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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