Robeson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Britt, Willliam S "Billy"  January 10, 1958
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The Robesonian, January 13, 1958
Funeral services for W.S. Britt, 75, prominent lawyer, were held at his home 
on North Elm here Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Officiating ministers were 
Dr. D. Swan Haworth, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton, of which 
he was a member, and Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn, pastor of the Wake Forest Baptist 
church and chaplain of Wake Forest college who was a former pastor of the 
First Baptist church here. Interment was in Mr. Britt’s mausoleum in 
Meadowbrook cemetery beside his wife, Mrs. Arla Clyburn Britt, who died 
several years ago.

Dr. Haworth quoted from Whittier, read the 23rd Psalm and other Scripture 
passages, and led in prayer. Dr. Blackburn, spoke of him as a friend, one who 
took responsibility, a tireless worker, a man of lonely courage, one who kept 
his face up, and was never sorry for himself. He also spoke of his affiliation 
to the church and belief in God. 

Mrs. J. A. Martin played several hymns on the organ prior to the and at the 
close of the service. 

Pallbearers were: Active – R.A. Hedgpeth, Sandy McKinnon, Luther J. Britt, 
Sr., E.M. Johnson, A.B. Mitchell, Walter York, Dr. J.B. Alexander, and Dr. 
George Alien; honorary pallbearers were members of the Roberson Bar 
association.

There were many floral designs.


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