Obituary of Elmer Drue Padgett ~ 1957

Source: Wilmington Morning Star Apr 26 1957





Elmer Drue Padgett Sr., Route 1, Wilmington, died Thursday afternoon at 
the James Walker Memorial Hospital a fter a short illness.
Mr. Padgett was born in Duplin county Sept. 21, 1909. He was an army 
veteran of World War II; a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose, and an 
employe of the Maritime Commission.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Coble Funeral Home 
chapel, by the Rev. W. E. Entrekin. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial 
Park Cemetery.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Betty Cotton Padgett; a son, Elmer Drue 
Padgett Jr.; a daughter, Donna Elaine Padgett, all of the home; parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Padgett of Chinquapin; a brother, Charlie G. Padgett, 
Wilmington; four sisters, Mrs. Laura Garvey, Chinquapin, Mrs. Nellie 
Brown, Wallace, Mrs. Lucille Henderson, Chinquapin and Mrs. Virginia 
Clemmons, Richmond, Va.



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