Dorcas Ingabo Wood was born in Wolf Mountain, North Carolina on 2 September 1858 to Andrew Jackson Wood (1816-1908) and Jane Henderson Wood (1819-1915). She married Rev. Asque Carson Queen (1860-1935) on 31 October 1878 in Jackson County, NC. They had four daughters and five sons. She was widowed in 1935. She died 5 June 1956 in Tuckasegee, NC at the age of 97.
OBITUARY: Dorcas Ingabo Wood Queen (1858-1956)
FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. ASCUE QUEEN, 97, HELD WEDNESDAY P.M.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, June 6th, at 2:00 o’clock at the Tuckasegee Baptist Church for Mrs. Ascue Queen, 97, who died Tuesday morning, June 5, 1956 at 9:00 o’clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Hooper, in the Tuckasegee section of the county, following a long illness.
The Rev. W.N. Cook and the Rev. Frank Reed officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. The body lay in state at the church for 30 minutes before the services.
Pallbearers were grandsons.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Irone Coward of Webster, and Mrs. Albert Hawkins of Asheville, three sons, Andy of Sylva, Edgar of Portsmouth, Virginia, and Theodore of Newport, Tennessee; 23 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren, and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
A native of the Wolf Mountain section of the county, Mrs. Queen was the former Miss Ingabo Wood, a daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Polly Wood.
Her father, who was born in 1816, was the son of one of the early settlers and helped found Jackson County in 1851, and the court the same year.
She was the widow of the Rev. Ascue Queen, who was a Baptist preacher for more than 50 years in Jackson County. Her sight and faculties had been good until last Christmas. She had been bedridden for the past nine years.
(Sylva Herald, Sylva, North Carolina, Thursday, 7 June 1956)
OBITUARY: Dorcas Ingabo Wood Queen (1858-1956)
FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. ASCUE QUEEN, 97, HELD WEDNESDAY P.M.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, June 6th, at 2:00 o’clock at the Tuckasegee Baptist Church for Mrs. Ascue Queen, 97, who died Tuesday morning, June 5, 1956 at 9:00 o’clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Hooper, in the Tuckasegee section of the county, following a long illness.
The Rev. W.N. Cook and the Rev. Frank Reed officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. The body lay in state at the church for 30 minutes before the services.
Pallbearers were grandsons.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Irone Coward of Webster, and Mrs. Albert Hawkins of Asheville, three sons, Andy of Sylva, Edgar of Portsmouth, Virginia, and Theodore of Newport, Tennessee; 23 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren, and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
A native of the Wolf Mountain section of the county, Mrs. Queen was the former Miss Ingabo Wood, a daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Polly Wood.
Her father, who was born in 1816, was the son of one of the early settlers and helped found Jackson County in 1851, and the court the same year.
She was the widow of the Rev. Ascue Queen, who was a Baptist preacher for more than 50 years in Jackson County. Her sight and faculties had been good until last Christmas. She had been bedridden for the past nine years.
(Sylva Herald, Sylva, North Carolina, Thursday, 7 June 1956)
Dorcas Ingabo Wood was born in Wolf Mountain, North Carolina on 2 September 1858 to Andrew Jackson Wood (1816-1908) and Jane Henderson Wood (1819-1915). She married Rev. Asque Carson Queen (1860-1935) on 31 October 1878 in Jackson County, NC. They had four daughters and five sons. She was widowed in 1935. She died 5 June 1956 in Tuckasegee, NC at the age of 97.
OBITUARY: Dorcas Ingabo Wood Queen (1858-1956)
FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. ASCUE QUEEN, 97, HELD WEDNESDAY P.M.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, June 6th, at 2:00 o’clock at the Tuckasegee Baptist Church for Mrs. Ascue Queen, 97, who died Tuesday morning, June 5, 1956 at 9:00 o’clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Hooper, in the Tuckasegee section of the county, following a long illness.
The Rev. W.N. Cook and the Rev. Frank Reed officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. The body lay in state at the church for 30 minutes before the services.
Pallbearers were grandsons.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Irone Coward of Webster, and Mrs. Albert Hawkins of Asheville, three sons, Andy of Sylva, Edgar of Portsmouth, Virginia, and Theodore of Newport, Tennessee; 23 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren, and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
A native of the Wolf Mountain section of the county, Mrs. Queen was the former Miss Ingabo Wood, a daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Polly Wood.
Her father, who was born in 1816, was the son of one of the early settlers and helped found Jackson County in 1851, and the court the same year.
She was the widow of the Rev. Ascue Queen, who was a Baptist preacher for more than 50 years in Jackson County. Her sight and faculties had been good until last Christmas. She had been bedridden for the past nine years.
(Sylva Herald, Sylva, North Carolina, Thursday, 7 June 1956)
OBITUARY: Dorcas Ingabo Wood Queen (1858-1956)
FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. ASCUE QUEEN, 97, HELD WEDNESDAY P.M.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, June 6th, at 2:00 o’clock at the Tuckasegee Baptist Church for Mrs. Ascue Queen, 97, who died Tuesday morning, June 5, 1956 at 9:00 o’clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Hooper, in the Tuckasegee section of the county, following a long illness.
The Rev. W.N. Cook and the Rev. Frank Reed officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. The body lay in state at the church for 30 minutes before the services.
Pallbearers were grandsons.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Irone Coward of Webster, and Mrs. Albert Hawkins of Asheville, three sons, Andy of Sylva, Edgar of Portsmouth, Virginia, and Theodore of Newport, Tennessee; 23 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren, and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
A native of the Wolf Mountain section of the county, Mrs. Queen was the former Miss Ingabo Wood, a daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Polly Wood.
Her father, who was born in 1816, was the son of one of the early settlers and helped found Jackson County in 1851, and the court the same year.
She was the widow of the Rev. Ascue Queen, who was a Baptist preacher for more than 50 years in Jackson County. Her sight and faculties had been good until last Christmas. She had been bedridden for the past nine years.
(Sylva Herald, Sylva, North Carolina, Thursday, 7 June 1956)
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