Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Sears, Pearla O. 1956 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net June 24, 2014, 6:18 pm THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 08-23-1956, SECT. II, P. 8 PEARLA O. SEARS Miss Pearla O. Sears, 73, died unexpectedly Monday morning, August 20, at 7:15 o’clock at the residence of her sister, Mrs. A. Sidney Francis, in Boykins. Mrs. Sears was a daughter of the late E.G. and Mrs. Florence Griffith Sears and was a native of Como, N.C., but had made her residence in Boykins for the past 23 years. She was a member of the Boykins Baptist Church. In addition to her sister, she is survived by two brothers, Z.B. Sears of Ocean View, Norfolk and R.B. Sears of Franklin, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at the Boykins Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock with Rev. Ben B. Ussery, pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. William S. Ferguson, pastor fo the Boykins Methodist Church. Interment was in the Buckhorn Baptist Church Cemetery at Como, N.C. Active pallbearers were W.H. Walker, Jr., Owen Speight, E.B. Sears, J.L. Matthews, L.F. Draper, Sr., Luin Coleman, Gilbert W. Francis and Everett S. Francis. Honorary pallbearers were the Adult Bible Class, the Fidelis Bible Class and friends of the family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/obits/s/sears1713nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb