Robeson-Bladen County NcArchives Obituaries.....Brisson, Leonard 1940
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Robesonian Wed 2/14/1940
Deaths & Funerals
MR. LEONARD BRISSON
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Correspondence of The Robesonian.
   Lumberton, R. 5, Mr. Leonard
Brisson died Monday Feb. 5, at 11
a.m. at his home in the Allenton
section.  He had been in poor
health for several uyears, but had
not been confined until Thursday,
Feb. 1, he had a heart attack.  He
had been confined in bed since that
time.
   Mr. Brisson was the son of the
late Margaret Roberts and Reuben
Brisson.  He was born in Bladen
county June 22, 1859.  In 1882 he
was married to Rebecca Phillips,
who died six months ago.  He is
survived by 4 daughters, Mmes.
K. L. Davis, Walter Taylor, who
was living with him at the time of
his death, Willie Smith, and C.
A.Mercer, one son son, Troy Bris-
son, all of the Allenton section;
2 brothers, R. W. Brisson of St.
Pauls, D. R. of Daytona Beach,
Fla; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Fish-
er of St. Pauls, Mrs. Mary Stone
of Eustus, Fla.
   The funeral was held from the
home Feb. 7 by his pastor, Rev.
E. A. Paul, assisted by Rev. W.
Earl Robinson, pastor of the First
Baptist church at St. Pauls, Music
was furnished by the Lumberton
quartet.  Services were concluded
at the grave in the Phillips ceme-
tery, near by.
   Flowers were in charge of Mrs.
Harvey Brisson, assisted by the
grandchildren. Mmes. James H.
McCormick, Curtis Stephes, Jim-
mie Lewis, Acy Burchette, Stephen
Brisson, Misses Thelma and Kath-
leen Taylor, Elsie and Ann Mercer,
and Florence Brisson.  Pallbearers
were his grandsons, active – Gil-
bert and Theodore Mercer, Steph-
en and Reuben Brisson, Dellie
Brisson, Roland Davis, Wallace
and Roy Taylor; honorary – Har-
vey Brisson of Lumberton, G. I.
Fisher of St. Pauls, Shelton West,
Andrew Mercer, J. I. Burchette,
Prof. J. N. Walker, all of Allenton
and Lumberton; K. M. Biggs, A.
P. Page, Eli Wishart, Sheriff E.
Clyde Wade, Deputy F. E. Bris-
son, John Parnell, all of Lumber-
ton; D. B. Lancester of St. Pauls,
Will Russ of Bladenboro, Joe Mer-
cer, J. M. Smith, Richard Stephens,
W. B. Parnell, B. F. McLean, A.
L. McLean of the Allenton com-
munity.
   Mr. Brisson was a member of
Antioch Baptist church and at-
tended services when able.  For the
last few years he was not able to
attend.  He had many friends in
the community who will miss him.
   The family wishes to extend
their thanks to their neighbors and
friends for the kindness and sym-
pathy shown them during his ill-
ness and death.

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