of PalletOne upon completion of the purchase of its operating facilities in October 2001 from IFCO Systems. Since March 2000, Mr. Wallace had served as Executive Vice President Human Resources of IFCO Systems, N.V. Since 1997, Mr. Wallace served as Chief Human Resources Officer and Director of National Sales for PalEx, Inc. Mr. Wallace has over 17 years of experience in the pallet industry. Mr. Wallace has been associated with Ridge Pallets since 1983 and has served as Director of Human Resources of Ridge since 1984. Mr. Wallace has served on the Board of Directors of the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association and is active in industry education efforts.
B366–––iii.–––Billie Sue Stokes was born in 1935. About 1960, she married James Pierce Norman, Jr., who was born on June 24, 1929 in Yadkin County, North Carolina, and was a son of James Pierce Norman and Ella Mae Zimmerman. He died on February 16, 2003; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. They had two daughters: (a) Suzanne who married Neal Spruill and (b) Kathryn Norman who married a Mr. Taylor.
Obituary of
James Pierce Norman, Jr.The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 18, 2003:
JAMES NORMAN, JR.
Mr. James Pierce “Jim” Norman Jr., 73, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003. A graveside service will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Norman, a native of Yadkin County, was the son of the late James Pierce Norman and Ella Mae Zimmerman. A former resident of Greensboro, he attended the Greensboro City Schools and the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict and received a Purple Heart. A funeral director for 45 years, he operated funeral homes in Wallace, Beulaville, and Greenville.
He was a member of St. James United Methodist Church and the Greenville Golden K, and was a Mason and Shriner for a number of years.
Surviving are his wife of 43 years, Billie Sue Stokes Norman; two daughters, Suzanne N. Spruill and husband, Neal, of Wake Forest and Kathryn N. Taylor of Winterville; five grandchildren, James Stephens and wife, Ginny, Courtney Flowers and husband, Wayne, Derek Spruill, Laurel Taylor and Dillon Taylor; two great-granddaughters, Kaylea Stephens and Taylor Flowers; and two sisters, Ella Mae Livingston of Greensboro and Helen DiCola of Pinehurst.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6-8 at Wilkerson Funeral Home.
B182. CURTIS FLEMING7 PERKINS (James Lawrence6, Annis S.5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born November 1, 1899 in Stokes, Pitt County, North Carolina; died September 12, 1977 in Wilson County Memorial Hospital, Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Greenville, North Carolina. He married Nancy Elizabeth White (#B292 below) on November 20, 1926, daughter of James Benjamin White and Nancy Vesta Fleming. She was born February 9, 1904 in Greenville, North Carolina; died January 27, 2003. Elizabeth married second Thomas McMillan on September 1, 1951 in Manning, South Carolina.
Biographical Notes on
Nancy Elizabeth White
Excerpt from The St. Paul’s Epistle, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, North Carolina, September 2002, p. 7:
401 East Fourth Street
Greenville, North Carolina 27858OUR OLDEST CHURCH MEMBER
By Bartje Pace
Elizabeth White McMillan, 98 years young, is the oldest member of our church. She was born on Greene Street, across from her double first cousin, Margaret Fleming (who married Dr. John Winstead), whose house is now the Chamber of Commerce.
Elizabeth’s uncle was Mr. Sam White, (Charlie White’s grandfather and Virginia Pou’s great-grandfather) who established White’s Store on Cotanche Street.
Elizabeth is nearly blind and quite deaf and lived independently until her only child, Curtis Perkins, died in January of this year. She has seven wonderful grandchildren who have moved her to Burlington to be near them ...
Marriage of Curtis Fleming Perkins and Nancy Elizabeth White
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, October 11, 1924:
PERKINS-WHITE
The following announcement will be read with interest by friends in this city.
Mrs. Nannye Fleming White announces the engagement of her daughter Nancy Elizabeth to Mr. Curtis Perkins. The wedding will take place the 20 of November.
Obituaries of Curtis Fleming Perkins
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, September 12, 1977, p. 8:
PERKINS
Mr. Curtis Fleming Perkins, 77, died in Wilson County Memorial Hospital this morning. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
A Pitt County native, born and reared in Stokes, he lived in Greenville for many years and operated a clothing business here. For the past few years he had lived in Wilson.
Surviving him are a son, C. F. Perkins, Jr. of McLeansville; four brothers, J. Vance and W. Reid Perkins, both of Greenville, and Julian L. and Jerome Perkins, both of Stokes; four sisters, Mrs. Gordon W. Roebuck, Mrs. J. Clinton Roebuck and Miss Jean Perkins, all of Stokes, and Mrs. J. M. Cutchin of Whitakers; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The family will be at the Perkins homeplace in Stokes.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 13, 1977, p. 8:
PERKINS
Funeral services for Mr. Curtis Fleming Perkins will he held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Edward Sharpe. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
The family will be at the Perkins homeplace in Stokes and will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 o’clock.
