Bertie-Vance-Mecklenburg County NcArchives Obituaries.....Hamlin, Willie Julia Ruffin Hill 1917
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Charlotte Observer
Charlotte Observer
Tuesday, December 4, 1917

Mrs. Hamlin Dies at Home of Her Daughter
Has Been Resident of Charlotte Three Years
Funeral This Afternoon

Mrs. Willie Ruffin Hamlin, for three years a resident of Charlotte died
yesterday morning at 6 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.H. Tucker in
Myers Park.

The funeral service will be conducted at the residence this afternoon at 3
o'clock.  The Reverend R.B. Owens, rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter
will officiate.  Interment is in Elmwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers are W.W. Robard, James W. Jones, J.M. Hill, F.H. Chamberlain, Thomas
Haughton, Robert Lassiter, George M. Price and C.D. Taliaferro.

Mrs. Hamlin was born in Bertie County in 1832 -- she was 85 years old. She was
the daughter of the late John Ruffin a prominent citizen of Bertie County.  From
1846-49 Mrs. Hamlin attended St. Mary's school in Raleigh.  She was important in
the life of the Church of the Holy Innocence in Henderson where she lived for
many years.

She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Tucker  [John H. ] and
grandchildren: Mrs. W.M. Chalmers of Toledo Ohio; Dr. John Hill Tucker, Miss
Julia Marie Tucker, and Cadet Fred C. Tucker with the US Cadet Flying Squadron.

Additional Comments:
Willie Julia Ruffin
Born April 4, 1832 in Bertie Co, NC the daughter of John and Rachel S. Harrell.
 (One brother, born 1829, John T. Ruffin)

Married Oct 22, 1851 in Grace Church, Bertie County to Dr. John Hill of
Wilmington who died Sept 23, 1854.

They had one child, Willie Ruffin Hill who married John Hartwell Tucker.

She was married to Robert P. Hamlin Nov 23, 1857, but this separated a few years
later.

Grandchildren:  Lila Tucker married William Chalmbers; 

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