Durham County NcArchives Obituaries.....Atkins, Sallie Harward May 9, 1942
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Durham Morning Herald, 11 May 1942, page 3
Mrs. Sallie Atkins

Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Harward Atkins, 73, wife of Robert J. Atkins,
and resident of the Chapel Hill Road, will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the Congregational Christian Church. The Rev. Stanley C. Harrell, pastor of
the church, will conduct the services.

Active pallbearers will be T.W. Pickett, Walter Ray, C. J. Ellington, O. H.
Pickett, J.M. Franklin, and Jeff Atwater.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. W. H. Boone, W. P. Perry, J.L. Cash, C.C.
Mulholland, A. T. Crutchfield, Carey Crutchfield, R. J. Broadwell, E. F. Dollar,
R. J. Kernodle, D.L. Boone, J. T. Underwood, C. M. Crutchfield, and W. D. Sewell.

Serving as floral bearers will be Mesdames C. J. Ellington, Josiah Atkins,
Walter Ray, R. W. Parker, T. W. Pickett, O.H. Pickett, Rigia Collier, J. T.
Underwood, H. W. Pickett, E. F. Dollar, W. P. Perry, A. T. Crutchfield, T. M.
Oakley, Curtis Crutchfield, R. J. Broadwell, and L.T. Matthews.

Mrs. Atkins suffered a heart attach upon leaving church Sunday morning and was
removed to her home, where she died at 1 o’clock. She had been in declining
health for the past two years, but recently had been enjoying her usual good
health.

The deceased was born and reared in Orange County, now Durham County, the
daughter of Lewis Harward and Mary Jane Kirkland Harward, and had lived all her
life in the county. On Feb. 2, 1941 she celebrated her golden wedding
anniversary. For a long number of years she had been a faithful member of the
Congregational Christian Church.

On Feb 2, 1891 she married to Robert J. Atkins of Durham County. From this union
are surviving one son, Gus G. Atkins of Middleburg; one sister, Mrs. J. P.
Massey of Durham. Also surviving are seven grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews.




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