Obituary of William David Cavenaugh ~ 1990

Source: Wilmington Morning Star Feb 18 1990





William David Cavenaugh, age 77, of Route 3, Wallace, died Friday 
afternoon, Feb. 16, at his residence after a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, from the 
Northeast Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Walter 
Pierce, Rev. Clyde Shelton and Rev. Ray Brown. Burial will follow in the 
Cavenaugh Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Williams Cavenaugh; two daughters: 
Mrs. Ann Fields of Wallace, and Mrs. Faye Wheeler of Jacksonville, Fla., 
two sisters: Mrs. Mary Lou White and Mrs. Margaret Teachey, both of 
Wallace; one brother, James E. Cavenaugh, of Cayce, S.C.; one 
granddaughter and four grandsons.
A native of Duplin County, Mr. Cavenaugh was the son of the late William 
Henry and Della Bradshaw Cavenaugh. He was a retired carpenter and poultry 
farmer, a member of and a deacon in the Northeast Pentecostal Free Will 
Baptist Church and was a lifelong resident of the Northeast Community.
Casketbearers will be Willie Wheeler, Deane Wheeler, David Wheeler, Greg 
Fields, Robert Matthews and James Franklin Teachey. Honorary bearers will 
be Raymond English, Earl Cavenaugh, Mack Raynor, Billy Cavenaugh, Otha 
Carter, and Charles Brown.
The family received at the Padgett Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday 
and will be at their residence, Route 3, Wallace, other times.
The body will remain at the funeral home until 1 p.m. Sunday when it will 
be taken to the church to lie in state one hour prior the service.
A Padgett Service of Wallace.



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