Obituary of Ellis Bryan Hatcher ~ 1980
Source: Wilmington Morning Star Jan 27 1980
Chinquapin - Ellis Bryan Hatcher, 83, died unexpectedly Saturday morning
at Duplin General Hospital in Kenansville.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Edgerton Funeral
Chapel in Beulaville conducted by the Rev. Frank Sawyer.
Burial will follow in the Tom Lanier Cemetery, Rt. 1, Chinquapin.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bertie Lanier Hatcher; one daughter, Mrs.
Rovene Stewart of Chinquapin; two sons, Earl Hatcher of Kenansville and
Edward Hatcher of Hampton, Va.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
A native of Duplin County, he was the son of the late Jeff and Sallie
Jones Hatcher. He was a retired farmer; a veteran of World War I, serving
in the U.S. Army; and was a member of American Legion Post 156 in Wallace
and a member of the Bethel Presbyterian Church.
Casketbearers will be Anthony Hatcher, Dana Hatcher, Raymond Hatcher,
David R. Smith, Mac Hunter and Gordon Sloan.
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