Obituary of Aubrey L Cavenaugh ~ 1955

Source: Wallace Enterprise May 23 1955

Funeral Services For Prominent Warsaw Insurance Man Held Monday 

Funeral services for Aubrey L. Cavenaugh, prominent Warsaw insurance man, 
were held from the Warsaw Presbyterian Church Monday at 11 o'clock.
Officiating at the services were Rev. Norman Flowers, his pastor, the Rev. 
Edmond Berkely, rector of the Episcopal Church at Virginia Beach and Dr. 
Sylvester Green of Wake Forest College. Burial followed in Pinecrest 
Cemetery.
Mr. Cavenaugh, 62, had been in the insurance business for about 30 years. 
Earlier, he taught school and at one time was connected with the Planters 
Bank and Trust Company in Rocky Mount and in Beulaville. He was a graduate 
of Davidson College and a World War I veteran. He had been an elder in the 
Presbyterian Church of Warsaw for many years, last summer served as 
Moderator of Wilmington Presbytery. He was on the Board of Conservation 
and Development during Governor Kerr Scott's administration and has always 
taken an active interest in the Welfare and betterment of Duplin County.
Death came Saturday in a Clinton hospital. He was first stricken while 
returning from Virginia Beach following the death of his wife on Sunday, 
May 1. After several days in an Ahoskie hospital he was brought to Clinton 
where he appeared to be recovering until Tuesday of last week. Death 
overcame him Saturday, less than three weeks following that of his wife, 
Mrs. Rovene Quinn Cavenaugh.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. James L. Kitchin of Virginia Beach; two 
brothers, Herbert R. Cavenaugh of Wilmington and James A. Cavenaugh of 
Warsaw; two sisters, Mrs. H. M. Morrison of Wallace and Mrs. C. H. Womack 
of Wilson, and two grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were Max Morrison and A. J. Cavenaugh of Wallace, 
Forrest Mallard of Burgaw, Charlie Gilliam of Virginia Beach and Herbert 
Best, Lawton Albertson, Paul Potter and Bill Sheffield, all of Warsaw. 
Honorary pallbearers were the elders of the Warsaw Presbyterian church.





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