Duplin County NcArchives Obituaries.....Carlton, Claudius Fletcher 1942
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 04-17-1942, P. 1
CLAUDIUS FLETCHER CARLTON

  Claudius Fletcher Carlton, 73, one of Boykins most prominent and beloved 
citizens, died Friday night, April 10, at his home following a lingering 
illness.

   He was born June 26, 1868, at Warsaw, N.C., the son of Henry James and 
Harriet Barden Carlton. Surviving are his wife, the former Lora Geneva Bugg of 
Albemarle County and the following children: H. Otis Carlton of Belle Glade, 
Fla., C. Leroy Carlton of Mebane, N.C., Mrs. J.N. Moseley of Littleton, N.C., 
the Rev. Graham Carlton of Portsmouth, and Herman O. Carlton of Boykins; seven 
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. M.C. Patterson, 
Baltimore, one brother, W.L. Carlton of Calypso, N.C.

   Mr. Carlton was agent and telegraph operator for the Seaboard Railway for 45 
years. He was a member of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, Woodmen of the 
World, A.F. & A.M Lodge No. 183 and the Boykins Methodist Church.

   Funeral services were held at the residence Sunday at 3:30 p.m. with the Rev. 
L.F. Callaham, pastor of the Boykins Methodist Church officiating, assisted by 
Dr. John Paul Tyler, District Supt. of the Portsmouth-Newport News District, the 
Rev. J. Felix Arnold, pastor of the Boykins Baptist Church, and the Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of the Franklin Baptist Church. “Nearer My God To Thee” was sung by 
the members of the Boykins Methodist and Baptist Choirs: “The Old Rugged Cross” 
by Mrs. H.M. Purviance and “Some Day We Will Understand: by Miss Emily Hines, 
Mrs. Purviance, Lonnie Story and the Rev. Felix Arnold. Interment was made in 
Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. Pallbearers were E.R. Bryant, J.R. Hines, W.H. 
Powell, J.Y. Mason, S.J. Myrick, H.M. Drewry and J.T. White of Norlina, N.C.  
The honorary pallbearers were members of the Mens Bible Class, railroad 
associates and other friends. The esteem in which Mr. Carlton was held was shown 
by the many beautiful flowers.

   Mr. Carlton had been a resident of Boykins for 40 years. On October 3, 1939, 
he and Mrs. Carlton celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary.


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