Generation No. 6

B322. ARTHUR BENJAMIN⁸ MAYO (Ethel Mariah⁷ Fleming, William Benjamin⁶, Osmyn S.⁵, Luke⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born July 17, 1917 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, according to Emily Cheryl (Mayo) Malone; died May 25, 1991 in Lenoir Memorial Hospital, Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina.  He married Virginia Moore Meeks on October 10, 1941 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, daughter of William O. Meeks.  She was born June 8, 1917 in Nash County, North Carolina; died October 17, 2003 at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston; and was buried at Pinelawn Memorial Park, Kinston, North Carolina.

Marriage of Arthur Benjamin Mayo and Virginia Moore Meeks

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 14, 1941, p. 2:

MRS. ARTHUR BENJAMIN MAYO

Rocky Mount, Oct. 14 –– In a private ceremony solemnized Friday morning, October 10 in the First Methodist Church of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Miss Virginia Moore Meeks, of his city, and Mr. Arthur Benjamin Mayo, of Rocky Mount and Falkland, were united in marriage.  The Reverend L. L. Phillips officiated at the ring ceremony.

The bride, an attractive brunette, wore for her wedding an original model of black velveteen fashioned with a basque bodice and collar and cuffs of lace ...

Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Mayo left for a wedding trip north and upon their return will make their home at 338 South Pearl Street, Rocky Mount ...

There were around 150 present ...

Mrs. Mayo is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W O. Meeks and a popular member of the younger set.  She was graduated from the Rocky Mount high school where she held membership in Delta Theta Delta sorority.  She later attended Wingate College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, and Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she was a member of the Cotillion Club.

Mr. Mayo is the son of Mrs. Lyman Brown and the late Arthur Herbert Mayo of Falkland.   He received his education in the Falkland schools.  He worked in Greenville for five years, coming to Rocky Mount from that city.  He is now associated in business here.

Obituary of Virginia Moore Meeks

The Free Press, Kinston, North Carolina, Saturday, October 18, 2003:

VIRGINIA M. MAYO

KINSTON –– Virginia Meeks Mayo, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, at Lenoir Memorial Hospital.

Virginia was a retired schoolteacher with the Kinston City Schools, a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and was a member of Queen Street United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Benjamin Mayo; sister, Mary Elizabeth Bryan of Tarboro; and brother, William O. Meeks Jr. of Newport.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Queen Street United Methodist Church with the Rev. Francis Daniel officiating.  A private burial will be held at Pinelawn Memorial Park.

Survivors include a daughter, Cheryl Mayo Malone and husband, Larry, of Kinston; son, Chip Mayo and wife, Teresa, of Raleigh; grandchildren, Kim Malone Gay and husband, Ty, of Kinston, Will, Andrew, Allie and Julie Mayo, all of Raleigh, and great-granddaughter, Virginia Jenna Grace Smith; and special niece, Sherrod Bryan.

The family will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Malone ... in Kinston.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Queen Street United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 508, Kinston, NC 28502.  Arrangements by Edwards Funeral Home.

Obituary of Arthur Benjamin Mayo

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, May 27, 1991, p. A-8:

MAYO

KINSTON –– Mr. Arthur Benjamin Mayo, 73, of 1802 Elizabeth Drive, died Saturday in Lenoir Memorial Hospital.

His funeral was to be conducted today at 3:30 p.m. at Queen Street United Methodist Church by the Rev. Ed Privette and Ray Broadwell.

Mr. Mayo, a veteran of World War II, was a retired accountant with Western and Southern Insurance Co.  He was a member of Queen Street Church.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia Meeks Mayo; one son, Arthur B. Mayo, Jr. of Raleigh; one daughter, Cheryl M. Malone of Kinston; one sister, Betty Brown Clark of Jacksonville, Fla., and three grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Queen Street United Methodist Church, Queen Street, Kinston, N. C. 28501.

Arrangements were by Edwards Funeral Home.

Issue:

B559–––i.–––Emily Cheryl⁹ Mayo, of whom below, was born in 1946 in Nash County, North Carolina.

B560–––ii.–––Arthur Benjamin Mayo, Jr., of whom below, born in 1956 in Lenoir County, North Carolina.

B323. BETTY JEAN⁸ BROWN (Ethel Mariah⁷ Fleming, William Benjamin⁶, Osmyn S.⁵, Luke⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1934 in Pitt County, North Carolina, according to Melvin E. Clark, Jr.  She married Melvin Earl Clark on December 28, 1951 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  He was born in 1933 in North Carolina.  He married second Florence (Hair) Cate in Duval County, Florida, on January 4, 1986.  She was born in Georgia in 1937.  His marriage to Betty Jean Brown ended in divorce on October 10, 1975.  It was also her second marriage, her first ending in divorce in February of 1974.

Issue:
Of Betty Jean Brown and Melvin Earl Clark

B561–––i.–––Melvin Earl⁹ Clark, Jr., born in 1954 in North Carolina.  He married Jill Alison Richie on November 19, 1977 in Marion County, Florida.  She was born in 1954 in Illinois.   Divorce decree issued on May 28, 1996 in Alachua County, Florida.  Two children: Eric E. Clark and Nathan W. Clark.

B562–––ii.–––Sandra Jean Clark, born in 1964 in Virginia.  She married Bruce Wilbur Stonestreet on August 27, 1994 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.  He was born in 1967 in Indiana.  Florida Marriage Certificate Number 084863, County Book/Page Number 01760070 indicates that this was her second marriage, her first ending in divorce in April 1989, and his first.

B335. POLLY⁸ FLEMING (Jesse Marcellus⁷, Marcellus⁶, Osmyn S.⁵, Luke⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born November 7, 1933 in Greenville, Pitt County, Alabama; died on October 11, 2002 in Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama; and was buried in Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Seale, Russell County, Alabama.  She was the widow of Elwood Earl Stokes, who was born on March 11, 1932; died on September 20, 1991; and was buried in Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Seale, Russell County, Alabama.

Obituary of Polly Fleming

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Saturday, October 12, 2002:

POLLY STOKES

PHENIX CITY, Ala. –– Ms. Polly Fleming Stokes, 68, of 21 Lee Road died Friday, Oct. 11, 2002.  She was a member of Mount Zion United Methodist Church and several community organizations.

Graveside services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Mitchell National Cemetery.  Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Stirffler-Hamby Mortuary, Phenix City, Ala.

The Ledger-Enquirier, Columbus, Georgia, Saturday, October 12, 2002:

POLLY FLEMING STOKES

November 7, 1933 - October 11, 2002

PHENIX CITY, AL –– Polly Fleming Stokes, 68 of 21 Lee Road 516, Phenix City, died Friday, October 11, 2002 at her residence.  Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2002 in Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery with Rev. Ron Lee officiating according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Phenix City, AL.  The family will receive friends 6-8:00 p.m. Monday, October 14, 2002 at the funeral home.

Mrs. Stokes was born November 7, 1933 in Greenville, South (North?) Carolina to the late Jesse M. Fleming II and Doris Powell Fleming.  She was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Member of Wilson Williams Chapter 373 OES Phenix City Shrinetts, Daughters of the Nile and Golden Ages of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.   She was preceded in death by her husband Elwood Stokes.

Survivors include her daughter, Deborah Stokes Pienkowski and husband John of Wesley Chapel, FL; son, Douglas E. Stokes and wife Dianne of Phenix City, AL; sister, Mattie Lou Woodard and husband David of Greenville, SC; brother, J. M. Fleming III of Greenville, SC; five grandchildren, Kimberly Ann Pienkowski of West Point, New York, Michael Alexander Pienkowski of Wesley Chapel, FL, Stephen Douglas Stokes, Stephanie Lynn Stokes and Crystal Biggs all of Phenix City, AL; one great grandchildren, Korbyn Hamilton of Phenix City, AL; several aunts and uncles.

Obituary of Elwood Earl Stokes

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, September 22, 1991, p. B-2:

ELWOOD EARL STOKES, 59, KOREA, VIETNAM VETERAN

Staff Sgt. Elwood Earl Stokes, 59, of Phenix City, Ala., died Friday.

Graveside services Monday 11 a.m. at the Fort Mitchell National Cemetery in Alabama.

Sgt. Stokes was a Korea and Vietnam War veteran.

Survivors: wife, Polly Stokes; son, Douglas Stokes of Phenix City; daughter, Deborah Pienkowski of Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; sister, Shirley Taylor of Summerville, S.C.; two brothers, Loyd W. Stokes of Greenville and Benjamin F. Stokes of Rocky Mount; and four grandchildren.

Arrangements: Striffler-Hamby Mortuary of Phenix City, Ala.

Issue:

B563–––i.–––Deborah⁹ Stokes, of whom below.

B564–––ii.–––Douglas E. Stokes, of whom below.

B342. THOMAS EDWARD⁸ FLEMING (James Louis⁷, Charles Erastus⁶, Edward Peter⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1951, and married Patricia Sue Patrick on June 24, 1973 in First Presbyterian Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, daughter of John Carol Patrick.  She was born in 1950.  Each attended East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

Marriage of Thomas Edward Fleming and Patricia Sue Patrick

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, June 25, 1973, p. 2:

MISS PATRICIA SUE PATRICK
IS MARRIED AT THE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Miss Patricia Sue Patrick became the bride of Thomas Edward Fleming Sunday at 6:00 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church.  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Carol Patrick of Greenville.  The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Louis Fleming also of Greenville.  The Rev. Graham Nahouse officiated at the double ring ceremony ...

A program of nuptial music was presented by Kenneth Woodard, organist.  The Rev. Charles M. Smith, soloist, sang “Eternal Life,” “O Perfect Love,” and “The Lord’s Prayer.”

The bride (was) given in marriage by her father ...

Mrs. Peyton Larue Simpson of Cincinnati, Ohio, attended her sister as matron of honor ... Miss Cheryl Elaine Berry of Hickory was maid of honor ... Also attending the bride were Mrs. Carol Douglas Patrick of Raleigh, sister-in-law of the bride, and Mrs. Randolph Clarke Stokes, Jr. ... Miss Tonya Larue Simpson, niece of the bride, was flower girl and William Clayborn Deanhardt was ring bearer ...

The best man was James Louis Fleming, Sr., father of the bridegroom.  Groomsmen included James Louis Fleming, brother of the bridegroom, of New York City, Peyton Larue Simpson of Cincinnati, Ohio, brother-in-law of the bride, Carol Douglas Patrick of Raleigh, brother of the bride, Charles Edward Leonard and Clade Douglas Hartsell ...

The couple left for a wedding trip to Florida ...

The bride graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in early childhood education.  She has taught one year in the Bertie County School System.  The bridegroom is a rising junior at East Carolina University.  He is presently employed with Fisher’s Appliances.

The couple will reside in Greenville ...

Issue:

B565–––i.–––Brian Patrick⁹ Fleming, born in 1978, attended East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.  He married Amanda Robbins Calfee on July 20, 2002 at St. James United Methodist Church in Greenville, North Carolina.

B566–––ii.–––Kelly Paige Fleming, born in 1982.

B343. CATHY ELIZABETH⁸ FLEMING (James Louis⁷, Charles Erastus⁶, Edward Peter⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1952, according to Pitt County, North Carolina Families, Adams - Jinkins, Volume I, compiled by Levis Allen Churchill, Greenville, North Carolina, April 1995, p. 85.  She married Gary Harold Greene.

Issue:

B567–––i.–––Mary Dawn⁹ Greene, born in 1974, according to Pitt County, North Carolina Families, Adams - Jinkins, Volume I, compiled by Levis Allen Churchill, Greenville, North Carolina, April 1995, p. 85.

B568–––ii.–––Michael Benjamin Greene was born in 1978.

B344. ETHEL FLEMING⁸ CAUSEY (Ethel Louise⁷ Fleming, Charles Erastus⁶, Edward Peter⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married Timothy Monroe Wooten, son of Monroe Walter Wooten, on July 7, 1969 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Marriage of Ethel Fleming Causey and Timothy Monroe Wooten

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 8, 1969, p. 8:

MISS CAUSEY

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clyde Winchester of Greenville announce the engagement of her daughter to Lt. Timothy Monroe Wooten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Walter Wooten of Macclesfield.  The wedding will take place in July.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, July 18, 1969, p. 3:

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED

MRS. TIMOTHY MONROE WOOTEN ... Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clyde Winchester of Greenville announce the marriage of her daughter, Ethel Fleming Causey to Lt. Wooten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Walter Wooten of Macclesfield, on July 7 at the Fort De Russey Chapel, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Issue:

B569–––i.–––Warren⁹ Wooten.

B570–––ii.–––Jae Wooten.

B571–––iii.–––Sallie Wooten.

B347. LINDSAY⁸ HENRY (Evelyn Nell⁷ Fleming, Charles Erastus⁶, Edward Peter⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married Margie Peoples.

Issue:

B572–––i.–––Elizabeth⁹ Henry.

B573–––ii.–––James Henry.

B351. JANE LOIS ELIZABETH⁸ FLEMING (Robert Nelson⁷, Bithel⁶, Edward Peter⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1952.  She married a Mr. Kachel.

Jane (Fleming) Kachel and her finance and two grandchildren, Jennie and Brett Kachel. Sent by Jane (Fleming) Kachel	Jane (Fleming) Kachel and her son and two grandchildren, Jennie and Brett Kachel. Sent by Jane (Fleming) Kachel

Issue:

B574–––i.–––David Richard⁹ Kachel, born circa 1973.

B575–––ii.–––Michael Kachel, of whom below, born circa 1975.

B361. IRMA YVONNE⁸ FLEMING (Walter Mack Erastus⁷, Bithel⁶, Edward Peter⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1938 in Pitt County, North Carolina, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 305.  She married Herbert Poe Brown on June 16, 1965 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

Issue:

B576–––i.–––Elinor Elizabeth⁹ Brown, born in 1968, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 305.  She married Timothy Ray Moseley on October 19, 1991 in Sweet Gum Grove Free Will Baptist Church, Pitt County, North Carolina.

It appears from the story of their wedding below that she had a brother, Linwood Brown.

Marriage of
Elinor Elizabeth Brown
and Timothy Ray Moseley

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, September 8, 1991, p. G-5:

ENGAGEMENTS

ELINOR ELIZABETH BROWN
TIMOTHY RAY MOSELEY

Herbert and Yvonne Brown of Route 1, Stokes, announce the engagement of their daughter, Elinor Elizabeth Brown, to Timothy Ray Moseley, son of James and Joann Moseley of Greenville.  An Oct. 19 wedding is planned.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, October 20, 1991, p. G-5:

TIMOTHY RAY MOSELEY
ELINOR ELIZABETH BROWN

Elinor Elizabeth Brown and Timothy Ray Mosely were married Saturday at 3 p.m. in Sweet Gum Grove Free Will Baptist Church.  The Rev. David Hill conducted the double-ring ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert P. Brown of Stokes, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Moseley of Greenville.

The bride was given in marriage by her parents.  Regina Mosely of Grimesland, sister of the bridegroom, was matron of honor, and Kristen Brown of Greenville, niece of the bride, was flower girl.  Bridesmaids were Kathy Brown, sister-in-law of the bride, Robbie Teel and Heather Brown, niece of the bride, all of Greenville.

The father of the bridegroom was best man.  Ushers were James E. Moseley of Grimesland, brother of the bridegroom, Linwood Brown, brother of the bride, Richard Robinson and Tracy Coggins, both of Greenville, and Alex Moseley of Winterville, nephew of the bridegroom. Mike Miller of Greenville, cousin of the bridegroom, was ring bearer.

A reception was held at the church fellowship building.

The couple will live in Stokes after the wedding trip.

The bride is a graduate of East Carolina University.  The bridegroom is employed by Classic Car Colours.

B362. JAMES BEVERLY⁸ CONGLETON, JR. (Lillian⁷ Stokes, Addie⁶ Perkins, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born January 25, 1918, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 237.  He married Vera Pearl Williams on June 19, 1949, possibly in Martin County, North Carolina.  According to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, James Beverly Congleton, Jr. came back to Stokes after four years at Elon College (Elon, North Carolina) and four years in the Armed Forces.  (O)n January 1, 1946, he joined the partnership of Stokes and Congleton.

Issue:

B577–––i.–––James Beverly⁹ Congleton III, born in 1950.  According to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 237, he was a pedodontist in New Bern, North Carolina.

Notes

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, November 13, 1966, p. 12:

SCOUT IS CHOSEN FOR ANNUAL TRIP

STOKES ––– James B. Congleton, 16, has been chosen to represent the Sixth Region of the Boy Scouts of America in a week long trip to Washington, D.C. and New York which will be highlighted by a meeting with President Johnson and members of the Cabinet.

He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Congleton of Stokes and had been a scout for 4½ years.

Expenses for the annual February trip, called Report to the Nation, will be paid by the National Council of Boy Scouts, Congleton said.

He was chosen from among five boys representing parts of four states that make up the southeastern region to go on the trip.

The Report to the Nation consists of 12 scouts representing the 12 regions in the United States touring New York City and Washington, D.C. during National Boy Scout Week in February featuring a meeting with the President.

Congleton is a junior at Stokes-Pactolus High School and a member of Troop 491 sponsored by the Stokes Ruritan Club.

B578–––ii.–––Edwin Williams Congleton, born in 1952, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 237.  He married Shelly Joslyn.  He is possibly the same as Edwin Congleton of Stokes, who is chairman of the Pitt County, North Carolina Republican Party and Republican nominee for North Carolina House District 6 in 2000 against incumbent Democrat R. Eugene Rogers.

Notes

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, June 5, 2000 , p. A-3:

UNDER THE DOME

Brubaker helps Congleton

ormer N.C. House Speaker Harold Brubaker, an Asheboro Republican, appeared at a fund-raiser Thursday for Republican House candidate Ed Congleton in Greenville.

Congleton, owner of a family propane and oil company, is vying with incumbent Democrat Gene Rogers of Williamston for the seat in House District 6.

Congleton said no talk occurred about Brubaker’s interest in running for speaker if the GOP wins back the House.

“He did a tremendous job for us,” Congleton said.  “I have no objection to supporting him when I am elected.  We’ll have to wait and see what happens.”

B579–––iii.–––Wilbur Barnes Congleton, born April 18, 1956.  He married Pamela Warren, born May 23, 1956.

B363. VIRGINIA ANNETTE⁸ CONGLETON (Lillian⁷ Stokes, Addie⁶ Perkins, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born May 6, 1927, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 237.  She married William A. Romeiser.  She was living in Toledo, Ohio, in 1953, according to the obituary of her father, James Beverly Congleton, Sr., in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, June 1, 1953, p. 3.

Issue:

B580–––i.–––Eric⁹ Romeiser.

B581–––ii.–––David Romeiser.

B582–––iii.–––Robert Romeiser.

B583–––iv.–––Susan Romeiser.

B367. CURTIS FLEMING⁸ PERKINS, JR. (Curtis Fleming⁷, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born October 12, 1927 in Pitt County, North Carolina, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 580; died December 31, 2001 in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He married Maxine Reese, who was born on September 16, 1923; died October 5, 1976 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.

Obituary of Curtis Fleming Perkins, Jr.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 1, 2002:

MR. CURTIS PERKINS JR., 75, Monday, Dec. 31, 2001. Wilkerson Funeral Home.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, January 2, 2002:

CURTIS PERKINS, JR.

Curtis Perkins Jr., 75, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001.  A native of Pitt County, he attended Greenville city schools, Episcopal High School in Lynchburg, Va., and East Carolina University.  He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War and worked in the insurance industry for nearly 50 years.

Memorial services 3 p.m. Saturday, Bethel Presbyterian Church, McLeansville.  Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Wilkerson Funeral Home.

Memorials to Bethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Road, McLeansville, N.C. 27301, or St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 401 E. Fourth St., Greenville, N.C. 27858.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, January 3, 2002:

CURTIS PERKINS, JR.

Mr. Curtis Perkins Jr., 75, died Monday Dec. 31, 2001, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.

Memorial services will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at Bethel Presbyterian Church in McLeansville.  The family will receive visitors at the church after the service and at other times at the home of Kim Teeters, 4506 Oakmoor Drive, Greensboro.

Mr. Perkins, a native of Pitt County, attended Greenville city schools, Episcopal High School in Lynchburg, Va., and East Carolina University.  While at East Carolina University, he was a member of the golf team, and in 1999, he was honorary captain of the East Carolina Golf Team.  He served in the United States Army during both WWII and the Korean Conflict, and had an active career in the insurance industry for nearly 50 years.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine Rees Perkins in 1976, and his father, Curtis Perkins Sr. in 1977.

He is survived by his mother, Elizabeth White McMillan of Greenville; four daughters; Heidi L. Perkins of Greenville, Diane P. Jackson, Kim P. Teeters and husband Johnny and Nancy P. Swanson and husband Dan, all of Greensboro; three sons; Curtis F. “Kirk” Perkins III and wife Nancy, Julian O. Perkins, Jeffrey F. Perkins and wife Natalie, all of Greensboro; and four grandchildren, Todd Perkins, Nichole Jackson, Angela Parham and Jena Perkins; and four great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wilkerson Funeral Home.  In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Bethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Road, McLeansville, N.C., 27301, or St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 401 E. 4th, Greenville, N.C., 27858.

Obituary of Maxine Reese Perkins

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, October 6, 1976, p. 12:

PERKINS

GREENSBORO –– Mrs. Curtis Perkins, Jr., formerly of Greenville, died last night.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m.

Survivors include her husband, Curtis Perkins, Jr. of the home; three sons, Kirk, Julian, and Jeffrey, all of Greensboro; five daughters, Mrs. Steve Simmons, Mrs. Tim Maness, Mrs. J.C. Tuttle, Miss Diane Perkins and Miss Heidi Perkins, all of Greensboro; her mother, Mrs. Daphne Reese; a sister, Mrs. Ben Miles; and two grandchildren.

Issue:

The obituary of Maxime (Reese) Perkins,
Mrs. Curtis Fleming Perkins, Jr.,
states that she was survived by five daughters,
however, I have record of only four, listed below.

B584–––i.–––Curtis Fleming⁹ Perkins III, of whom below, born in 1951.

B585–––ii.–––Elizabeth Diane Perkins, of whom below, was born in 1953.

B586–––iii.–––Kimberla Rose Perkins, of whom below, was born in 1955.

B587–––iv.–––Nancy Marie Perkins, born in 1957.  Nancy married first Tim Maness on March 13, 1976 and second Dan Swanson.

B588–––v.–––Julian Otis Perkins, born in 1958.

B589–––vi.–––Jeffrey Franklin Perkins was born in 1960.  He married Natalie ?.

B590–––vii.–––Heidi Lynn Perkins, born in 1969.

B368. JAMES VANCE⁸ PERKINS, JR. (James Vance⁷, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1937.  Jimmy married Mary Lynne Southerland on August 30, 1959 in St. Paul Methodist Church, Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, daughter of David Roscoe Southerland.  Their marriage was performed by his grandfather, Dr. Frederick Jones, retired Baptist minister of Greenville.  She was born in 1939.  At the time of their marriage, he was in the engineering program at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina and a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, and Lynn was a student at Meredith College, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Marriage of James Vance Perkins, Jr. and Mary Lynne Southerland

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, August 17, 1959, p. 2:

MISS SOUTHERLAND GIVEN LUNCHEON, TEA

Miss Lynn Southerland was guest of honor at a luncheon Saturday when Mrs. Jesse R. Moye and Misses Margaret and Lillian Moye were hostesses.

The honoree and her mother, Mrs. David Southerland, with the hostesses, received at the foyer …

GOLDSBORO – Miss Lynn Southerland, who will marry James Vance Perkins Jr. of Greenville on Aug 30, was honored at a tea recently … held at the home of Mrs. Hayden Stuart …

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, August 31, 1959, p. 2:

JIMMY PERKINS WEDS GOLDSBORO BRIDE

GOLDSBORO – The wedding of Miss Mary Lynne Southerland and James Vance Perkins Jr. was solemnized yesterday afternoon at St. Paul Methodist Church.  Officiating at the double-ring rites was the grandfather of the bridegroom, Dr. Frederick Jones, retired Baptist minister of Greenville.  He was assisted by the bride’s pastor, the Rev. Leon Couch.

Mr. and Mrs. David Roscoe Southerland of Goldsboro are the bride’s parents, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vance Perkins of Greenville.

“I Love Thee” and “Whither Thou Goest” were sung by Mrs. David Weil.  She was accompanied by Mrs. John Crumpler, organist.

Given in marriage by her father ...

Maid of honor was the bride’s sister, Miss Kay Southerland.  Bridesmaids were Miss Nancy Sue Gaylord of Jamesville, Miss Jane Perkins, sister of the bridegroom, of Greenville, Miss Barbara Southerland, cousin of the bride, of Goldsboro, Miss Georgia Cobb and Miss Mary Bea Heeden, both of Goldsboro ...

Honorary bridesmaids ... were Misses Jane Smith, Agnes Lawler, Pat Brown, all of Goldsboro, and Miss Anita Everette of Robersonville, and Miss Linda Whisnant of Hickory.

Best man was the father of the bridegroom.  Ushers were Gene Brown, Clark Noble, Walter Perkins, cousin of the bridegroom, all of Greenville, Burwell Temple Jr., cousin of the bridegroom, of Kinston, Laurence Cutchin, cousin of the bridegroom, of Chapel Hill, and Gerald Grant Jr., cousin of the bride, of Goldsboro ...

The bride was graduated from Goldsboro High School and is a rising junior at Meredith College, Raleigh.  The bridegroom was graduated from Greenville High School and in engineering physics from N. C. State College.  He was a member of Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity ...

Issue:

B591–––i.–––David Vance⁹ Perkins, born in 1963, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 580.

B592–––ii.–––Allison Cooper Perkins, born in 1967.

B593–––iii.–––Leslie Winn Perkins, born in 1969.

B369. JANE MARSHALL⁸ PERKINS (James Vance⁷, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1940, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 580 and 581.  She married Wilkie Carlos Burt on August 21, 1960 in Memorial Baptist Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Johnnie Joseph Burt.  Her grandfather, H. Frederick Jones, officiated.  At the time of their marriage, she was a student at East Carolina College, Greenville, North Carolina; he had graduated from that institution, at which he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.  Carlos Burt was born in 1937. 

Marriage of Jane Marshall Perkins and Wilkie Carlos Burt

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, August 22, 1960, p. 2:

MISS JANE MARSHALL PERKINS
MARRIES WILKIE CARLOS BURT

he wedding of Miss Jane Marshall Perkins and Wilkie Carlos Burt was solemnized yesterday at five p.m. at the Memorial Baptist Church.  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Vance Perkins Sr., of Greenville, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Joseph Burt.

Officiating at the double ring rites was the grandfather of the bride, Rev. H. Frederick Jones, retired Baptist minister.  He was assisted by Rev. Percy Upchurch, the bride’s pastor ...

Given in marriage by her father ...

Mrs. James Vance Perkins, Jr., of Raleigh, served her sister-in-law as matron of honor.  The maid of honor was Miss Dele Guddy of Roanoke, Va., a former roommate of the bride.

Bridesmaids were: Misses Lillian Moye, Camilla Henderson, Judy Jolly, Ray Lane, and Mrs. Richard Haar of Greenville, and Mrs. John E. Arnold of Lockport, N.Y. ...

Honorary bridesmaids ... were Misses Anne Moore, Ruth Young, Jenny Lynn Thompson, Martha Lee Moye of Greenville, Miss Betsy King of Farmville, and Mrs. T. C. Carson, Jr., of Bethel.

The groom had as his best man his brother, Dr. Johnnie J. Burt, Jr., of Chapel Hill.

Ushers were: Dr. Joe H. Burt of Winston-Salem, brother of the bridegroom, Lt. William Jenkins of Fairmont, Montrose Graham of Enfield, J. Vance Perkins, Jr., brother of the bride of Raleigh, Thomas Nelson of Jacksonville, Gene Bedsole of Elizabethtown, Crowell Pope of Littleton, and Charles Miles of Richmond, Va. ...

The bride was graduated from Junius Rose High School and attended Sullins Junior College.  At present she is a rising junior at East Carolina College.

The groom is a graduate of Campbell Junior College and East Carolina College.  He is a science major and will teach in the Pitt County Schools this fall and continue work on his Master’s Degree at East Carolina College.

He is a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity …

After a northern wedding trip, the couple will make their home at 505 College View Apartments, Greenville ...

Issue:

B594–––i.–––John Marshall⁹ Burt was born in 1963.

B595–––ii.–––Janell Ashley Burt, born in 1965.

B596–––iii.–––Jeffrey Davis Burt, born in 1967.

B370. VIRGINIA KING⁸ PERKINS (Walter Reid⁷, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1933, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 580.  She married Rev. Charles Edward Sharp, Jr. on May 11, 1957 at the Eighth Street Christian Church, Greenville, North Carolina.  Ed was/is the rector of Christ Church (Episcopal), New Bern, North Carolina.  He was born July 10, 1924.

Marriage of Virginia King Perkins and Charles Edward Sharp, Jr.

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, May 13, 1957, p. 2:

VIRGINIA PERKINS, THE REV. SHARP MARRY

he Eighth Street Christian Church was the setting of a formal candlelight ceremony on Saturday, May 11 at 8:30 in the evening when Miss Virginia King Perkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reid Perkins of Greenville, became the bride of the Rev. Charles Edward Sharp, of Beaufort, son of Mrs. Starkey Sharp, Sr. and the late Mr. Sharp, of Harrellsville, N.C.

Dr. H. Glenn Haney, pastor of the bride, officiated, assisted by The Right Reverend Thomas H. Wright, Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern North Carolina, for the double-ring ceremony ...

Preceding the ceremony, a program of nuptial music was rendered by Phillip Edwards of Rocky Mount.  Mrs. Sydney Worth Dunn, Jr. of Greenville sang “O Perfect Love,” Blomfield, and “O Lord Most Holy,” Franz.  Mrs. Ward Peacock of Chapel Hill sang “O Father, All Creating,” Bach, and “The Greatest of These Is Love,” Bitgood.

The bride was given in marriage by her father ... Her only ornament was a strand of pearls, a gift of the bridegroom.

