Halifax County NcArchives Obituaries.....Rawlings, Vergie Barnes 1947
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 04-18-1947, P. 5
VERGIE BARNES RAWLINGS

   The death of Mrs. Vergie Barnes Rawlings, wife of Harry M. Rawlings, occurred 
at her home in Weldon, N.C., Saturday night, April 5, after a heart attack.

   Mrs. Rawlings was the daughter of the late Harvey Barnes and of Mrs. Ella 
Fleetwood Barnes of Severn, N.C.  She spent much of her early life in the 
Branchville community. Graduating from the Roanoke Rapids Hospital School of 
Nursing. Mrs. Rawlings was in charge of one of the hospital floors for a number 
of years until a few months ago, when ill health forces her to retire from duty. 
She was a member of the Weldon Baptist Church. In 1925 she married Harry M. 
Rawlings of this county, a brother of the late E.E. Rawlings of Capron.

   Besides her husband she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Ella Barnes of 
Severn; by three sisters, Miss Neelie Barnes of Severn, Mrs. Charles Corbitt of 
Franklin, and Mrs. J.N. Lilley of Gatesville, N.C., also by three brothers, H.C. 
Barnes of Norfolk, J. Wilmer Barnes of Jackson, N.C., and Claude K. Barnes of 
Drewryville.

   Funeral services were conducted from the Weldon Baptist Church on Monday 
afternoon, April 7, by the Rev. Worth C. Grant, followed by burial in Cedarwood 
Cemetery, Weldon.


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