Gates County IndexOct. 2, 2002Olia L. Brothers Brothers was the widow of Lycurgus (Kirt) Brothers and the daughter of the late Emmanuel and Julia (Norfleet) Rascoe. She has been a resident of Waterbury since 1954 and worked at Phillips Technologies (Airpax) in Cheshire for several years as an assembler, retiring in 1993. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church for 47 years, where she was a member of the Senior Missionary. She was also a member of the American Legion Post No. 135 Auxiliary. A funeral was held Sept. 25, 2002 at Zion Baptist Church. Burial was in New Piney Grove Cemetery. Survivors Include a son, Leonard Ray Brothers of Windsor; a-daughter, Evelyn M. Brothers Blanchard of Waterbury; two sisters, Carrie Rodgers of Waterbury and Bertha Saunders of Syracuse, NY; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Rosa B. Harrell A funeral was held Sept. 26, 2002 at St. Paul Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Helen J. Gatling of Corapeake and Evelyn Hunter of Winston-Salem; one son, George Savage of New Haven, Conn; two sisters, Gladys Jones and Leola Langley, both of New York, NY; and two brothers, Chester Bames of New York, NY and Johnnie Barnes of New Haven, Conn. Margaret L Howell Mrs. Howell was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mollie Manseau Landing. A homemaker, Howell was a member of Eure Baptist Church, the Gatesville Senior Citizens Group and the Woodmen of the World. A funeral was conducted Sept. 26, 2002 at Eure Baptist Church by the Rev. Wayne Gardner and the Rev. Carroll Johnson. Burial was in the Howell Family Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Dianne Cherry and Cindy Lassiter, both of Eure; a sister, Thelma L. Eure of Salisbury, Md.; four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren. Norma A. Brown Mrs. Brown was a native of Holland, Va. and was the daughter of the late Lee Andrew Aston and Nannie Gercia Aston. She was the widow of Robert L. Brown. Brown retired from Albemarle Hospital as an RN in 1995 having had a nursing career that spanned a period of 48 years. She was a member of Zion UMC and an active participant of City Road UMC. A graveside service was held Sept. 29, 2002 at Old Hollywood Cemetery with the Rev. Charles McKenzie officiating. Memorial donations may be made to either the American Lung Association of NC Eastern Region, P.O. Box 1407, Greenville, NC 27835 or City Road U.M.C., P.O. Box 535, Elizabeth City, NC 27907 Survivors include a daughter, Kay Adams of Raleigh and two brothers, Cart Aston of Sunbury and Don Aston of Suffolk. Willie T. Jones Jones retired as a bus driver for Suffolk City Transit and was also a former Suffolk police officer. Jones was the son of the late Hersey Thomas Jones and Clara Jones and the widower of Beulah Mae Hale Jones. A graveside service was held Sept. 30, 2002 in Holly Lawn Cemetery by the Rev. Pete Bowman. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association Mid-Atlantic Affiliate, Memorials and Tributes Processing Center, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Alien, Va., 23058-5216. Survivors include two daughters, Pamela J. Smith of Laurel, Del., and Yvette J. Baurne of Seaford, Del.; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Jeremiah M. Hall A member of Moyock, he was the widower of Isabel 0. Hall and retired after 21 years from Naval Air Station. Hall was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, Virginia Beach. The Rev. Hall pastored at five churches, three in Virginia: Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Chesapeake; Little Piney Grove Baptist Church (Creeds), Virginia Beach; and Weeping Mary Baptist Church, Chesapeake; which was rebuilt under his pastorate in 1966; and two churches in North Carolina, Zion Tabernacle Baptist Church in Corapeake and Galatia Baptist Church in Hertford. A funeral was held Sept. 30, 2002 in New Hope Baptist Church, Virginia Beach by the Rev. E. Ray Cox. Burial will be in Roosevelt Memorial Park, Chesapeake. Survivors include a daughter, Delores dark of Norfolk; two grandsons; one granddaughter; five great-grandsons; two god-daughters. Felton D. Landing Mr. Landing was born in Gates County and was the son of the late Putnam P. and Daisy Felton Landing. He had retired from the NC Dept. of Agriculture as a meat and poultry inspector and had served in the US Army during World War II where he received five Battle Stars and one Bronze Star in the European Theatre. He was a member of Cool Spring Baptist Church, Gatesville Masonic Lodge #126 the Sudan Temple of the Shrine, the Roanoke-Chowan Shrine Club, both the York and Scottish Rites Bodies and the Hall Ruritan Club. Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Marie Vincent Landing a sister, Margie Revelle and husband, Carson of Mur-freesboro; two nephews, E.L. Holloman and wife, Barbara of Ahoskie and Edward Lee Medlin, Jr. and wife, Rhonda of Murfreesboro; several other nieces and nephews, and a host of wonderful friends and neighbors. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Carrie Lee Askew and Myrtice L. Medlin and a brother, Putnam P. Landing, Jr. Funeral services were held Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in Cool Spring Baptist Church by the Rev. Wayne Gardner. Burial was in the church cemetery with full Masonic rites. Friends joined the family Saturday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, and other times at the residence.
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