Mrs. Robert T. Sears of Norfolk, Va., cousin of the bride, was matron of honor.  Miss Eutha Sharp of Chapel Hill, sister of the bridegroom, was maid of honor.  The bridesmaids were Mrs. Paul Nissen Montague, Jr., of Winston-Salem, Mrs. David Sabiston of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Rowland Andrews Radford of Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Robert H. Guy of Thomasville, Ga., Mrs. James Lucas Barnes, Jr., of Wilson, and Miss Mary Ann Waldrop and Miss Margaret Fleming of Greenville ...

Little Miss Margaret Scales of Greenville, cousin of the bride, was flower girl.

Charles Merrican King, Jr., son of Lt. Cmdr. and Mrs. King of Norfolk, Va., was ring bearer.  Ushers were Hunter Sharp, Jr. of Ahoskie, Wayland S. Barnes of Colerain, Don Raby Edwards of Alexandria, Va., Rev. David B. Ernest of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Rev. Gordon D. Bennett of Macon, Ga., Herbert Lyman Ormond, Jr., Walter Reid Perkins, Jr. and Richard Lawrence Perkins, brothers of the bride, of Greenville ...

Mrs. Sharp attended St. Mary’s Junior College in Raleigh, graduated from East Carolina College, and taught in New Bern last year.  During the past year she taught at Virginia Beach, Va.  She made her debut in Raleigh in 1952.

The Rev. Mr. Sharp attended the University of North Carolina, graduated from Wake Forest College, graduated from Yale University Divinity School and took one year of special study at the Virginia Theological Seminary.  He is the Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Beaufort ...

Following the cake cutting, the couple left for a Southern honeymoon ...

Notes

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, December 19, 1951, p. 2:

Miss Virginia King Perkins arrived today from St. Mary’s School in Raleigh.  She will spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reid Perkins.

Issue:

B597–––i.–––Charles Edward⁹ Sharp III, born in 1958 in Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina.  Edward married Jan ?.

B598–––ii.–––Reid Perkins Sharp, born in 1963.

B599–––iii.–––Virginia King Sharp, born in 1971.

B371. WALTER REID⁸ PERKINS, JR. (Walter Reid⁷, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1936, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 580.  Walter is founder of Hatteras Hammocks Inc. of Greenville, North Carolina – the largest producer of hammocks worldwide.  He married Patricia Bradshaw on April 14, 1960 in First Presbyterian Church, Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, daughter of Edward Luther Bradshaw.  Patsy was born in 1937.

Marriage of Walter Reid Perkins, Jr. and Patricia Bradshaw

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, April 15, 1960, p. 3:

COUPLES SAY WEDDING VOWS DURING EASTER SEASON

KINSTON – Miss Patricia Bradshaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Luther Bradshaw, Sr., and Walter Reid Perkins of Greenville, were married yesterday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Thomas H. Hamilton officiated at the double ring ceremony and music was presented by Mrs. Sidney Dunn of Greenville, cousin of the bridegroom, soloist, and Buford Goodman, minister of music.

The bride was given in marriage by her father ...

Miss Ruby West Bradshaw, sister of the bride, was maid of honor ...

Bridesmaids were Mrs. Edward Luther Bradshaw, Jr., of Kinston and Mrs. Burwell Temple, Jr. of Chapel Hill ...

Walter Reid Perkins, Sr. was his son’s best man.  Ushers were Edward Luther Bradshaw, Jr., brother of the bride, Lawrence Perkins, brother of the bridegroom, James Vance Perkins, Jr., of Raleigh, cousin of the bridegroom, Guy Vernon Smith, Thomas Smoot, and Charles White of Greenville.

Mrs. Perkins is a graduate of East Carolina College and at present is a member of the faculty at Harvey School.  She is the granddaughter of Mrs. C. B. West, Sr., who formally lived in Greenville.  Mr. Perkins attended East Carolina College and is affiliated with the American Tobacco Company.

Notes

Business North Carolina, June 1987, published by Shaw Communications (now Red Hand Media?), Charlotte, North Carolina, p. 76:

HATTERAS HAMMOCKS HANGS ’EM HIGH

By Russ Robinson

Christmas comes in June to Hatteras Hammocks Inc.  As warm summer days approach, the Greenville-based company gears up for Father’s Day.

From http://www.hatham.com/coinfo.html: Hatteras Hammocks has been in business for over 25 years.  It was in the early seventies that the company founder, Walter Perkins Jr., began selling out of the trunk of his car a few hammocks that he had purchased on business trips.  Mr. Perkins disassembled one of these sought after rope hammocks in his garage and set about improving it.  “This was a perfect example of a hobby becoming a business,” states Mr. Perkins.  The first of Mr. Perkins’ new and improved “Hatteras Hammocks” was sold to friends around his hometown of Greenville, NC as well as taken down to the coast of North Carolina and sold to visitors in that area. In 1971, Hatteras Hammocks was incorporated.  By 1987, Hatteras Hammocks had grown at such a rate as to become the largest rope hammock manufacturer in the world.  Today, Hatteras Hammocks continues to be the industry leader with continuous additions to its innovative product line that include hammocks, stands, swings, and hammock accessories, as well as state of the art improvements to its manufacturing capabilities.  Hatteras Hammocks is known for working hard at making relaxing easy.

Hatteras, one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of hammocks, expects to sell about 60,000 this year, the biggest percentage as Father’s Day presents.  It’s a shared memory: that image of Dad, wiping the sweat from his brow after mowing the lawn as he retreats to a shady spot between two trees, where hangs, like a cocoon of ease and solitude, a sturdy rope hammock.

Founded 17 years ago by a tobacco buyer who started making hammocks in his living room, Hatteras is now a $6 million-a-year business competing with the best-known manufacturer, Pawleys Island Hammocks of South Carolina, in an industry that includes a number of small craft operations throughout the Carolinas.

“We used to be kind of a hangout for college students,” recalls Walter Perkins, the 51-year-old entrepreneur who started Hatteras.  “We were really just a craft shop.  It’s not like that anymore.  We’ve got 150 employees, production lines, machines, and now we’re developing our middle management.”

“There are three ways you can sell hammocks,” explains Vice President Jay Branch during a tour of the operation, which occupies a block of the city’s industrial district.  “You can sell them as furniture.  You can sell them as a handcrafted item; people like them because there’s a lot of handiwork involved in the process.  And you can sell the dream.  We use all three, but we stress the dream.

“Most Americans can’t travel to exotic places.  But if they put a hammock in their back yard, it’s like traveling in your own back yard.  We’re selling that dream.”

The dreams run $88 to $112.  Branch adds: “The secret to hammocks is that once someone has one, they’ll always want one.  And they won’t last forever.  People won’t take care of them.  They’ll leave them outside.  They get rained on.  They’ll mildew.  Squirrels will chew on them.  They get damaged, and people want another one.  Everyone should have a hammock.”

It was the company that became his rival that taught Walter Perkins his craft.  As a leaf buyer for American Tobacco Co., he traveled throughout the Southeast.  One summer, his parents asked him to get them a hammock at Pawleys Island, near Myrtle Beach.  A friend made a similar request.

“I started wondering why you couldn’t get any around here,” he recalls.  He went back to Pawleys Island, this time to learn from the craftsmen who gave demonstrations there.  Then he tried his hand at it one weekend in his living room.  Hammock making is not a difficult technique for someone with a little knowledge and a lot of patience.  But it’s strenuous, working a bundle of rope weighing up to nine pounds through a loop for about an hour.

Although there is no category in the Guinness Book of World Records for hammocks, Hatteras Hammocks feels it has the record for the largest with the construction of a model 40 feet long and 12 feet wide.  The hammock was constructed for Mr. Perkins’s son who was pledging a fraternity at North Carolina State University.  It became a fixture of the University’s Fraternity Court.

There are no secrets.  Like the Pawleys Island people, Hatteras Hammocks doesn’t mind demonstrating how it’s done, and any of its employees could take their experience and go out on their own.  In fact, the company has encouraged a number of weavers to start their own shops.  One reason: It also sells rope and other hammock-making materials.

Mark Lindley worked for Hatteras while a student at East Carolina University.  After returning to Gibsonville to work for his father’s chemical company, he opened Key West Hammocks on U.S. 70 near Efland.  Working part time, he sells about 200 hammocks a year.

“I start making them in the spring to get ready for Father’s Day and take them to craft shows,” he says.  “Most of my sales come from word of mouth.  The sales are very seasonal.”

Donald Walston of Greensboro learned the trade at the state school for the blind.  His Bogue Sound Hammocks operates out of his basement.  “Pawleys Island is the best-known hammock maker,” he says.  “But the ones we can make are just as good.”  And cost less: He aims at customers who would rather pay him $55 than pay Pawleys Island more than $100 for a regular model.  He also gets sales when the bigger company gets caught up in the Father’s Day rush and can’t fill all its orders.

David Gates also learned the craft at the school for the blind.  He runs Mountain Heritage Hammocks, a four-man operation in Dillsboro.  He won his biggest customer three years ago when a vacationing J. C. Penney Co. executive stopped by his store.  Mountain Heritage now makes about 3,000 hammocks a year for a Wisconsin company that supplies Penney.

“I’d hate to think I had 60,000 hammocks to make this year,” Gates says.  “It’s a tough job.”

Like the visit of Gates’ vacationer, luck played a role in breaking Hatteras Hammocks out of the ranks of the small craft operations.  It was just a stab in the dark, Perkins says, when he wrote L. L. Bean that letter in the mid-’70s, offering to make the hammocks the giant catalog retailer sells.

Walter R. Perkins, Jr., founder of Hatteras Hammocks, is the recipient of the Employer of the Year award from the N.C. Rehabilitation Association and the Pitt County Committee for Employing the Handicapped, a certificate of appreciation from the Coastal Plains Epilepsy Association, and a nomination for Employer of the Year by the National Mental Health Association.

He didn’t know, but Bean was having a contract dispute with Pawleys Island Hammocks.  He wound up winning it.  At one time, L. L. Bean made up about 75 percent of the company’s business.  It’s now down to 20 percent.

Another big break, he says, came 10 years ago when he sought the advice of an ECU marketing professor and hired a young business graduate eager to get into a growing business.  Jay Branch’s decision to join Perkins, who didn’t leave his job with American Tobacco until last year, made it a two-man operation.

“My mother wanted me to work for a farm-credit company that had an opening,” recalls Branch, who was raised on a tobacco farm and admits his parents were a bit skeptical when he told them what he was going to do with his business degree.  “But this job was more exciting.  Plus, I’m 32 now, and I’m at the top of the company.  That couldn’t have happened anywhere else.  And it is exciting.  My parents are totally supportive of me now.”

The company has no intention of lying back and taking it easy.  It makes various kinds of hammocks and hammock furniture.  It produces hammock pillows, as well as hammock stands for yards without those two perfect trees.  In fact, Hatteras sells one stand for every two hammocks it sells.  To keep employees busy during the off season, the company has diversified into supplying rope and marketing office furniture.  The latest venture is making pizza delivery bags.

Hammocks themselves aren’t strictly categorized and can be sold through a wide variety of stores: high-end furniture, exotic-gift stores, hardware stores, patio and hearth stores, sporting-goods stores and so on.  Though there is no hard data, Branch says, he estimates the size of the industry at $25 million to $30 million.  California has become a primary market because of the weather and “lifestyle of the people.”

A world map has recently become a fixture of his office.  “We want to go to Europe and Australia,” he says.  “I’m doing a show for sporting goods and casual furniture in Cologne, West Germany, this summer, and I may get to Australia after that.  We’ve got the production capabilities to sell worldwide.  And in this business, the company that makes the most hammocks is going to sell the most.”

The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Monday, August 4, 1997, p. B-8:

ECONOMY HAS HAMMOCK SALES SWINGING

HIGH POINT (AP) ––– They represent more than a small slice of those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.  They also represent an economy that’s rolling full-steam ahead.

n a word, hammock makers have it made in the shade these days.  Reasons vary, but just about everyone agrees a strong economy plays a role in the sale of such nonessential items.

After all, with unemployment low and the stock market soaring to new highs almost weekly, why shouldn’t consumers celebrate by kicking back in the back yard with a good book and a cold drink?

“It’s a growing business, there’s no doubt about it,” Eddie Rowell of Winston-Salem’s Casual Furniture World said of hammocks.

“There’s a big demand for them.”

The days when hammocks were nothing but flimsy strands of rope hanging from backyard trees are long gone, Rowell said.  Nowadays, hammocks come in a variety of sizes –– including models designed to accommodate two people.

Hammock accessories –– double swings made out of quilted ropes, for instance –– are selling equally well.

Down in Greenville, the makers of Hatteras Hammocks are loving the surge in hammock sales.

Hatteras Hammocks is the largest producer of hammocks worldwide, selling about 250,000 of them in a year’s time, Hatteras Group officials said.

The company’s been in business 25 years, but Douglas Orians, vice president of sales and marketing, said sales have really taken off over the past decade.

He credited much of the company’s success to the “cocooning effect.”  That’s a catch phrase of the 1990s, referring to the tendency of homeowners to nestle in their back yards –– puttering about doing yardwork and such –– rather than venturing far into the world outside.

He said Hatteras Hammocks got its start when Walter Perkins Jr., a former buyer for American Tobacco Co., bought a few hammocks and took them home.  There, he took them apart and looked for ways to improve their design.

Perkins started the business on a shoestring budget.  Today, it employs about 250 people and has distributors around the world.

Issue:

B600–––i.–––Walter Reid⁹ Perkins III, born in 1966, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 580.  He married Kelly ?.

B601–––ii.–––Julian Bradshaw Perkins was born in 1969.  On June 12, 1993 in Black Jack Free Will Baptist Church, Greenville, North Carolina, Julian married Elizabeth Michelle Kittrell, daughter of William B. Kittrell.

Marriage of
Julian Bradshaw Perkins
and Elizabeth Michelle Kittrell

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 13, 1993, p. G-5:

JULIAN B. PERKINS
ELIZABETH M. KITTRELL

Elizabeth Michelle Kittrell and Julian Bradshaw Perkins were married Saturday, June 12, 1993, at 4 p.m. in Black Jack Free Will Baptist Church.  The Rev. Calvin Heath conducted the double-ring ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Kittrell, and the bridegroom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reid Perkins, Jr., all of Greenville.  The bride was given in marriage by her parents.

Amy Moreland of Virginia Beach, Va. was matron of honor and Tracy Smith of Kinston was maid of honor.  Bridesmaids were Misty Hudson, cousin of the bride; Lee Kittrell, sister-in-law of the bride; Kelly Perkins, sister-in-law of the bridegroom; and Angie Haddock, all of Greenville, and Cheryl Reynolds, of Baltimore, Md.

The father of the bridegroom was best man.  Ushers were Billy Kittrell, brother of the bride; Walter Perkins III, brother of the bridegroom; Bruce Koonce; Bert Singleton; and Doug Orlans, all of Greenville; and Billy Sessoms of Raleigh.

A reception was held in the church fellowship hall.

The couple will live in Greenville after a wedding trip to Cayman Island.

The bride graduated from D. H. Conley High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She is employed by Proctor and Gamble.  The bridegroom is a graduate of Rose High School and attended N.C. State University.  He is employed by Hatteras Hammocks.

B372. RICHARD LAWRENCE⁸ PERKINS (Walter Reid⁷, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1940, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 580.  Lawrence married Mildred Perkins Rippard on August 28, 1965 in Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, daughter of William Horrocks Rippard III.  Bonnie was born in 1941 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida.

Marriage of Richard Lawrence Perkins
and Mildred Perkins Rippard

The St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Sunday, August 29, 1965, p. E-9:

PERKINS-RIPPARD

Miss Mildred Perkins Rippard and Richard Lawrence Perkins were married at 4 p.m. Saturday at Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church, Clearwater.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Charles Edward Sharp, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, New Bern, N.C.

Miss Rippard is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rippard III, Clearwater.  The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reid Perkins, Sr., Greenville, N.C.

The bride was given in marriage by her father.

Mrs. David E. Reid, Jr., sister of the bride, was matron of honor and bridesmaids were Miss Susan Dungan, Boca Raton; Miss Sara Dugger, Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. Jerry Bettes, Tampa; and Mrs. Brazel Moore, Greenville, N.C.

Walter Reid Perkins served his son as best man.  Ushers were Richard Venerable Haar, Raleigh, N.C.; Walter Reid Perkins, Jr., brother of the bridegroom, Greenville; Robert Leon Edwards, Winston-Salem, N.C.; William Sullivan, Maxton, N.C.; Lester Zeno Brown and William Foster Young, both of Greenville; and William H. Rippard and Joseph Daniel Rippard, brothers of the bride.

A reception was held at the Jack Tar Harrison Hotel.  After a wedding trip to Nassau, the couple will live at 1616 Longwood Drive, Greenville.

Issue:

B602–––i.–––Richard Lawrence⁹ Perkins, Jr., born in 1970, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 580.

B603–––ii.–––William Rippard Perkins.  Rip was born in 1971.

B373. JAMES McKENNEY⁸ CUTCHIN IV (Helen Christine⁷ Perkins, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1933, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 581.  He married Nancy Lucille Elks on June 12, 1955 in Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church, Greenville, North Carolina.  She was born in 1931 and was a daughter of James Alston Elks.

Marriage of James McKenney Cutchin IV and Nancy Lucille Elks

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Saturday, March 26, 1955, p. 2:

JUNE WEDDING PLANNED

Mr. and Mrs. James Alston Elks of Greenville, N.C. announce the engagement of their daughter, Nancy Lucille, to Cadet James McKenney Cutchin III of Whitakers, N.C.  Miss Elks was graduated from Greenville High School and attended East Carolina College and Kings Business College.  Mr. Cutchin was graduated from Culver Military Academy, Culver, Indiana, and is now a first classman (senior) in the Corps of Cadets at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.  The wedding is planned for June 12.

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 15, 1955, p. 2:

NANCY ELKS AND JAMES CUTCHIN
WED IN JARVIS METHODIST CHURCH

n a ceremony of beauty and dignity, the marriage of Miss Nancy Elks and James M. Cutchin IV was solemnized Sunday afternoon, June 12 at 4:00 o’clock at Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church in Greenville, N.C.

The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. M. Howard, pastor of the bride ...

As the guests assembled, Mrs. Paul Toll, organist, rendered a program of nuptial music.  To the soft accompaniment of the organ, Mrs. Karl Barbee of Whitakers, sister of the groom, as soloist sang ...

Acting as ushers were Lt. Jack Goldstein of Charleston, S.C., Cadet Tom Looney of Rocky Mount, N.C., Lt. W. C. Mans of Texas and Lt. S. R. Sydenham of Arlington, Va.

The bride chose as her honor attendant, Mrs. Robert Russ, Jr., of Greenville ... Mrs. Fred Steppe of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Lullah MacGregor and Miss Norma Gwynn Basnight of Greenville, and Miss Yvonne Thompson of Whiteville, N.C. were bridesmaids ...

The bride entered the church with her father, Mr. J. Alston Elks, by whom she was given in marriage.  They were met at the altar by the groom and his brother, Lawrence Cutchin of Whitakers, who served as best man ...

Mrs. Cutchin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Alston Elks of Greenville.  She received her education in the Greenville City Schools, East Carolina College and King’s Business School in Raleigh.  At the time of her marriage she was employed by the Carolina Telephone Co. in Greenville.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cutchin III of Whitakers.  He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he received a B.S. degree and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force.

After a wedding trip to Pennsylvania, Lt. and Mrs. Cutchin will be at Mission Field, Edinborough, Texas.  Lt. Cutchin will enter training ...

Issue:

B604–––i.–––James McKenney⁹ Cutchin V was born in 1956.

B605–––ii.–––John William Cutchin, born in 1964.

B374. BARBARA PERKINS⁸ CUTCHIN (Helen Christine⁷ Perkins, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1934, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 581.  She married Aubrey Karl Barbee on September 16, 1953 in Emporia, Virginia.  Karl was born in 1930.  He served in the 25th Division, Headquarters Company, in the Army Post Office.

Marriage of Barbara Perkins Cutchin and Aubrey Karl Barbee

The Rocky Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Sunday, October 19, 2003:

BARBEE ANNIVERSARY

RALEIGH –– Karl and Barbara Barbee of Garner celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sept. 14, 2003 at Peace College with a reception hosted by their children and their children’s families.

More than 120 friends and family gathered for the reception and this-is-your-life program.  The couple eloped 50 years ago while Barbara was attending Peace.

The Barbees have four children, Karl, Jr., Christine, James and Annis.  They have two grandchildren.

The Barbees were married Sept. 16, 1953 in Emporia, Va., by the Rev. Barry.

Mrs. Barbee is the former Barbara Perkins Cutchin of Whitakers.

Notes

Not certain what, if any, relationship there is between Aubrey Karl Barbee and Marvin L. Barbee named in the story below from The News & Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, Saturday, August 24, 1996, p. B-3:

BURLINGTON –– Mr. Marvin L. “Red” Barbee, 83, of 1517 Harriet Dr., Burlington, died Friday, August 23, 1996 after two years declining health.

uneral service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 25 at Faith Memorial Church.  Burial will be in Alamance Memorial Park.  The Rev. Scott Watford and the Rev. Robert M. Disher, Jr. will officiate.

Mr. Barbee was the owner of Barbee Fabrics, Inc. and was the son of the late C.S. Barbee and the late Ethel Land Barbee.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladys Vaughn Barbee, of the home; sons, Mr. Jerry M. Barbee and Mr. Dexter Barbee, Sr., of Burlington; sisters, Mrs. Edith Estes of Raleigh and Mrs. Yvonne Hinton of Spring hope; brothers, Mr. W. C. “Bill” Barbee of Rocky Mt. and Mr. Karl Barbee of Clayton; seven grandchildren and eight grandchildren.

He was a member of Faith United Methodist Church, a Sunday school teacher and a trustee of the church.  He was a member of the Bula Masonic Lodge 409 AF&AM, the Scottish Rite Freemasonary, the Amran Temple and the Burlington Shrine Club.

The family will be at the Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington from 7 til 9 pm Saturday.  Other times they will be at the residence.  The body will be taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service.

Memorials may be made to Faith United Methodist Church, 1732 West Davis St., Burlington, N. C. 27215.

Issue:

B606–––i.–––Aubrey Karl⁹ Barbee, Jr., born in 1954, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 581.

B607–––ii.–––Nina Christine Barbee, of whom below, born in 1955.

B608–––iii.–––James Shaw Barbee was born in 1959.

B609–––iv.–––Annis Cutchin Barbee, born in 1965.  Annis is program assistant and event planning coordinator for the North Carolina State University Library’s Scholarly Communication Center, Raleigh, North Carolina.

B375. LAWRENCE McGILBRA⁸ CUTCHIN (Helen Christine⁷ Perkins, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1937, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 581.  He married first Margaret Louise Hamilton on August 8, 1959.  She was born in 1937.  He married second Janice Atkinson Hicks on November 10, 1972.  She was born in 1937.

Notes

He is/was President and CEO of Health Care Savings, Inc., of Charlotte, North Carolina and a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

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Excerpt from The Rocky Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Wednesday, January 7, 2004:

DOCTORS: BLUE CROSS TACTICS UNFAIR

By Ned B. Hunter
Rocky Mount Telegram

Tarboro doctor Lawrence Cutchin, president of the N.C. Medical Society, said Tuesday that the society is suing Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina over difficulty in collecting payments.

The lawsuit, which asks for no monetary damages, seeks to force Blue Cross Blue Shield to change its payment procedures to physicians, asserting that Blue Cross takes too long to pay doctors for treatments along with sometimes improperly reducing the amount paid for a procedure.

“We have issues relating to business practices we consider unfair when they deal with physicians,” Cutchin said. “It has been going on for several years.”

Issue:
Of Lawrence McGilbra Cutchin and Margaret Louise Hamilton

B610–––i.–––Louise Battle⁹ Cutchin, born in 1962, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County North Carolina, p. 581.

B611–––ii.–––Lawrence McGilbra Cutchin, Jr. was born on Christmas Day, 1963.

B376. VIRGINIA JOY⁸ PERKINS (Marshall Jerome⁷, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1937.  Joy married Thomas Gorden Murdough, Jr. on May 13, 1967 in Immanuel Baptist Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  Tom was born in 1938.  He was a 1961 graduate of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.  He is the founder and president of The Step2™ Company, an international manufacturer of products for children and for the home and garden, headquartered in Streetsboro with additional facilities in Ohio, California, Northern Ireland, and Korea.  Previously, Mr. Murdough founded The Little Tikes Company in 1970, and in his 19 years as president, grew it to be one of the top toy manufacturers worldwide with 1989 sales over $270 million.

Notes About Step2
From http://www.step2.com:

The Step2 Company, founder by Thomas G. Murdough, Jr., is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of high quality plastic products for children and for the home and garden.

Mr. Murdough, founder and former president of The Little Tikes Company (1969-1989, sold to Rubbermaid) launched Step2 in 1991.  He has built Step2 on a basic philosophy of quality, value and service backed by a commitment to customer satisfaction.  Going “A Step Beyond” in the development and manufacturing of innovative products for the family and home is the company’s mission.

Step2 products are made using rotational molding, a process that Tom Murdough pioneered for use in the consumer products market.  In rotomolding, ground polyethylene powder is poured into molds, which are then bolted closed.  The molds, mounted on a machine with four large arms, rotate slowly while they move through an oven and two cooling chambers.  The plastic powder melts, forms itself into the shape of the mold, and then hardens as it cools.  When the molds return to the starting position, workers remove the finished products.  Assembly workers then trim the seams formed by the two halves of the mold, fasten necessary hardware and component parts onto the product, and package it for the consumer.

The Step2 Company has strategic global placement of its facilities to better service the growing customer demand for Step2 products.  Four U.S. plants include a total of 900,000-sq. ft. at two northern Ohio sites located in Streetsboro and Perrysville.  A West Coast site in Bakersfield, California adds 150,000-sq. ft. and it’s newest addition in Fort Valley, Georgia contributes another 102,500-sq. ft of manufacturing and warehouse space.  Finally, a licensing agreement between Step2 and The Gunica Company, Korea provides additional manufacturing capability to supply customers throughout Asia.

Step2 products enjoy distribution in selected retailers throughout the United States, Canada, and over 70 foreign countries.

Marriage of Virginia Joy Perkins
and Thomas Gordon Murdough, Jr.

Excerpts from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, May 14, 1967, p. 8:

MISS JOY PERKINS WEDS
IN SATURDAY CEREMONY

On Saturday at four o’clock in the afternoon, Miss Virginia Joy Perkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Jerome Perkins of Stokes, and Thomas Gorden Murdough, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gorden Murdough, Sr., of Evanston, Ill., were united in marriage in the Immanuel Baptist Church, in Greenville.

The Rev. Hartwell Campbell of Wilson, former pastor of the bride, officiated ...

Miss Jewel DeLana Perkins and Miss Marsha Joan Perkins of Stokes, sisters of the bride, were maids of honor ...

Mrs. Ralph Meredith Potter of Raleigh and Mrs. George John Rabstejnek of Cohasset, Mass., were bridesmaids ... Miss Louise Cutchin, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cutchin of Chapel Hill, cousin of the bride, was flower girl ...

Samuel Clarke Murdough, brother of the bridegroom, of Houston, Tex., was best man.  Ushers were Charles Pratt Murdough, brother of the bridegroom, Evanston, Ill.; Richard J. Fenci, Evanston, Ill.; Fred Marshall Trainor, Northbrook, Ill.; James Herman Stacke, Glenview, Ill.; and John K. Marlow, Front Royal, Va.

... The bride is a graduate of Salem College, Winston- Salem, and has been employed at Duke Medical Center, Durham, in the Medical Illustration Department of Audio-Visual Education, as a Medical Artist.

The bridegroom, a graduate of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi social fraternity, is sales representative for Wilson Sporting Goods, Raleigh.

After a wedding trip to the Virgin Islands, Mr. and Mrs. Murdough will be at home at Georgetown North Apartments, 3721 Jamestown Circle, Raleigh.

Immediately after the wedding, the parents of the bride entertained at a reception at the Greenville Golf and Country Club ...

On Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gorden Murdough, Sr., parents of the bridegroom, entertained at a rehearsal dinner at the Candlewick Inn.

Issue:

B612–––i.–––Thomas Gorden⁹ Murdough III, born in 1969.

B613–––ii.–––Marshall Clark Murdough was born in 1970.  He is Director of Enrollment Management and Financial Aid at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio.  After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1992, he spent seven years in the business world, including with the Step2 Company as account manager for the southeastern states, Ohio and western Pennsylvania.  His duties in the Admission Office include traveling and supervising the Pioneer Ambassador Program. He also coaches soccer and tennis.

B614–––iii.–––Jody Perkins Murdough was born in 1971.  A 2002 graduate of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

B615–––iv.–––Peter Roebuck Murdough, born in 1973.

B377. JEWELL DeLANA⁸ PERKINS (Marshall Jerome⁷, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1948.  Jewell married William Harvey Whitehurst on April 4, 1971 in First Christian Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Harvey O. Whitehurst and Edith Little.  He was born in 1947.

Marriage of
Jewell DeLana Perkins
and William Harvey Whitehurst

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, April 5, 1971, p. 2:

COUPLE SPEAKS VOWS ON SUNDAY

On Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m., Miss Jewell De Lana Perkins and William Harvey Whitehurst were united in marriage at the First Christian Church in Greenville.

he bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Jerome Perkins of Stokes.  Parents of the bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. Harvey O. Whitehurst, also of Stokes.

The Rev. Larry Woodley of Portsmouth, Va., officiated the double ring ceremony.

Prenuptial music was rendered by Mrs. Ronald Crisp of Stokes, organist, and Ted Walton, soloist ...

The bride (was) given in marriage by her father ...

Honor attendants were the bride’s sisters, Mrs. Thomas G. Murdough, Jr., of Aurora, Ohio, and Miss Marsha Perkins of Stokes ...

Bridesmaids were Mrs. Ray Lomax of Greensboro, Miss Jane Cantrell of Atlanta, Ga., Miss Marilyn Hardison of Raleigh and Mrs. William Welborn of Winston-Salem ... Miss Kathy Dailey of Greensboro was junior bridesmaid.

Miss Annis Barbee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Barbee, was flower girl ...

The bridegroom’s father served as best man and ushers were Lanie Whitehurst, Danny Whitehurst and Tim Whitehurst, brothers of the bridegroom, all of Stokes, Ray Lomax of Greensboro, Thomas Murdough, Jr., of Aurora, Ohio, Roger Page of Greenville, and David Harrison of Raleigh ...

