Obituary of Berra Yarboro (sic) York ~ 1972

Contributed by Carroll Pearsall

Diane,
 
I got this obit for another reason, but am sending for the site.  
Some info out there on the net is in error.  
Her brother Joseph B. Yarborough died in the service of his country during 
WW2.  I came across the misinformation while searching for the brother who 
died in WW2.  
Apparently the father James Joseph Yarbrough was married twice.  
The records indicate variant spellings.  
Mrs. York's death certificate shows her parents as James Frank York and 
Margaret Casteen.  That is also in error. 
I am still searching for the WW2 Yarboro.  
 
Carroll
 
The Rocky Mount Evening Telegraph, Rocky Mount, NC, 13 Jul 1972
MRS. BERRA Y. YORK

PINETOPS - Funeral services for Mrs. Berra Yarboro (sic) York, 60, who 
died Tuesday, were held at 11 a.m. today.

Services were conducted from Pinetops Baptist Church.  
Burial was in Pinetops Cemetery.

Surviving are her husband, Harry N. York; one son, George Bennett York of 
Pinetops; one brother, Frank Yarboro (sic) of Kinston; two sisters, Mrs. 
Inez Greene and Mrs. Pauline York, both of Pinetops; two half-sisters, Mrs.
Butler Cavanaugh of Wallace and Mrs. Marshall Thomy of Lake City, S. C.; 
and four grandchildren.
 
Other notes:  
1.  Berra was the daughter of James Joseph Yarborough and Margaret Jane 
Casteen.  
She was born 20 Oct 1911 in Duplin.  
Her husband was Harry Newton York.
 
2.  James Franklin Yarboro was born in 28 Jan 1909 in Duplin County. 
He died 20 Aug 1980 in Kinston, Lenior Cunty, NC.  
He was married to Jannie Marie Herring from Duplin County.   
 
3.  Inez Yarbrough was born in Duplin on 3 Oct  1915.  
Parents are shown as James Joseph Yarbrough and Margaret Jane on her death 
certificate.  She married Robert Edwin Greene.

4.  Pauline Yarboro (sic), born 19 Mar 1921, Onslow County.  
Some entries on the net reflect that she was married to a Otie Taylor 
Cook, Jr.  That info is incorrect.  
Pauline married a York and lived in Pinetops, NC.  





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