Obituary of Margaret Alice Southerland ~ 1939

Source: Wallace Enterprise Aug 24 1939

Funeral Held For Mrs. Southerland 

Widow Of Late Jonathan Southerland Passed Away Last Wednesday 

Mrs. Margaret Alice Southerland, widow of the late Jonathan F. Southerland 
of Rose Hill, quietly passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 16, after an 
illness of only a few days. She died at the home of her son W. J. 
Southerland.
Mrs. Southerland was the daughter of the late David William Rouse, and 
Realia Cavenaugh, of Duplin county. She was 70 years of age. Since the 
death of her husband in 1916 she has made her home with her children. 
Her quiet life and cheerful disposition had won for her a host of friends. 
She wore a smile for all she came in contact.
She is survived by the following children: W. J. Southerland, Mrs. George 
Bailey, Rose Hill, Mrs. R. L. Brown, Teachey; Mrs. Perlie Rivenbark, 
Wallace; James and Elbert Southerland, Kinston; and Mrs. Robert Spencer, 
Quantico, Va. Twenty-six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. 
Three half brothers: A. J., W. J., and Carsen Rouse, Rose Hill; Three half 
sisters: Mrs. C. P. Rackley, Rose Hill; Mrs. George Carter, Mrs. J. B. 
English, Wallace.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of W. J. Southerland, Thursday 
afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, by Rev. O. A. Kiger, pastor of Bethel, Wesleyan 
Methodist Church, after which burial followed in the family plot at Clay 
Hill cemetery.
Pallbearers were: George and David Williams Rouse, Carroll and Raeford 
Brown, Leland and Byron Teachey.





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