Mrs. George B. Roebuck, maternal grandmother of the bride ... Mrs. James L. Perkins, paternal grandmother of the bride ...

The bride was graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a B. A. degree in mathematics.  She is a member of the Pi Mu Epsilon honorary mathematics society and is presently on the faculty of North Pitt High School.

The bridegroom is a graduate of Atlantic Christian College with a B. S. degree in mathematics and is a member of the Robersonville High School faculty ...

Issue:

B616–––i.–––Juliana Leigh⁹ Whitehurst, born in 1976.

B617–––ii.–––William Harvey (Gil) Whitehurst, Jr., born in 1978.

B618–––iii.–––Danny Ryan Whitehurst.  Ryan was born in 1982.

B378. MARSHA JOAN⁸ PERKINS (Marshall Jerome⁷, James Lawrence⁶, Annis S.⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1950.  Marsha married Derrell Gene Hemby on May 28, 1972 in First Christian Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Levin Derrell Hemby.  Gene was born in 1946.  Marsha Perkins Hemby, BA, RN, CMA, is chair of the medical assisting department at Pitt Community College in Greenville, North Carolina, where she has been teaching since 1972 and is author of the text Prentice Hall Health Outline Review for the Medical Assistant.

Marriage of Marsha Joan Perkins and Derrell Gene Hemby

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, May 30, 1972, p. 3:

COUPLE EXCHANGE VOWS SUNDAY

On Sunday at four o’clock in the afternoon, Miss Marsha Joan Perkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Jerome Perkins of Stokes, and Derrell Gene Hemby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levin Derrell Hemby, were united in marriage in the First Christian Church of Greenville.

he Rev. Al Edwards of Raleigh officiated.

Nuptial music and the traditional wedding music was rendered by Mrs. Gail Crisp, organist, of Stokes.  Miss Claudia Barnhill of Stokes sang “Morning Has Broken” and “The Prayer Song …”

The bride, given in marriage by her father …

Mrs. Thomas G. Murdough Jr. of Aurora, Ohio, and Mrs. William Harvey Whitehurst of Stokes, sisters of the bride, were matrons of honor …

Miss Mary Anne Schulken of Whiteville, Mrs. Ann Hemby of Greenville, and Miss Matilda Barnhill of Stokes were bridesmaids …

Donny Hemby, brother of the bridegroom, was best man.  Ushers were Thomas Murdough Jr. of Aurora, Ohio, William Harvey Whitehurst of Stokes, brothers-in-law of the bride, Jamie Barnhill and John Richard Barnhill …

Mrs. George B. Roebuck, grandmother of the bride, Mrs. L. O. Hemby, Mrs. Hubert Mozingo, grandmothers of the bridegroom, wore cymbidium orchids.

The bride is a graduate of Meredith College, Raleigh, and the bridegroom is an instructor at Pitt Technical Institute …

After a wedding trip to western North Carolina, the couple will be at home in Greenville …

Issue:

B619–––i.–––Jenny Ruth⁹ Hemby was born in 1974.  Jenny married J. P. Morgan. They have a child, Jamie Morgan.

B620–––ii.–––Darrell Gene Hemby, Jr. was born in 1977.

B379. ROBERT HOGAN⁸ GASKINS, JR. (Blanche Flanagan⁷ Davenport, James Fleming⁶, Martha Ann⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born April 9, 1929, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 264.

Biographical Notes on Robert Hogan Gaskins, Jr.

The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Sunday, January 25, 1998, p. B-7:

WOOD CARVING GIVES RETIRED DENTIST
SOMETHING CREATIVE TO CHEW ON

By Roselee Papandrea
The Daily News of Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE – Most carvers use a chisel and a hammer to create their wooden masterpieces.  Retired dentist Hogan Gaskins finds that his hands work best when they are wrapped around familiar tools.

Because when it comes to chipping away at mahogany, rosewood and tulip wood, dental tools work best for Dr. Gaskins, who spent 34 years of his life fixing teeth.

After retiring six years ago, Gaskins, who wouldn’t allow his hands or mind to go idle, decided he wanted some Chippendale benches to put in his backyard.  At the time, he couldn’t find what he wanted, so he borrowed one of his friend’s benches and copied it.

He gradually moved to smaller, more delicate work.

“I was used to working in small spaces, like a mouth,” he said.  “Things just got smaller and smaller.”

Boxes, candlestick holders, Victorian Christmas ornaments and portrait carvings became his passion.

There was always an artist living inside of him.  He knew it on some level.  He often exposed his creativity using pastels or paint.  There are many portraits hanging in his home to prove it.

“I don’t know how much [talent] I have.  It just takes time,” he said.  “I enjoy doing it.  I like working with my hands – naturally I would being a dentist all those years.”

But he waited until retirement before dabbling in wood.

“I always said when I was practicing dentistry that I wouldn’t use power tools,” he said, smiling.  “If you lose a finger, then you are out of whack.”

Now he spends a lot of time in front of a bandsaw and a lathe, and he enjoys creating the boxes and wooden portraits – especially of children – the most.

Starting with a photograph of a child’s profile, Gaskins traces the outline of the image on wood and cuts it out.  From there it is up to him to chip and sand his way through his wooden canvas to create the image on the photograph.

“I love doing the contours of a child,” he said.  “With each one you get a little better, hopefully.”

At 68 years old, Gaskins isn’t ready to just stick with one hobby.  He plans to explore other artistic avenues.

“People ask me all the time how I like retirement, and I always say that I don’t see how I ever had time to work,” he said, laughing.

Creating busts out of clay will be his next venture.

“I’ve never done it, but I’d like to try, though,” he said.

Lack of experience probably won’t stop him.  He had never done any wooden projects prior to six years ago, either.

“I like to create things in my mind.  If I can see it there, I can put it into an object,” he said.

Most of Gaskins’ work is not for sale.  Occasionally, he creates portraits for friends and relatives.  Much of his work is scattered around his home, blending in well with the antiques he loves to collect.

Photo: Associated Press, CROWN OF CREATION: Wood carving in his home workshop keeps retired Jacksonville dentist Hogan Gaskins feeling chipper.  Six years after leaving 34 years of dentistry, Gaskins, 68, finds the tools of his former trade work best.

Issue:

B621–––i.–––Robert Hogan⁹ Gaskins III, born 1955, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 264.

B622–––ii.–––W. Mace Gaskins, born 1960, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 264.

B387. JAMES FLEMING⁸ DAVENPORT III (James Fleming⁷, James Fleming⁶, Martha Ann⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1952, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 264.

Issue:

B623–––i.–––James Fleming⁹ Davenport IV.

B624–––ii.–––Joel Davenport.

B392. JESSE PAUL⁸ DAVENPORT III (Jesse Paul⁷, Jesse Paul⁶, Martha Ann⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1936, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 265.  He married Diana Ruth Schultz on June 10, 1961 in Trinity Lutheran Church, La Marque, Galveston County, Texas.  At the time of his marriage, Paul was stationed at Randolph Air Force Base.  He retired in 1981 as Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, after 22 years of service.    He was a graduate of East Carolina College, in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.  His wife was a graduate of La Marque High School, La Marque, Texas, and of Sam Houston State College, Huntsville, Texas, with a bachelor of science degree.

Marriage of
Jesse Paul Davenport III
and Diana Ruth Schultz

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 20, 1961, p. 3:

PACTOLUS MAN MARRIES IN TEXAS

La MARQUE, Tex. – The ring belonging to her grandmother was used for the nuptial ceremony Saturday when Miss Diana Ruth Schulz of La Marque became the bride of J. Paul Davenport III of Pactolus, N. C.

Jesse Paul Davenport III and Diana Ruth Schultz with their son Jeffrey Paul Davenport (center) on his wedding day

The Rev. J. Mayer, chaplain at the University of Houston, read the ceremony at Trinity Lutheran Church in La Marque and music was provided by Mrs. Joe Hext and Miss Kathy Anderson.

Parents of the couple are Mrs. Esther Schulz of La Marque and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Davenport, Jr., of Pactolus, N. C.

Given in marriage by her brother ...

Her attendants included Mrs. C. R. Klaes, Jr., of La Marque as matron of honor and Miss Carolyn Bridges of Houston, bridesmaid, and Miss Diana Meyer of La Marque, junior bridesmaid ...

The bridegroom was attended by his father as best man and groomsmen were Tom Farlow of Sanford, N. C. and Charles Davenport, brother of the bridegroom ...

... the couple left for a wedding trip to New Orleans ...

Mr. and Mrs. Davenport will make their home at Scherts.

She was graduated from La Marque High School and Sam Houston State College where she received bachelor of science degree.  She is a teacher at Converse.

He received a bachelor of science degree from East Carolina College, Greenville, N. C., and is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.  Presently he is stationed at Randolph Air Force Base ...

Issue:

B625–––i.–––Catherine Esther⁹ Davenport, born in 1962, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 265, Item 498).

B626–––ii.–––Jeffrey Paul Davenport was born in 1976, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 265.  He married Cori Jean Merrick, daughter of Steven and Denice Merrick of Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 14, 2002 in the Trinity United Methodist Church, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina.

Marriage of
Jeffrey Paul Davenport
and Cori Jean Merrick

The announcement of their engagement from The Sumter Daily Item, Sumter, South Carolina:

Steven and Denice Merrick of Sumter announce the engagement of their daughter, Cori Jean Merrick of Charlotte, N.C., to Jeffrey Paul Davenport of Charlotte, son of Paul and Diana Davenport of Pactolus, N.C.  The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Carol Trudell and the late Louis Trudell of Negaunee, Mich., and Wayne and Mable Merrick of Ishpeming, Mich.  She received a bachelor’s degree in French from Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C.  The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Paul Davenport Jr. and the late Mrs. Esther Schulz.  He received a bachelor’s degree in information systems from Appalachian State University.  The wedding is planned for Oct. 14 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Sumter.

And the story of their wedding, also from The Sumter Daily Item, Sumter, South Carolina:

Cori Jean Merrick and Jeffrey Paul Davenport were united in marriage at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Sumter.

The bride is the daughter of Steve and Denice Merrick of Sumter, and the granddaughter of Carol Trudell and the late Louis Trudell of Negaunee, Mich., and Wayne and Mable Merrick of Ishpeming, Mich.  She received a bachelor’s degree in French from Appalachian State University.

The bridegroom is the son of Paul III and Diana Davenport of Pactolus, N.C., and the grandson of the late Mrs. Esther Schulz, and the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Davenport Jr.  He received a bachelor’s degree in information systems from Appalachian State University.

Dr. James Adams officiated at the ceremony.  Music was provided by Linda P. Coyne, organist; Mark E. Vertreese, vocalist; and Emmett O. Anglin, trumpeter.

Presented by her father, the bride wore a chapel-length, A-line gown of diamond white satin featuring a bib front, rum pink inset and covered buttons down the back.

Misty Fickling Hatfield served as matron of honor.

Bridesmaids were Catherine Davenport Smith, sister of the bridegroom, Pattie Davenport Mills, Kimberly Ann Downey and Michelle Lee Galloway. Shelby Nicole Smith served as flower girl.

The bridegroom’s father served as best man.

Groomsmen were Bryan Leslie Merrick and Christopher Ross Merrick, brothers of the bride, and William Judson Burnette, Michael Ryan Candes, Timothy Dustin Mills and Scott C. Tanner.  Kyle Steven Smith served as ring bearer.

Also participating were Angela C. Ward, Julia Bousman Vertreese, Brandy P. Clements, Charlotte R. Harvin and Leslie C. Caneda.

The bride’s parents held the reception at the Sunset Country Club.

The bridegroom’s parents held the rehearsal party at the Shaw AFB Officers Club.

Following a wedding trip to Negril, Jamaica, the couple will reside in Charlotte, N.C.

B393. SIDNEY LAWRENCE⁸ DAVENPORT (Jesse Paul⁷, Jesse Paul⁶, Martha Ann⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1942 in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina.  Lawrence married Sara Collins on September 13, 1964.  In 1991, Lawrence received the “Crop Improvement Award” from the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association, for his contributions to the certified seed industry, according to The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 11, 1991, p. B-3.  He has also served as president of the Association as well as the North Carolina Foundation Seed Producers.  In October of 1992, he was among “24 distinguished educators, business leaders and prominent citizens” selected to “serve on a newly created (North Carolina State University) Board of Visitors,” according to The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 12, 1992, p. B-3.  He graduated from NCSU in 1965.  He is president of J.P. Davenport and Son, Inc. of Greenville, a family owned agribusiness that includes crop and seed production, a farm supply store and fertilizer sales, and part owner and secretary treasurer of Pitt-Martin Fertilizer Co. of Robersonville, N.C. and Roanoke-Tar Cotton, Inc., of Everetts, N.C.  Lawrence has been director of Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina and is a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission for Tobacco Inspection.  He is also a Pitt County Memorial Hospital Trustee and (past?) member of the Board of Directors of Wachovia Bank.

Biographical Notes on Sidney Lawrence Davenport

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, March 11, 1991, p. B-3:

CAROLINA NOTEBOOK

... Tommy Roberson of Williamston and Dawson Rascoe of Windsor have been elected president and vice president of the N.C. Foundation of Seed Producers.  Carroll Oaks of Grifton and John Williamson of Belhaven have been elected president and vice president of the N.C. Crop Improvement Association.  Lawrence Davenport of Pactolus has received the Crop Improvement Award from the Crop Improvement Association for contributions to the certified seed industry ...

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, October 12, 1992, p. B-3:

CAROLINA NOTEBOOK

N.C. State University Chancellor Larry Monteith has announced that 24 distinguished educators, business leaders and prominent citizens have agreed to serve on a newly created NCSU Board of Visitors, to be chaired by Reef C. Ivey II of St. Davids, Pa.  Ivey is an NCSU alumnus and a native of Lumberton.  Founding members of the board, in addition to Ivey, are ... Lawrence Davenport, J.P. Davenport and Son, Greenville ...

Excerpt from The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday, March 8, 1996, p. B-3:

N.C. STATE HONORS THREE GRADUATES
FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR UNIVERSITY

By Bob Williams
Staff Writer

RALEIGH –– N.C. State University has presented its most prestigious nonacademic honor to three alumni who went on to successful business careers.

his year’s recipients of the Watauga Medal are Alan T. Dickson of Charlotte, a textile and grocery executive; Worley H. Clark of Hinsdale, Ill., a retired chemical company executive; and S. Lawrence Davenport of Pactolus, a town in Pitt County.

Chancellor Larry Monteith presented the awards Wednesday night at the NCSU Founder’s Day dinner commemorating the 109th anniversary of the university’s founding.  The awards, established in 1975, honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the university’s advancement ...

... Davenport, a 1965 graduate, is president of J.P. Davenport & Son, a Greenville farm supply and agribusiness company.  He was honored for his support of the university and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

He served as a co-chairman of the college’s portion of the university’s Century II Campaign, an effort to help raise money for student scholarships, fellowships and distinguished professorships.  Davenport helped raise almost $47 million for the campaign.

He has also been involved with fund-raising for the N.C. Seedman’s Association, which has provided scholarship money for numerous students at NCSU.

“I was a little surprised by the award, but it is a wonderful feeling,” Davenport said.  “All my loyalties have always been with N.C. State.”

Excerpt from an Interview with S. LAWRENCE DAVENPORT
Past Chairman, Pitt County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees

Transcript of the full intereview can be found at:
http://www.hsl.ecu.edu/PCMH/coll_contents.htm

The Pitt County Memorial Hospital Collection
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

LAWRENCE DAVENPORT
Past Chairman, Board of Trustees
Pitt County Memorial Hospital

Greenville, North Carolina

October 17, 2000
Interviewer: Beth Nelson

Beth Nelson: Let’s start out with a little bit about your background, your education and how you came to be associated with the hospital.

Lawrence Davenport: Actually I was born and raised in Pitt County here in Pactolus.  We are four generations of agriculture in Pactolus.  My great grandfather came here right after the Civil War and now, of course, my son is here and that makes the fifth generation so we have a, what you might say, a vested interest in the hospital because my family has seen it from the very beginning.  Actually, my step-grandmother was a trustee.

Beth Nelson: Is that right, who was that?

Lawrence Davenport is a past chairman of the Pitt County Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees.  His step grandmother, Eugenia (Thomas) Davenport, was a past trustees of the Greenville hospital.

Lawrence Davenport: Mrs. J. Paul Davenport, Sr. and on the old hospital plaque her name was Eugenia.  She was a trustee when they built the hospital where the county offices are now.  So she was a trustee when they built that hospital and so we have a long history of being involved at the hospital so to speak.  She may have been the first woman trustee, I never thought about that.  She may have been the first woman trustee.

Of course my education was here in Pitt County.  I went to J.H. Rose High School and then went to N.C. State and graduated with a BS Degree in Agronomy and came back to the farm and then subsequently we went into other businesses like fertilizer and chemicals and farm supplies sales and lawn clearing products and operations and now we have a fertilizer manufacturing plant over in Martin County and we own part interest in a cotton gin over in Martin County.  We are involved not just in Pitt County, I love Martin County and think it is a great county and Beaufort County and to a certain extent in Craven County as we have customers in Craven County and since we own a place down at Morehead there we are in Carteret County. 

So I really believe that we’ve got to include the 29 counties in eastern North Carolina.  Pitt County Memorial Hospital and the School of Medicine were not put here just for Pitt County people.  It was put here to serve eastern North Carolina, and I believed that from the very day I went on the board and all the way through and that has got me into trouble sometimes with the local people because naturally Pitt County people have a possessive attitude of Pitt County Memorial Hospital, that is fine, that’s great that they have an attitude as it is positive to the hospital and it is positive but I think most people who think of it in that way don’t have a feel for what it is for this hospital to represent the whole region.  We can’t just represent Pitt County; we have got to represent the whole region.

I was asked to go on the board.  The county commissioners asked me to serve on the board mainly because, I was told at the time, they needed business-type people; people who knew Pitt County, who knew rural areas because that’s what we were serving.  Mainly it was because of business; they wanted a more business-like approach as they felt like the hospital was too tied to the old public institution ways and that they needed a more business-like approach.  They needed people who knew about budgets and spending money and investing money and payrolls and that kind of stuff.  I was willing to serve, you know.  I had that experience and was willing to give it a shot and directly they were able to put some others on the board like Kelly Barnhill, Bob Spivey and some others who also had that good experience and I think that they put them on at the right time.  It was a perfect time because that was the time in 1988 and 1989 that the hospital was beginning to change into more of a business, not just totally a service organization but it had a business side to it and employees are important and their salaries are important and their benefits are important and people make that hospital and you have to be sure that you look out for these people.  You have to look after them; you have to look after their families.

All of that plays a part and if they are not happy then you do not have a good hospital.  You got to have employee benefits, you got to have hospitalization plans for them, retirement plans, their salaries need to be kept up with the median of the salaries within the state for people who do the same jobs.  All of that has to happen for you to keep good people.  It was a time when the hospital needed that kind advice and expertise, I thought.  Certainly that brought us right along and we grew so fast in those first few years that I was on the board from the time when the hospital could hardly meet the payroll and it was only three or four years before I came on, not that I had anything to do with it particularly, but the business of the hospital began to just take a totally different approach and it began to grow in a totally different direction.  It wasn’t just growing numbers of patients and beds it was growing in the business area only because, I guess, we were getting more patients and the services were expanded so fast over there and the research and all that they were doing just kept growing, growing and growing.

At the same time you had to grow the business side of the hospital to keep it all going.  It pushed us to a point of almost being too big on the patient side and not big enough on the business side to handle it.  You had to expand the financial department, the bookkeeping department and all those numbers of people had to grow and then all of a sudden you’re into what do people think of us so therefore you need a department that looks after the public image and how people think the hospital is treating them and all that kind of stuff becomes super important.

Beth Nelson: That’s exactly right.  When you think about how the hospital has changed, talk about what you remember of the hospital as a child, your earliest recollections of it.

Lawrence Davenport: Well, I remember in the old hospital over on Johnston Street.  I just barely do remember it though, I remember what it looked like and I remember going in there and how it smelled, you know, the smell of alcohol and other cleaning agents and things.  I remember being scared to death because every time I went I knew I would get something bad.  I would get a shot or something.  I remember what the nurses and the doctors looked like and I remember Dr. Irons being there and then, of course, I had very, very few occasions to go there as a child.  But I do remember when they built the new hospital on Fifth Street and I guess I was maybe a teenager and I remember my parents and grandparents talking Mr. Moye giving the property and they were friends of his and I remember hearing them talk about that.  Of course, with my grandmother being on the board when they built the hospital and it was just as controversial when they built that hospital as it was when they built the next one.  There was a segment of people that said we didn’t need it and it was only a few months after it was open for business that everybody was so proud of it and it was just the greatest thing and everything was good.  My Dad and Dr. Herbert Hadley were good friends, real close friends and he spent a lot of time out here and we heard him talk about what a great thing it was and how much different it was having that facility to go to and how much better patient care people were going to get.  Then, it seemed like hardly any time before Dr. Jenkins was talking about building a med school and working on building a new hospital.  I don’t remember the time period and how long it was after the old hospital opened in 1951 and then the new one opened in 1977 so that is a twenty-six year period and gosh knows that went so fast I don’t even remember much of that because I was going to high school and college and not interested in that too much.

Beth Nelson: I think the discussions about the possibility of a school of medicine started in the mid to late sixties and then from what I understand there were a number of physicians in the community who sort of feared the idea of the state telling us how to practice medicine and some of those kinds of issues.

Lawrence Davenport: You know, I came back here in 1965 to live after being in school and graduating and I remember all that going on.  I remember reading it in the paper and I remember Dr. Hadley and my Dad discussing it and all the ins and outs and most people outside of those who were in the know, right in the nucleus of the people who were working on getting it done, like the political leadership and the industry leadership and town and county leadership.  Most people didn’t know a whole lot, only what they read in the paper.  I can remember thinking they will never get that done.  I had been in Raleigh for five years in school and knew what was going on at Chapel Hill and they said they would never let that happen down here.  But, it began to happen and people were just amazed that this was just impossible that we were going to get that done, but you know with Dr. Jenkins being so forceful and having some good leadership at that time.  We had good county leadership at that time and, of course, Dr. Jenkins at the university probably being the best leader we have ever had over there and then we had good city leadership at that time.

We had great support from the region.  I don’t think many people give credit to that like they should.  We had great support from down east and Martin County and probably not as much from some of the municipalities like Washington and maybe New Bern and some of them because they thought it was a little bit of a threat maybe but still the political leadership in those counties fell in line and they supported us because they were all East Carolina supporters so to speak ...

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday, June 8, 2001, p. A-3:

FRIDAY LEAVES POST ON TOBACCO PANEL

By Bob Williams

ormer UNC System President William Friday has stepped down as head of a high-powered panel of political appointees responsible for doling out $2.3 billion flowing to North Carolina from a national settlement with cigarette companies.

Friday will be replaced by Lawrence Davenport, a farmer and a businessman.  He is president of J.P. Davenport & Son, a farm supply and agribusiness company in Greenville.  Davenport was elected vice chairman of the panel last year.

Friday, one of the most familiar faces in North Carolina, said he had promised former Gov. Jim Hunt he would lead the Golden L.E.A.F. Foundation about a year.

“I ended up staying 18 months because I had promised Gov. Hunt I would serve until the foundation was up and running well,” Friday said.  “It is, so now I am stepping aside.”

The Golden L.E.A.F. Foundation was created by the General Assembly to hand out half of North Carolina’s share of a landmark, $246 billion settlement reached between 46 states and cigarette makers in November 1998.  North Carolina is expected to collect $4.6 billion from the settlement over 25 years.

The foundation has about $150 million in the bank.  The panel’s current strategy is to continue banking future payments and to use the interest earned to fund programs to help tobacco-dependent communities.

“I hope that is the way we will continue to do it,” Davenport said.  “It is a little tough at first, but you pretty quickly get to a point where you have a lot of money to hand out every year.”

Friday said he is confident he is leaving the foundation in good hands.

“I think Lawrence Davenport is one of the most accomplished citizens of this state,” Friday said.  “He will do an outstanding job.”

Issue:

B627–––i.–––David Lawrence⁹ Davenport, born in 1965, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 266.  David married Anissa ?.  He is a member of the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association’s 2003 Board of Directors.

B628–––ii.–––Sidney Elizabeth Davenport, born in 1969, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 266.

B629–––iii.–––Pattie Gene Davenport was born in 1975, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 266.  She married Dustin Timothy Mills on October 3, 1998 in Immanuel Baptist Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

Marriage of
Pattie Gene Davenport
and Dustin Timothy Mills

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, October 4, 1998, p. E-4:

DUSTIN TIMOTHY MILLS
PATTIE GENE DAVENPORT

Pattie Gene Davenport and Dustin Timothy Mills were married at 4 p.m. Saturday, October 3, 1998, in Immanuel Baptist Church.  The Rev. Jack Borders conducted the double-ring ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Lawrence Davenport of Pactolus.  She was escorted by her father.  Her grandmother is Elizabeth Collins of Greenville.  The bridegroom is the son of Donna N. Mills and Tim Mills, both of Greenville.  His grandparents are Alma Northcutt of Apex and Lyman Mills of Greenville.

Sidney Davenport of Nantucket, Mass., sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and Anissa Davenport of Pactolus, sister-in-law of the bride, was matron of honor.  Bridesmaids were Sunny Collins, cousin of the bride, and Kelly McLawhorn, both of Raleigh; Tara Murphy of New York; Scottie Thompson of Charlotte; and Jennifer Mills of Greenville, sister of the bridegroom.  Allie Davenport of Pactolus, niece of the bride, was flower girl.

Dan Allemeier of El Segundo, Calif., was best man.  Groomsmen were David Davenport of Pactolus, brother of the bride; Jeff Davenport of Charlotte, cousin of the bride; Ron Evans of Greenville; Ryan Leebrick of Apex, cousin of the bridegroom; Randall Robinson of Chapel Hill; and Lee Smith of Greenville.

A reception was held at Rock Springs Center.

The couple will live in Richmond, Va., after a cruise to the Western Caribbean.

The bride is a graduate of Wake Forest University and is employed by Circuit City Stores, Inc. Richmond as an accounting analyst.  The bridegroom is a graduate of Wingate University and is employed by Regency Development Associates in Raleigh as director of Virginia operations.

B394. CHARLES STEWART⁸ DAVENPORT (Jesse Paul⁷, Jesse Paul⁶, Martha Ann⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1946, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 266.  Charles married Harriet Elizabeth Arnaud on May 31, 1969 in Pactolus First Baptist Church, Pactolus, Pitt County, North Carolina, daughter of Joseph R. Arnaud.  He may have re-married.

Marriage of
Charles Stewart Davenport
and Harriet Elizabeth Arnaud

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 4, 1969, p. C-3:

MISS HARRIET ARNAUD WEDS C.S. DAVENPORT

he Pactolus Baptist Church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Harriet Elizabeth Arnaud and Charles Stewart Davenport on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.

The Rev. Charles Medkeff of Chapel Hill officiated ...

Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Arnaud of Santa Ana, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davenport Jr. of Pactolus.

The bride (was) given in marriage by her father ...

Mrs. Edward William Turcotte Jr., sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Miss Jeanne Turcotte was maid of honor ...

The bridegroom’s father was best man.  Ushers were Edward William Turcotte Jr., Lawrence Davenport, brother of the bridegroom, Gary Boyd and Steven Arnaud, brother of the bride ...

The couple will reside in Pactolus.

Biographical Notes on Charles Stewart Davenport

Excerpt from The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, December 4, 1994, p. D-1:

REPUBLICAN VICTORIES HAVE FARMERS
SMILING AGAIN IN NORTH CAROLINA

But With Health Activists Making Gains
And Cigarette Jobs Disappearing,
These Remain Restless Days In Tobacco County

By Rudy Abraham
Special to The Times

PACTOLUS, N.C. –– Back in early autumn, tobacco farmers in this North Carolina hamlet and up and down the Tobacco Belt from here to Florida harvested the kind of crop that comes once in a decade: barn-busting yields of spectacularly perfect golden leaves.

... Charles Davenport’s great-grandfather bought land here in Pactolus right after the Civil War, and early one spring nearly 130 years ago, he set out his first crop of tobacco.  From that day to this, the family has been inextricably bound to the plant. As faithfully as the seasons have come and gone, the Davenports have put out their plants in March and April; stripped, bundled and cured their leaves during the sweltering summer, and taken them to market in the fall.  Over the years, they have survived droughts, floods, hailstorms, hurricanes, hornworms and infestations of the dreaded Granville wilt ... The Davenport farm is in North Carolina’s No. 1 tobacco-growing county, Pitt County.  But the 15,000 acres now producing plants in the county amount to just half the acreage of a decade ago.  Small farmers have fallen by the wayside, opting to rent or sell their allotments to big operators who can afford to mechanize.  Some still derive nearly all their income from tobacco. The Davenports, however, have used their tobacco earnings to expand and diversify.  For years, their father operated a grocery and hardware store, and in the 1960s he started an agricultural chemicals business.  The brothers have gone into fertilizers, invested in a cotton gin and created a brokerage for wheat and soybeans.  They have installed irrigation equipment and planted trees in nooks and crannies unacceptable for crops.  The 300 acres their father farmed have grown to 2,000.

But growers in the region, which produces most of the flue-cured tobacco that is rolled and smoked around the world, still felt under siege.  As the bumper crop came in, the tobacco economy faced not only the possibility of whopping new taxes, but the devastating prospect of federal authorities regulating nicotine as a drug.

The campaign against smoking had created jitters from the rich, flat fields of Pitt County to the cigarette capital of Winston-Salem, where machines roll and spit out millions of packs a week.  Even here in the heartland of the weed, anti-smoking ordinances have sailed through local jurisdictions, and Durham, a community that long boasted of being the City of Tobacco, now promotes itself as the City of Medicine.

More and more tobacco people wondered whether their future was behind them.

But on Nov. 8, with the crop gone to market, a measure of joy returned to Tobacco Row.  The Republican capture of the U.S. House of Representatives ousted Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) from his post as chairman of the House subcommittee on health and the environment.