Mr. Perkins died Monday.
Obituary of Nancy Elizabeth White
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, February 6, 2003:
ELIZABETH McMILLAN
Elizabeth White McMillan, 98, of 5773 Bethel Church Road, McLeansville, N.C., and Twin Lakes Center, died Jan. 27, 2003.
A celebration of her life will be held on Sunday, Feb. 9, her 99th birthday, at Bethel Presbyterian Church in McLeansville, N.C.
She was a member of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, N.C.
Elizabeth was born on Feb. 9, 1904, in Greenville, the daughter of James B. and Nannie V. Fleming White. She is survived by her grandchildren: Kirk Perkins and wife Nancy, Julian Perkins, Jeff Perkins, Diane Jackson, Kim Teeters and husband Johnny, Nancy Swanson and husband Dan, and Heidi Perkins; four great-grandchildren: Todd Perkins and wife Marsha, Angela Parham and husband Tommy, Nichole Jackson and Jena Perkins; five great-great-grandchildren: Logan Perkins, Carson Perkins, Kaitlyn Parham, Skylar Jackson and Hunter Jackson. She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas McMillan and her son Curtis Perkins Jr.
Mrs. McMillan attended Greenville City Schools, Salem College in Winston Salem and was later graduated from East Carolina University. Mrs. McMillan gave the morning news a program called, “Women in the News,” on Greenville’s first radio station. While living in Raleigh, she served as receptionist and secretary at Wachovia Bank and after returning to Greenville, she taught in the Pitt County and Greenville City Schools. She was one of the organizers of the Atheneum Book Club.
Our family has truly been blessed by the gift of this remarkable woman. We especially thank all of her friends and church members that were so important and helpful to her.
Memorials may be made to Bethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Road, McLeansville, N.C. 27301.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.
Issue:
B367–––i.–––Curtis Fleming8 Perkins, Jr., of whom below, born October 12, 1927 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died December 31, 2001 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.
B183. JAMES VANCE7 PERKINS (James Lawrence6, Annis S.5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born April 29, 1901 in Stokes, Pitt County, North Carolina. Vance married Helen Gray Jones on February 17, 1934 in Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of The Rev. H. Frederick Jones and Florence Winn. She was born January 23, 1905 in Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; died December 15, 1976 in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. Vance served as a member of the Pitt County Commission from 1946 until 1950, and again from 1954 until 1974.
Biographical Notes on James Vance Perkins
The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 581:
J. VANCE PERKINS
James Vance Perkins, born in Stokes, N.C. on April 29, 1901, was the son of Della Roberson (formerly of Martin County) and James Lawrence Perkins. One of ten children, he was active in politics and business.
He attended the Stokes Public School for eight years, went to Trinity Park School in Durham, N.C., and graduated from high school there. He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., where he graduated in 1924 with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree.
His early years were spent on the family farm and mercantile business. After schooling was completed he was involved in selling automobiles, appliances, and men’s clothing. In December, 1934, he was appointed treasurer of Pitt County. He was re-elected to this office for the next eight years. In 1942 he resigned that position to become cashier of the Camp Pickett Post Exchange in Blackstone, Virginia. After World War II, he left the Post Exchange cashier’s position and returned to Greenville where he worked in men’s clothing business with his brother. In 1950 he formed a partnership and entered the men’s clothing business, using the name “Perkins-Proctor.” He was active in this business until 1968 when he retired.
Vance Perkins first took his seat on the Pitt County Board of Commissioner in 1946, and was re-elected for five terms thereafter.
Mr. Perkins was elected county commissioner of Pitt County in 1946, serving one four-year term. He was not re-elected in 1950, but ran again in 1954, and was elected and served 20 more years, being re-elected for the next four terms. During this period he served five terms as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, three terms as vice chairman of the Board of Commissioners, was chairman of Pitt County Health Department, chairman of Pitt Airport Commission, and also serving when Pitt County Memorial Hospital was built in 1948. In 1958 he served as president and director of North Carolina County Commissioners Association, then represented this Association at the convention of the National Association of County Officials, in Portland, Oregon, being elected there to the National Health Committee.
He is a member of Memorial Baptist Church, a charter member of Greenville Lions Club, was a member of the Executive Club, a past Mason and Shriner, member of Sigma Chi Fraternity at the University of North Carolina, and is president and director of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Rocky Mount, N.C.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 15, 1942, p. 1:
RESIGNS POST AS TREASURER
J. Vance Perkins To
Leave For Virginia
Next WeekBy Chester Walsh
J. Vance Perkins, Pitt county treasurer since 1934 has tendered his resignation to become effective September 20. He has accepted a position as chief accountant and bookkeeper at Blackstone, Va., a United States Army camp. He expects to leave here the first of next week if his accounts are checked up by D. R. Hollowell and Co., certified public accountants, who audit the county books.
