Vance Co. NC - Bessie F. Faulkner USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Maria P. Faulkner [deceased] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bessie F. Faulkner's obit Published in the Henderson Daily Dispatch Febuary 21,1989 Deaths - Bessie F Faulkner Mrs Bessie Elizabeth Faulkner, 94, Route #1 Henderson, died Monday morning at a local nursing home. A Vance County native, she was the daughter of the late Ned and Rosa Faulkner, and the widow of Howard Vernard Faulkner Sr. She was a life long member of Sandy Creek Baptist Church where she taught sunday school for the adult ladies and was a member of the Womans Missonary Union. Funeral sevices will be held at the New Sandy Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. Steve Bass, the Rev A B Greene Jr. and the Rev. Neil Woodlief. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs.Faulkner is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Ayscue, Mrs. Doris Ayscue both of Henderson and Miss Maria Faulkner of Newnan, Georgia. Four sons, Cecil U Faulkner, Howard V. Faulkner Jr., Allison R Faulkner, all of Henderson and Jerry A Faulkner, of Oxford; three sisters, Mrs. Lillian Faulkner Faulkner, Mrs. Rozelle F Robertson, both of Henderson, and Mrs. Mary F Hoyle of Burlington; and 18 grand children, 33 great grandchildren and three greatgreat grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 P M today at the J M White Funeral Home and at other times at home on the Faulkner Town Road on Roue #1 Henderson. Active pallbearers will be C F Ayscue, Robert F Fuller, Jeffery Fuller, Howard V Faulkner III, Robert F Faulkner, Linwood Faulkner, Daryl J Faulkner, Barry U Faulkner, A. Keith Faulkner, and Brandon H Faulkner.