Obituary of Ben Chesley Batts Sr ~ 1962
Source: Duplin Times Feb 22 1962
Ben Chesley Batts, 64 died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Chinquapin.
Funeral services were held at the Sharon Baptist Church in Chinquapin
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 conducted by Rev. Robert L. Bowen, pastor
assisted by Rev. K. D. Brown of Burgaw. Interment was in Rockfish Cemetery
at Wallace.
He is survived by his wife, the former Clyde Rivenbark of Wallace, two
sons Robert Batts of Chinquapin and Bernard C. Batts of Cilver
Springs, Md., Two grand sons. Five sisters, Mrs. Lucille Sanderson and
Mrs. Howard Atkinson of Rt. 2, Wallace and Mrs. Ora Register and Mrs.
Mertie Futrell of Chinquapin and Mrs. Ruth Ann Butler of Knoxville,
Tenn.
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