Robeson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Mercer, Miles VanBuren February 12, 1924 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Steven Hinson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00032.html#0007748 May 2, 2013, 3:01 pm The Robesonian, February 14, 1924 Lumberton N.C. Thursday REV. M.V. MERCER AGED BAPTIST MINISTER DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN HOWELLSVILLE TOWNSHIP – FUNERAL YESTERDAY The funeral of Rev. M. V. Mercer, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John T. Herring, in Howellsville Township, Tuesday afternoon, was conducted from Regan church yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The service was conducted by Rev. I.T. Poole, pastor of the Methodist church of St. Paul, assisted by Revs. R.L. Byrd of Tolarsville and T. McM. Grant and N.L. Seabolt of Lumberton. Interment took place at the church cemetery. Deceased was a Baptist minister and was near 86 years of age. A large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends were present to pay their last respects to a long and useful life. The grave was covered with beautiful flowers. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/obits/m/mercer3280gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb