LENOIR/DOBBS COUNTY, NC - OBITUARY. - John H. Barwick, 1948. ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Allen J. Barwick 10 Dec 1998 ======================================================================== SURNAMES: Barwick, Debnam, Griffin, Keel, Harper, Moore, Pittman, Walthall Kinston Daily Free Press, p.10, August 18, 1948 "BARWICK RITES AT 4 O'CLOCK MONDAY (AUGUST 16, 1948): The funeral of John Henry Barwick, 78, prominent Lenoir County farmer of the Grifton section, died in a local hospital at 2 p.m. Saturday after a long illness. The funeral will be from Edwards' Funeral Home at 4 p.m. Monday, with intenment in Maplewood Cemetery here. Rev. E.W. Downum, Methodist of Grifton, will officiate. Nephews will be pall bearers. The family requested that no flowers be sent. Surviving are his widow, three sons, S.C. Barwick of Griton, R. E. of New York and E. T. Barwick of Argentina; four daughters, Mrs. E.A. Moore of Ocean View, Va., Mrs. H.H. Walthall of Ocean View, Va., Mrs H.S. Keel of Bethel, and Mrs. D.W. Debnam of Roanoke Rapids; 12 grand children, and two sisters, Mrs. W. F. Harper and Mrs. L. B. Robinson of Washington, D.C., Mr. Barwick served six years as Register of Deeds in Lenoir County several years ago.." Others attending the funeral as reported in the August 18, 1948 Sectional News included: Mrs. Sara Griffith, John Moore, Lucinda Walthall of Ocean View, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Debnam, Miss Sara Lou Debnam of Roanoke Rapids, Mr. an Mrs Howard Keel, Rebekah and Sam Gray Keel of Bethel, Mrs. R. E. Pittman, Miss Louise Delle Pittman of Durham, Mrs. Alton Fields of Swansboro, Mrs Luke Roberson and Mrs. W.F. Harper of Washington, D.C."