Obituary of Pearl Lou Cavenaugh Lanier ~ 1996

Source: Wilmington Morning Star Nov 16 1996

Rose Hill - Mrs. Pearl Lou Cavenaugh Lanier of 120 East Center Street, 
Rose Hill, N.C., died on Friday, November 15th, at the home of her 
daughter and son-in-law.
Mrs. Lanier was born on July 22, 1912 in Wallace, N.C., and was the 
daughter of John Stephen and Berta Blake Cavenaugh. She was graduated from 
Clement High School and attended Louisburg College. In 1934 she married 
Erchey Leo Lanier. They made their home in Rose Hill where Mrs. Lanier 
remained until recently. She was a member of Rose Hill United Methodist 
Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents and her husband; a brother, Albert 
John Cavenaugh; sisters, Gertrude Sue Cavenaugh and Myra Cavenaugh Fussell. 
She is survived by a son, Erchey Leo Lanier Jr. and wife, Bettie Fields 
Lanier, of Rose Hill, N.C.; a daughter, Harriet Lanier Farrior and husband,
Charles Colwell Farrior Jr., of Wallace, N.C.; two granddaughters, Susan 
Lanier Bowman and husband, Gary Lynn Bowman, of Oxford, N.C., and Harriet 
Lanier Volpe and husband, Michael David Volpe, of Fairfax, Va.; grandsons, 
Charles Colwell Farrior III and Nathan John Farrior of Wallace, N.C.; 
great-grandchildren, Anna Blake Bowman and Michael Caldwell Bowman of 
Oxford, N.C.
The family will receive at Padgett Funeral Home on Saturday from 7 to 8:30 
p.m. and at other times at the home of Charley and Harriet Farrior, 303 
South Raleigh Street, Wallace, N.C.
A worship service celebrating the life of Mrs. Lanier will be held at 4 
p.m., Sunday, November 17, from the Rose Hill United Methodist Church, 
Rose Hill, N.C., conducted by the Rev. Paul T. Stallsworth. 
Interment will follow in Rockfish Memorial Cemetery, Wallace, N.C.
Casketbearers will be Albert J. Cavenaugh Jr., Clem D. Faircloth, Aaron E. 
Fussell, James D. Fussell Jr., Charles F. Hawes Jr., Beaufort B. Longest, 
Philip W. Longest and Robert E. Ward III.
The family suggest that those wishing to remember Mrs. Lanier do so by 
making a donation to Rose Hill Woman's Club Scholarship Fund, c/o Mrs. 
D.J. Fussell, Treasurer, P.O. Box 147, Rose Hill, N.C. 28458.





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