Perkins was appointed county treasurer December 28, 1934, to succeed A. T. Moore, who resigned. At the end of the two year term, Perkins defeated Charles Laughinghouse for the office in 1936. Perkins then defeated Amos Clark for treasurer in 1938, when he was elected for a four-year term expiring in December 1942. He had no opposition at the recent spring Democratic primary. He has been in office about eight years.
n the 1934 campaign when Moore was elected treasurer, Perkins ran second. The county Commissioners appointed him treasurer when Moore resigned in December of that year.
Perkins is a member of a well known Pitt county family. He has taken an active part in religious, educational and other community activities.
Several names were mentioned today as eligible successors to the treasurer’s job, including Amos O. Clark, a former candidate for treasurer and register of deeds, and H. L. Andrews, county tax collector, and several others “in the background.”
The “man on the street” has had something to say in recent months about abolishing the treasurer’s office to put Pitt in line with Wilson, Lenoir and other counties, which do not have a county treasurer.
It is up to the County Commissioners to appoint a successor to serve Perkins’ unexpired term, which ends on December 1. It is the duty of the Pitt County Democratic Executive Committee to name a candidate for the office to run for treasurer at the regular election on December 2. The term is for four years.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, September 18, 1942, p. 2:
MRS. VANCE PERKINS GOING TO VIRGINIA
Mrs. J. Vance Perkins has resigned as executive secretary of the Woman’s Club, co-chairman of shipping for the Pitt County Chapter of the American Red Cross and as chairman of a circle at Memorial Baptist Church.
Mrs. Perkins will leave Greenville on September 30 to join Mr. Perkins, who recently resigned as treasurer of Pitt County to accept a position as chief accountant and bookkeeper of the Post Exchange at Camp Pickett, a United States Army Base at Blackstone, Va. She will live at Farmville, Va., about 30 miles from the camp.
Mrs. Perkins has been a resident of Greenville for 17 years. She was a member of the faculty of the Pitt County and Greenville schools for nine years and was vice-chairman of the Pitt County Democratic Committee for several years. She was an active member of the Woman’s Club and for five years was a sponsor of the Junior Woman’s Club. Mrs. Perkins served as vice-president of the Woman’s Missionary Society of Memorial Baptist Church and as chairman of a circle for some years. She is a charter member of the Service League and was a member of the Inter Se Book Club.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Saturday, September 19, 1942, p. 1:
VANCE PERKINS TO NEW JOB (IN) VIRGINIA
. Vance Perkins, who recently resigned as Pitt county treasurer to accept a position as chief accountant and bookkeeper at Camp Pickett Post Exchange, a United States Army camp at Blackstone, Va., will leave at the weekend to assume his new duties. Mrs. Perkins, who recently resigned as executive secretary of the Woman’s Club and other positions she held, with the children, will go to Farmville, Va., about Sept. 30 to live. They were unable to secure a house nearer the camp.
J. R. Hollowell and Co., certified public accountants, checked over Perkins’ accounts at the treasurer’s office and founded them correct and in order.
A number of candidates are after the treasurer’s job. They are Amos O. Clark, Charles Laughinghouse, Henry L. Andrews, present tax collector J. Nat Harrison and others.
Biographical Notes on Helen Gray Jones
The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 582:
MRS. JAMES VANCE PERKINS
Mrs. Perkins was born on Jan. 23, 1905 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, was the daughter of a Baptist minister, H. Frederick and Florence Winn Jones.
She was very active in civic organizations, education, her church, politics, charitable organizations and various other programs. She was educated at the University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, and East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., where she graduated.
She was an active member of Greenville Woman’s Club for over 40 years, serving as president of the Junior Club, two terms as president of the Senior Club, sponsor of the Junior Club for a number of years (assisted in organizing two Junior Clubs), chairman of every department of the Senior Club and served on many committees. While chairman of the House Committee she had the responsibility of selling the old Woman’s Club Building and helping with the plans for the current building. She volunteered her services as hostess, and with help from other club members, she raised funds for the club.
In addition, time was spent serving as chairman of the Cancer Drive for Pitt County and the City of Greenville, helping many times in the Red Cross drive, serving as shipping chairman for the Red Cross drive, helping with T. B. seals sales, serving as chairman of Recreation for the City of Greenville, directing the Recreation Program for two and a half years (including a teenage program). She also served as vice chairman of the Pitt County Democratic Party.
As a member of the Memorial Baptist Church of Greenville, she served as superintendent of the Junior Department, as a teacher, and as Circle Chairman.
She initiated a Christmas Party for those in the County Home; this became an annual event for many years until the Home closed. She later helped with programs at the Greenville Nursing Home.
As a teacher of primary grades for 27 years she taught in both Pitt County and City of Greenville schools, retiring in June 1966. She was active in the National Education Association, the North Carolina Education Association, the Classroom Teacher Association, and the Association of Childhood Education (serving as president).
