Robeson County, NC - Obituary of Rebecca Britt, 1954 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mrs. Rebecca Britt Mrs. Rebecca Britt, age 73, of Lumberton, Route 5, died at her home about 6 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. She had been seriously ill for about nine days. Funeral services will be held from Antioch Baptist Church Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock and burial will be in the Israel Cemetery. Rev. D.J. Long will officiate. Mrs. Britt, the widow of the late B.E. Britt, is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Phillips of Lumberton Route 2; several brothers and sisters, Rev. F.L. Israel of Pineville, La., David Israel of Lumberton Route 5, H.B. Israel of Boardman, Route 1, A.F. Israel of Lumberton, Mrs. Cheston Branch and Mrs. Bessie Perry of Lumberton Route 2, and Mrs. W.E. Davis of Jacksonville, Fla; and seven grandchildren. From the Contributor: Rebecca Israel was born Jan 13, 1880 and died Nov 10, 1954. She was the daughter of David Israel and Arminta Ward. She was married to Berry Elwell Britt and was his 2nd wife. She married him after her sister Victoria died, who was his 1st wife. They are buried in the Israel Cemetery on the Old Whiteville Rd, Lumberton, NC. the above obit was in the Nov 11, 1954 edtion of the Robesonian. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael Walters ___________________________________________________________________