Robeson County, NC - Obituary of Memphrey Britt, 1948 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Memphrey Britt Passes Away This Afternoon Memphrey Britt, 78, died at his home in Long Branch section Lumberton, R. 2, this afternoon at 2:30. He suffered cerebral hemorrhage three weeks ago. Funeral services will be held from the home Thursday at 4 p.m. with interment in the Britt Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Britt; two sons, Attorney Luther J. Britt of Lumberton and Herman Britt of Route 2; one sister, Mrs. Anna Rhodes of Orrum, R. 1; 15 grandchildren and serveral great-grandchildren. From the contributor: Memphrey Britt was born Aug 19, 1870 and died May 5, 1948. He was the son of Lewis Thomas Britt and Rebecca Purvis. Memphrey Britt married Mary Sue Britt in 1890. Mary Sue was the daughter of Caswell Britt and Susan Ivey. The above obit was in the Robesonian newspaper May 5, 1948. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael Walters ___________________________________________________________________