She was a charter member of the Inter Se Book Club, the Service League, D.A.R., East Carolina Art Society (serving on the Board of Directors), and served many times on the steering committee of the Annual Community Arts Festival. She was nominated for the Juanita Bryant Citizenship Award for North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs.
She and her husband, James Vance Perkins, were married on February 17, 1934, at her home in Baltimore, Maryland. To this union two children were born: James Vance Perkins, Jr. (born June 13, 1937) and Jane Marshal Perkins (born July 13, 1940).
Mrs. Perkins died December 15, 1976.
Obituary of Helen Gray Jones
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, December 15, 1976, p. 12:
PERKINS
Mrs. Helen Gray Perkins, 71, wife of J. Vance Perkins, died in Pitt Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Gordon Conklin, pastor of Oakmont Baptist Church.
Mrs. Perkins resided at 2413 E. Fifth St. She was a native of Clarksville, Va., and has been a resident of Greenville since 1925. She was a graduate of East Carolina University and was a teacher in the Greenville City School System for 25 years from which she retired in 1966. She was a member of the Memorial Baptist Church and the DAR of Farmville. She was also active in the work of the Greenville Women’s Club and was the sponsor of the Junior Woman’s Club for many years. The auditorium in the Woman’s Club Building was dedicated in her honor December 3.
Surviving are her husband, J. Vance Perkins; a son, James Vance Perkins, Jr. of Greenville; one daughter, Mrs. Carlos Burt of Enfield; two sisters, Mrs. Burwell Temple of Kinston and Mrs. Morgan T. Gibson of Virginia Beach, Va.; one brother, J. Frasia Jones of Back Bay, Va.; and six grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Issue:
B368–––i.–––James Vance8 Perkins, Jr., of whom below, born in 1937.
B369–––ii.–––Jane Marshall Perkins, of whom below, born in 1940.
B185. WALTER REID7 PERKINS (James Lawrence6, Annis S.5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born December 19, 1904 in Stokes, Pitt County, North Carolina; died September 14, 1993 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina. Reid married Virginia Dare King on June 30, 1931 in Eighth Street Christian Church, Greenville, North Carolina, daughter of Richard Warren King and Mattie Elizabeth Moye. She was born July 1, 1905 in Greenville, North Carolina; died there on April 11, 2000; and was buried in Greenville’s Greenwood Cemetery.
Marriage of Walter Reid Perkins and Virginia Dare King
Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, July 1, 1931, p. 3:
PERKINS-KING
Beautiful Wedding Solemnized in Christian Church
The Eighth Street Christian Church was the scene of a beautiful wedding last evening at 8:30 o’clock when Miss Virginia King became the bride of Mr. Walter Reid Perkins. The church was appropriately decorated for the occasion to carry out the green and white color note of the wedding ...
Immediately preceding the ceremony, the guests of honor, ten intimate friends of the bride, entered and were seated together in the front pews. They were Miss Louise Holliday of Gallivant’s Ferry, S.C., Miss Elizabeth McIntyre of Marion, S.C., Misses Sara Gulley, Frances Moseley, Mary Cousins and Mary Forbes of this city, Miss Elizabeth Transou of Greensboro, Mrs. David Gaston of Chester, S.C., and Mrs. George F. Hadley of this city ...
The bridal party entered in the following order: The four ushers, Howard M. King, brother of the bride, Howard Moye, Frank Patrick and George Hadley, were first to enter. They were followed by the bridesmaids and groomsmen, who entered alternatively two at the time. The groomsmen were Richard W. King, brother of the bride, Vance and Julian Perkins, brothers of the groom, Gordon D. Walker of Lynchburg, Va., J. M. McCall of Richmond and Foster Young ... The bridesmaids were Mrs. T. A. Galbreath of Kinston and Mrs. L. H. Hannah, sisters of the bride, Miss Christine Perkins, sister of the groom, and Miss Clara Louise Moye. The dame of honor, Mrs. L. W. Gaylord, sister of the bride, entered alone ...
The flower girls, petite Misses Virginia Gaylord and Nancy Hannah, nieces of the bride, entered next ...
Master Curtis Perkins, Jr., small nephew of the groom, was ring bearer ...
The bride entered with her brother, Charles King ...
Mrs. Perkins is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Richard Warren King and the late Sheriff Richard Warren King. She is a graduate of the city high school and received further education at the North Carolina College for Women in Greensboro and the East Carolina Teachers College in this city. Her genial disposition and vivacious manner have won her a host of friends both in her native home and other parts of the state.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Perkins of Stokes. He is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, class ’26, and attended Duke University. For the past few years he has conducted the Perkins Company, a popular mercantile business here, and has won scores of friends.
The popularity of the young couple was attested by the large number of wedding gifts they received. The bride was much feted and entertained during the weeks preceding her wedding ...
Biographical Notes on Walter Reid Perkins
The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 582:
Walter Reid Perkins is one of Pitt County’s native sons. He was born in Stokes, N.C., Dec. 19, 1904. His parents were James Lawrence and Della Cordelia Roberson Perkins ...
