Bethune Jackson "B.J." Fortson, Abstract of Obituary,19 Jan 2002, Madison Co, GA 

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Salisbury Post, Salisbury, North Carolina

Name:  Bethune Jackson "B.J." Fortson
Address:  78 
Age:  1301 Mount Vernon Ave., formerly of 1202 Oakwood Ave., Kannapolis
Born:  Nov. 30, 1923, in Madison County, Ga.,  
Died:  Saturday, 19 Jan 2002, home
Parents: Birdie May Carrithers Fortson and King David Fortson
Married:  Fannie Ruff Fortson, died Jan. 9, 1983
Military:  U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War 
Member:  Poston Perkins VFW Post 8989 
Religion:  Shadybrook
Baptist Church, where he had served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher
Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Shadybrook Baptist Church
Officiating:  Rev.
Charlie Littlejohn 
Burial:  Carolina Memorial Park, with military rites by the DAV.
Survivors:  include daughter Diane Gunden, Kannapolis; brother King David
Fortson Jr., Kannapolis; sisters Sara Adams, Danielsville, Ga., and Edna
Murphy, Louisiana; and two grandsons.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Whitley's Funeral Home and at other times at 1301
Mount Vernon Ave.
Memorials: Shadybrook Baptist Church, 1009 Oakwood Ave., Kannapolis, NC
28081.