Waxman had been the most effective force in the galloping anti-smoking movement and the most implacable critic of the tobacco industry.  By contrast, the House convening in January will be far less inclined to grapple with the health effects of smoking. Rep. Thomas J. Bliley (R-Va.), Waxman’s probable successor as chairman of the subcommittee, has made it clear he isn’t interested in pushing through more legislation to tighten the screws on the industry.

“The effect of the election is to dim the gigantic spotlight on us,” said Thomas Griscom, a spokesman for Winston-Salem-based R.J. Reynolds Co.  “That being the case, we have a chance to step back and look at issues in a little more realistic way.”

But scarred veterans on both sides of the great tobacco debate, beset by changes all around them, still look to the future with some trepidation.

Here are three of their stories.

Charles Davenport’s great-grandfather bought land here in Pactolus right after the Civil War, and early one spring nearly 130 years ago, he set out his first crop of tobacco.  From that day to this, the family has been inextricably bound to the plant.

As faithfully as the seasons have come and gone, the Davenports have put out their plants in March and April; stripped, bundled and cured their leaves during the sweltering summer, and taken them to market in the fall.  Over the years, they have survived droughts, floods, hailstorms, hurricanes, hornworms and infestations of the dreaded Granville wilt.

This year, Davenport, 48, and his brothers, Lawrence and Paul, shared in a momentous harvest.  Hot, dry days and warm, humid nights caused the plants to develop robust root systems, each one a little factory generating nicotine for storage in the fat, green leaves.

With the demand for domestic tobacco falling, though, the Davenports and all the other tobacco farmers in the state were forced to take a 10% reduction in their allotment –– the acreage they are allowed to plant under a 60-year-old federal price-support program.

That left the brothers with 125 acres.  Even so, the bumper crop meant lower prices.  Now, taking into account next year’s probable demand and the amount of leaf already in storage, there is a good chance that further quota reductions will be announced in mid-December.

But while Davenport was feeling “gloomy, singled out and picked on” a few weeks ago, he and his brothers say they now feel rejuvenated.

“What a relief, what a relief!” he exclaimed.  “For us, it is a very big deal that Waxman is no longer chairman of the health subcommittee.  I can tell you that we feel a lot better, because the silent majority has finally come out of the woodwork.”

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, tobacco farmers across North Carolina will begin preparing their seed beds for next year’s crop.  Most will plant in January, but the Davenports, who have their own greenhouse for seedlings, won’t start preparations until February.

In Washington, meanwhile, a cigarette tax hike is in limbo.  Any move by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate nicotine as an addictive drug appears less likely.

But Waxman wasn’t tobacco’s only problem.  The Labor Department has proposed a ban on smoking in the workplace, and the Justice Department announced an investigation into whether cigarette manufacturers breached antitrust laws or lied about spiking the nicotine content of cigarettes to hook customers.  All of this has come in the wake of an Environmental Protection Agency finding that inhaling secondhand smoke increases the risk of cancer.

“We wonder what we can do to fight back, how we can fight back and why we fight back,” Davenport said several months ago.  “Eleven billion dollars a year is already collected in tobacco taxes, and it’s already being used.  If they raise taxes and consumption goes down, then there is going to be less tax money in the long run.”

North Carolina’s affair with tobacco goes back to the 16th Century.  Its economy, social structure and institutions have been significantly shaped by the fortunes of America’s first export.

The Davenport farm is in North Carolina’s No. 1 tobacco-growing county, Pitt County.  But the 15,000 acres now producing plants in the county amount to just half the acreage of a decade ago.  Small farmers have fallen by the wayside, opting to rent or sell their allotments to big operators who can afford to mechanize.  Some still derive nearly all their income from tobacco.

The Davenports, however, have used their tobacco earnings to expand and diversify.  For years, their father operated a grocery and hardware store, and in the 1960s he started an agricultural chemicals business.  The brothers have gone into fertilizers, invested in a cotton gin and created a brokerage for wheat and soybeans.  They have installed irrigation equipment and planted trees in nooks and crannies unacceptable for crops.  The 300 acres their father farmed have grown to 2,000.

But even with the expansion into cotton, corn, wheat, soybeans and peanuts, the brothers still make 60% of their farm income from tobacco.

“We don’t make any money on corn,” Davenport said.  “We jumped into cotton, thinking it might pull us out, but it didn’t.  Same thing with peanuts.  Aside from tobacco, it’s wheat and soybeans that keep us alive.  But that’s not at the farm level; it’s because we’re the middleman.”

The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, July 10, 1999, p. B-3:

VERDICT KICKS TOBACCO WHILE ITS DOWN

Associated Press

GREENVILLE, N.C. –– Even before a Florida jury begins to decide how much money to award in a massive class-action lawsuit against tobacco companies, leaf growers and processors in North Carolina are worried.

The Florida jury decided Wednesday tobacco companies could be held responsible for smoking-related illnesses including emphysema and lung cancer.  The jury has yet to rule on a dollar amount, but the plaintiffs are seeking at least $200 billion.  Processor and farmers say they expect the verdict to hurt their business.

“Any outstanding court cases put the tobacco industry in jeopardy and certainly the settlement would be at risk,” said Todd Haymore, a spokesman for Dimon International, a tobacco purchaser and processor with an operation in Farmville.

Growers are bracing for the verdict’s fallout.

“Any time the companies have to pay out money, it affects the farmers,” said tobacco farmer Charles Davenport.

Tobacco companies are expected to begin setting aside some of the $5.15 billion they will pay to North Carolina tobacco farmers by this fall, said several state legislators from Pitt County involved in distributing the settlement.  Farmers could begin receiving payments by the beginning of next year, they said.

“Even if there is a bankruptcy, the state and the farmers would be among the first in line to be paid,” said state Attorney General Mike Easley.  “That was written in as part of the settlement.”

Tobacco farmers in Pitt County, the nation’s leading producer of flue-cured tobacco, remained skeptical that they would receive any settlement money.

“I really don’t think we’ll see a dime of it,” said Winterville farmer Jack Allen.  “I won’t plan on spending any of it until I see it in my mailbox.”

Not everyone has predicted gloom and doom for farmers if tobacco companies have difficulty paying up or if the companies decide to jack up prices.

“That probably wouldn’t destroy the farmers,” Daynard said.  “The companies will reorganize and continue to operate –– and continue to buy tobacco.  The shareholders are the ones who would be left holding the bag.”

Legal troubles are not the only problems for farmers, however.  Low grain and cotton prices, combined with yearly cuts in the amount of tobacco allowed to be grown have created a perilous situation, said Mitch Smith, Pitt County Cooperative Extension Service agent.

“In my judgment, this is one of the worst agricultural crises in the 16 years I’ve been involved in this,” he said.  “I think we are going to lose some growers.”

Meanwhile, the state House ratified a plan Wednesday to divide another $4.6 billion in settlement money among trust funds to help farmers, aid tobacco communities, and combat smoking-related health problems.  The Senate must now take up the plan.

Easley said he does not think the Florida case will have any impact on North Carolina’s $4.6 billion share of the recent settlement between states and cigarette companies.

North Carolina was one of 46 states that sued to recover their Medicaid costs for treating sick smokers.

The Associated Press, Friday, October 1, 1999:

FARMER USES CROP SPRAYER
TO RESCUE FLOOD VICTIMS

DES MOINES, Iowa –– About 65 residents stranded by floodwaters in North Carolina earlier this month were ferried to safety not by boat, but by a tobacco farmer driving an Iowa-made crop sprayer.

CHARLES STEWART DAVENPORT

North Carolina Soybean Producers Association, http://www.ncsoy.org

Charles Davenport of Pactolus, N.C., who bought the $100,000 sprayer earlier this year, called his customer service representative at Hagie Manufacturing Co. in Clarion on Monday to tell him about it.

“He wanted to call and tell me there were other uses for the sprayer,” Gary Thomas said.  Starting Sept. 17, Hurricane Floyd dropped about 20 inches of rain in 2½ days on Pactolus, a small community east of Greenville, N.C., where Davenport and his family operate J.P. Davenport and Son, a tobacco farm and farm supply business.

“He proceeded to tell me that when the water came, the emergency people were looking for boats, skiffs or anything that would float.  His boy came up with the idea that the Hagie sprayer was available,” Thomas said.

“It worked out better than a boat.”

The Model 2100 sprayer has a 73-inch clearance –– just over 6 feet.

“You would have water, then dry land and then water.  You’d have to get out of the boat and pull it across dry land.  With the Hagie sprayer, they’d just keep driving,” Thomas said.

The floodwaters didn’t hurt the machine, he said.  The engine and power train are 6 feet off the ground.

“We’ve got a hydrostatic drive, so the oil flows through hoses.  It doesn’t make any difference if it’s under water,” Thomas said.

The sprayer’s arms were folded up during the rescue operation.

Davenport’s stepson, Chris Sawyer, would back up to a front door or porch, and residents climbed aboard.

“We do have a catwalk that we can get out of the cab and walk around on top of the sprayer.  And in the back, we’ve got railings, so people don’t fall off,” Thomas said.  “They used the catwalk to rescue people.”

Driving was treacherous and dangerous, but Sawyer took it slowly.  Eventually a strong current made it too risky to use the machine, which has been cleaned and remains in working order, he said.

Davenport thought he’d call Hagie and let the company know he’d found a new use for the machine.  “I know the people that were rescuers were very grateful and amazed at what we were able to do with it,” he said.

“That sprayer pulled a lot of people out,” said Greg Beacham, chief of thee Pactolus, N.C., volunteer fire and rescue department.

“Although our sprayers have many applications, this one is new to us,” said Alan Hagie, grandson of the founder of Hagie Manufacturing and the company’s director of business development.  “We are both glad and proud to have had our machine involved in life-rescuing efforts.”

From North Carolina Soybean Producers Association, http://www.ncsoy.org, Fall-Winter 2000:

DAVENPORT APPOINTED USB DIRECTOR

Charles S. Davenport, prominent Pitt County soybean farmer and officer in the North Carolina Soybean Producers Association, has been appointed to a three-year term as director on the 62-person United Soybean Board (USB).  The appointment was announced on November 13 by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman.

Davenport will be officially installed during the upcoming annual meeting of the USB in St. Louis on December 7-12.  He succeeds Earl Hendrix of Raeford who has served a nine-year limit on the Board.

The United Soybean Board was implemented by USDA in September 1991 to administer programs for research, promotion and market development for the benefit of United States soybean farmers.

Issue:

B630–––i.–––Christine Marie⁹ Davenport, born in 1971, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 266.

B631–––ii.–––Dana Elizabeth Davenport, born in 1976, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 266.

B395. JAMES ROBERT⁸ DAVENPORT, JR. (James Robert⁷, Jesse Paul⁶, Martha Ann⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1943, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 266.  He married Joyce Masten.

According to this obituary found in The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Sunday, July 12, 1998, p. B-7, Roy Honeycutt was stepfather to Joyce Masten:

ROY L. HONEYCUTT JR.

GREENVILLE –– Roy L. Honeycutt Jr., 78, died Thursday, July 9, 1998.

The funeral service will be conducted Sunday at 1 p.m. at St. Pauls Episcopal Church.  Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park.

Mr. Honeycutt, a native of Raleigh, served in the U.S. Army during World War II.  He moved to Greenville from Wilson in 1954 and soon after established Honeycutt Beauty Supply Company now Honeycutt Salon Services, Inc.  The company, with offices in Greenville, Raleigh, and Virginia Beach, Va., now serves all of North Carolina and parts of both Virginia and South Carolina.

In 1995, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Cosmetology Association of North Carolina.

He was a member of St. Pauls Episcopal Church.  Mr. Honeycutt had served in leadership roles in both the Boys and Girls Club of Pitt County and the Eastern District of the Boy Scouts of America.

He is survived by: wife, Elizabeth (Lib) Wells Honeycutt of Greenville; sons, Rhett Honeycutt and wife, Joanne Honeycutt of Greenville, Roy Honeycutt III and wife, Blake Honeycutt of Greenville; step daughters, Joyce M. Davenport and husband James Davenport of Louisburg, Lee M. Vann and husband, Tom Vann of Washington, Lynn M. Forbes and husband Glenn Forbes of Greenville; grandchildren, Mark Honeycutt of Greenville, Brooks Honeycutt of Greenville, Garrett Honeycutt of Greenville, Miles Honeycutt of Greenville; step grandchildren, Rob Davenport of Raleigh, Mary D. Seegert of Raleigh, Phillip Vann of Washington, Rebecca Forbes of Greenville, David Forbes of Greenville.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Wilkerson Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Pauls Episcopal Church Building Fund, 401 E. 4th St., Greenville, N.C. 27858; or Leo Jenkins Cancer Center, ECU School of Medicine, 525 Moye Blvd., Greenville, N.C. 27858.

Issue:

B632–––i.–––James Robert⁹ Davenport III.  Rob was born in 1963, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 266.

B633–––ii.–––Mary Elizabeth Davenport, born in 1965, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 266.  Mary married a Mr. Seegart.

B397. EDWARD JENKINS⁸ DAVENPORT (James Robert⁷, Jesse Paul⁶, Martha Ann⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1947, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 266.  He married Rosemary Martin.

Issue:

B634–––i.–––Elizabeth Brice⁹ Davenport, born in 1974, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 266.

B635–––ii.–––Edward Joseph Davenport was born in 1978, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 266.

B399. DONALD DAVENPORT⁸ STEED (Mary Lawrence⁷ Davenport, Jesse Paul⁶, Martha Ann⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1947, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 266.  He married Linda Rowe on June 3, 1969.

Issue:

B636–––i.–––Ashley Lynn⁹ Steed was born in 1979, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 266.  Ashley Steed graduated from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, in May 2001 with a degree in biology (pre-med).  She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.  She is currently enrolled in the M.D./Ph.D. program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

B403. JULIAN MAYO⁸ DAVENPORT, JR. (Julian Mayo⁷, Lee Fleming⁶, Martha Ann⁵ Fleming, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married Sue F. ?  Likely the parents of the two grandchildren of Rena (Harding) Davenport named in her obituary in The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, January 11, 1999, B-4, Sarah E. Davenport and Rebecca L. Davenport.

Issue:

B637–––i.–––Sarah E.⁹ Davenport (Named in the obituary of her grandmother, Rena (Harding) Davenport, in The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, January 11, 1999, B-4.)

B638–––ii.–––Rebecca L. Davenport (Named in the obituary of her grandmother, Rena (Harding) Davenport, in The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, January 11, 1999, B-4.)

B405. JULIA LITTLE⁸ DICKINSON (Mae Estelle⁷ Little, Rena M.⁶ Fleming, Rufus⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born August 9, 1925, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 472.  She married Thomas P. Marrella on January 18, 1955.

Issue:

B639–––i.–––Teresa Ann⁹ Marrella, born in 1964, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 472.

B406. WILEY SCOTT⁸ DICKINSON, JR. (Mae Estelle⁷ Little, Rena M.⁶ Fleming, Rufus⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born on October 27, 1927; died in 1984.  Wiley married Mary Choplin, daughter of Thomas W. Choplin and Cora Belle Clodfelter.  This appears to be her second marriage (to a Mr. Thompson?) as her obituary below names James Samuel Thompson, Sonja T(hompson) Yagel and Faye T(hompson), in addition to Pam D(ickinson) Hursey, as surviving children.  Mary was born about 1924 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina in that her obituary in The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Sunday, March 23, 1997, p. B-2 states that she was 73 years of age at her death; died March 22, 1997 in Triangle Hospice Inpatient Facility, Hillsborough, North Carolina; and was buried in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Durham, North Carolina.

Obituary of Mary Choplin

The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Sunday, March 23, 1997, p. B-2:

DICKINSON

Mrs. Mary Choplin Dickinson, 73, of Rt. 5, Box 458-B, Creech Road, died Saturday, March 22, in the Triangle Hospice Inpatient Facility at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough.

Mrs. Dickinson was a native and lifelong resident of Durham and was the daughter of the late Thomas W. and Cora Belle Clodfelter Choplin.  She was the widow of Wiley S. Dickinson, Jr., who died in 1984.  She was a retired employee of Liggett & Myers and was a member of the Bible Baptist Church.

Surviving are 1 son, James Samuel Thompson, of Hillsborough; 3 daughters, Sonja T. Yagel, of Rougemont, Pam D. Hursey, of Durham, and Faye T. Blackwood, of Chapel Hill; 2 brothers, Carl Choplin, of Durham, and T.W. Choplin, of Chattanooga, TN; 2 sisters, Betty C. Kerr and Dorothy C. O’Neal, both of Durham; 8 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the graveside in the Oak Grove Memorial Gardens.  Rev. Greg Allison and Rev. Fred Rivenbark will officiate.  Visitation will be tonight form 7 until 9 at Hudson Funeral Home and at other times at the home.

Flowers are acceptable, or donations may be made to Gideons International, Durham South Camp, PO Box 2155, Durham NC 27702.

Issue:

B640–––i.–––Pamela⁹ Dickinson, born in 1958, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 472.  She married a Mr. Hursey.

B408. WILLIAM HOLSTON⁸ TAFT, JR. (Mamie Ruth⁷ Fleming, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1936, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 656.  Bill married Mary Hannah Finch on February 6, 1960 in Memorial Methodist Church, Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina, daughter of George Davis Finch and Lucy Cooper.  He was a 1958 graduate of Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, at which school he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.  She graduated from St. Mary’s College, in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1958, after which she attended the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Marriage of
William Holston Taft, Jr.
and Mary Hannah Finch

Excerpts from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, January 1, 1960, p. 2:

BRIDAL COUPLE-ELECT HONORED AT OPEN HOUSE

Miss Mary Hannah Finch and Mr. William H. Taft, Jr. were honored at an open house on Sunday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. David Evans and Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Wilkerson at the Evans home.

Miss Finch was resented a red antherium corsage which complemented her green dress and carried out the holiday motif, which was used throughout the house.

Guests were greeted by the hosts and hostesses, and were introduced to the honored couple who are to be married in February ...

Excerpts from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, January 4, 1960, p. 3:

MISS FINCH, MR. TAFT HONORED

THOMASVILLE –– The Thomasville Woman’s Club was the setting Wednesday evening when Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thomason, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Knotts and Mr. Johnny Thomason entertained at a dinner party honoring Miss Mary Hannah Finch of Thomasville and Mr. William H. Taft, Jr. of Greenville, who will be married in February ...

Special guests were Mr. and Mrs. George Finch, parents of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. William H. Taft, parents of the bridegroom; Mr. Charles Taft, Mr. Hoover Taft, and Mr. Joe Taft, brother and cousins of the bridegroom ...

Last Wednesday evening at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, Miss Finch and Mr. Taft were entertained at a formal dance given in their honor by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kennedy Jr. of Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hilton and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace A. Kennedy of Thomasville.

Miss Finch and Mr. Taft, accompanied by their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Finch and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Taft Sr. of Greenville, and the hosts composed a receiving line to greet the approximately 150 guests ...

Excerpts from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, February 8, 1960, p. 2:

DOUBLE-RING VOWS UNITED TAFT-FINCH

Thomasville – A double ring evening ceremony united Miss Mary Hannah Finch and William Holston Taft, Jr. in marriage Saturday in the Memorial Methodist Church.

Miss Finch is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Davis Finch of 225 West Colonial Dr., and Mr. Taft is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taft of 1707 E. Fifth St., Greenville.

Officiating ministers were Dr. Frank B. Jordan and Dr. Wilson O. Weldon of Charlotte ...

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of white peau de soie designed with a scalloped neckline and tucked midriff.  The bodice and fingertip sleeves were of re-embroidered Alencon lace embellished with sprays of seed pearls.  The sides of the bouffant skirt, which ended in a court train, were appliquéd with lace and pearl designs.

Her veil of illusion was caught to a coronet of orange blossoms.  She carried a cascade bouquet of Bride’s roses, white Phalaenopsis orchids showered with lilies of the valley.

The bride was attended by her youngest sister, Miss Lucy Tunstall Finch, as maid of honor, and her matron of honor was her other sister, Mrs. Charles Franklin Lambeth, Jr.

Bridesmaids were Miss Jane Adele Finch of Thomasville, cousin of the bride; Miss Susan Kohler of Conshohocken, Pa., cousin of the bridegroom; Miss Sandra Edgerton of Goldsboro; Mrs. John Douglas Knotts of Durham; and Mrs. Wallace Andrew Kennedy, Jr., of Greensboro ...

Mr. Taft acted as best man for his son.  Groomsmen were Marvin Blount, Jr., Greenville, cousin of the bridegroom; John William Couch, Durham; Brown F. Finch, Thomasville, brother of the bride; Charles V. Taft, Greenville, brother of the bridegroom; Joseph M. Taft, Jr., Greenville, cousin of the bridegroom; Richard Taft, Greenville, brother of the bridegroom ...

Following the ceremony, a reception was given by the bride’s parents at Thomasville Woman’s Club, Elliott Drive.

After a wedding trip to Florida and Nassau, the couple will reside in Greenville.

The bride traveled in a beige wool jersey dress with matching jacket trimmed with fox fur.  Her corsage was of orchids.

Miss Finch graduated from Salem Academy in Winston-Salem in 1956 and Saint Mary’s Jr. College in Raleigh in 1958.  She attended the University of N. C. where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.  She majored in elementary education and did her practice training at Park Road School in Charlotte.

Mr. Taft received an A.B. degree in Business Administration from Duke University in 1958.  He is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity and Phi Delta Theta social fraternity.  He is affiliated with a furniture company in Greenville.

Issue:

B641–––i.–––Hannah Finch⁹ Taft, of whom below, was born in 1960.

B642–––ii.–––Melissa Ruth Taft, of whom below, born in 1964.

643–––iii.–––William Holston Taft III married Holly Louise Thrailkill on April 7, 2001 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, daughter of Thomas Wayne Thrailkill.

Marriage of
William Holston Taft III
Holly Louise Thrailkill

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, April 8, 2001, p. E-4:

WILLIAM HOLSTON TAFT III
HOLLY LOUISE THRAIKILL

CHARLOTTE –– Holly Louise Thrailkill and William Holston Taft III were married at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 7, 2001.  Eugene Owens conducted the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wayne Thrailkill and Stella Jeanette Harrison, all of Charlotte.  She was escorted by her father.  Her grandparents are Jesse King Harrison, Jr., Lea Akres Harrison and Margaret Morgan Thrailkill, all of Charlotte.  The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Holston Taft, Jr. of Greenville.

Jessica Leigh Thrailkill of Charlotte was honor attendant for her sister.   Bridesmaids were Kerie Beth Scott of High Point, Laura Freeman Perry of New York, Lisa Leary Cannon and Jennifer Gayle Ward, both of Charlotte, Elizabeth Parker Stutts of Atlanta, Jennifer Marie Bedrosian of Jackson, Wyo., Eleanor Spencer Butz of Asheville, and Kristi Long Embler of Smithfield.

The father of the bridegroom was best man.  George H.V. Cecil of Palm Beach, Fla., nephew of the bridegroom, was ring bearer.  Groomsmen were Mickey Alexander Herrin, Jr. of Durham, Richard Stewart Lewis of Greenville, Wesley Van Taft and Clay Hutchinson Young, both of Charlotte, Robert Bailes Malone, Jr. of Atlanta, Joseph Taylor Melvin III of Greensboro, Christopher H.A. Cecil of Palm Beach and Lauriston Hardison Sigmon of Raleigh.

A reception was held at Myers Park Country Club.

The couple will live in Birmingham, Ala., after a wedding trip to St. Vincent.

The bride is a graduate of East Carolina University and is employed as builder programs coordinator at Southern Living magazine.  The bridegroom is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the ECU School of Medicine.  He is a resident at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

B409. CHARLES VAN⁸ TAFT (Mamie Ruth⁷ Fleming, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1942, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 656.

Dr. Taft – an Orthopaedic Surgeon with the Orthopaedic Specialists of the Carolinas – graduated from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina in 1964 with an A.B. degree in Political Science and from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1968.  Orthopaedic Specialists of the Carolinas was founded in 1997, following the merger of two practices; Salem Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine P.A., established in 1972 and Carolina Orthopaedic Center P.A., established in 1975.

He served in the United States Navy as a Medical Officer aboard the U.S.S. Raleigh and in the U.S. Naval Hospital in Orlando, Florida.  He is a founding member of the International Arthroscopy Association, a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, a Fellow American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Diplomate, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, member of the North Carolina Medical Society, the Piedmont Orthopaedic Society and the Forsyth-Stokes-Davie County Medical Society.

Dr. Taft married Lamar Marie Swain in 1965, daughter of Wingate E. Swain and Florence Stowe, and step-daughter of E. Leon Roebuck, Jr.  She was born in 1942.

Issue:

B644–––i.–––Charles Spencer⁹ Taft married Shannon Trigony.  Spencer was living in Atlanta, Georgia, according to an e-mail message dated October 10, 2000 from cousin Richard Chesson Taft, of Greenville, North Carolina.

B645–––ii.–––Wesley Van Taft, living in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to an e-mail message dated October 10, 2000 from cousin Richard Chesson Taft, of Greenville, North Carolina.

B646–––iii.–––Ann Fleming Taft, a member of the Bulldawg Nation (i.e. – graduate of The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia!).  She was an advertising major, photo editor of UGAzine, and member of Chi Omega sorority.

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 5, 1998, p. D-6:

YOUNG WOMEN SET TO
DEBUT IN SEPTEMBER

These young women from across the state will be presented at the 72nd Annual North Carolina Debutante Ball, to be held Sept. 10 in Raleigh ...

... Ann Fleming Taft, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Van Taft ...

B410. RICHARD CHESSON⁸ TAFT (Mamie Ruth⁷ Fleming, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1944, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 656.  He married Cheryl Jean Lee on June 28, 1969, daughter of Robert Everett Lee, Jr. and Gloria Van Dyke.  She was born in 1948.

Dr. Taft graduated from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina in 1967 and from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1972.  He has been with Greenville Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1976.  He is affiliated with the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the North Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, the Coastal Plain OB/GYN society, the American Fertility Society, the South Atlantic Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopies, and the American Urogynecological Society.  He is the President of the Private Physicians Association, the Chairman of the North Carolina section of the South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and is the current President of the Board of Directors for Physicians East, PA.

Marriage of Richard Chesson Taft and Cheryl Jean Lee

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 29, 1969, p. 9:

MISS CHERYL LEE WEDS IN SATURDAY CEREMONY

RALEIGH –– Saint Mary’s Chapel here was the scene of the wedding ceremony of Miss Cheryl Jean Lee and Richard Chesson Taft Saturday at 8:00 p.m.

The Rev. Lawrence Patrick Houston, Jr. of Greenville performed the nuptial mass assisted by the Rev. Robert C. Baird of Raleigh.

Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Everett Lee, Jr. of Atlanta, Ga. and Mr. and Mrs. William Holston Taft of Greenville ...

The bride, given in marriage by her father ...

Mrs. Ronald Webster Mann of Athens, Ga., sister of the bride, was matron of honor.   Bridesmaids were Mrs. William Anthony Alias of Oklahoma City, Okla., Miss Martha Katherine Barnes of Wilson, Miss Jean McNair Harvey and Miss Cynthia Ann Howard of Greenville, Mrs. Will Hardee Lassiter III of Smithfield and Mrs. Charles Van Taft of Durham.

The attendants wore formal gowns of shrimp-colored linen ...

Miss Hannah Finch Taft of Greenville was flower girl ...

The father of the bridegroom was best man.  Ushers were William Gray Blount, Thomas Carlton Duncan, Robert Edmund Taft, Thomas Fleming Taft and William Holston Taft, Jr., brother of the bridegroom, of Greenville, Robert Everett Lee III of Atlanta, Ga., brother of the bride, Charles Van Taft of Durham, brother of the bridegroom, and Allen Holstead Van Dyke of Winston-Salem ...

For a wedding trip to Williamsburg, Va. and Bermuda, the bride changed into a powder pink linen coat and dress ensemble trimmed in white with black patent accessories ...

The couple will reside in Carrboro.

The bride is a graduate of St. Mary’s Junior College and is attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  The bridegroom is a graduate of Duke University and attends medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...

Notes

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, November 15, 2000:

PHYSICIANS EAST TO RELOCATE TO NEW FACILITY

By Jenna Hunt
The Daily Reflector

Pitt County’s largest private physicians practice has outgrown its location and will move to a new facility early next year.

Doctors with the Quadrangle Division of Physicians East, along with county and city dignitaries, plunged golden shovels deep into rain-soaked soil Tuesday to begin the countdown to the building’s completion.

The new 100,000-square-foot medical office complex, to be located on 13 acres between Arlington and W.H. Smith boulevards, will house 50 doctors and physician assistants with a clinical support and administrative staff of 200.

“Our mission is to provide quality, comprehensive health care to our patients.  By bringing this broad scope of medical services together in one facility, we also make them more easily accessible to the community,” said Dr. Richard Taft, president of Physicians East, P.A.

The facility will include all the current functions of Quadrangle Medical Specialists, 629 S. Memorial Drive.  Officials expect to relocate corporate and medical offices after construction is completed in March 2002.

Physicians East will continue providing services in eight other Pitt County medical offices, including established practices such as Pitt Surgical, Greenville Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Greenville Women’s Clinic.

Other facilities include branches in Farmville, Grifton and Winterville and the Urgent Care office in Greenville.

The Quadrangle practice includes medical specialists in internal medicine, endocrinology, cardiology, hematology/oncology, pulmonology, gastroenterology and rheumatology in addition to laboratory and X-ray services.

Taft said forming a large circle of health providers has helped physicians navigate the “waters of managed care” successfully.

Mayor Nancy Jenkins said the community is fortunate to have this new building and medical growth.

“Medicine has made Greenville what we are today,” Jenkins told the crowd of 35 people.

County commissioner Eugene James agreed that quality health resources are one of the county’s greatest assets.

“We need good health services, and we know Physicians East provides that to Pitt County and eastern North Carolina,” James said.

Physicians East formed in 1996 with the merger of Quadrangle Medical Specialist and Greenville Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In the past two years, Pitt Surgical and Greenville Women’s Clinic joined Physicians East.

Issue:

B647–––i.–––Kathryn Lee⁹ Taft married Ian Heyward Fay on April 13, 1996 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He is a son of Todd Lawrence Fay.

Marriage of
Kathryn Lee Taft
and Ian Heyward Fay

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, April 14, 1996, p. E-4:

IAN HEYWARD FAY
KATHRYN LEE TAFT

Kathryn Lee Taft and Ian Heyward Fay were married at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 1996, in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.  The Rev. Charles Thomas Midyette and Lawrence Patrick Houston conducted the double-ring ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Chesson Taft of Greenville, and was given in marriage by her father.  The bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Todd Lawrence Fay of Winston-Salem.

Gloria Taft of Chapel Hill was maid of honor for her sister.  Bridesmaids were Emmye Taft of Greenville, sister of the bride; Amanda Fay of Williamstown, Mass., sister of the bridegroom; Cameron Bason of Atlanta; Jessica Ferguson of Big Sky, Mont.; Elizabeth Record of McAllen, Texas; Emily Record of New York; and Virginia Sharp of Raleigh.

Matt Mattox of Chapel Hill was best man.  Ushers were Matt Becker of Atlanta; Peter Fisher of Richmond, Va.; Chip Petree of Winston-Salem; Mustafa Shah-Khan of Charlotte; Will Snyder of New York; Wesley Taft of Chapel Hill and Spencer Taft of Winston-Salem, cousins of the bride.

A reception was held at the Greenville Country Club.

The couple will live in New York after a wedding trip to St. Barthelemy.

The bride and bridegroom are graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Notes

Excerpt from The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 7, 1991, p. E-1:

204 WOMEN TO MAKE THEIR DEBUT

Two hundred and four young women have accepted invitations to make their debut at the 1991 North Carolina Debutante Ball.

With that, the 65th social season of the state’s most prestigious debutante assembly begins.

The young women will be presented to society by their fathers at a white gown ceremony and ball Sept. 6 at the Raleigh Civic and Convention Center.

Leading up to the ball, there will be seven weeks of summer parties honoring debutantes and their families.

All rising college sophomores, the debutantes are selected by 200 secret nominators across the state.

They are judged on their families’ social, cultural and civic contributions to North Carolina.

Final approval of the debutantes is made by members of the Terpsichorean Club, a Raleigh men’s social club which has sponsored the ball since 1923.

The ball leader, traditionally a Wake County debutante, will be announced in early August ...

... GREENVILLE -- Marjori Sills Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Mitchell Brown Jr.; Alice Taylor Evans, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Henderson Evans Jr.; Kathryn Lee Taft, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Chesson Taft; Edna Elizabeth Ward, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Stuart Ward; and Sally Jordan Whichard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Suther Whichard.

B648–––ii.–––Gloria Fleming Taft was born in 1974 in Durham, North Carolina, married Michael Shel Becker on October 9, 1999 in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Thomas George Becker.  He was born June 1974 in North Carolina.  She is a 1996 graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a 2000 graduate of the Campbell University School of Law, Buies Creek, North Carolina.  Admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 2000, she practices general civil litigation and insurance defense with Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Marriage of
Gloria Fleming Taft
and Michel Shel Becker

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, October 10, 1999, p. E-4:

MICHAEL SHEL BECKER
GLORIA FLEMING TAFT

Gloria Fleming Taft and Michael Shel Becker were married at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.  The Rev. Charles Thomas Midyette, Thomas Cure and Charles Dupree conducted the double-ring ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chesson Taft of Greenville.  She was escorted by her father.  Her grandparents are Mrs. William Holston Taft of Greenville, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Everett Lee, Jr., of Morganton, Ga.  The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas George Becker of Jacksonville, Fla.  His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George Becker of Cincinnati, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Robert Shelgren of Grand Haven, Mich.

Kathryn Taft Fay of New York was matron of honor, and Emmye Chesson Taft of Asheville was maid of honor.  Both are sisters of the bride.  Bridesmaids were Victoria Tyler Downey of Montgomery, Ala.; Anne VanEvery Glenn of Charlotte; Katherine Corwin Shope Leininger and Ashleigh Baucom White, both of Atlanta; Courtney Dorsett Phillips of New York; Erin Martin Smith and Laura Fleming Wells, both of Wilmington; and Louise Jenkins Stowe of Raleigh.

The father of the bridegroom was best man.  Groomsmen were Matthew Thomas Becker of Greenville and Christopher George Becker of Athens, Ga., brothers of the bridegroom; John Wadiyei Crowe of Morganton, N. C.; Ian Heyward Fay of New York; Seby Russell Jones, Austin Marshall Koon, John Aiken Koonce and Robert Lyon Warren, all of Raleigh; and Charles Andrew Little of Greenville.

A reception was held at Blue Banks Farm.

The couple will live in Raleigh after a wedding trip to Aruba.

The bride is a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Raleigh and received a bachelor of arts degree in art history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She is pursuing her juris doctorate at Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University.  The bridegroom received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Kenan Flagler School of Business at UNC-CH.  He is employed with Trident Securities in Raleigh.

Notes

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Sunday, July 4, 1993, p. E-3:

TERPSICHOREAN CLUB
ANNOUNCES INVITATIONS
TO DEBUTANTE BALL

he Terpsichorean Club of Raleigh has announced invitations to the 67th North Carolina Debutante Ball, which will be held Sept. 9-11 in Raleigh.

The highlight of the weekend will be the formal presentation of young ladies from across the state.

The debutantes were selected by over 200 nominators throughout North Carolina in recognition of the contributions the debutantes’ families have made to the state’s cultural, social and civic life ...

... Gloria Fleming Taft, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Chesson Taft ...

The Chapel Hill Herald, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Thursday, October 19, 1995, p. 2:

Ten Chapel Hill natives, all in their junior year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, were admitted to the highly competitive Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Program at the University’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.  Admits include:

... Michael Shel Becker, son of Thomas G. and Mary B. Becker ...

B649–––iii.–––Emmye Chesson Taft married Andrew J. Cahn on September 13, 2003 at Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Marriage of
Emmye Chesson Taft
and Andrew J. Cahn

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, September 15, 2003:

ANDREW J. CAHN
EMMYE CHESSON TAFT

BLACK MOUNTAIN –– Emmye Chesson Taft and Andrew J. Cahn were married at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003, at Lake Eden.  The Rev. Howard Hangar conducted the double-ring ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Chesson Taft of Greenville.  She was escorted by her father.  Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Everett Lee Jr. of Blue Ridge, Ga.  The bridegroom is the son of Morgan Marie Jennings of Denver and the late Rolf Cahn.  His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Art Schwichtenberg of Lester Prairie, Minn.

Kathryn Taft Fay of New York and Gloria Taft Becker of Raleigh were matrons of honor for their sister.  Bridesmaids were Samantha Snyderbum Castleblanco, Christine Enochs Doughtery, Shelly Mehlen and Heather Suzanne Smith, all of Asheville.  Rachel Cecil of Palm Beach, Fla., cousin of the bride, and Emily Davenport of Austin, Texas, cousin of the bridegroom, were flower girls.

Michael Cahn of Taos, N.M., was best man for his brother.  Groomsmen were Andrew Graham Brokmeyer of Santa Fe, N.M.; Sarmod Collier of Zodiak, Alaska; Amal Baawelme Easton of Boulder, Colo.; and Joseph Marvin Taft IV of Asheville, cousin of the bride.

A reception was held in The Orange Peel in Asheville.

The couple will live in Asheville after a wedding trip to Saint John’s, U.S. Virgin Islands.

The bride is a graduate of Saint Mary’s School and the University of North Carolina at Asheville.  She is a pharmaceutical representative for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.  The bridegroom is a graduate of the International Institute of Chinese Medicine in Santa Fe, N.M.  He is an acupuncturist with Chinese Acupuncture Clinic in Asheville.

B412. JAMES STAUTON⁸ KOHLER (Frances McIlwain⁷ Fleming, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married a Ms. Lane.  According to an e-mail message from Richard Chesson Taft, on October 10, 2000, he was living in Pelham, Alabama.

Issue:

B650–––i.–––Elizabeth James⁹ Kohler married James Herring.

B651–––ii.–––Susan Anderson Kohler married Daniel Morton.  They have two children: Daniel and John.

B413. FRANK WILLIAMS⁸ KOHLER, JR. (Frances McIlwain⁷ Fleming, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married Nancy Davis.  According to an e-mail message from Richard Chesson Taft, on October 10, 2000, he was living in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Issue:

B652–––i.–––Frank Williams⁹ Kohler III.

B653–––ii.–––Monica Ruth Kohler.

B414. EDMUND HOOVER⁸ TAFT III (Helen Irene⁷ Fleming, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1942, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 653.  Hoover married first Ruth Corbette Jefferson on June 22, 1968 in Fountain Presbyterian Church, Fountain, Pitt County, North Carolina, daughter of William W. Jefferson and Anne Corbett. She died before July 17, 1998; she is mentioned as predeceasing her mother, in an obituary in The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Saturday, July 18, 1998, p. B-7.  He married second Donna ?, who is named in the obituary of her mother-in-law, Helen (Fleming) Taft, in The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wednesday, October 17, 2001, p. B-6.

Marriage of Edmund Hoover Taft III and Ruth Corbette Jefferson

Excerpts from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 23, 1968, p. 10:

COUPLE EXCHANGE VOWS IN SATURDAY CEREMONY

FOUNTAIN – Miss Ruth Corbette Jefferson became the bride of Edmund Hoover Taft III in the Fountain Presbyterian Church Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

The Rev. R. Zach Thomas III, pastor of the bride, officiated at the double ring ceremony.

A program of wedding music was presented by Mrs. William C. Mercer, soloist, of Farmville, assisted by Miss Barbara Lang, organist, also of Farmville.  Mrs. Mercer’s selections included “Though the Years,” “Song of Ruth” and “The Lord’s Prayer ...”

Given in marriage by her father ...

Miss Jo Anne Jefferson, sister of the bride, was maid of honor.  Bridesmaid were Miss Mary Anne Peele of Fountain, Mrs. Clarence Hardy Moye of Washington, and Mrs. Joel Keith Johnson of Smithfield, cousins of the bride, and Miss Karen Larette Vignetti of Greenville.

Honorary bridesmaids were Mrs. John Shelton Brown of Fountain, Mrs. Joseph Jackson Edmundson Jr. of Maury, Miss Amelia Frances Hooks of Fremont and Miss Mildred Garner Fitzgerald of Farmville ...

Edmund Hoover Taft Jr., father of the bridegroom, was the best man.  Ushers were Thomas Fleming Taft, brother of the bridegroom, Dr. Charles Van Taft of Durham, Robert Edmund Taft of Winston-Salem, cousins of the bridegroom, and John Taylor Barnhill Jr. of Roanoke, Va. ...

The bride is a graduate of Peace College, Raleigh.  The bridegroom is a graduate of Phelps School ... He is presently associated with Eastern Lumber and Supply Co., Winterville ...

After a wedding trip to Bermuda, Mr. and Mrs. Taft will reside at 204 Greenwood, Greenville ...

Prior to the rehearsal of the Taft-Jefferson wedding Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Taft, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Taft, Dr. and Mrs. Moulton B. Massey, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Blount and Mr. and Mrs. Van Fleming Jr., aunts and uncles of the bridegroom, entertained at a dinner honoring the bridal couple and members of the wedding party at the Candlewick Inn ...

Issue:
Edmund Hoover Taft III and Ruth Corbette Jefferson

B654–––i.–––Melanie Ann⁹ Taft, of whom below, born in 1970.

B655–––ii.–––Edmund Hoover Taft IV, born in 1972, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 653.

B415. THOMAS FLEMING⁸ TAFT (Helen Irene⁷ Fleming, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1945 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 653.  Tom married first? Kathy Arnold on January 30, 1982 in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, North Carolina, daughter of Jesse Hoyt Arnold II and Esther Gislason.  There is a record of the marriage of Thomas Fleming Taft and Elizabeth Christina Doster in Pitt County, North Carolina on September 13, 2001, his second marriage?

Thomas Fleming Taft graduated from Junius H. Rose High School, Greenville, North Carolina and from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina in 1968, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma.  In 1972, he graduated from the University of North Carolina Law School at Chapel Hill.  He joined the law firm of Taft & Taft, with father Edmund Hoover Taft, Jr.

Marriage of Thomas Fleming Taft and Kathy Arnold

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, January 31, 1982, p. C-3:

WEDDING VOWS SOLEMNIZED

Kathy Arnold Pressly and Thomas Fleming Taft were united in marriage Saturday at 2 p.m. in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.  The Rev. Dana Pecheles performed the single ring ceremony.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride is the daughter of Dr. J. H. Arnold of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Mrs. E. G. Arnold of Kinston.  The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Hoover Taft Jr. of Greenville.

The best man was the bridegroom’s father and ushers included Dr. William J. Simons of Asheville, E. Hoover Taft III and Dr. Richard C. Taft, both of Greenville, and Jesse Hoyt Arnold III of Oriental …

The honor attendant was Mrs. Clinton R. Wilson, sister of the bride of Wilson …

The parents of the bridegroom entertained at a reception after the ceremony at the Greenville Country Club.

Mrs. Tess Arnold, mother of the bride, gave a wedding brunch Saturday at Margaux’s Restaurant …

The bride graduated from Wayne Community College School of Dental Hygiene, Goldsboro, and East Carolina University.  She is now working as a dental hygienist at the Pitt County Health Department and is attending graduate school and teaching at ECU.  The bridegroom graduated from Duke University and the University of North Carolina Law School.  He is presently a private practicing attorney in Greenville.

After a wedding trip to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the couple will live in Greenville.

Biographical Notes on Thomas Fleming Taft

Excerpts from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, June 17, 1963, p. 6:

TAFT ELECTED PREXY OF N.C. TEENAGE DEMOS

RALEIGH –– Tommy Taft, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Taft, Jr. of Greenville, was elected president of North Carolina Teenage Democrats here Saturday night.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Saturday, June 22, 1963, p. 6: TAFT ELECTED TO BOYS’ STATE POST CHAPEL HILL (AP) –– John D. Civils of Kinston was elected governor of Boys State Friday, winning a trip to Boys Nation in July. Civils defeated Roy Rowe of Burgaw. The youths elected Tommy Taft of Greenville as lieutenant governor and Penn Holsenbeck of West Greensboro secretary of state.  Paul E. Short, Jr., of Gastonia, won election as chief justice of the State Supreme Court.

The Greenville youth defeated a Beaufort County candidate, Surrey P. Everett, and succeeds John Hughes of Jones County.  Taft becomes the second statewide Teen Dem president.  The organization was launched in North Carolina less than two years ago by N. C. Young Democrats.

Young Taft, in his acceptance speech, pledged an active program in teenaged party affiliates in the 1964 Democratic Party campaign.  He said Teen Dems would ring doorbells and act as chauffeurs in order to encourage voting.

He also cited organization of more Teen Dem clubs in the state’s counties as a major plank in his platform.  Taft set a goal of 100 counties with Teen Dem clubs before his term expires next June.  When the convention opened here Friday, a total of 47 North Carolina (counties) had Teen Dem organizations.

The Teen Dem organization was original in North Carolina, also the birthplace of Young Democratic Clubs ...

Taft took office immediately.  As president he will preside at Executive Committee meetings during the year.  The group meets at the call of the president and is responsible for arranging for next year’s state convention.  Taft also plans to organize a statewide winter rally which would give the Teen Dems another annual statewide gathering.

The Greenville Young Democrat arrived here from a Methodist Young Fellowship meeting in Rocky Mount.  After the convention adjourned, he left for Chapel Hill where he is a Pitt County delegate to Boys State this week.

Taft’s campaign was managed by Tom Duncan, fellow Greenville club member and son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Duncan.  The newly elected state president has served as president of the Greenville Teen Dems.

A rising senior at Greenville’s Junius H. Rose High School, Taft has held numerous student offices and has been active in various other community organizations.

His parents were on hand Saturday night for Taft’s acceptance speech.  Other Pitt Countians attending were David E. Reid, Jr. of Greenville, president of North Carolina Young Democrats and the leading organizer of the Greenville Teen Dem Club; and local Teen Dems Tom Duncan, Pat Worsley, Deanne Brickhouse, Jane Brown, Lucy Wells and Linda Hollowell.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, January 29, 1984, p. 1:

TAFT SEEKS SEAT IN STATE SENATE

Greenville attorney Tom Taft has filed for election to the North Carolina State Senate seat representing Pitt, party of Martin and part of Beaufort counties.

THOMAS F. TAFT 1964 graduate of Junius H. Rose High School in Greenville, North Carolina Graduated from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, in 1968 Graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1972 In 1974, joined the law firm of Taft, Taft & Haigler in Greenville, North Carolina Elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 1984.  Served three terms 1991, elected to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors

“I am seeking this seat in order to give our district a young, hard-working, experienced senator who can establish for us a clear leadership position in keeping with the central role our district plays in the North Carolina in agriculture, medical care, education and industrial development,” Taft said in a statement released after he filed Friday.

“Our area has become the recognized leader in these fields and we must develop and send to Raleigh a new generation of political leadership in the style of Leo Jenkins and others who have had the courage to say what this region needed and set about to accomplish it in the state Legislature even when others so strongly opposed them.  The simple fact is that our region has been ‘short-changed’ on roads, industrial development and the booming prosperity of the Piedmont and the Research Triangle.  Too little recognition is given to the fundamental role and importance of agriculture in our state’s economy and life,” Taft stated.

“We must have leadership that is committed to insuring (sic) greater participation in decision making and a fairer allocation of the state’s limited funds and resources to our district.  We must send someone to the Senate who is knowledgeable of state government, statewide issues and experienced in the legislative process.”

“I am proud to have worked as the legislative counsel to the president of the state Senate for two years during which key decisions were made in establishing the East Carolina University School of Medicine and important steps were taken in so many other areas.

“As a father with two school-aged children in our public schools, I feel that education is the most important factor in moving our area forward and in creating a solid base for job development in the future,” Taft said.

Taft, 38, is a native of Greenville and is an attorney and partner in the firm of Taft, Taft and Haigler of Greenville and is active in other business endeavors.  He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.

He is a graduate of Rose High School and Duke University and he received his law degree from the University of North Carolina in 1972, where he was the editor of the North Carolina Law Record and president of the senior class.  In 1979, he was named one of the Outstanding Young Men in America.  From 1968-1974, he was a member of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Long active in government and politics, Taft was a page at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.  He has also served on the North Carolina Equal Opportunity Commission and has been a member of the Southern Growth Policies Board as well as a director of the Eastern Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Center and chairman of the Pitt County United Way and the ECU Medical Foundation.

Taft is currently chairman of the board of directors of the North Carolina State Ports Authority and served as legislative counsel to then Lt. Gov. Jim Hunt from 1972-1974.

He is a member of Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church in Greenville.  He is married to Kathy A. Taft and they have three children, Jessica, Paige and Thomas.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, March 1, 1991, p. A-2:

TAFT FILLS SEAT ON UNC BOARD

By Tom Morris

During his three terms in the state Senate, Tom Taft said he considered himself an advocate of higher education.  And as a newly elected member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, he wants to continue that role.

Excerpt from The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 1, 1991, p. B-3: Eight appointed to UNC board in tight race for popular posts “State senators sorted through a list of powerful candidates Thursday to appoint eight members to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors in a surprisingly tight race for one of the state's most prestigious posts. As part of the 32-member board, the winners – including four incumbents – will help determine policy for the UNC system ... Joining ... the board will be ... Thomas Taft, a former state senator, 30 votes ...”

“Basically my approach was I wanted to continue to make a meaningful contribution to public service and the UNC Board was one of the best ways to do that,” Taft said.

Taft was elected to an at-large spot on the board Thursday.

The UNC Board of Governors is a 32-member board that decides policy for the 16 schools in the system.  The state Senate filled eight positions, six of which were at large and two of which were minority spots.  Three incumbents, chairman Sam Poole, vice chairman Travis Porter and former Sen. Joe Thomas of Vanceboro, won re-election.

Taft won one of the three remaining positions, along with C. C. Cameron, former state budget director, and Marshall Rauch, a former state senator.  The two minority selections were Republicans J. Earl Danieley and J. Ward Purrington.

The House will fill the final eight spots on the board next week.  The new board will take office June 1.

When he takes office, Taft and his colleagues face a number of key challenges, one of the most immediate of which is funding.

“Clearly funding will be a top priority as well as university government,” he said.  “I think those are key issues.  There is a group beginning to ask questions about UNC and N.C.  State’s continued involvement in the university system and whether that is a drag on growth and the development for those two schools.”

“That has been percolating under the surface for the last two years.  The Board of Governors is going to have to address the underlying reasons for that.”

Taft said it was important that the university system be maintained.  He also said he is against a proposal by Gov. Jim Martin that would allow UNC schools to raise tuition.

“I think there is a tremendous amount of pressure for additional funds,” Taft said.  “My daughter told me that they canceled 350 courses at UNC this spring.”

“People are beginning to be a bit desperate.  We are going to have to address the problem a bit more broadly than the governor suggests.”

Taft, who received 30 votes in Thursday’s vote at the Senate, began his campaign last summer after deciding not to seek re-election after three terms in the Senate.

Taft said he wanted to devote more time to his family and his law practice.  The less demanding schedule of the Board of Governors, which meet once a month, will allow him to do that, he said.

“In addition to that, I have a keen interest in public higher education and especially ECU,” Taft said.  “And I felt it was important for ECU to have strong support on the board.”

Excerpts from The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday, August 14, 1997, p. A-3:

GORES SET N.C. BEACH VACATION

Vice President Al Gore and his family will come to North Carolina on Friday to begin a two-week vacation at an exclusive coastal resort.

The Gores will stay on Figure Eight Island, a private beach community just north of Wrightsville Beach.  The vacation was arranged by former state Sen. Tom Taft, a Greenville lawyer who has a house on the privately owned 3-mile-long island.  Taft and his wife, Kathy, have been friends with Al and Tipper Gore since the mid-1980s.

When reached for comment Wednesday, Taft declined to discuss details of the vacation.

“It’s a private vacation,” he said.  “There are no public events.  We want them to have as much privacy as possible during the visit.”

Figure Eight Island has its own security force, and access is controlled by a private bridge that only residents and their guests are allowed to cross.

Among the people who own homes on the island are actor Andy Griffith, Raleigh restaurant owner Charles Winston, real estate executive Zack Bacon of Raleigh and Frank Daniels Jr., the former publisher of The News & Observer.  Actress Kim Basinger and her husband, Alec Baldwin, whose family owns a house there, are frequent visitors.

... The entire Gore family is scheduled to arrive in Wilmington on Friday afternoon.  They are scheduled to leave Aug. 29.  They are coming to North Carolina without most of their staff.

Stepped-up security measures are already being taken by local police, the Secret Service and the Coast Guard.

Excerpts from The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday, November 23, 2000, p. A-3:

GORE’S SON GETS FINE,
RESTRICTION FOR CURRITUCK
SPEEDING TICKET

CURRITUCK –– In less time than it takes to write a speeding ticket, the son of Vice President Al Gore pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving 42 mph over the limit in coastal Currituck County last summer, leading to the temporary loss of his driving privileges in North Carolina and a $215 fine.

Albert Arnold Gore III entered a guilty plea to a speeding charge in Currituck County District Court as part of an agreement that resulted in the dismissal of a reckless driving charge.

Judge Grafton G. Beamon accepted the plea and assessed a fine of $125 plus $90 in court costs.

The process took less than 10 minutes.  There was no testimony by the state Highway Patrol trooper who stopped Gore last August or by the 18-year-old defendant, who entered and left the courtroom without talking to reporters.  His attorney, Tom Taft of Greenville, told the judge that the traffic violation was the first offense for Gore, a high school senior.  “Young Gore has learned his lesson and is sorry for his actions,” Taft said.

Taft said later that the speeding charge was the more serious of the two violations because it involved loss of driving privileges.  He said Gore will lose his right to drive in North Carolina for a year, though he can request reinstatement after 30 days.  Gore probably will not lose his Tennessee driver’s license, Taft said, but Gore will be assessed points on his driving record.

“He pled to the more serious of the charges,” Taft said.  “He felt that was the appropriate thing to do.”

There was no special treatment, Taft said.

“He was offered the same plea that the district attorneys indicated they would offer anyone that came in with these charges,” he said.

... Taft said Gore had been visiting friends in the area and was returning to Washington, D.C., when he was stopped.

The case attracted more attention than the other 141 cases on the calendar for the day, 72 of which involved speeding.  Court officials said they had received plenty of phone calls from the news media, and several reporters were on hand.

... Gore, a hefty youth with close cut light brown hair and ruddy cheeks, wore a black suit.  He sat quietly with his attorney and his uncle, Frank Hunger.

Taft, a former North Carolina state senator and a longtime Democratic Party activist, said he helped with the case because he was a friend of the vice president.

Dana Keeton, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Safety, said a speeding conviction in North Carolina would lead to the assessment of points on a person’s Tennessee driving record.  If a driver receives more than 12 points in a 12-month period, he could lose his license, she said.

Because Gore was charged with driving 42 miles over the 55 mph speed limit, it could result in six points on Gore’s record.

Even though Gore will retain his Tennessee license, he cannot legally drive in North Carolina while his privileges are suspended, according to Jon Parks of the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles ...

Biographical Notes on Kathy Arnold

Kathy Taft was appointed to the State Board of Education by North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt in April of 1995.  Her term expires March 31, 2003.  She attended North Carolina State University and graduated from East Carolina University cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in education.  She has been a member and past vice chairperson of the Pitt County Board of Education and has been active in the North Carolina School Boards Association, the Pitt County Boys and Girls Club, the Communities in Schools Executive Board, the PTA and the Women’s Forum of North Carolina.  She also served on the North Carolina Medical Care Commission and two terms on the Board of the North Carolina Governor’s School.

The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Thursday, August 3, 1995, p. C-10:

OPINION PUTS TAFT ON EDUCATION BOARD

RALEIGH (AP) –– The House and Senate incorrectly counted the votes during a joint session where a nominee to the state Board of Education appeared to be rejected, the state Attorney General’s Office says.

n an opinion issued Tuesday, Chief Deputy Attorney General Andy Vanore said Kathy Taft of Greenville was confirmed during the July 19 legislative session because she won a majority of the 159 votes cast.  Since the House and Senate were meeting in a joint session for the confirmation, they effectively acted as one body with 170 members, according to the opinion, which had been sought by Gov. Jim Hunt.

The Senate voted to confirm Taft 44-4, while the House rejected the nomination 64-47.

If the votes for Taft were combined, she received 91 votes for confirmation and 68 votes against.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Saturday, March 2, 2002:

DEMOCRATS IN
4-WAY RACE FOR
SENATE NOMINATION

By Ginger Livingston, The Daily Reflector

Last-minute filings Friday produced a four-way race among Democrats seeking the nomination for Senate District 9.

Roy Gray of Tarboro, Kathy Taft of Greenville and Robert Wheeler of Grifton joined Henry Williams II of Tarboro in filing to run in the May 7 primary for the District 9 seat, which represents parts of Pitt, Edgecombe, Nash, Lenoir and Martin counties.

Tom Coulson, a Greenville Republican, also has filed for the seat.

Friday was the final day of filing and produced races ranging from the U.S. Senate to the Pitt County Board of Education.  A total of 44 Pitt County residents filed for elections for Congress, the General Assembly, Board of Commissioners, Board of Education, the sheriff’s office and judicial positions.

Taft, who earlier stated her reluctance to file for the seat, was solemn as she began the paperwork.

Taft’s filing came minutes before the noon deadline and followed a flurry of discussions between Taft, former local Board of Education member Mary Williams and other individuals.

“It’s emotional.  Much more than I thought it would be,” she said.

Wheeler filed his paperwork while Taft met with Williams and the others.

“Pitt County politics at its finest.  They are trying to cut a deal,” Wheeler said later.

Wheeler said he wants to represent the working people of Pitt County.  He wants to promote the development of agribusiness, the construction of the final segment of the U.S. 264 bypass and expand Pitt County’s airport.

Williams is making his third run for the General Assembly, after unsuccessfully challenging state Sen. R.L. “Bob” Martin of Bethel in 1998 and 2000.

“I don’t believe in losing,” Williams said earlier.  “The only person who loses is the one that gives up.”

Williams said he wants to eliminate overcrowding in schools, increase teacher pay, improve area roads and develop programs for the elderly.

Gray, a quality control technician at Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. in Wilson, has served on the Tarboro City Council for 12 years.

“The Senate will give me an opportunity to speak to the needs of eastern North Carolina.  It will also give me an opportunity to speak to the needs of economic development and jobs in eastern North Carolina,” he said.

“My belief is education and economic development drive jobs.  The more we concentrate on those two particular areas, the better the chance to get those jobs,” he said.

Taft’s final decision-making process started shortly after 11 a.m., while Faris Dixon, an assistant district attorney, filled out qualifying paperwork with Taft sitting in the elections office waiting area.

“I really felt like I wanted to know first-hand what was taking place there,” Taft said later.  “I felt it would have something to do with my final decision.”

Williams entered the office, and the women hugged and greeted each other.

“Are you going to run?” Taft asked.

The women walked outside.  Dixon soon joined them and another man who declined to give his name.

Shortly before 11:30 a.m., Dixon said he would not seek the Senate District 9 seat.

“I think a well-qualified African-American candidate from Pitt County has come forward, and I’m satisfied with who’s decided to file,” Dixon said.  He then left the elections office.

Later, Board of Elections official Steve Hines said Dixon’s residence was located in Senate District 3 and he was unable to file for the seat.

Taft and Williams did not provide specifics about their discussion. Taft said Williams discussed her continuing frustration with the slow pace of flood recovery.  Williams lost her home in the 1999 flood.

Williams said she intended to file for Senate District 9 but decided against it after speaking with Taft.

“She said, Mary, I will not run if you are running,” Williams said.  “I know it takes quite a sum of money.  Money I don’t have.”

Williams said she was encouraged to run for the Senate by other flood victims who feel their needs have been ignored by local and state government.

The region’s flood victims, many who live in Senate District 9, will make recovery an issue in the 2002 campaign, Williams said.

“I’m not dropping the fight because if a person running doesn’t make a full commitment to flood recovery, (the victims) are going to come on them,” she said.  Williams declined to say if she thought Taft was that candidate.

“If she does not become the flood victims’ candidate, she will know it from me very quickly, very verbally,” Williams said.

Williams said she tried obtaining support from a member of a group of Greenville black leaders soliciting a minority candidate for the Senate seat, but her telephone calls were never returned.

“I did not get the commitment from the black community that I needed and I didn’t want to put the energy into a campaign like the 8th House seat,” she said.  Williams unsuccessfully ran for the state House District 8 seat.

