Johnston County, NC - Obits - G.R. Stancil, 1966 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Smithfield Herald, December 16, 1966 G. R. Stancil Succumbs At 80 George Robert Stancil, an 88-year old retired carpenter of Smithfield, died in Johnston Memorial Hospital Wednesday night after a period of declining health. Mt. Stancil lived at 525-A South Fifth Street. He was a native of Johnston County. He was a son of the late William and Mary Massengill Stancil. The funeral was scheduled for 2 o’clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Underwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Henry Byrd, the Rev. Joel T. Lewis, and the Rev. Milton Denning officiating and interment following in Riverside Cemetery. Selected as pallbearers were Johnny Boykin, Andrew Johnson, George Southerland, Willie M. Gaskin, Dennis Clark, Worth Williams, Tommy Haines, and Moses S. Stancil. Surviving is his wife, the former Annie Browning. __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carla Stancil Townsend ___________________________________________________________________