Living in a small town, Reid left home when he was 13 years old to go to Durham where he enrolled as a student in Trinity Park School. To reach Durham he had to change trains twice. There he made friends and enjoyed the social life in the city. After graduating he entered Trinity College (now Duke University), where he was pledged to Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. From there he entered Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1926 with one of the highest honors bestowed on a cadet, First Lieutenant and Adjutant. At age 77 he still has that same V.M.I. snap in his walk. After graduation Reid and one of his V.M.I. friends worked their way to Europe on a steam ship for the summer to see the world.
When he returned home, he established the Perkins Company, a department store. After several years he started Perkins Oil Company, which he owned and operated until he retired.
On June 30, 1931, Reid married Virginia Dare King ... from this marriage were three children, all born in Greenville
Obituary of Walter Reid Perkins
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, September 16, 1993, p. B-2:
WALTER PERKINS, OIL FIRM FOUNDER, DIES TUESDAY
Mr. Walter Reid Perkins, 88, of 400 N. Summit St., died Tuesday at his home.
uneral services Friday 2 p.m., First Christian Church. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Perkins, a native of Stokes, was a graduate of Trinity Park School in Durham and Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va. He was the founder of Perkins Oil Co., serving as president of the company until his retirement.
Mr. Perkins was a member of First Christian Church where he served as an elder and trustee. He had served in a number of other leadership roles and was elected an Honorary Life Member of the First Christian Church Official Board in 1988. He was a past member of the Greenville Rotary Club.
Surviving: his wife, Virginia King Perkins; sons, Walter Reid Perkins, Jr. and Richard Lawrence Perkins, both of Greenville; daughter, Virginia King Perkins Sharp of New Bern; sisters, Mary Annie P. Roebuck Buck of Stokes, Christine P. Cutchin of Whitakers, Cordelia P. Roebuck of Greenville and Jean B. Perkins of Tarboro.
Visitation today from 7-9 p.m., Wilkerson Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to First Christian Church, 520 Greenville Blvd., S.E., Greenville, N.C. 27858 or Hospice of Tar Heel, P. O. Box 1645, Greenville, N.C. 27835.
Obituary of Virginia Dare King
The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday, April 13, 2000, p. B-4:
VIRGINIA DARE KING PERKINS
GREENVILLE –– Mrs. Virginia Dare King Perkins, 94, died Tuesday, April 11, 2000 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
Mattie Moye King
Wife of Richard Warren King, and mother of Virginia Dare (King) Perkins. Contributed to the Ross-Kammerer Online Photo Archive (#328) by Nancy Elizabeth King Perkins, and used courtesy of the Ross-Kammerer Photo Archive, Greenville, North Carolina.
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, April 14, 2000 at First Christian Church, with the Rev. Thomas Banks officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Perkins was born July 1, 1905 in Greenville, daughter of the late Richard Warren and Mattie Elizabeth Moye King. Her husband, Walter Reid Perkins, also preceded her in death.
A resident of Greenville for most of her life, she attended Greenville schools and North Carolina Woman’s College (UNC-G). She taught school and directed plays for several years.
Mrs. Perkins, known as “Ma” to most of her family, was a lifelong member of First Christian Church where she was the oldest member at the time of her death. Always involved in the life of her church, she led and participated in many of its activities through all of her years. Among her church activities were Sunday School teacher, founder of the kindergarten, and Church Board member. She was honored by the Board as a “Life Member.” Her other activities included the Greenville Service League, the Greenville Museum of Art, the Athenaeum Book Club and several bridge clubs.
Mrs. Perkins was known for her bubbling, happy spirit and love of people.
Richard Warren King
Father of Virginia Dare (King) Perkins. Contributed to the Ross-Kammerer Online Photo Archive (#330) by Nancy Elizabeth King Perkins, and use courtesy of the Ross-Kammerer Photo Archive, Greenville, North Carolina.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Richard King and Howard King and three sisters, Mattie Moye Gaylord, Amen Gailbreth, and Nancy Hannah.
Surviving are her children, Virginia Perkins Sharp and her husband Ed of New Bern, Walter R. Perkins Jr. and his wife Patsy of Greenville, R. Lawrence Perkins and his wife Bonnie of Greenville; brother, Charles M. King of Greenville; grandchildren, C. Edward Sharp III and his wife Jan of Cary, Reid Perkins Sharp of New Bern, Virginia King Sharp of Raleigh, Walter Reid Perkins III and his wife Kelly of Greenville, Julian Bradshaw Perkins and his wife Michelle of Greenville, Richard Lawrence Perkins Jr. of Greenville and William Rippard Perkins of Greenville, and five great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at Wilkerson Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. Thursday.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church, 520 Greenville Blvd., S.E., Greenville, NC 27858 or to the Leo Jenkins Cancer Center, ECU School of Medicine, 525 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27858.
Issue:
B370–––i.–––Virginia King8 Perkins, of whom below, born in 1933.
B371–––ii.–––Walter Reid Perkins, Jr., of whom below, born in 1936.
B372–––iii.–––Richard Lawrence Perkins, of whom below, was born in 1940.
B188. HELEN CHRISTINE7 PERKINS (James Lawrence6, Annis S.5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born January 30, 1911. Christine married James McKenney Cutchin III on September 10, 1932. He was born September 26, 1912; died February 1984.
Issue:
B373–––i.–––James McKenney8 Cutchin IV, of whom below, born in 1933.
B374–––ii.–––Barbara Perkins Cutchin, of whom below, born in 1934.
B375–––iii.–––Lawrence McGilbra Cutchin, of whom below, born in 1937.
B189. MARSHALL JEROME7 PERKINS (James Lawrence6, Annis S.5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born July 15, 1913 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died December 17, 1985 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; and was buried in Pinewood Memorial Park, Greenville, North Carolina. Jerome married Virginia Ruth Roebuck on October 10, 1935, daughter of George Benjamin Roebuck and Myrtle Gurganus. She was born April 30, 1917; died June 30, 2000; and was buried in Pinewood Memorial Park, Greenville, North Carolina.
Obituary of Marshall Jerome Perkins
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 17, 1985, p. 10:
PERKINS
Mr. Marshall Jerome Perkins, 72, died today at Heritage Hospital in Tarboro. He was a resident of Stokes.
His funeral will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel by the Revs. Willis Wilson and K.C. Lennon. Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park.
Mr. Perkins, a native of Pitt County, spent all his life in Stokes and was a retired general merchant. He was a member of the Stokes Missionary Baptist Church and Stonewell Masonic Lodge AF&AM. He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Sudan Temple, New Bern.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Virginia Roebuck Perkins; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Murdough of Hudson, Ohio, Mrs. William Harvey Whitehurst of Bethel and Mrs. Gene Hamby of Greenville; three brothers, J. Vance Perkins and W. Reid Perkins, both of Greenville, and Julian L. Perkins of Atlantic Beach; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Annis Roebuck of Stokes, Mrs. Christine Cutchin of Whitakers, Mrs. J. Clinton Roebuck of Greenville and Miss Jean Perkins of Morehead City; and nine grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.
Obituaries of Virginia Ruth Roebuck
The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Saturday, July 1, 2000, p. B-6:
STOKES
VIRGINIA R. PERKINS, 83, June 30. Funeral 2 p.m., Monday, funeral home chapel. Burial, Pinewood Memorial Park. Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home, Greenville.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Saturday, July 1, 2000, p. B-2:
VIRGINIA R. PERKINS
STOKES –– Mrs. Virginia Roebuck Perkins, 83, died Friday, June 30, 2000.
Funeral services Monday 2 p.m., Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Burial in Pinewood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Perkins, a lifelong resident of Stokes, was a member of Stokes Baptist Church.
Surviving: her daughters, Joy Perkins Murdough of Hudson, Ohio, Jewell Perkins Whitehurst of Bethel and Marsha Perkins Hemby of Greenville; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
Visitation Sunday 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, July 2, 2000, p. B-2:
PERKINS
STOKES, NC –– Mrs. Virginia Roebuck Perkins, 83, beloved mother and grandmother, died Friday, June 30, 2000.
he funeral service will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Perkins, daughter of the late George Benjamin and Myrtle Gurganus Roebuck, grew up near Stokes. She was married to Jerome Perkins of Stokes for 50 years. He died in 1985. During their marriage, she was active in the management of the family store, Jerome Perkins General Merchandise until it was destroyed in a fire in 1971.
Mrs. Perkins had been an active member of Stokes Baptist Church since 1941, serving as secretary-treasurer of WMU beginning in 1973. Her lifelong love of flowers was exhibited weekly in creative and beautiful arrangement for Stokes Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Louis Roebuck and George Roebuck, Jr.
Surviving are her daughters, Joy Perkins Murdough and her husband Tom of Hudson, Ohio, Jewell Perkins Whitehurst and William Harvey Whitehurst of Bethel, and Marsha Perkins Hemby and her husband Gene of Greenville; grandchildren, Tom Murdough III of Cambridge, Mass., Marshall Murdough of Hudson, Ohio, Jody Murdough of Cleveland, Ohio, Peter Murdough of Hudson, Ohio, Juliana Whitehurst of Stokes, Gil Whitehurst of Stokes, Ryan Whitehurst of Bethel, Jenny Hemby Morgan and her husband J. P. of Greenville, and Gene Hemby, Jr. of Greenville; great-grandchild, Jamie Morgan of Greenville; sister-in-law Iris Roebuck of Farmville; and nephew Kent Roebuck of Tarboro.
The family will receive friends at Wilkerson Funeral Home from 7-9 p.m. Sunday.