Without support from black leadership and financial backing, Williams said she couldn’t afford to invest her time and money into a campaign.

Williams said she believes Taft can raise the money needed for a successful campaign.  If elected, Williams said it is her hope Taft will work to involve minorities in government.

Williams stopped short of endorsing Taft.

As Taft walked into the Elections office to file, Williams drove away.

“How did I feel when I left?  It’s hard to explain.  I am in (a quandary).  I am a trusting person and how much trust did I get for the flood persons?  They were hoping in me,” Williams said.  “They know when I take a stand I will give something.  They know I don’t make idle promises.”

Taft immediately left the Elections office to attend the Pitt County Board of Education’s teacher of the year banquet.  After the ceremony, administrators and teachers offered hugs and congratulations.

“There’s a reason for this,” Taft said.  “I’ve got a lot of support in that room.”

Taft served on the Pitt County Board of Education prior to her appointment to the state Board of Education.

Educational issues, ranging from the university system to pre-school, will be her top priorities if elected to the Senate, she said.  Other issues, like the region’s economic development, she will learn about, she said.

Taft said she was initially reluctant to run for the Senate because she has teen-age sons, however, they encouraged her to try.  Taft said she also has the support of her ex-husband, Greenville attorney and former state senator Tom Taft.

Wheeler said he was running because he believes Taft represents, “a fringe of wealthy Democrats.”

“I believe we should be the Democratic Party, not a tea party,” he said.

Taft said that as a former dental hygienist who worked in Franklin and Warren counties in the 1970s, she is far from aristocratic.

“I really don’t see (Wheeler) as a candidate that can bring people together on the issues important to this area,” she said.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 4, 2002:

KATHY TAFT BUILDS CAMPAIGN IN N.C.

State Senate candidate Kathy Taft, a Greenville Democrat, has formed a steering committee to help guide the campaign.

Chaired by Dr. Doug Wilms of Greenville, the effort has organized two successful fund-raisers and has been courting voters throughout the region, she said in a news release.

Taft originally filed for office in District 9.

New maps released Friday place her in District 10, which includes most of Pitt and Wilson counties.  Those maps await final approval.

Work in the counties comprising District 9, including Pitt, Edgecombe, Martin and Washington counties, revealed “a great deal of support” for Taft’s candidacy, she said.

The work will continue as the legal struggle over district lines continue, she said.

“I am still a candidate,” she said recently.  “I will not stop running.”

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, July 10, 2002:

TAFT LEAVES STATE SENATE RACE

By Ginger Livingston, The Daily Reflector

Kathy Taft has withdrawn as a state Senate candidate, citing the uncertainty over when North Carolina will hold primary elections.

She promised supporters who gathered Tuesday for her announcement, however, that she will run for the General Assembly in 2004.

“At this point there are no legal districts, no calendars; that’s why I’m going to defer,” Taft said during a news conference.  “With all the political power plays going on and the uncertainty, it’s probably not a good time to launch a political career.”

North Carolina’s primary elections have been delayed because the state Supreme Court ruled this spring that the legislative redistricting plans drawn by the General Assembly last year were unconstitutional.

Traditionally primaries are held in May.

Taft was one of six potential candidates for state Senate District 5, which encompasses two-thirds of Pitt and all of Wilson counties.

She first filed as a Senate candidate in February under a plan that divided Pitt between three senatorial districts.  The district she sought would have had five counties extending from Nash to Lenoir counties.  That plan was declared unconstitutional, and new maps were drawn.

The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing the plan for civil rights voting violations.  State officials expect the department will release its findings this week.  If the plans are approved, the General Assembly will either set a new primary date or let the state Board of Elections do it.

State elections director Gary Barlett said a primary could be held in late August.

Taft said she questions whether the state will have an election.  She said she is also concerned about recent news reports that the General Assembly may cancel run-off elections, usually held after the primary Taft is concerned because the 2002 district plan is temporary, she said.

The Supreme Court ordered a final plan be developed by the General Assembly in 2003.  That plan could potentially reshape all districts.

“Once the districts are decided, I can do politics the way I think it ought to be done by meeting people, talking to the people and finding out what their issues are,” she said.

Her supporters, while disappointed, agree with her decision.

“Issues of your constituency will vary depending on where your district is,” said Douglas Wilms, Taft’s steering committee chairman.  “How can she address the issues if you don’t know who the constituents are?”

Taft qualified to run in the Pitt/Wilson district along with other declared candidates Tony Moore, a Winterville alderman; Robert Brown, a retiree; Robert Wheeler, a Grifton resident, James Johnson III, a Wilson businessman, and Tom Coulson, a Republican candidate.

Since the latest plan was submitted to the Justice Department, Brown, 63, died on June 12 and Christopher Ruff filed as a Libertarian candidate.  Moore, Johnson and Coulson have confirmed their commitments to run for the office.  Wheeler has been unavailable for comment.

Wilms said the Taft campaign was concerned because it didn’t have a Wilson County organization and it wasn’t familiar with issues in Wilson County.

Taft said she was starting to campaign in the county, visiting the Board of Elections and meeting with individuals.  But without a primary date, it was difficult to map out a strategy for working in the county.

“With a person in Wilson County running and with people running here it’s going to require a lot of media and that’s going to require a lot of money,” she said.

Would-be donors, unsure of who the candidates are, have been reluctant to give money.  She had already raised about $20,000 from events in Edgecombe and Lenoir counties.  Taft said she will send letters to the donors offering to return the money or keep it in an escrow account for her 2004 campaign.

Taft’s opponents welcomed her announcement.

“I’m very relieved to not have to run against a friend of mind,” Moore said.  “I think this will give us a better opportunity to have a person from Pitt County in the Senate and I will do my best on the campaign trail to represent Pitt County.”

Johnson asked for Taft’s endorsement.

“Help eastern North Carolina be all it can be now, not later,” he said.  “Ms. Taft dropping out gives Pitt and Wilson counties the opportunity to join together to support one candidate.  I have a broad appeal; I think I’ve gained pretty good momentum in Pitt County.  I think I’m going to run my campaign as I’ve ran any campaign: I’m putting my faith in the people.”

Taft said she will not endorse another candidate.

Issue:

B656–––i.–––Thomas Fleming⁹ Taft, Jr.

Notes

Excerpts from The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 27, 2001, p. C-8:

SENATE GIVES BICYCLE
HELMET BILL GREEN LIGHT;

Parents To Face $10 Fine
If Child Rides Without It

Associated Press

RALEIGH –– The Senate gave tentative approval Tuesday to a bill requiring young bicyclists statewide to wear bicycle helmets after proponents said a law would be more effective than just education.

“I am convinced that if we pass this bill ... it will save the lives of many children and will prevent many children from having severe brain injuries,” said Sen. Bill Purcell, D-Scotland.

The bill was approved 26-21 after family members of two former senators touched by bicycle accidents were singled out during floor debate.

The latest bill would be sent to the governor for his signature if the Senate gives it final approval as early as today.  The House passed the bill in March.  Senators turned back similar bills dating to 1996.  This time, mandatory helmet supporters won after turning back several amendments and the concerns of some senators who said youth safety issues –– while paramount –– were best left to parents rather than the government ...

... Purcell also talked about Thomas Taft, the 17-year-old son of former Sen. Tom Taft.

The Pitt County boy fractured his skull about three years ago after a car hit him while he was riding without a helmet.

Thomas Taft, who is working as a Senate page this week, successfully lobbied the Pitt County commissioners to create a mandatory helmet ordinance.  His father alerted Purcell of his story and how he might have avoided injury with head protection.

The accident would have been “drastically different” had he worn a helmet, the younger Taft said after the debate.

B657–––iv.–––Jonathan Gudmund Taft.

B658–––ii.–––Jessica Taft, of whom below.  She is called Jessica Arnold Gorall in the obituary of her grandmother, Helen (Fleming) Taft, in The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wednesday, October 17, 2001, p. B-6.  She is possibly a daughter of a prior relationship of her mother, Kathy (Arnold) Pressly Taft?

B659–––iii.–––Susan Paige Pressly, of whom below.

B416. HAROLD WILLIAMS⁸ WELLS III (Laura⁷ Fleming, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) He married Ellen ?.

Issue:

B660–––i.–––Harold Williams⁹ Wells IV.

B661–––ii.–––Joseph Stephen Wells.

B417. CALVIN FLEMING⁸ WELLS (Laura⁷ Fleming, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1946.  He married Shannon Shuford.  I believe he is the same as Calvin Wells, former president and chief executive officer of Fayetteville-based North Carolina Natural Gas (see below).

The Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday, February 12, 1999 p. 34:

A BIG DEAL FOR 1999; CP&L MIXES WITH NCNG

By Adrianna Keener

Fayetteville –– One of the biggest deals set to come through in 1999 is CP&L’s planned acquisition of Fayetteville-based North Carolina Natural Gas for $354 million in stock.

The deal, announced Nov. 11, 1998, will be the largest acquisition in the company’s history.  Adding natural gas to its list of services will be the Raleigh-based utility’s first step in an aggressive growth plan to become a total energy provider.  Once the deal is complete, CP&L will add NCNG’s natural gas and propane products to its list of services.

The deal had been long expected by many and NCNG’s eastern North Carolina franchise made it a natural fit with CP&L.  A year earlier, Duke Energy Corp. bought PanEnergy to expand into natural gas.  Deregulation has been putting squeeze on CP&L to grow or merge with a larger utility.  To keep up with the larger utilities, CP&L announced its upcoming acquisition and expects to double its net income in five years.

Fayetteville-based NCNG, which recorded $232 million in revenues in 1997, supplies natural gas to 173,000 customers in the Carolinas, and many of its customers are in CP&L territory.

In a stock swap, CP&L will pay a 48 percent premium for shares of NCNG.

NCNG chairman and chief executive officer Calvin Wells will remain CEO of NCNG when it becomes a subsidiary of CP&L.

Financial advisement for CP&L came through Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.  NCNG’s financial adviser was Salomon Smith Barney.  CP&L handled all legal work internally.

The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, Friday, April 28, 2000, p. D-1:

North Carolina Natural Gas President and Chief Executive Calvin Wells said Thursday he will retire from the company in June.  NCNG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Carolina Power & Light.  Don Davis will serve as vice president of CP&L’s newly created Gas & Energy Services business unit.  He also will serve as president and CEO of NCNG, CEO of Strategic Resource Solutions and lead Retail Sales & Services.

Issue:

B662–––i.–––Laura Fleming⁹ Wells.  Fleming married Stewart Whitfield Edwards on June 24, 2000 in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina.

B663–––ii.–––Calvin Fleming Wells, Jr.  Calvin F. Wells, Jr. is co-founder of Cape Fear Commercial, a full service commercial real estate advisory firm based in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Prior to co-founding Cape Fear Commercial, “Vin” was a Leasing Representative with Highwoods Properties, a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns over 45 million square feet throughout the country.

A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, where he also now lives, Vin received a Business Administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

B664–––iii.–––Shannon Courtney Wells.

B418. VAN CALVIN⁸ FLEMING III (Van Calvin⁷, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married Judy Rose McLawhorn on August 31, 2000 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  I presume the children are of a previous relationship.

Issue:

B665–––i.–––Marjorie Jane⁹ Fleming.

B666–––ii.–––Jennifer Russell Fleming.

B667–––iii.–––Sydney Elaine Fleming.

B668–––iv.–––John Russell Fleming II.  There is a marriage record (State Certificate Number 033823) that shows a marriage of John Russell Fleming, Jr. to Shellie Lynn Vester, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, on July 1, 2000.  Is this he?

Notes

The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina, Sunday, September 16, 2001, D-8:

BIRTHS

To Shellie Lynn Fleming and John R. Fleming Jr. of Wilmington, John Russell Fleming III, Aug. 24.

The Rocky Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, January 5, 2003:

VESTER

Arlene H. Vester, 74, died Friday, January 3, 2003.  She was born November 14, 1928 in Johnston County daughter of the late James Lee and Mary Todd Hughes.  Mrs. Vester was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Vester.

Surviving, sons, Richard E. Vester, Carlton Ray Vester of Raleigh; daughter, Sandra Parker and husband, Homer of Nashville; granddaughter, Shellie Lynn Vester Fleming and husband, John Fleming, Jr.; great-grandson, John Russell Fleming, III; sisters, Dorothy Brantley and Hilda Mills.

A celebration of her life will be held at Johnson Funerals and Cremations, Sunset Ave. Monday, January 6, 2003 at 2 p.m. with interment following at Rocky Mount Memorial Park.   The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunset Ave.

B419. JOHN RUSSELL⁸ FLEMING (Van Calvin⁷, Van Calvin⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married Linda Peer.  He is called J. Russell in the obituary of his father in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, December 30, 1999, p. B-2.

Issue:

B669–––i.–––Lauren Peer⁹ Fleming.

Notes

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Sunday, July 16, 2000, p. D-6:

he Terpsichorean Club has invited 204 young women from across the state to participate in the 74th North Carolina Debutante Ball.  The ball, held annually since 1923 except during World War II, will be in Raleigh the weekend of Sept. 7.

Clem Bolton Holding Boney is this year’s ball chairman; Dewey Hart Huffines is the club’s president.

Here is a list of debutantes by city...

Greenville ... Lauren Peer Fleming, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell Fleming ...

B425. ALICE CHANDLER⁸ WASHINGTON (Clement McKay⁷, Annie Bertha⁶ Fleming, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1941 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  She married first Clyde C. Cobb, Jr. on January 26, 1959 in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina.   He was born July 24, 1941 in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina; died March 7, 1998 in Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee.  He was recognized posthumously by the church presbytery for his contributions in establishing the Grace Fellowship (PCA) Church in Kingston.  He was also chairman for five years of The Michael Dunn Center.  In remembering Dr. Cobb, a Center statement said: “He was a magnanimous leader with a passion for helping others.  Dr. Cobb was an eternal optimist with the kind of quiet and unassuming mannerisms that always created a peaceful atmosphere regardless of how stressful a situation may be.  His uncanny ability to wade through ambiguous information and discern truth with absolute clarity was one of his unmistakable gifts.  His life exemplified the teachings of the Bible and the love of God.  We will always miss his presence, but will never allow the benchmark he set for us to fade.”

he Michael Dunn Center supports individuals developmental disabilities.  The Center was originally chartered, in 1969, by a group of parents as the Exceptional Children’s Day Care Center in the State of Tennessee.  This private, nonprofit corporation’s mission was to provide training to any individual impaired by a physical or mental deficiency.  Five families led by C.R. Lay, the grandfather of Michael Dunn, a child with Down Syndrome for whom the center was named, formed the core team of advocates who dreamed of developing needed services for people with developmental disabilities because of the lack of appropriate and meaningful programming available to their children.

Alice married second Floyd William Griffin, Jr. on July 13, 1976 in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina.  He was born in 1948 in Edenton, North Carolina.  Alice has been very generous is sharing information on her family for this genealogy.

Issue:
Of Alice Chandler Washington and Clyde C. Cobb, Jr.

B670–––i.–––Debra Anne⁹ Cobb, of whom below, born in 1959 in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina.

B671–––ii.–––Steven Bryant Cobb, of whom below, born in 1966 in Newport News, Virginia.

B428A. ERNEST IREDELL⁸ FLEMING III (Ernest Iredell⁷, Ernest Iredell⁶, Sidney Iredell⁵, Peter⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born June 19, 1952; died February 5, 1994; and was buried in Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, North Carolina.  He married Susan ?.

Obituary of Ernest Iredell Fleming III

The News & Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, Monday, February 7, 1994, p. B-5:

ERNEST I. FLEMING III

SOUTHERN PINES –– Ernest I. Fleming III, 41, of Southern Pines died Saturday, Feb. 5, 1994.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church.

Issue:

B672–––i.–––Constance Louise⁹ Fleming.

Notes

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Sunday, July 16, 2000, p. D-6:

he Terpsichorean Club has invited 204 young women from across the state to participate in the 74th North Carolina Debutante Ball.  The ball, held annually since 1923 except during World War II, will be in Raleigh the weekend of Sept. 7 ...

Here is a list of debutantes by city...

... Pinehurst: Constance Louise Fleming, daughter of Susan Fleming Bowness and the late Ernest Iredell Fleming III.

B429. ANN⁸ CLARK (Mary Bell⁷ Fleming, Leon Brown⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married a Mr. Brigman.

Issue:

B673–––i.–––Brian⁹ Brigman, of whom below.

B674–––ii.–––Allison Brigman, of whom below.

B430. LEE⁸ CLARK (Mary Bell⁷ Fleming, Leon Brown⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married Adrienne ?.

Issue:

B675–––i.–––Laura⁹ Clark.

B676–––ii.–––Ashley Clark.

B434. MARY LOUISE⁸ COBB (Martha Dell⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born October 11, 1925 in Craven County, North Carolina.  She married Eugene Grady Dickens on August 20, 1947 in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.  Grady was born November 22, 1921 in Halifax County, North Carolina.

Issue:

B677–––i.–––Eugene Grady⁹ Dickens, Jr., of whom below, born in 1948 in Donkirk, New York.

B678–––ii.–––James Gregory Dickens, of whom below, born in 1954 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

B435. CHARLES DAVID⁸ COBB (Martha Dell⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born October 1, 1927 in Craven County, North Carolina.  He married Florine Freeman on December 24, 1952 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina.

Issue:

B679–––i.–––Teresa Lynn⁹ Cobb was born in 1956 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina.  She married Barrington Kelely on May 18, 1974.

B680–––ii.–––Charles Glenn Cobb, born about 1957 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina.

B436. FANNIE REBECCA⁸ COBB (Martha Dell⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born December 15, 1929 in Craven County, North Carolina.  Rebecca married first James DeCruise in New Jersey and second Arthur W. Langley, Jr.

Issue:
Of Fannie Rebecca Cobb and Arthur W. Langley, Jr.

B681–––i.–––Arthur W.⁹ Langley III, born in 1954.

B438. JOYCE DELL⁸ COBB (Martha Dell⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1934 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Joyce, and her cousin Ann Jackson Van Wagenen, Jr., have been extraordinarily generous in sharing information on the Cobb-Fleming line of this genealogy.  Thank you!!!  Joyce married James Thomas Hamm on February 7, 1953 in Trenton, North Carolina, son of Walter Hamm and Goldie Corbett.  He was born June 30, 1927 in Greene County, North Carolina; died July 4, 1999 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Fleming Family Reunion July 2003 Greenville, North Carolina Photo courtesy Joyce Dell (Cobb) Hamm. Thx!

Issue:

B682–––i.–––Larry John⁹ Smith was born in 1950 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.  He married Rebecca Humphrey on September 16, 1978.  Becky was born in 1950.

B683–––ii.–––Charlene Dell Hamm, of whom below, born in 1957 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B684–––iii.–––Irish Gail Hamm, of whom below, born in 1962 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

Joyce (Cobb) Hamm and children Christmas 2002 L-R: Dell, Joyce, Larry and Gail

B439. WILLIAM STEWART⁸ COBB (Martha Dell⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1941 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Billy married first Marilyn Edwards and second Sun Ae Park.

Issue:
Of William Stewart Cobb and Marilyn Edwards

B685–––i.–––Roth⁹ Cobb.

B686–––ii.–––William Cobb.

B687–––iii.–––Ginger Cobb.

Issue:
Of William Stewart Cobb and Sun Ae Park

B688–––i.–––Young Ae⁹ Cobb.

B440. EVA ANN⁸ JACKSON (Eva Moye⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1938 in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina.  Ann has been a major contributor, along with cousin Joyce (Cobb) Hamm, in furnishing information and photographs for the Cobb-Jackson line of the Fleming family history.  She married John Arthur Van Wagenen, Jr. on August 3, 1954 in Memorial Baptist Church, Greenville, North Carolina, son of John Arthur Van Wagenen and Vernice Theresa Willoughby.  He was born in 1933.

Marriage of Eva Ann Jackson and John Arthur Van Wagenen, Jr.

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, August 6, 1954, p. 2:

GREENVILLE COUPLE IS UNITED IN DOUBLE RING RITES

Miss Eva Anne Jackson became the bride of John Arthur Van Wagenen, Jr., at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, August 3rd, in Memorial Baptist Church.

Rev. R. B. Crawford performed the double ring ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Eva Moye Jackson of Greenville and Mr. H. F. Jackson of Edenton.  Mr. Van Wagenen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur Van Wagenen of Greenville ...

Immediately following the ceremony, a reception was held in the church parlors.  A number of close friends and relatives attended.

After the reception, the bride and bridegroom left for a wedding trip to unannounced points.

Issue:

B689–––i.–––Sharon Ann⁹ Van Wagenen, of whom below, born in 1956 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B690–––ii.–––John Michael Van Wagenen, born in 1963 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B441. MACK DOUGLAS⁸ JACKSON (Eva Moye⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1944 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He married first Michele Alberta Abene on November 12, 1965 in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, daughter of Vito George Abene and Janet Hall Smith.  She was born in 1945 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.  He married second Glenna Harford in 1982.  She was born in 1953.

Issue:
Of Mack Douglas Jackson and Michele Alberta Abene

B691–––i.–––Franklin Douglas⁹ Jackson, of whom below, born in 1970 in Moore County, North Carolina.

B692–––ii.–––Baylor Hall Jackson, born in 1974.

Issue:
Of Mack Douglas Jackson and Glenna Harford

B693–––i.–––Cara Raquel⁹ Jackson, born in 1985 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.

B442. BARBARA ROWE⁸ FLEMING (Joseph David⁷, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1939 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  She married Melvin Kenneth Hines on June 6, 1957 in Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Edward Clinton Hines and Minnie Leona Nobles.  Melvin was born in 1931 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Issue:

B694–––i.–––Kenneth David⁹ Hines, of whom below, born in 1958 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

B695–––ii.–––Alice Lynn Hines, of whom below, was born in 1960 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

B444. CAROLYN ELIZABETH⁸ TRIPP (Blanche Elizabeth⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in Pitt County, North Carolina.  She married Robert G. (Bob) Benton.

Issue:

B696–––i.–––Elizabeth D.⁹ Benton was born in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Beth has very generously contributed to the information presented on the descendants of David Fleming’s grandson Benjamin Fleming and his wife, Elizabeth Rountree.

B697–––ii.–––Amy N. Benton, of whom below, born in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina.

B451. PHYLLIS⁸ WILLIAMS (Edith Ray⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married first Eric Batchelor and second Gerald Riggs, son of Joseph Riggs and Bettie Baker.  Gerald was born in 1943.

Issue:
Of Phyllis Williams and Gerald Riggs

B698–––i.–––Valarie Suzzanne⁹ Riggs married David Keith Opphile on June 9, 2001 in Craven County, North Carolina.

Marriage of
Valarie Suzzanne Riggs
and David Keith Opphile

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, September 3, 2000, p. E-3:

VALARIE SUZZANNE RIGGS
DAVID KEITH OPPHILE

Valarie Suzzanne Riggs of Simpson and David Keith Opphile of Vanceboro announce their engagement.  She is the daughter of Gerald and Phyllis Riggs of Greenville.  He is the son of Laine McDaniel of Vanceboro.  A June 2001 wedding is planned.

Issue:
Of Phyllis Williams and Eric Batchelor

B699–––i.–––Allan⁹ Batchelor, of whom below.

B452. DOROTHY⁸ WILLIAMS (Edith Ray⁷ Fleming, Joseph David⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married Blake Duncan.

Issue:

B700–––i.–––Julie⁹ Duncan.

B701–––ii.–––Jonathan Duncan, of whom below.

B456. YVONNE BROWN⁸ McLAWHORN (Alfred Doremus⁷, Sophia⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born September 10, 1915 in Winterville, Pitt County, North Carolina; died January 17, 1995 in Winterville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Winterville Cemetery, Winterville, North Carolina.  She was called “Brown” in the obituary of her mother, Cora Walston McLawhorn, in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, October 31, 1979, p. 16.  She married Julian Joshua Worthington on December 22, 1937 in Memorial Baptist Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Fred Augustus Worthington and Celia Christinia Smith, and grandson of Alfred Worthington and Sarah Frances McGowan.  He was born February 8, 1911 in Winterville, Pitt County, North Carolina; died July 8, 1995; and was buried in Winterville Cemetery, Winterville, North Carolina.

Marriage of Yvonne Brown McLawhorn and Julian Joshua Worthington

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, December 22, 1937:

WORTHINGTON-McLAWHORN

t nine o’clock this morning, in a quiet and beautiful ceremony, Miss Yvonne Brown McLawhorn became the bride of Mr. Julian J. Worthington.  The marriage rites were performed by the Rev. A. W. Fleischmann at the parsonage of Memorial Baptist Church.

The bride was attired in a fur-trimmed dubonnet suit for the wedding.  Only members of the family attended the marriage.  Mrs. Worthington is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McLawhorn of Winterville.  She was educated at East Carolina Teachers College.  The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Worthington, also of Winterville.  Immediately after the ceremony the couple left for a wedding trip to the Eastern shore of Virginia and western North Carolina.

Obituary of Yvonne Brown McLawhorn

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, January 19, 1995, p. B-2:

YVONNE WORTHINGTON, 79; SERVICES ON FRIDAY

WINTERVILLE –– Mrs. Yvonne Brown McLawhorn Worthington, 79, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1995.

Graveside services Friday 2 p.m., Winterville Cemetery.

Mrs. Worthington, a native of Pitt County, was a lifelong resident of the Winterville community.  She was a graduate of Winterville High School and attended East Carolina Teachers College.  Mrs. Worthington was a member of Winterville Baptist Church.

Surviving: her husband, Julian J. Worthington; daughter, Cora Lynn W. Reynolds of Smithfield, Va.; sons, Dr. J. Mack Worthington of Memphis, Tenn., Lee B. Worthington of Austin, Texas, and Steve M. Worthington of Raleigh; brother, A. D. McLawhorn, Jr. of Winterville; three grandchildren.

Visitation today 7 - 8:30 p.m., Wilkerson Funeral Home, Greenville.

Memorials to the Winterville Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 613, Winterville, N. C. 28590 or Winterville Baptist Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 1669, Winterville, N. C. 28590.

Obituary of Julian Joshua Worthington

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, July 9, 1995, p. B-2:

JULIAN WORTHINGTON, 84; SERVICES TUESDAY

WINTERVILLE –– Mr. Julian Joshua Worthington, 84, died Saturday, July 8, 1995.

Graveside services Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Winterville Cemetery.

A life-long resident of Winterville, Mr. Worthington was a graduate of Winterville High School.  He was a retired tobacco farmer and member of the Red Oak Christian Church in Greenville.

Surviving: his daughter, Cora Lynn W. Reynolds of Smithfield, Va.; sons, Dr. J. Mack Worthington of Chattanooga, Tn., Lee B. Worthington of Austin, Tx., Steve M. Worthington of Raleigh; brother, Alva Worthington of Winterville; sisters, Pauline Yelverston of Fremont, Lucile Hahn of New Bern; three grandchildren.

Visitation from 7-9 p.m. Monday at Wilkerson Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Winterville Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 613, Winterville, NC 28590.

Issue:

B702–––i.–––Julian Mack⁹ Worthington, of whom below, born in 1942.

B703–––ii.–––Lee Brown Worthington, born in 1942, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 753.

B704–––iii.–––Steve Martin Worthington, born in 1944.  He married Carrie Davis on February 28, 1976 in Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.  It appears that this would be her second marriage, as the wedding announcement in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, February 29, 1976, p. C-5 calls her  “Carrie Davis Sheehan” ... “daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Davis ...”  That, or her biological father perhaps died at an earlier age and her mother re-married, and the daughter took her step-father’s last name?  Since 1979, Carrie has been employed by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission in Raleigh.

Marriage of
Steve Martin Worthington
and Carrie Davis

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, February 29, 1976, p. C-5:

COUPLE WEDS ON SATURDAY

RALEIGH – The Pullen Memorial Baptist Church Chapel was the scene of the Saturday wedding of Carrie Davis Sheehan and Steve Martin Worthington.  The double ring ceremony was conducted by the Rev. W. W. Finlator at 11:00 a.m.

Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Davis of Fremont, and Mr. and Mrs. Julian J. Worthington of Winterville.

The bride was escorted to the altar by her father.  Her matron of honor was Mrs. Linwood Rogers of Wilmington.

The father of the bridegroom was best man and ushers were Dr. Marshall Hill of Raleigh and Robert Thompson of Asheville.  A program of organ music was presented by Mrs. Daniel Lynch.

The bride is a graduate of UNC-Wilmington.  She was employed as a commercial copy writer at WWAY, Channel 3, Wilmington.  The bridegroom is a graduate of N.C. State University and is now a research technician in the horticulture department at N.C. State University.

After a wedding trip to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the couple will reside in Raleigh.

Following the ceremony, a reception was held in the Caucus Room, Hilton Inn, Raleigh.

B705–––iv.–––Cora Lynn Worthington, born in 1946, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 753.  She married Jack Lee Reynolds on December 28, 1974 in Winterville Missionary Baptist Church, Winterville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

Marriage of
Cora Lynn Worthington
and Jack Lee Reynolds

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, December 29, 1974, p. A-10:

MISS WORTHINGTON WEDS
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON

WINTERVILLE – Miss Cora Lynn Worthington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Joshua Worthington of Winterville, and Jack Lee Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Parker Reynolds Sr. of Battery Park, were united in marriage Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

The double ring ceremony was conducted by the Rev. Horace G. Thompson in the Winterville Missionary Baptist Church.

Given in marriage by her parents ...

The bride is a graduate of Winterville High School and Campbell College.  The bridegroom is a graduate of Smithfield High School, Smithfield, Va., and the University of Richmond and received a master’s degree from Old Dominion University.  They are both in the field of teaching.

The bride’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Julian Mack Worthington, of Galveston, Tex., was matron of honor and the bridesmaid was Mrs. Kenneth Barnes of Goldsboro, cousin of the bride ...

The best man was Alvin Parker Reynolds Jr. of Richmond, Va., brother of the bridegroom.  Ushers were Lee Brown Worthington of Houston, Tex., Julian Mack Worthington of Galveston, Tex., and Steve Martin Worthington of Raleigh, all brothers of the bride.

A program of organ music for the ceremony was presented by Mrs. Paul S. Braxton ...

