Obituary of Ralph Batts ~ 1986
Source: Durham Morning Herald Feb 2 1986
Ralph Batts, 83, of 223 Morreene Road died Friday in Coble Health Care
Center after a long illness.
He was a native of Duplin County but had been a Durham resident since
1930. He was a former employee of Lance Inc., where he worked for 23
years. He was last employed as a salesman for Taylor Biscuit Co., where he
worked for 10 years. He was a member of McMannen United Methodist Church,
where he had previously been a Sunday school teacher and a member of the
choir.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in McMannen United
Methodist Church by the Rev. Wilbur Jackson. Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Irene Blalock Batts; two sons, Ralph Batts
Jr. of Baltimore and S. Thomas Batts of Durham; a brother, Alton Batts of
Gainesville, Fla; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Clements Funeral
Home.
Pallbearers will be David R. Batts, Daniel E. Batts, Evan O. Batts, David
E. Shifflet, Robert L. Shifflet and Roger T. Coates.
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