Northampton County NcArchives Obituaries.....DeLoatche, Esther Wood 1949
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 03-25-1949, P. 4
ESTHER WOOD DELOATCHE

THE TIDEWATER NEWS  - 01-21-1949, P. 10

   Mrs. Ernest DeLoatche, a prominent citizen of Boykins, died at her home in 
that town on Thursday  afternoon, January 13. Although she had been in ill 
health since September, her death came as a shock to her many friends. 
Apparently better, she was sitting up when death suddenly claimed her.

   Esther Cotton Wood was born November 6, 1875, at the old Wood homestead in 
Northampton County, N.C., a daughter of the late Capt. Spier Whitaker Wood and 
Mrs. Frances Bailey Gary Wood. She inherited the beauty, grace and charm of her 
ancestress, Esther Cotton Moore, a famous belle of Revolutionary times for whom 
she was named.

   In early life she married Ernest DeLoatche of Northampton County, who 
preceded her to the grave seven years ago. To this union was born a daughter, 
Ernestine Joy DeLoatche, who survives her. She is survived also by three 
sisters, Mrs. Sallie Wood Edwards and Mrs. Adna W. Barrett of Boykins and Mrs. 
Henry Reichling of Lynnhaven; one brother, M.R. Wood of Miami, Fla.; and several 
nieces and nephews.

   Mrs. DeLoatche was a loyal member of the Boykins Baptist Church and of the 
Ladies’ Bible Class. She also taught a Sunday school class for several years. 
She was a pious, Christian gentlewoman, possessing traits of character seldom 
found today. She was quiet, modest and unassuming in her manner, and to know her 
was to love her. She was fond of young people and had a keen sense of humor. The 
love and esteem for this good woman was expressed in the many deeds of kindness 
and the many floral tributes.

    The funeral was conducted by her pastor, Rev. Nathanael Habel, assisted by 
Rev. W.L.  Sturtevant, pastor of the Boykins Methodist Church, at the residence 
in Boykins on Saturday afternoon at three o’clock. Two of her favorite hymns, 
“Abide With Me” and “In The Sweet Bye and Bye,” were sung by the combined choirs 
of the Baptist and Methodist churches, accomplished by Mrs. Earl W. Bryant. As 
the casket, covered with a blanket of pink and white carnations, was borne from 
the home, Mrs. Bryant played softly “No Night There” and “Beautiful Valley Of 
Eden.”

   Interment was in the family plot in the Severn, N.C. cemetery; the active 
pallbearers being M.B. Drewry, W.J. Edwards, Mary Wood Edwards, W.J. Edwards, 
Jr., Woodrow W. White and L.B. Maddrey. Honorary pallbearers were members of her 
Sunday school class.


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