B457. ALFRED DOREMUS⁸ McLAWHORN, JR. (Alfred Doremus⁷, Sophia⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born March 11, 1920; died January 10, 1997 in Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Winterville Cemetery, Winterville, North Carolina.  “A.D.” married Kathleen Elerod in 1945.  Kay was born December 27, 1921; died April 18, 2000 in Heritage Hospital, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; and was also buried in Winterville Cemetery, Winterville, North Carolina.

Obituary of Alfred Doremus McLawhorn, Jr.

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Saturday, January 11, 1997, p. 2:

McLAWHORN

WINTERVILLE –– A.D. McLawhorn, Jr., 76, died Friday, January 10, 1997 at Pitt Co. Memorial Hospital.

Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Winterville Baptist Church and burial to follow at Winterville Cemetery.

Mr. McLawhorn, a member of Winterville Baptist Church; retired farmer; served as lieutenant in the U.S. Army during WWII; served on Pitt Co. Board of Education from 1964-68; served as Winterville Town Alderman.

... The family will receive friends on Saturday from 7-8:30 p.m. at Farmer Funeral Service, Ayden, NC.

Memorials may be given to Winterville Rescue Squad or Winterville Baptist Church.

Obituaries of Kathleen Elerod

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday, April 20, 2000, p. B-6:

DEATHS

... Winterville

KATHLEEN “KAY” McLAWHORN, 78, April 18.  Graveside 2 p.m., today, Winterville Cemetery.  Arrangements by Farmer Funeral Service, Ayden.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, April 20, 2000, p. B-2:

McLAWHORN

WINTERVILLE –– Kathleen “Kay” Elerod McLawhorn, age 78, died Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at Heritage Hospital, Tarboro, NC.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Winterville Cemetery, Winterville, NC.

Mrs. McLawhorn was a member of the Winterville Baptist Church.  She served as a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corp. during World War II.  She was a retired nurse.

She was preceded in death by her husband, A. D. McLawhorn, Jr.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Martin and Teresa McLawhorn of Winterville; daughter and son-in-law, Mary Karen and Bill Farkas of High Point; grandson, Taylor McLawhorn of Winterville; granddaughter, Kayte Farkas of High Point; and two sisters, Lyndall Houtchins and Bonnie Blankshop, both of Harrodsburg, Ky.

The family will receive friends at the home of Martin McLawhorn, 2772 South Mill Street, Winterville, NC.

Memorials may be given to the Alzheimer’s Association, Eastern NC Chapter, 400 Oberlin Road, Raleigh, NC 27605 or the Ronald McDonald House, 549 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834.

Arrangements by Farmer Funeral Services, Ayden, NC.

Issue:

B706–––i.–––Alfred Martin⁹ McLawhorn, of whom below, born in 1950.

B707–––ii.–––Mary Karen McLawhorn, of whom below, born in 1953.

B459. LILLIAN LYNN⁸ WILLIAMS (Corinne Brown⁷ McLawhorn, Sophia⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born August 1, 1915 in Nash County, North Carolina; died February 9, 1999 in Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Pinewood Memorial Park, Greenville, North Carolina.  She married first Hugh Boyd before 1945, the year in which he died.  She married second Howard Henry Gradis on July 1, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan.  He was born March 28, 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio; died May 21, 1979 in Core Point, North Carolina; and was buried in Pinewood Memorial Park, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He was a son of Abraham (Abe) Gradis and Sarah Miriam (Sadie) Turkel.

Obituaries of Lillian Lynn Williams

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday, February 11, 1999, p. B-6:

LILLIAN L. GRADIS, 83, Feb. 9.  Graveside 2 p.m., Feb. 12, Pinewood Memorial Park.  Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, February 11, 1999, p. B-2:

GRADIS

GREENVILLE ––– Mrs. Lillian Lynn Gradis, 83, died Tuesday, February 9, 1999.

A graveside service will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at Pinewood Memorial Park with Rev. Willis Wilson officiating.

Mrs. Gradis, a native of Nash County, grew up in Winterville and attended Winterville School.  She was a graduate of East Carolina University and received her nursing degree from Gallinger Muncipal Hospital in Washington, D.C.

She had been a resident of Greenville since 1951 where she worked as a nurse for the Pitt County Schools for a number of years.  She was married to Dr. Howard Gradis for more than 30 years prior to his death in 1979.  Mrs. Gradis was a member of Memorial Baptist Church.

She is survived by: sons, David L. Gradis of Rocky Mount, William H. Gradis of Visalia, California, Barden E. Gardis of Winterville; sister, Mrs. Christine W. Tripp of Greenville; sister-in-law, Mrs. Doris T. Williams of Greenville; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

The family will be at the home of Barden and Dinah Gradis, 6114 County Home Road, Winterville and will receive friends Thursday at their home until 9 p.m.

Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home and Crematory.

Obituary of Howard Henry Gradis

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 22, 1979, p. 8:

GRADIS FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY

Dr. Howard H. Gradis, 63, Chief of Emergency Medical Services at Pitt Memorial Hospital, died at his summer home at Core Point Monday.  He resided at 2003 Forest Hills Drive.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel by the Rev. E. T. Vinson, pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church, and the Rev. Willis Wilson, pastor of Reedy Branch F.W.B. Church.  Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park.

Dr. Gradis, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Case Western Reserve.  He interned in Rochester, N.Y. and did his surgical residency in Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Mich.  During World War II, he served in the U.S. Air Force as a flight surgeon in the Pacific Theatre.

Dr. Gradis came to Greenville in 1951 and established a private medical practice, which he closed in 1976.  He organized the first full time Emergency Services at Pitt Memorial Hospital in 1976 and has been chief of Emergency since that time.

Dr. Gradis was prominent in several civic activities.  In 1953, he organized Greenville’s first Red Cross Blood Bank.  He served as Chief of Staff of Pitt Memorial Hospital from 1969-70.  He was Governor of the Greenville Moose Lodge from 1956-57 and served as East Carolina University football team physician from 1963-69.

Dr. Gradis served for ten years as a member of the Greenville Utilities Commission.  He was also a past president of the Pitt County Medical Society.  Dr. Gradis was a Mason, Shriner, and member of the Kiwanis Club for 21 years.  He served as a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians and Diplomate American Board of Surgeons.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian W. Gradis; three sons, David L. Gradis of Greenville, William H. Gradis of Pikeville and Barden E. Gradis of the home; a brother, Ernest I. Gradis of Detroit, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Warren Schneider of Detroit, Mich.; two grandchildren.

The family requests that those desiring to make memorial contributions consider the Pitt County Memorial Hospital Research and Education Fund, Department of Surgery, Greenville.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.

Issue:

B708–––i.–––David Loren⁹ Gradis, of whom below, born in 1948.

B709–––ii.–––William Howard Gradis, born in 1952, married first Lisa Forman and second, after 1986, Jonell Curry.  He may now live in Visalia, California.

B710–––iii.–––Barden Elliot Gradis, of whom below, born in 1955.

B460. MAMIE CHRISTINE⁸ WILLIAMS (Corinne Brown⁷ McLawhorn, Sophia⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1916, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 489.  Christine married June Tripp in 1942, son of John Ashley Tripp and Emma Briley.  He was born March 11, 1912 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died November 9, 1977 in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina.  Emma Briley was a daughter of Charles J. Bailey and Nancy Anne Elizabeth (Bettie) Manning.   According to James Shivers’ web site, “Shivers Family Legends” at http://www.xtremechat.org/, Bettie was born on February 6, 1853.  Charles J. Briley’s brother William Jonah Briley was possibly the wife of #B55 Alice Fleming, daughter of Ivey Fleming.

Obituary of June Tripp

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, November 10, 1977, p. 16:

TRIPP

Mr. June Tripp, 65, of 2706 Tryon Drive, died in Pitt Memorial Hospital Wednesday.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Wilkerson Funeral Chapel by his pastor, the Rev. E. T. Vinson.  Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

A lifelong resident of Pitt County, Mr. Tripp was a tobacconist and one of the founders of the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse here.  He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church.

Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Christine Williams Tripp; four brothers, Jasper L. Tripp of Raleigh, William E. and Bruce R. Tripp, both of Greenville, and Morris Tripp of Mount Sterling, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Simmons of Greenville; and his stepmother, Mrs. J. A. Tripp of Greenville.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 o’clock

Issue:

B711–––i.–––David Ashley⁹ Tripp, born May 26, 1947; died May 26, 1947, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 490.

B461. DAVID LOFTIN⁸ WILLIAMS, JR. (Corinne Brown⁷ McLawhorn, Sophia⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born on August 5, 1918 in Nash County, North Carolina; died on October 10, 1981 in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He married Doris Tyndall in 1943.  She was born 1924.

Obituary of David Loftin Williams, Jr.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, October 11, 1981, p. A-2:

WILLIAMS

Mr. David L. Williams, 63, of 1607 East Wright Road, died Saturday morning at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel by the Rev. James H. Bailey, his pastor.

A Nash County native, Mr. Williams spent his early life in the Winterville community and was a retired salesman for Swift and Co.  He retired from Swift in 1979 after serving 38 years.  Mr. Williams was also a veteran of WWII where he served in the 1st Calvary Division of the United States Army, and was in the Pacific Theater, the Philippines and Japan.  He was a member of Jarvis Memorial United Methodist Church, the Loyal Order of the Moose, the Carson Memorial Bible Class and Circle S Club of Swift and Co.

Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Mrs. Doris Tyndall Williams; a daughter, Mrs. William G. Kuykendall of Greenville; a son, Greg B. Williams of Kinston; his mother, Mrs. Corinne McLawhorn Williams of Winterville; two sisters, Mrs. Howard Gradis and Mrs. June Tripp, both of Greenville; and three grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. Sunday.

Issue:

B712–––i.–––Judith Corinne⁹ Williams, of whom below, born in 1948.

B713–––ii.–––Gregory Benjamin Williams, of whom below, was born in 1951 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B462. THOMAS HAYWOOD⁸ McLAWHORN (Haywood Ammoria⁷, Sophia⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1942, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 490.  He married Ethel Cheryl McCoy in 1973.  Cheryl was born 1946.

Issue:

B714–––i.–––Alexander Stewart⁹ McLawhorn, born in 1981, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 490.

B463. SOPHIA STROUD⁸ McLAWHORN (Haywood Ammoria⁷, Sophia⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1948.  She married Michael Yarborough in 1973.  He was born 1946.  Dates from The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published in 1982, by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, p. 490.

Issue:

B715–––i.–––Ben⁹ Yarborough.

B464. DAN SCOTT⁸ McLAWHORN (Alfred⁷, Sophia⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1937.  Dan married Janet Wadsworth in 1960.  She was born 1937.  Dates from The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published in 1982, by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, p. 490.

Issue:

B716–––i.–––Dan Scott⁹ McLawhorn, Jr.  Danny was born in 1962, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 490.

717–––ii.–––Van Patrick McLawhorn.  Patrick was born in 1966, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 490.

B465. MICHAEL ALFRED⁸ McLAWHORN (Alfred⁷, Sophia⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born 1943, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 490.  Michael married first Carol Jackson and second Mary Beth Willoughby in 1973.

Issue:
Of Michael Alfred McLawhorn and Carol Jackson

B718–––i.–––Todd Lawrence⁹ McLawhorn, born in 1967, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 490.  He is a partner in Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White Commercial Trial Global Litigation of Chicago, Illinois concentrating in civil litigation, with experience in the class action and consumer fraud areas.  Todd is admitted to practice in both New York and Illinois, as well as numerous federal courts throughout the United States.  He graduated from East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, in 1988 and from the University of North Carolina School of Law, with honors, in 1991.

B480. SARAH FRANCES⁸ STANCILL (John Russell⁷, Mattie A.⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1930, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 57.  She married William A. Glasgow, Jr. on December 27, 1952.  Bill was born September 23, 1928.  She was a teacher and he was a music and band director.

Issue:

B719–––i.–––Mary Helen⁹ Glasgow was born in 1956, according to The Stancill Family History, p. 57.  She married Michael Baumiester on October 6, 1979.  He was born in 1950.

B720–––ii.–––William A. Glasgow III was born in 1958.

B481. MATTIE BROWN⁸ STANCILL (John Russell⁷, Mattie A.⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born August 13, 1932 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; died October 23, 1996 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; and was buried in Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, North Carolina.  She married Spencer Rollins Mims, Jr. on May 25, 1952, who, according to their son Stephen Stancill Mims, of Moscow, Idaho, December 4, 1998, “taught orchestra at Myers Park High School in Charlotte for many years.”  Spencer was born on September 9, 1930.

Obituary of Mattie Brown Stancill

The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, Friday, October 25, 1996, p. C-5:

MRS. MATTIE STANCILL MIMS, of Charlotte, died on Wednesday, October 23, 1996, after an extended illness.

Mrs. Mims was born August 13, 1932 in Greenville, North Carolina, the daughter of the late John Russell and Mary Tucker Stancill.  She attended the Greenville City Schools and East Carolina University.  A resident of Charlotte, since 1953, she was active for twenty years in early childhood education, the last ten of which were spent at Albemarle Road Elementary School.  Mrs. Mims served as a volunteer in the production of the annual musicals at Myers Park High School.

Survivors include her husband of forty-four years, Spencer R. Mims, Jr.; a daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and John D. Poetzsch of Raleigh; a son and daughter-in-law, Stephen R. Mims and Caroline Pearson-Mims of Moscow, Idaho; and a son, Spencer R. Mims, III, of Charlotte.  Her beloved grandchildren are John David Poetzsch, Jr. and Courtney Spencer Poetzsch of Raleigh.  Also surviving are brothers, John and Ruel Stancill of Greenville; sister, Sarah Glasgow of Wilson, and sisters Ann Foell and Mae Stancill of Greenville, NC.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 27 at Harry and Bryant Co., 500 Providence Road in Charlotte.

The funeral is 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 28 at Mouzon United Methodist Church, where Mrs. Mims was in membership since 1954.  The pastor, The Reverend Dr. John W. Knoespel will officiate.  Interment will follow at Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte.

Memorials may be made to Mouzon United Methodist Church, 3100 Selwyn Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28209 or The Children’s Home Society of North Carolina, Post Office Box 14608, Greensboro, NC 27415.

Harry and Bryant Co. is serving the family of Mrs. Mims.

Issue:

B721–––i.–––Deborah Susan⁹ Mims, of whom below, born in 1953.

B722–––ii.–––Spencer Rollins Mims III, born in 1957, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 58.

723–––iii.–––Stephen Stancill Mims was born in 1960.  He teaches wilderness recreation at the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, and has been very kind to share information on his line of this genealogy.  Steve married Caroline Pearson.

B482. DOROTHY ANN⁸ STANCILL (John Russell⁷, Mattie A.⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born December 4, 1934 or December 5, 1934, differing dates given in The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 640 and The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 58, respectively.  Ann married John James Foell on April 12, 1957.  John was born April 4, 1919.

Issue:

B724–––i.–––John James⁹ Foell, Jr. was born in 1958, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 58.  Jimmy married Peggy S. Anderson.

B725–––ii.–––Russell Scott Foell was born in 1966.

B487. CLAXTON GODFREY⁸ STANCILL, JR. (Claxton Godfrey⁷, Mattie A.⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1936, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 58.  He married Linda McLawhorn, who was born in 1936.

Issue:

B726–––i.–––Wanda Lee⁹ Stancill was born in 1957, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 58.  She married James Dail in 1979.

B488. WILLIS JOHNSTON⁸ STANCILL (Claxton Godfrey⁷, Mattie A.⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1939, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 58.  He married first Dorothy Louise Harris on March 17, 1960, daughter of James Linwood Harris and Lela Mae Briley.  She was born in 1940.  He married second Joan Smith.

Issue:
Of Willis Johnston Stancill and Dorothy Louise Harris

B727–––i.–––Michael Willis⁹ Stancill was born in 1960, according to The Stancill Family History, p. 58.

B728–––ii.–––Robert Johnston Stancill.  Rob was born in 1963.

B729–––iii.–––Willa Marie Stancill was born in 1967, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 58.  She is called Willa S. Paton-Smith in the obituary of her mother, Minnie (Jenkins) Stancill in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, March 11, 1998, p. B-2.

B489. EMILY MURIEL⁸ STANCILL (Claxton Godfrey⁷, Mattie A.⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1943.  She married Leopoldo Frederick Pascasio, Jr. on June 24, 1967 in Mount Pleasant Christian Church, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He was born in 1942.  At the time of their marriage, he was serving in United States Marine Corps, and she had graduated from Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Marriage of Emily Muriel Stancill
and Leopoldo Frederick Pascasio, Jr.

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 25, 1967, p. 7:

PASCASIO-STANCILL VOWS
EXCHANGED ON SUNDAY

Miss Emily Muriel Stancill was married to Leopoldo Frederick Pascasio, Jr. of Clinton, Md., in a ceremony at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday at Mt. Pleasant Christian Church.

he bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claxton G. Stancill, Sr., of Greenville.  The bridegroom is the son of Mr. Leopoldo Frederick Pascasio, Sr. of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Howard Robert Duble, of Clinton, Md.

Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Ruth Taylor presented a program of nuptial music with John Goforth as soloist.

The church was decorated with baskets of gladioli and pompons, bridal greenery, four seven-branch candelabra, and white prie dieu at the altar for kneeling.

The Rev. William Clifton officiated the ceremony.

The bride was given in marriage by her father.  She wore a formal gown of silk organza styled with scooped neckline trimmed with Swiss embroidery appliqué.  The bouffant skirt was designed with Swiss embroidery motifs around the skirt edge and on the attached chapel train ...

She wore a bouffant veil of silk illusion attached to a crown of organza petals trimmed with seed pearls and crystals.  She carried a cascade bouquet of white rose with English ivy and orange blossoms.

Mrs. Don Manning of Colonial Heights, Va., was the matron of honor.  The bridesmaid was Miss Janet Sue Lundy, Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Wanda Lee Stancill, niece of the bride, was the junior bridesmaid.  The flower girl was Miss Jeneen Duble, sister of the bridegroom, of Clinton, Md.

All of the attendants wore powder blue empire gowns of chiffon over taffeta with satin insertion trimmed with Venetian lace.  They wore matching headpieces.  The attendants carried cascade bouquets of shasta pompons.  The flower girl carried a white basket decorated with blue streamers filled with rose petals.

Howard Robert Duble of Clinton, Md., served as best man.  The groomsmen were Claxton G. Stancill, Jr., brother of the bride, of Greenville, Willis Johnston Stancill of Arlington, Va., brother of the bride, Dennis Lee Reamy of Suitland, Md., and Michael Krell, of Clinton, Md.

For her daughter’s wedding, Mrs. Stancill chose an ice blue peau de soie sheath with lace bodice with matching accessories.  She wore a corsage of white roses.

Mrs. Howard Duble, mother of the bridegroom, selected a beige crepe dress with lace panels with matching accessories.  She wore a corsage of yellow roses.

The bride is a graduate of Junius H. Rose High School and Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem.

The bridegroom is presently a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps.

For a wedding trip to unannounced points, Mrs. Pascasio changed into a pink lien sheath with matching accessories.  She wore a corsage of white roses from her bridal bouquet.

After the wedding trip, the couple will reside in Jacksonville.

Following the ceremony, the wedding party and parents of the bride and bridegroom received guests at the bride’s home, during a reception given by the parents of the bride.

Guests were greeted at the door by Mr. and Mrs. Claxton Stancill, Jr., Mrs. Hazel Lovett and Mrs. Joyce Jackson presided at the bride’s register.

Mrs. Kermit Highsmith served cake and Mrs. Mildred Merril served punch.  Good-byes were said by Mr. and Mrs. Willis Johnston Stancill.

Issue:

B730–––i.–––Harold Claxton⁹ Pascasio.  Skip was born in 1968, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 58.

B731–––ii.–––Alicia Gail Pascasio was born in 1972.  Alicia graduated from East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina and in 2002 was working toward completion of a Master’s Degree at School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

B490. OFFIE JOHNSTON⁸ STANCILL, JR. (Offie Johnston⁷, Mattie A.⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born on December 24, 1934, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 638, or on December 26, 1934, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 59.  Offie married Alice Rose Little on June 26, 1960 in Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church, Pitt County, North Carolina, daughter of Clarence J. Little.  She was born in Ballards Crossroad, Pitt County, North Carolina.

Marriage of Office Johnston Stancill, Jr. and Alice Rose Little

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 29, 1960:

MISS LITTLE, MR. STANCILL MARRY

he wedding of Miss Alice Rose Little and O. J. Stancill, Jr. of Greenville was solemnized Sunday afternoon in a double ring ceremony at four o’clock in the Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church.  The pastor of the bride, Rev. Jerry Rowe, officiated …

Prior to the four o’clock hour, a program of piano selections was rendered by Mrs. Randolph Fleming of Greenville …

Miss Hilda Little, sister of the bride, was maid of honor … The bridesmaids, Miss Gail Stancill and Miss Bert Stancill, sister of the groom … Little Miss Susan Smith of Greenville was flower girl … Master Colby Benton, nephew of the bride, from Fremont, was ring bearer …

Elvy Forrest attended his nephew as best man.  Ushers were Clifton Forrest of Portsmouth, Va., uncle of the groom; Leon Skinner, of Watha, cousin of the groom; Herbert Corey of Greenville; and Claxton Stancill, cousin of the groom …

Upon their return (to announced points) they will make their home at 2905 Bainbridge Boulevard in South Norfolk, Va.

Mrs. Stancill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Little of Greenville, is a graduate of East Carolina College.  The past years she taught in the Norfolk County Schools and will teach there again this school year.

Mr. Stancill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Offie Johnston Stancill Sr. of Greenville, attended East Carolina College.  He served in the U.S. Navy and is now employed as an adjuster with the C.I.T. Finance Company in Norfolk.

Issue:

B732–––i.–––Lela Rose⁹ Stancill.  Rose was born in 1963, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 59.

B492. GWENDOLYN GAIL⁸ STANCILL (Offie Johnston⁷, Mattie A.⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1942.  She married Thomas Allen Schumack on June 29, 1968 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, son of Stephen Francis Schumack.  Tom was born in 1941.  She was a graduate of Junius H. Rose High School, Greenville, North Carolina, and the Charlotte Memorial School of Nursing.  At the time of the marriage, she was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Nurses Corps at Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas, and he was a Captain in the United States Air Force, at Dyess.  Tom Schumack, owner of Gulf Properties, Navarre, Florida.

Marriage of Gwendolyn Gail Stancill and Thomas Allen Schumack

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 2, 1968, p. 3:

MISS STANCILL WEDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON

(Photo of “Mrs. Thomas Allan Schumack.” Note: The caption for the photograph gives his middle name as Allan while the story spells it Allen.)

ABILENE, Tex. – Miss Gwendolyn Gale Stancill became the bride of Capt. Thomas Allen Schumack Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in a private ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Offie Johnston Stancill of Greenville.  The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Francis Schumack of Chicago, Ill.

The bride is a graduate of J. H. Rose High School and Charlotte Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.  She is presently serving as lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force Nurses Corps at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.

The bridegroom is a graduate of St. Patrick’s High School, Chicago, and St. Norbersts (sic – Norbert) College, West Dupree, Wis.  He is presently serving as a navigator at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.

After a wedding trip to unannounced points, the couple will reside in Abilene, Tex.

Issue:

B733–––i.–––Lynda Marie⁹ Schumack was born on April 4, 1972.

734–––ii.–––Katie Gwen Schumack, born in 1975.  Katie, a graduate of the University of Florida School of Art and Art History, is working for Current/Paper Direct in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

B493. BERTHA LOIS⁸ STANCILL (Offie Johnston⁷, Mattie A.⁶ Brown, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1945, according to The Stancill Family History, by Charles Hodges Manning and Hugh W. Stancill, Jr., 1981, p. 59.  Bert married Larry Blue McNair on November 26, 1964 in Mount Pleasant Christian Church, Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Leonard B. McNair.  He was born in 1943.

Marriage of Bertha Lois Stancill and Larry Blue McNair

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, November 27, 1964, p. 2:

McNAIR-STANCILL VOWS SAID THURSDAY AFTERNOON

he Mount Pleasant Christian Church was the setting of a formal candlelight ceremony Thursday at 3:00 p.m. when Miss Bertha Lois Stancill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Offie Johnston Stancill of Greenville, became the bride of Larry B. McNair, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. McNair of Raleigh.

The Rev. Ray A. Giles, pastor of the bride, officiated at the double ring ceremony.

Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Randolph Fleming presented a program of organ music.  William Clifton, soloist, sang “O Promise Me” and “Whither Thou Goest.”  “The Wedding Prayer” was used as the benediction ...

Given in marriage by her father ...

Miss Gail Stancill of Charlotte, sister of the bride, was maid of honor.  Bridesmaids were Miss Ruby Earle Brown and Miss Peggy Jackson of Greenville ...

The bridegroom’s father was best man.  Ushers were O. J. Stancill, Jr., of Virginia Beach, Va., brother of the bride, Tommy McNair, brother of the bridegroom, Lloyd Rodemeyer and Bryan Upchurch of Raleigh, brothers-in-law of the bridegroom ...

The bride is a graduate of J. H. Rose High School and attended East Carolina College.

The bridegroom is a graduate of Broughton High School and attended East Carolina College.  He is employed with Auto Discount Company of Raleigh ...

Following a wedding trip (to unannounced points), the couple will reside in Raleigh.

Issue:

B735–––i.–––Angela Sue⁹ McNair, of whom below, was born in 1967.

B736–––ii.–––Larry Stancill McNair.  Stan was born in 1976.

B737–––iii.–––Stephen Berkley McNair was born in 1978

B495. SUZANNE ELIZABETH⁸ HUBAND (Johnny Elizabeth⁷ Brown, Peter⁶, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1948, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 202.  Susan married Charles Spivey.

Issue:

B738–––i.–––Carlton Huband⁹ Spivey, born in 1970, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 202.

B739–––ii.–––Gwendolyn Yvonne Spivey, born in 1977.

B496. ROBERT KIMLEY⁸ HUBAND (Johnny Elizabeth⁷ Brown, Peter⁶, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1950, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 202.  He married first Vicky Temple about 1978.  In 1997, Vicky Temple Huband, then an 11-year employee in the North Carolina Museum of Art’s development office, was named the museum’s director of visitor services, according to The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Sunday, September 14, 1997, p. G-8.  Kim married second Jane McPhaul Shankle in October of 1994.

Biographical Notes on Robert Kimley Huband

The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wednesday, April 10, 1996, p. C-5:

... WHERE ARE THEY NOW?  Kim Huband, a former North Carolina basketball player (1972), is a parks and recreation planner for the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development in Raleigh.

The Morning Star, Wilmington, North Carolina, Friday, February 18, 2000, p. C-1:

HUBAND HAS STORIED HOOPS PAST

By Chuck Carree

At this time 32 years ago, Wilmington’s Kim Huband was a high school basketball star before recruiting services and AAU teams were major resources in the area of talent evaluation.

n helping New Hanover to its last state 4A boys’ championship in 1968, Huband – a 6-foot-4 guard – signed with the North Carolina Tar Heels in the spring.

A current community planner for the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation in Raleigh, Huband knows how vastly different and sophisticated recruiting has become.

“It wasn’t as organized as it is now,” he said.  “We didn’t have Nike and Adidas summer camps.  The kids now play a lot better competition.”

As a senior with the Wildcats, he focused on playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.  He also considered Davidson, but dismissed it because it was too small and was an all-male school.

“I visited and liked a lot of things about the school,” he said.  “But it wasn’t as large as New Hanover.  I was a shy kid, and I decided an all-male school wouldn’t help my social life.  I thought I’d have a better chance at another school.”

At New Hanover, he was a scorer, averaging 20 points as a senior and 16 as a junior.

Kim, #42, lettered in varsity basketball at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from 1970 thru 1972.  He was Academic All-ACC and played on the 1971-72 Tar Heels (26-5) and NCAA Runnerups. Kim was drafted 2nd in the 13th round of the 1972 NBA Draft by Buffalo Braves (now L. A. Clippers) and later played three years professional ball in Belgium.

One of his teammates, Mike Beale, went to Rhode Island on a scholarship.  Two of his other teammates, Pop Herring and John Nixon, became Michael Jordan’s high school coach and a minor league baseball player, respectively.

Huband was part of a Wildcat program that completed a run of seven state titles in a 13-year span.  His junior season, he helped the Wildcats to a second-place finish in the state tournament.

With the Tar Heels, Huband was mostly a backup, first behind Charlie Scott and later Steve Previs and George Karl.

Huband never complained about his role, which as a junior and senior included part-time starter because of Karl’s chronic back problems.

Huband came along when freshmen were ineligible to play.  By the time he was a sophomore he played on a team that included Scott, current South Carolina coach Eddie Fogler and Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany.

“It was a big switch from high school to college,” he said.  “It was a lot more competitive.  Most people coming out of high school need that year of adjustment.  It is much more intense.  As a senior, you think you play hard in high school.  You realize you have to play harder.  It is that way at every level.”

He should know.  After graduating from North Carolina, he played professional basketball for three years in Belgium, where he made the country’s all-star team once and set two national records for free throws.  As a rookie, he hit 94 percent from the line and 96 percent his final year.

Afterward, he returned to become a graduate assistant with the Tar Heels.

He has held his current job for the past 15 years and 23 all together with the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation.

One of his main duties is to help develop land for parks, such as Carolina Beach State Park and Jordan Lake.

He returns to Wilmington about every two months to visit his family.  He is one of six children and the middle of three brothers.

In his leisure time, Huband attends North Carolina games, since he is a season ticket holder.

He is not as close to the program as he used to be when he would often play in pickup games against Tar Heel standouts, such as Phil Ford and Walter Davis.

However, Huband still follows the team closely and remains a devoted fan.

“It is amazing but whenever Carolina loses to Duke or State, people I don’t even know drop by my office to gloat over a victory,” he said.  “I guess over the years they have been so few and far between.”

Issue:
Of Robert Kimley Huband and Vicky Temple

B740–––i.–––Emily Temple⁹ Huband, born October 29, 1978, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 202.

B500. WILLIAM HENRY⁸ BROWN (John Stancill William⁷, Peter⁶, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1949, according to Pamticoe Cousins of Beaufort County, North Carolina, compiled by Joliene Byrd Clark, Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, 1988, p. 328.  Bill married Brenda Sue Munsey on June 10, 1972 in Hooker Memorial Christian Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  Bret was born in 1951.  In the newspaper article announcing her marriage to William Henry Brown in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 11, 1972, p. C-3, it is stated that she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cline Sluss. Whether this means she was previously married to a Mr. Munsey or adopted or her mother re-married, I don’t know.

