Obituaries

2000

HENDERSON -- Alexander Baskerville, 84, of Britthaven, died Sunday, February 13, 2000. He was a Vance Co., native and the son of the late Silas and Lucy Bullock Baskerville.
He attended public schools in Vance County and was a graduate of Central Evening High School in Boston, Ma.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had a long career as an orderly. He retired from the VA Hospital in Durham where he received superior service awards. He also was recipient of awards from the Vance County Leadership Caucus for voter registration, the Volunteer Award from the Vance County Office of Aging and the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from Gov. James B. Hunt.
He was a member of Ashley Grove Baptist Church where the funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Wilson Battle, pastor will officiate. Interment will be held in the church cemetery. The body will lie in state at Williams Funeral Home until taken to the church one hour prior to the service.
There are no immediate survivors, except nieces and nephews. Arrangements are by Williams Funeral Home of Henderson.
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - February 16, 2000
HENDERSON -- William Junius Matthews, of 218 Crestwood Rd., died Friday, October 13, 2000, at his home.
A native of Vance County, he was the son of the late John Junius and Martha Virginia Riggan Matthews. He was the widower of Joyce Longmire Matthews.
Mr. Matthews was manager of the Vance County Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Agency. He was a member of Island Creek Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held today at 4:30 p.m. at Island Creek Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Johnson Gupton. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Surviving are a daughter, Donna M. Saad and husband, Amgad, of Raleigh; a son, William A. 'Bill' Matthews and wife, Mariella, of Middleburg; four sisters, Virginia M. Fisher, Margaret M. Morgan, and Rose M. Wester, all of Henderson, and Edna M. Talley, of Fuquay-Varina; and three grandchildren, William A. 'Will' Matthews Jr., Gabriella 'Gabby' Matthews, and Sunnie Joyce Saad.
The family received friends Saturday from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Flowers Funeral Home. All other times, they are at the home.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Macy Foster, Tom Kirby, Randolph Reese, Phil Brackins, Lawrence 'Cotton' Clayton, Jimmy Twisdale, Bob Catherwood, and Terry Partin. Honorary pallbearers will be Wilson Hoyle, D.T. Ayscue, Charles Barnett, John Falkner, and employees of Vance County Farm Bureau.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Island Creek Baptist Church, 950 Stagecoach Rd., Henderson, N.C. 27536.
Flowers Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements.
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - October 15, 2000
 

 

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