Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carriker, John R., 1972 

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JOHN RAY CARRIKER

John Ray Carriker, died Sunday while visiting in Florida.  He resided at 
Burlington, N.C. and was an agent for the Charlotte Liberty Mutual Life 
Insurance Co.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Cobb Carriker, one 
son, Charles A. Carriker of North Andover, Mass.; one sister, Mrs. Claud 
Jones of Erwin, Tenn., three brothers, Paul Carriker and Ralph Carriker, 
both of Bluefield, W. Va. and Carl Carriker of Miami, Fla., five 
grandchildren.  Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday, 2:20 p.m. in 
McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins.  Interment Drewryville Cemetery.  The family 
will be at the residence of Mrs. P.J. Mattox of Drewryville.

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JOHN RAYMOND CARRIKER

   BURLINGTON, N.C. - A funeral service for John Ray Carriker of Burlington, 
N.C. was held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the McDowell Funeral Home in Boykins 
by the Rev. Daniel M. Spell.

   Burial was in Drewryville Cemetery.

   The pallbearers were Jerry Mattox, Stan Mattox, Paul Cobb, Ellis Cobb, C.D. 
Cobb, Jr., Albert Cobb, William Drewry and Jimmie McCrary.

   A native of Kimball, W.Va., he was the husband of Mrs. Alice Cobb Carriker, 
and a son of John and Mrs. Lucinda Brinkley Carriker.

   He was an agent with Charlotte Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and was a 
member of the West Newbert Presbyterian Church, the United Travelers Assn., 
and was a mason.

   Surviving are his wife Mrs. Alice Cobb Carriker; a son Charles Allen 
Carriker of North Andover, Mass.; one sister Mrs. Claud Jones of Erwin Tenn.; 
three brothers, Paul Carriker and Ralph Carriker both of Bluefield, W.Va., and 
Carl Carriker of Miami, Fla.; and five grandchildren.


John "Ray" Raymond CARRIKER, insurance agent, 
Kimball, WV native, d. 21 May 1972, Orange, FL, age 65, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   24 May 1972, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," May 23, 1972, p. 40 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 29, 1972, Sect. A, p. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-1): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 


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