Marriage of William Henry Brown and Brenda Sue Munsey

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 11, 1972, p. C-3:

BROWN-MUNSEY VOWS SPOKEN
IN DOUBLE RING CEREMONY

Hooker Memorial Christian Church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Brenda Sue Munsey and William Henry Brown Saturday at 6:00 p.m. ...

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cline Sluss, the bride was given in marriage by her father ...

Parents of the bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. John Stancill William Brown of Greenville.

The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Robert G. Hufford.  Mrs. Herbert Carter, organist, and Karen Christine Sluss of Charlotte, sister of the bride, presented a program of nuptial music ...

Matron of honor was Mrs. Larry Seagle of Lincolnton, sister of the bride ...

The maid of honor was Susan Jean Sluss of Charlotte, sister of the bride.  Bridesmaid were Lois Jean Brown and Nancy Katherine Brown of Greenville, sisters of the bridegroom, and Joy Meagan Roberson of Robersonville ...

Mrs. Peter Brown, paternal grandmother of the bridegroom, was attired in a blue lace dress trimmed in satin and wore a white orchid corsage.

The father of the bridegroom served as best man.  Ushers were John Ivey Brown and David Gregory Brown, brothers of the bridegroom, Tony Alan Hardee and Curtis Melnot Joyner, all of Greenville.

Honorary bridesmaids were Mrs. Robert Wright, Mrs. Timothy Barnes, Mrs. Curtis Melnot Joyner, all of Greenville, Miss Angeline M. Jordan of Raleigh, and Miss Joann Marie Upchurch of Durham ...

The couple will reside in Greenville after a wedding trip to Williamsburg, Va.

The bride is a senior at East College University and is employed at Pitt Memorial Hospital.  The bridegroom is a graduate of East Carolina University and is self-employed ...

Issue:

B741–––i.–––William Henry⁹ Brown, Jr.  Henry was born in 1976, according to Pamticoe Cousins of Beaufort County, North Carolina, p. 328.

B742–––ii.–––Angela Marie Brown.  Angie was born in 1978.

B502. LOIS JEAN⁸ BROWN (John Stancill William⁷, Peter⁶, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1954, according to Pamticoe Cousins of Beaufort County, North Carolina, compiled by Joliene Byrd Clark, Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, 1988, p. 328.  Lois married James Lee Barrett on November 29, 1975 in Hooker Memorial Christian Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, son of Rev. Troy J. Barrett.  Jim was born in 1951.  According to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 202: “He received a B.S. degree from N.C. State in Recreation and Park Administration and a Master’s Degree in Recreation Administration.”  She is a graduate of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Marriage of Lois Jean Brown and James Lee Barrett

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, November 30, 1975, p. C-2:

MISS LOIS JEAN BROWN WEDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Hooker Memorial Christian Church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Lois Jean Brown and James Lee Barnett Saturday at three o’clock.

Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. J.S.W. Brown of Rt. 9, Greenville, and the Rev. and Mrs. Troy J. Barrett of Durham.

Given in marriage by her father ...

The maid of honor was Miss Nancy Kathryn Brown of Greenville, sister of the bride.  Bridesmaids were Miss Linda Ann Fleming of Greenville, Miss Sue Nash Nicholson of Henderson, Miss Teresa Lynn Bolick of Winston-Salem, and Miss Mary Lewis Woolen of Charlotte ...

Honorary bridesmaids were Mrs. William H. Brown, sister-in-law of the bride, Miss Sally Boyette and Miss Anna Carson, all of Greenville, Mrs. J. Richard White of Belvidere, and Miss Ellen Presnell of Greensboro ...

Miss Karen Edwards of Greenville was flower girl ...

Robert T. Barrett served his brother as best man.  Ushers were William Henry Brown, John Ivey Brown, and David Gregory Brown, brothers of the bride, all of Greenville, William R. Barrett, brother of the bridegroom, of Durham, David Smoak, cousin of the bridegroom of Greensboro, and Larry Bailey of Gatesville.

Eric Nixon, cousin of the bride, of Maitland, Fla., was ring bearer.

A program of nuptial music was presented by David Winstead, organist, and Miss Cathy Wilson, who sang “Whither Thou Goest” and “Wedding Prayer,” and Bob Forbes, who sang “My Cup Runneth Over” and “The Wedding Song.”

Following a wedding trip to Jamaica, the couple will be at home in Hertford.

The bridegroom is a graduate of Cary High School, Cary, and N. C. State University, Raleigh.  He is employed as a therapeutic counselor and director at Camp Chowanoc.

The bride is a graduate of Rose High School, Greenville, and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.  She is employed by Peoples Bank and Trust Co., Hertford ...

The grandmothers, Mrs. Eli Williams and Mrs. Viola Brown, wore white rose corsages.

The ceremony was directed by Mrs. Ralph C. Tucker ...

Issue:

B743–––i.–––Bradford Scott⁹ Barrett.  Brad was born in 1979.  Appears on the Dean’s List for the Fall 1999 and Spring 2000 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

B744–––ii.–––Michael Lee Barrett was born in 1982.

B745–––iii.–––Charles Grayson Barrett was born in 1985.

B503. NANCY KATHRYN⁸ BROWN (John Stancill William⁷, Peter⁶, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1955, according to Pamticoe Cousins of Beaufort County, North Carolina, compiled by Joliene Byrd Clark, Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, 1988, p. 328.  She married Johnnie Lee Harris on September 12, 1981 in the home of John Ivy Brown, Grimesland, North Carolina.  He was a son of Jack Dawson Harris and was born in 1952.  According to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 202: “She received a B.S. degree in Early Childhood Education and is teaching at Third Street School in Greenville, N.C.  Her husband works for Grady White Boar Co., and they live on Route 3, Greenville.”

Marriage of Nancy Kathryn Brown and Johnnie Lee Harris

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, September 13, 1981, p. C-3:

COUPLE SPEAKS VOWS SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Nancy Kathryn Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Stancill William Brown, of Rt. 9, Greenville, and Johnnie Lee Harris, son of Mrs. Evelyn Pollard of Greenville and the late Mrs. Jack Dawson Harris, were married Saturday afternoon at three o’clock.

The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Ralph G. Messick at the home of John Ivy Brown, Rt. 1, Grimesland.

Bridal attendants included Lois Brown Barrett of Goldsboro, sister of the bride, honor attendant and bridesmaid, Sharon Kilpatrick of Rocky Mount, Becky Bailey of New Bern, Carla Wainwright, Lori Brown, cousin of the bride, and Yuvon Spain, all of Greenville, and Jamie Tallo of Maury, and Angie Brown, also of Greenville, flower girl.  She is the bride’s niece.

Henry Brown, nephew of the bride, was ring bearer while ushers included William H. and Greg Brown, all of Greenville, and John I. Brown of Grimesland, brothers of the bride, her brother-in-law, Jimmy Barrett of Goldsboro, Rick Milleson of Greenville, and Kenny Dail of Rocky Mount.  The best man was Raymond G. Evans of Greenville, uncle of the bridegroom.

The bride was given in marriage by her parents …

Honorary bridesmaids included Wanda Dail, Jean Michele, Terry Pitt, Billy Jean Cottingham, all of Greenville, and Erin Tippett of Greensboro.

The Hometown Boys, a bluegrass band, played during the reception which included square dancing and a Virginia Reel.  The reception was given by the bride’s parents …

The couple will live at Rt. 3, Greenville, after a wedding trip to Kiawah Island, S.C.

The bride graduated from ECU and teaches at Third Street School here.  The bridegroom served in the U.S. Army and completed his schooling then.  He is now employed by Grady White Boats …

Issue:

B746–––i.–––Dorothy (Dottie) Kathryn⁹ Harris.

B505. EDWARD EARL⁸ SAURENMAN (Rose Helen⁷ Brown, Peter⁶, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1957, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 202.  He married first Sherrie Lynn in Wichita, Kansas and second Daisha Lorraine Inman on September 3, 2000 in Bozeman, Montana.  In between, I received an e-mail from Leigh McCue telling me of her engagement to Eddie in January 1998.

Marriage of Edward Earl Saurenman and Daisha Lorraine Inman

The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sunday, April 9, 2000, p. E-5:

INMAN-SAURENMAN

Daisha Lorraine Inman and Edward Earl Saurenman will be wed Sept. 3 in Bozeman, Mont.  She is the daughter of the Larry Donald Warr of Gaston, Ore., and the late Sharon Yvonne Warr.  He is the son of Leo Ramon Saurenman of Cheyenne, Kan., and Rose Helen Saurenman of Wilmington, N.C.

The bride-elect is a self-employed real-estate investor.  The groom-elect is a chief advanced-design engineer for Aviat Aircraft and an air show pilot.

Issue:
Of Edward Earl Saurenman and Sherrie Lynn

B747–––i.–––Danielle Aline⁹ Saurenman, born in 1981, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 202.

B506. JAMES RONNIE⁸ BROWN (James Ivy⁷, Peter⁶, Elizabeth Rebecca⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1954, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 202.  He married Glenda June Wilson on June 10, 1978 in First Baptist Church, Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina, daughter of Cletus Wilson.  She was born in 1954.  She was a graduate of McDowell Senior High School, Greenville, North Carolina, and of East Carolina University, in Greenville.  Ronnie graduated from Greenville’s Junius H. Rose High School, after which he served three years in the United States Army.

Marriage of James Ronnie Brown and Glenda June Wilson

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 11, 1978, p. C-2:

MISS WILSON, MR. BROWN WED

OLD FORT – Miss Glenda June Wilson and James Ronnie Brown were united in marriage Saturday in the First Baptist Church here.  The Rev. Tom Lolley officiated at the six o’clock candlelight ceremony.

he bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Wilson of Old Fort.  The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown of Greenville …

The bride, escorted to the altar and given in marriage by her father ….

Mrs. Janice Whitley of Old Fort, sister of the bride, was matron of honor …

Bridesmaids were Mrs. Denisa Allison of Asheville, Miss Cindi Black of Marion, cousin of the bride, Miss Lori Brown and Miss Gina Brown, sisters of the bridegroom …

Honorary bridesmaids were Miss Lynn Suddeth of Inman, S. C., Miss Melody Smith of Mount Olive, and Mrs. Cathy Brown of Greenville, sister-in-law of the bridegroom …

Mr. Brown chose his father to be best man.  Groomsmen were Terry Wilson, brother of the bride, Gary, Kent and Ricky Brown, all brothers of the bridegroom.

Mrs. V. L. Wilson, grandmother of the bride, Mrs. J. P. Brewer Sr. and Mrs. Peter Brown, grandmothers of the bridegroom, were presented corsages of white carnations …

The bride is a graduate of McDowell Senior High School and a magna cum laude graduate of East Carolina University, where she received a bachelor of science degree in medical record administration.  While at ECU, she was elected to membership in Gamma Beta Phi and Phi Kappa Phi.  She will be employed by the East Carolina Family Practice Center in Greenville.  Mr. Brown is a graduate of J. H. Rose High School and has served three years with the U.S. Army.  He presently attends Pitt Technical Institute and is self-employed.

Issue:

B748–––i.–––Sarah Elizabeth⁹ Brown was born on September 5, 1981 in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

Notes

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, September 13, 1981, p. C-3:

BIRTHS: BROWN

Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Ronnie Brown, Rt. 4, Greenville, a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, on Sept. 5, 1981, in Pitt Memorial Hospital.

B520. JOHN LINDSAY⁸ WINSTEAD, JR. (Margaret⁷ Fleming, James Lawson⁶, Leonidas⁵, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1934 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 741.  He married Jean Elizabeth Butler on August 31, 1957 in the First Methodist Church of Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, daughter of Hugh McDuffie Butler and Effie Elizabeth Anderson.  Jean was born in 1934 in Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina.

Marriage of John Lindsay Winstead, Jr. and Jean Elizabeth Butler

Excerpt The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, September 2, 1957, p. 3:

EVENING CEREMONY UNITES WINSTEAD-BUTLER

CLINTON –– A five o’clock wedding in the First Methodist Church in Clinton on Saturday united in marriage Miss Jean Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McDuffie Butler of Clinton, and John Lindsay Winstead, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. John Lindsay Winstead of Greenville.

The Rev. Clyde Boggs, pastor of the bride, officiated for the double-ring ceremony ...

Preceding the ceremony, a program of nuptial music was rendered by Mrs. C. C. Taft, Jr., of Clinton.  Miss Alice Bostick of Durham sang “O Perfect Love,” Blomfield, “I Love Thee,” Greig, and “The Lord’s Prayer,” Mallotte.

The bride was given in marriage by her father ...

Mrs. Lacy E. Lassiter, Jr., of Raleigh, was her sister’s matron of honor ...

The bridesmaids were Miss Sara Margaret Butler, sister of the bride, Miss Lou White Winstead of Greenville, sister of the bridegroom, Mrs. Robert L. Mutter of Durham, and Miss Carolva Ann Honeycutt of Raleigh ...

Dr. John L. Winstead of Greenville was his son’s best man.  Ushers were Dan W. Rader of Burlington, John S. Howie of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Robert L. Mutter of Durham, John L. Humber of Pensacola, Fla., James F. Winstead and Joseph T. Winstead, brothers of the bridegroom of Greenville ...

Mrs. Winstead graduated from the Watts Hospital School of Nursing in 1955.  Since this time she has been employed in the operating room of Watts Hospital.

Mr. Winstead graduated from Duke University and is now a fourth-year medical student at the University of North Carolina ...

After a wedding trip, the couple will make their home in Chapel Hill ...

Biographical Notes on John Lindsay Winstead, Jr.

The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 741:

JOHN LINDSAY WINSTEAD, JR.

ohn Lindsay Winstead, Jr., first of four children, was born Sept. 11, 1934, to Dr. John L. Winstead and Margaret Fleming.  He was delivered at home, 302 Greene Street, Greenville, NC, by Dr. Karl Pace.  John Lindsay began his education at Mrs. Bowen’s Kindergarten and East Carolina Training School.  He attended Greenville High School until he graduated after summer school session of 1951.  John Lindsay graduated from Duke University in Durham in 1954 with an A.B. degree in pre-med.  He then attended University of North Carolina Medical School.

He married Jean Elizabeth Butler Aug. 31, 1957.  Jean is the daughter of Hugh McDuffy Butler and Effie Elizabeth Anderson.  She was born Feb. 28, 1934, in Clinton, NC.  She graduated from Salemburg High School and Watt’s Hospital School of Nursing in Durham in 1955.  John and Jean made their home in Chapel Hill.  John graduated from UNC with his M.D. degree in June 1958.

(Their daughter) ... Margaret (Margie) Elizabeth Winstead was born at North Carolina Memorial Hospital where John was interning in pathology.  After John completed interning, the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in June 1959, for surgical fellowship at Cleveland Clinic.  One year later, they moved back to Chapel Hill.  John Lindsay Winstead III was born (in) 1961.  John’s surgical residency was interrupted when he was drafted for two years in the U.S. Army as Captain in the Medical Corps in Jan. 1962.  He was stationed at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC, and worked at Womack Army Hospital.  The family moved back to Chapel Hill where Linda Fleming and Susan Butler (twins) were born (in) 1965.  John completed his surgical residency in 1966 and moved his family back to his hometown, Greenville, NC, where his father was still practicing medicine.

Margie graduated from Rose High School in 1976, attended Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, and is now a teller at First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pitt County.  Lindsay is now graduated from Rose High School in 1979 and is now a junior at University of North Carolina.  Linda and Susan are juniors at Rose High School.

Both Jean and John are members of the Memorial Baptist Church, Greenville Country Club, and Pitt-Greenville Art Society.  John is a member of the Greenville Rotary, AMA, NC Medical Society, Pitt County Medical Society, American Legion, and past president of the Pitt County Cancer Society.  He is also a member of S.M.A. and Womack Surgical Society.  Jean is a member of the Junior German Club, Potpourri Garden Club, Pitt County Medical Auxiliary, past member of Atheneum Book Club, and past chairman of the Memorial Fund of the Pitt County Cancer Society.

Issue:

B749–––i.–––Margaret Elizabeth⁹ Winstead was born in 1958 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, published by the Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 741.  On his web site, Winstead Family Genealogy, Gary Kemper indicates that she married Michael T. Brahawn in 1985.

B750–––ii.–––John Lindsay Winstead III was born in 1961 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

B751–––iii.–––Linda Fleming Winstead, born in 1965 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

B752–––iv.–––Susan Butler Winstead was born in 1965 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

B541. ROY CARL⁸ ABEE III (Roy Carl⁷, Effie⁶ Fleming, William Jesse⁵, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹).

Issue:

B753–––i.–––Carla Blythe⁹ Abee.

B754–––ii.–––Tracie Ann Abee.

B755–––iii.–––Christopher Carl Abee.

B542. JOHN EVERETT⁸ NOBLES, JR. (John Everett⁷, Joseph Everett⁶, Lucinda⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1948.  He married Emily ?.  According to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 565, he was an attorney in Beaufort County, North Carolina.

Issue:

B756–––i.–––A(lvah) L(awrence) Hamilton⁹ Nobles.

B757–––ii.–––Emily Nobles.

B758–––iii.–––John Everett Nobles III.

B543. ELIZA JANE⁸ NOBLES (John Everett⁷, Joseph Everett⁶, Lucinda⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1948, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 759.  She married Josh Bob Worthington, son of Joshua Cannon Worthington and Susie Wells.  Bob was born in 1943.

Marriage of Eliza Jane Nobles and Josh Bob Worthington

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 22, 1969, p. 8:

MISS NOBLES is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Everett Nobles of Wilson, who announce her engagement to Josh Bob Worthington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Cannon Worthington of Kinston.  The wedding will take place Oct. 4.

Notes

Excerpts from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, July 9, 1967, p. 8:

INTRODUCING AREA DEBUTANTES FOR ’67

The 41st annual North Carolina Debutante Ball, sponsored by the Terpsichorean Club of Raleigh, will be held Sept. 8-9, it has been announced by club officials.

The weekend activities will be highlighted by the formal bow to North Carolina society of over 175 young ladies, who in most cases will be presented by their fathers.

More than 70 cities and towns across the Tar Heel State will be represented in the presentation at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.

Area debutantes for 1967 include ...

... Miss Eliza Jane Nobles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nobles Jr., of 420 Longmeadow Rd., Greenville ...

The Terpsichorean Club is a social organization of young Raleigh men which has sponsored this statewide event since 1928 ...

Issue:

B759–––i.–––Rena Hamilton⁹ Worthington was born in 1970, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 759.  She married a Mr. Davis.

B760–––ii.–––Joshua Robert Worthington was born in 1973.

B544. MARGARET⁸ NOBLES (John Everett⁷, Joseph Everett⁶, Lucinda⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) married Richard Scibeck.

Issue:

B761–––i.–––Richard⁹ Scibeck, Jr.

B545. BETTIE SUE⁸ STATON (William Leonidas⁷, Ernest⁶, Huldah⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1937, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641.  She married Jack Garcia on November 22, 1956.

Issue:

B762–––i.–––William Todd⁹ Garcia, born in 1958, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641.

B763–––ii.–––John Christopher Garcia was born in 1963.

B764–––iii.–––Eva Susan Garcia, born in 1964.  She married Allen Lee Spencer.  The News & Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, Friday, December 22, 1995, p. B-3, reports they filed for divorce.

B546. WILLIAM ERNEST⁸ STATON (William Leonidas⁷, Ernest⁶, Huldah⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1938, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641.  Billy married Janet Glenn Cox on May 29, 1960.  According to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641, he attended East Carolina University, worked with a tobacco company, and is a farmer.  She is a daughter of Grover G. Cox and Juanita Pearl Smith and was born in 1940 in Alexandria, Virginia.

Issue:

B765–––i.–––William Ernest⁹ Staton, Jr. was born in 1961, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641.  According to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641, he graduated from North Pitt High School, and is a farmer.

B766–––ii.–––Vicky Lynn Staton was born in 1963.  At the time of the publication of The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641, she was a student at the Pitt Community College.  She married Sam Lancaster.

B767–––iii.–––Anthony Glenn Staton, of whom below, born in 1968 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B547. CHARLES ALBERT⁸ STATON (William Leonidas⁷, Ernest⁶, Huldah⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born November 21, 1940 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina; died December 14, 2001 in Hallandale, Broward County, Florida; and was buried in Providence Church of Christ Cemetery, Brodhead, Kentucky.  He married Ruby Kathleen Brown on April 27, 1962, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641, which states he attended Greenville High School (and) served in the U.S. Army four years, two of which were spent in Germany.

Obituary of Charles Albert Staton

The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, December 19, 2001:

CHARLES A. STATON

HALLANDALE Fla. –– Mr. Charles A. Staton, 61, husband of Kathleen Staton, of Hallandale, Fla., and formerly of Brodhead, Ky., passed away Friday, Dec. 14, 2001.

He was born on Nov. 21, 1940, in Greenville, N.C., a son of the late William L. Staton and Bettie Ruth Staton.  He served his country in the U.S. armed forces.  He was a member of the Providence Church of Christ.

On April 27, 1962, he was united in holy matrimony to Kathleen Brown, the daughter of the late Roy Brown and Flora Mae Brown of Quail, Ky., and from that union came two daughters, Michelle and Renee Staton.

Those left to mourn his passing include his wife of 39 years, Kathleen Brown Staton of Hallandale, Fla.; his mother, Bettie Ruth Staton of Greenville; his two daughters, Michelle Briley and husband Keith of Greenville and Renee Staton of Davie, Fla.; two brothers, Billy Staton and wife Janet of Greenville and Lonnie Staton and wife Joan of Bethel, N.C.; one sister, Betty Garcia of Greensboro, N.C.; and his extended family, his mother-in-law Flora Mae Brown of Quail, Ky., and his sisters-in-laws, Christine Taylor and Virginia Hansel of Quail, Ky.

Visitation for Mr. Charles Staton will be tonight at 5 at the Marvin E. Owens Home for Funerals in Brodhead, Ky., and Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church prior to services.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Providence Church of Christ with Dan McKibben officiating.

Burial will follow in the Providence Cemetery.

Issue:

B768–––i.–––Michelle Brown⁹ Staton was born in 1963 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky.  She married William Keith Briley on May 18, 1985 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Marriage of
Michelle Brown Staton
and William Keith Briley

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, May 20, 1985, p. 3:

COUPLE SPEAKS
VOWS IN GARDEN
WEDDING CEREMONY

Michelle Brown Staton and William Keith Briley were united in marriage Saturday at 11 a.m. in Greenville.  The garden wedding took place at the home of the bride’s paternal grandmother, Bettie Ruth Staton.  John Simpson performed the ceremony.

Parents of the bride are Charles A. and Kathee Staton of Greenville (and of the groom are?) Louise Briley of Stokes and Charlie J. Briley of Greenville.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a white organza gown over taffeta ...

The maid of honor was Renee Staton, sister of the bride of Greenville.  Bridesmaids were Cindy Anderkin and Tammy Hopkins of Mt. Vernon, Ky., Vicky Staton of Greenville and Susan Spencer of Greensboro.

Each of the attendants wore peach poly silk shamrock gowns enhanced with lace trim and bows with fitted bodices and sashed waistlines ...

The bride is a student at East Carolina University and is employed by Wachovia Bank and Trust.  The bridegroom is a graduate of ECU and is employed by Regional Acceptance Corp.

After a wedding trip to Hilton Head, S.C., the couple will live in Bethel.

Notes:

The Complete Marquis Who’s Who^®, Biographies, May 20, 2002:

BRILEY, MICHELLE STATON

SOURCE: Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1st Edition.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Daughter of Charles Albert and Ruby Kathleen (Brown) Staton; Married to William Keith Briley, May 18, 1985.

CAREER INFORMATION: Operating room nurse.

POSITIONS HELD: mem. nursing staff, Pitt County Meml. Hosp., Greenville, 1993-; ANA II, Pitt County Meml. Hosp., Greenville, N.C., 1992.

EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION: student, Berea Coll., 1981; BS, East Carolina U., 1986; BSN, East Carolina U., 1992.

CERTIFICATES: RN, N.C.

MEMBERSHIPS: Mem. ANA, Assn. Operating Room Nurses (Coastal Cutters chpt.), N.C. Nurses Assn., East Carolina U. Sch. Nursing Profl. Alumni Soc. (nominating com. 1993-94).

AFFILIATIONS: Republican.  Mem. Ch. Christ.

INTERESTS: Avocations: reading, writing, bicycling, travel.

B769–––ii.–––Renee C. Staton was born in 1967.

B548. WILLIAM LEONIDAS⁸ STATON, JR. (William Leonidas⁷, Ernest⁶, Huldah⁵ Fleming, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1942, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641.  Lonnie married Joan Marie Waters on February 26, 1961.  At the time of the writing of The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641, he was a group leader at Burroughs-Wellcome in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Issue:

B770–––i.–––William Leonidas⁹ Staton III was born in 1961.  The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641, states that Lee attended East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

B771–––ii.–––Jeffrey Scott Staton was born in 1964.  At the time of the writing of The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 641, he was a student at North Pitt High School, in Pitt County, North Carolina.

B549. CAROL LOUISE⁸ FLEMING (Timothy Heber⁷, Edgar Wilbur⁶, Timothy Heber⁵, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1941, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 304.  Carol married David Ray Eastwood, who was born in 1941.

Issue:

B772–––i.–––La Tonya Carol⁹ Eastwood, born in 1963, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 304, 742.

B773–––ii.–––David Ray Eastwood, Jr.  Bo was born in 1965 or 1966; The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, gives conflicting dates.

B550. WALTER LEON⁸ FLEMING (Timothy Heber⁷, Edgar Wilbur⁶, Timothy Heber⁵, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born on September 15, 1942 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died on March 14, 2004 in Heritage Hospital, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; and was buried in Edgecombe Memorial Park, Tarboro, North Carolina.  He married Elizabeth Ann Cox.

Obituary of Walter Leon Fleming

The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 16, 2004:

WALTER L. FLEMING

Walter Leon Fleming, 61, died Sunday, March 14, 2004 at Heritage Hospital.

Fleming was born in Pitt County, the son of the late Timothy Heber and Mary Woolard Fleming.

He was a supervisor with the Street Division of the City of Rocky Mount, president and member of the Twin County Chapter of Cowboys for Christ, a member of Woodmen of the World, treasurer of the Meadowbranch Hunting Club in Pitt County and he attended Englewood Assembly of God.

He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving and devoted wife of 40 years, Elizabeth Ann Fleming of the home; two daughters, Sherry F. and husband Carl Wayne Cross Jr. of Tarboro and Beth F. and husband, Jerry Linwood Pierce Jr. of Tarboro; two sisters, Carol Eastwood of Stokes and Jean Whitehurst of Tarboro; four sisters-in-law, Joyce Woolard of Kinston, Alexis Riley, Barbara Jean Chauncey and Paula Rene Adams, all of Washington, N.C.; four grandchildren, Kelsey Lynn Cross, Virginia Erin Cross, Allison Brooke Pierce and Jason Cole Pierce, all of Tarboro.

The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. tonight at Bowling Funeral Home in Tarboro and other times at the home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2004, in the chapel of Bowling Funeral Home in Tarboro with burial following in Edgecombe Memorial Park.

Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to: The Twin County Chapter of Cowboys for Christ, 3406 E. Old Springhope Road, Rocky Mount, N.C. 27804.

Arrangements by Bowling Funeral Home of Tarboro, 2906 N. Main St., Tarboro.

Issue:

B774–––i.–––Sherry Ann⁹ Fleming, born in 1964, married Carl Wayne Cross, Jr.

B775–––ii.–––Mary Elizabeth Fleming was born in 1969 and married Jerry Linwood Pierce, Jr.

B551. MARY JEAN⁸ FLEMING (Timothy Heber⁷, Edgar Wilbur⁶, Timothy Heber⁵, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1945, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 304.  Jean married Donald Ray Whitehurst.

Issue:

B776–––i.–––Shannon Minta⁹ Whitehurst, born in 1968.

B777–––ii.–––Donnell Fleming Whitehurst, born in 1974.

B552. EDWARD BENN⁸ FLEMING (Edward Wilbur⁷, Edgar Wilbur⁶, Timothy Heber⁵, Ivey⁴, Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born in 1946 and married Sheila Fay King.  Possible second marriage to Evelyn Hill?  He was a North Carolina State Highway Patrolman before answering his call to ministry.  Rev. Fleming was ordained by Peach Haven Baptist Church, Winston Salem, North Carolina in 1995.  He received his Master of Divinity at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity, Boiling Springs, North Carolina in 1998.  He earned his Bachelor of Science from North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in 1985.  He was Senior Pastor of Stoners Grove Baptist Church, Southmont, North Carolina from January 1996 until August 1999.  Minister of Education/Youth for Churchland Baptist, Church, Lexington, North Carolina, 1995-1996.  He is currently Director of Pastoral Care, Randolph Hospital, Asheboro, North Carolina.

Notes

The obituary below, from The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday, March 9, 2001, p. B-6, of Ella Blanche (Todd) Sanders mentions an E. Benn Fleming.  Whether or not this is the same individual as Edward Benn Fleming, I do not know.

ELLA BLANCHE SANDERS

DEC. 7, 1913 – MARCH 1, 2001

WENDELL –– Ella Blanche Todd Sanders, 87, of Woodstock, GA, formerly of Wendell, died March 1 in Woodstock, GA.  Born in Wendell, the daughter of the late George Wayland Todd and Ella Gray Nowell Todd.

She was the the widow of William Hooks Sanders.

A memorial graveside service will be held 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, 2001 at Greenmount Cemetery in Wendell.

Surviving: daughters, Peggy S. Osborne of Woodstock, GA, Patricia S. Fleming and husband, E. Benn Fleming of Winston-Salem; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wendell Christian Church, Living Endowment Fund, PO Box 874, Wendell, NC.

The family will receive friends at the Wendell Christian Church Fellowship Hall following the graveside memorial service.  Arrangements by Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell.

Issue:
Of Edward Benn Fleming and Sheila Fay King

B778–––i.–––Suzanne Renee⁹ Fleming, born in 1967.

B779–––ii.–––Jeffrey Scott Fleming was born in 1972.

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