Issue:
B376–––i.–––Virginia Joy8 Perkins, of whom below, was born in 1937.
B377–––ii.–––Jewell DeLana Perkins, of whom below, was born in 1948.
B378–––iii.–––Marsha Joan Perkins, of whom below, born in 1950.
B192. BLANCHE FLANAGAN7 DAVENPORT (James Fleming6, Martha Ann5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born January 28, 1904. She died between January 29, 1984 and July 11, 1994. She is named as a survivor in the obituary of her sister Mary Wise (Davenport) Sutton in 1984 but not in the obituary of another sister, Patsy (Davenport) Haley, in 1994. Blanche married Robert Hogan Gaskins on December 22, 1923; the wedding was a double ceremony with her cousin Mary Gaskill Flanagan, who married Walter L. Harrington. Gaskins was born 1901 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.
Notes
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, November 2, 1965, p. 5:
GASKINS RETIRES AFTER 46 YEARS
Robert Hogan Gaskins retired yesterday as a buying agent for Imperial Tobacco Company after 46 years.
J. R. Moye, Jr., Buying Supervisor, told Gaskins in a ceremony at the company’s local office that “I can’t ever recall that you didn’t look as though you were enjoying your work.”
Gaskins was given some savings bond “as a token of the company’s esteem for his years of service.”
Gaskins worked in various positions in the plant from 1918 to 1937, Moye said. He became a buying agent that year.
He is a native of Greenville and is married to the former Blanche Davenport, also of Greenville. They live at 309 Library Street.
Issue:
B379–––i.–––Robert Hogan8 Gaskins, Jr., of whom below, was born on April 9, 1929.
B194. LELA7 DAVENPORT (James Fleming6, Martha Ann5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born August 5, 1908 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; died April 8, 1997 in Nash Grove Manor, Spring Hope, Nash County, North Carolina; and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Spring Hope, North Carolina. She married Augustus Neville, Jr. Gus was born on February 7, 1903; died on March 7, 1987 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina; and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Spring Hope, North Carolina. According to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 264: “She taught school in Spring Hope. In 1933 at Memorial Baptist Church, she married August Neville, Jr. of Enfield.”
Obituary of Lela Davenport
The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wednesday, April 9, 1997, B-6:
LELA D. NEVILLE
SPRING HOPE –– Mrs. Lela Davenport Neville, 88, died Monday (April 8th was a Tuesday?), April 8, 1997 at Nash Grove Manor.
Graveside service will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday from Oakdale Cemetery by Rev. Jody Griffin. Mrs. Neville was born in Greenville, NC on August 5, 1908. She was the daughter of the late James Fleming Davenport and Blanche Flanagan Davenport.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Augustus Neville, her son, John Davenport Neville and her grandson, Dr. Kenneth Brantley.
Mrs. Neville is survived by one daughter, Katherine Neville Brantley of Wilson; one son, Augustus Neville III of Chapel Hill; sister, Katherine Davenport Roberson of Robersonville; brother, James F. Davenport of Greenville; four grandchildren; two great-grandsons.
The family will receive friends at the Spring Hope Funeral Home Thursday night from 7-9 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Spring Hope or to the charity of one’s choice.
Obituary of Augustus Neville, Jr.
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, March 9, 1987, p. A-10:
NEVILLE
SPRING HOPE –– Mr. Augustus (Gus) Neville, Jr., 84, died Saturday in the Community Hospital in Rocky Mount.
His graveside funeral was conducted at 11 a.m. today in the Oakdale Cemetery in Spring Hope by ther Rev. Jimmy Creech.
A resident of Spring Hope and a retired pharmacist, he was a Mason and a member of the First Baptist Church of Spring Hope.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lela Davenport Neville of the home; two sons, Gus Neville III of Chapel Hill and Dr. John D. Neville of Raleigh; a daughter, Mrs. Katherine Brantley of Wilson; and two brothers, Robert Neville of Enfield and Murray Neville of Lewes, Del.; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Willey of Enfield and Mrs. Claire Adams of Tarboro; and five grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Momeyer Rescue Squad or the Spring Hope Fire Department.
Arrangements are by Hunt-Murray Funeral Home in Spring Hope.
Issue:
B380–––i.–––Lela Katherine8 Neville was born in 1935. Katherine married a Mr. Brantley. She is a member of Mensa of Eastern North Carolina. They had a son, Kenneth Brantley, who died before April 8, 1997, according to The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wednesday, April 9, 1997, B-6.
B381–––ii.–––Augustus Neville III was born in 1939, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 264.
B382–––iii.–––John Davenport Neville was born on August 15, 1942, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 264; died before April 8, 1997. He was a professor of history at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina and author of Bacon’s Rebellion, Abstracts of Materials in the Colonial Records Project, Jamestown, Va., Jamestown Foundation, 1976 and The Davenports and Flanagans: A Social History of Greenville and Pitt County, published in 1992. He was also chairman of the North Carolina 400th Anniversary Committee.
B195. PATSY ELIZABETH7 DAVENPORT (James Fleming6, Martha Ann5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born January 24, 1910 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; died July 11, 1994 in Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina. Patsy married Curtis Brabson Haley, Jr. Brabson was born on December 10, 1911; died in 1973 possibly in Brentwood, Tennessee. His father was book editor for the Methodist Publishing House in Nashville, Tennessee and treasurer of the Methodist Benevolent Association.
Notes
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 22, 1942, p. 1:
YDC HONORS MISS PATSY DAVENPORT
Miss Patsy Davenport of Greenville, committeewoman for the North Carolina Young Democrats, has been appointed co-director of Region X by Joe C. Carr, national YDC president. Carr, who is secretary of state in Tennessee, notified Miss Davenport that she will serve as liaison officer between the regional and national offices.
The National Young Democratic Club divides the nation into 12 regions. Region X is composed of North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Miss Davenport will have a hard time coordinating work in Region X since opportunities to hold conventions and meetings are handicapped because of the rubber and gasoline shortage.
Obituary of Patsy Elizabeth Davenport
The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 12, 1994, p. B-2:
PATSY D. HALEY, 84; FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Patsy Davenport Haley, 84, died Monday, July 11, 1994.
Funeral services Wednesday 2 p.m., Chapel of Cypress Glen. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Haley was a native of Greenville. She attended East Carolina Teacher’s College and was appointed information officer at the state capitol in Raleigh in 1941. That same year, she was elected national committeewoman of the state Young Democrats Club.
She resided in Brentwood, Tenn., for 38 years and was active in the Brentwood Methodist Church and the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, where she was a member of the state board and was state conservation chairwoman. She wrote a number of playlets on conservation which were presented at the Tennessee Conservation Camps.
In 1981 she returned to Greenville and lived at Cypress Glen. She was a member of Jarvis Memorial United Methodist Church.
Surviving: her daughter, Patsy Haley Stann of Chevy Chase, Md.; sisters, Edna Davenport Pearce of Franklinton, Lela Davenport Neville of Spring Hope, Sidney Davenport Hundley of Wilmington and Katherine Davenport Roberson of Robersonville; brother, James F. Davenport, Jr. of Greenville; one granddaughter.
Visitation Wednesday 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Cypress Glen.
In lieu of flowers, contributions to Cypress Glen for the Health Care Unit Fund, 100 Hickory St., Greenville, N.C. 27858.
Issue:
B383–––i.–––Patsy Flanagan8 Haley, born in 1944 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. She married a Mr. Stann. They had at least one child, a daughter.
B197. SIDNEY7 DAVENPORT (James Fleming6, Martha Ann5 Fleming, Peter4, Benjamin3, David2, John1) was born August 26, 1913. She died between July 11, 1994 amd June 23, 2003 (Named as a survivor of her sister Patsy Davenport Haley in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 12, 1994, p. B-2 amd the obituary of her brother James Fleming Davenport, Jr. states that he was predeceased by six sisters and then lists his sister Katherine Davenport Roberson as his only surviving sibling.) She married Deane Hundley, Jr., who was born March 5, 1909.
Notes
Note reference to Dr. Dean Hundley in the third paragraph of the story below excerpted from The Morning Star, Wilmington, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 6, 2001, p. B-4:
MRS. MARY POWELL BONEY
WALLACE –– Mary Powell Boney, age 85, died Monday, June 4, 2001 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
She was born April 20, 1916 in Green Sea, SC and was the daughter of the late Henry and Laura Shelley Powell. She was predeceased by her husband, David R. Boney Jr., two brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Boney graduated in 1937 as a registered nurse from James Walker School of Nursing in Wilmington. In 1939, she married David R. Boney Jr. and moved to Wallace where she began her nursing career. She worked twenty-five years with Dr. Deane Hundley and twelve years for Duplin County Health Department. Mrs. Boney was called by God to be a nurse because her love for others extended to everyone she met. She truly lived for others and her greatest joy was to meet the needs of others. Her home going leaves a void in hearts of all who knew her ...
Issue:
B384–––i.–––Deane8 Hundley III was born in 1938. I assume he is the same as named in the stories below:
The News & Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, Saturday, July 15, 1995, p. C-6:
HODGES HOLDS
ONE-STROKE
ADVANTAGEBobby Hodges turned in the day’s lone sub-par score of 71 Friday –– and in the process, took the le
ames Beverly
Congleton’s sister, Jennie Whitley Congleton, was the second wife of Albert Francis
Caldwell. Albert and his first wife and their son were passengers on the Titanic.
They were returning from Bangkok, Siam (now Thailand) where they were teachers in
Bangkok Christian College for Boys (run under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions). They survived the tragedy, but divorced in 1930. Albert
Caldwell died on March 10, 1977. Jennie Whitley (Congleton) Caldwell died on
November 22, 1980. Source: 
