Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Ruth Carver, 1941 

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RUTH CARVER GARDNER

   Burial rites for Mrs. E. Norfleet Gardner of Henderson, N.C., were held 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery yesterday afternoon, at 4:30 o’clock, the services 
being conducted by Dr. Hugh L. Ellis of Wilson, N.C., assisted by Rev. E.R. 
Nelson of Henderson and the Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  Pallbearers were: Dr. W.W. 
Noel and A.J. Watkins of Henderson, R.D. Taylor of Dunn, N.C., Dr. Leslie 
Campbell, president of Campbell College, Buies Creek, N.C., F.B. Hamrick of 
Raleigh and Jno. C. Parker Jr.

   Mrs. Ruth Carver Gardner, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W.O. Carver of 
Louisville, Kentucky, died at her home in Henderson Tuesday night after a long 
illness.  She was an unusually consecrated and useful woman, and author of 
several religious books, including "Christ in the World," "Christ’s Gift to 
the Churches" and "Builder of Dreams," besides being a regular contributor to 
the periodicals published by the Sunday School Board of her church.

   She was a native of Kentucky, receiving her education in the Girls High 
School of Louisville, and graduated from Westhampton College, Richmond, in 
1920.  Besides her husband and parents, she is survived by two daughters, Miss 
Lelia Norfleet Gardner of Westhampton College and Alice Ruth Gardner of 
Henderson; by three brothers, W.O. Carver, Jr. of Louisville, Dr. James Carver 
of New York and George Carver of Shanghai, China, a missionary to that 
country; two sisters, Mrs. Maxfield Garrett, a missionary in Japan, and Mrs. 
Maurice Cramer of Tampa, Florida.


Ruth (CARVER; Mrs. E. Norfleet) GARDNER, religious author, 
Louisville, KY native, d. 7 Jan 1941, at home, Henderson, NC, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 7*), Franklin, 9 Jan 1941, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 10, 1941, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Additional information: 
daughter of Dr. William Owen and Alice Hughes SHEPPARD CARVER 

Her husband, a Baptist minister, remarried, to Mattie MACON.  His obit 
   ("Tidewater News," May 23, 1968, p. 6) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g635n1ob.txt 

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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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