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Whiteville - Mr. Bud Lawrence Sellers, 89, of 798 Sellerstown Rd., Whiteville, died Monday in Duke Medical Center following a brief illness with a massive stroke. He was born in Columbus County, the son of the late
W.P. and Pearl Sellers. He was a loving father and husband, married for 63 years to Lola Godwin Sellers until her death, May 23, 1994. He was also preceded in death by a son, Eugene Sellers.
Mr. Sellers was a retired farmer and was known as the "Boiled Peanut Man" in the community for 50 years. He formerly worked at the shipyard at Camp Lejeune. For the last 20 years, each year on his birthday, he stood on his head on the vertex of the rooftop of his home. He was often described as an 89-year-old man with a 55-year-old mind and body.
Funeral service will be conducted Thursday, 2:00 p.m. at Peacock's Chapel In The Pines by Rev. J.P. Jones and Rev. Mitchell Smith. Interment will be in Columbus Memorial Park.
He is survived by three daughters, Annie Mae Fowler of Chadbourn, Marjorie Lohr of N. Myrtle Beach, SC, and Mona Faye Sites of Little River, SC; three sons, Jesse K. Sellers of Little Mountain, SC, Sherwood Sellers and Johnny Ray Sellers, both of Whiteville; a brother, Robert Sellers of Whiteville; two sisters, Eva Pierce of Whiteville and Pet Kirtman of Greensboro; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and 4
great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Peacock's Chapel In The Pines.
A Peacock Service, Whiteville.
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Whiteville - Mr. Bud Lawrence Sellers, 89, of 798 Sellerstown Rd., Whiteville, died Monday in Duke Medical Center following a brief illness with a massive stroke. He was born in Columbus County, the son of the late
W.P. and Pearl Sellers. He was a loving father and husband, married for 63 years to Lola Godwin Sellers until her death, May 23, 1994. He was also preceded in death by a son, Eugene Sellers.
Mr. Sellers was a retired farmer and was known as the "Boiled Peanut Man" in the community for 50 years. He formerly worked at the shipyard at Camp Lejeune. For the last 20 years, each year on his birthday, he stood on his head on the vertex of the rooftop of his home. He was often described as an 89-year-old man with a 55-year-old mind and body.
Funeral service will be conducted Thursday, 2:00 p.m. at Peacock's Chapel In The Pines by Rev. J.P. Jones and Rev. Mitchell Smith. Interment will be in Columbus Memorial Park.
He is survived by three daughters, Annie Mae Fowler of Chadbourn, Marjorie Lohr of N. Myrtle Beach, SC, and Mona Faye Sites of Little River, SC; three sons, Jesse K. Sellers of Little Mountain, SC, Sherwood Sellers and Johnny Ray Sellers, both of Whiteville; a brother, Robert Sellers of Whiteville; two sisters, Eva Pierce of Whiteville and Pet Kirtman of Greensboro; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and 4
great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Peacock's Chapel In The Pines.
A Peacock Service, Whiteville.
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Whiteville - Mr. Bud Lawrence Sellers, 89, of 798 Sellerstown Rd., Whiteville, died Monday in Duke Medical Center following a brief illness with a massive stroke. He was born in Columbus County, the son of the late
W.P. and Pearl Sellers. He was a loving father and husband, married for 63 years to Lola Godwin Sellers until her death, May 23, 1994. He was also preceded in death by a son, Eugene Sellers.
Mr. Sellers was a retired farmer and was known as the "Boiled Peanut Man" in the community for 50 years. He formerly worked at the shipyard at Camp Lejeune. For the last 20 years, each year on his birthday, he stood on his head on the vertex of the rooftop of his home. He was often described as an 89-year-old man with a 55-year-old mind and body.
Funeral service will be conducted Thursday, 2:00 p.m. at Peacock's Chapel In The Pines by Rev. J.P. Jones and Rev. Mitchell Smith. Interment will be in Columbus Memorial Park.
He is survived by three daughters, Annie Mae Fowler of Chadbourn, Marjorie Lohr of N. Myrtle Beach, SC, and Mona Faye Sites of Little River, SC; three sons, Jesse K. Sellers of Little Mountain, SC, Sherwood Sellers and Johnny Ray Sellers, both of Whiteville; a brother, Robert Sellers of Whiteville; two sisters, Eva Pierce of Whiteville and Pet Kirtman of Greensboro; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and 4
great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Peacock's Chapel In The Pines.
A Peacock Service, Whiteville.
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Whiteville - Mr. Bud Lawrence Sellers, 89, of 798 Sellerstown Rd., Whiteville, died Monday in Duke Medical Center following a brief illness with a massive stroke. He was born in Columbus County, the son of the late
W.P. and Pearl Sellers. He was a loving father and husband, married for 63 years to Lola Godwin Sellers until her death, May 23, 1994. He was also preceded in death by a son, Eugene Sellers.
Mr. Sellers was a retired farmer and was known as the "Boiled Peanut Man" in the community for 50 years. He formerly worked at the shipyard at Camp Lejeune. For the last 20 years, each year on his birthday, he stood on his head on the vertex of the rooftop of his home. He was often described as an 89-year-old man with a 55-year-old mind and body.
Funeral service will be conducted Thursday, 2:00 p.m. at Peacock's Chapel In The Pines by Rev. J.P. Jones and Rev. Mitchell Smith. Interment will be in Columbus Memorial Park.
He is survived by three daughters, Annie Mae Fowler of Chadbourn, Marjorie Lohr of N. Myrtle Beach, SC, and Mona Faye Sites of Little River, SC; three sons, Jesse K. Sellers of Little Mountain, SC, Sherwood Sellers and Johnny Ray Sellers, both of Whiteville; a brother, Robert Sellers of Whiteville; two sisters, Eva Pierce of Whiteville and Pet Kirtman of Greensboro; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and 4
great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Peacock's Chapel In The Pines.
A Peacock Service, Whiteville.
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