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Lessie Nell <I>Broughton</I> Taylor

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Lessie Nell Broughton Taylor

Birth
Pamlico County, North Carolina, USA
Death
21 Nov 1998 (aged 85)
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Janeiro, Pamlico County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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PARENTS: Levy Davis Broughton & Sarah "Sallie" Dean Miller.

Levey Davis Broughton, b. 1874; d. 25 May 1953, Arapahoe, Pamlico Co., NC.

Sarah Dean Miller, b. 12 Jan. 1876, Pamlico Co., NC; d. 6 Sept. 1959, Arapahoe, Pamlico Co., NC.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: George Broughton & Mary Broughton.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: James Miller & Sarah Dean.


1920 U.S. Census for Twp 5, Pamlico Co., NC:
Levey Broughton Head M 46 North Carolina
Sarrah D Broughton Wife F 43 North Carolina
Daisey Broughton Dau F 13 North Carolina
Eula D Broughton Dau F 11 North Carolina
Eva Broughton Dau F 9 North Carolina
*Lessie Broughton Dau F 6 North Carolina



1940 U.S. Census for Twp 5, Pamlico Co., NC:
Levie T Broughton Head M 67 North Carolina
Sarah Broughton Wife F 62 North Carolina
Danie Broughton Granddau F 12 North Carolina

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Lessie Broughton Taylor was born in Pamlico County. She is the daughter of Levy Davis and Sarah Dean Broughton. She graduated as the Salutatorian of the Class of 1931 from Arapahoe High School.

During her residency in Pamlico County, she was a member of the Arapahoe Free Will Baptist Church. In March of 1935, she married Jarvis Taylor of Farmville. During the early years of their marriage they lived in Farmville, Arapahoe and Norfolk, VA.

In 1951, she and her family moved to Johnston County where they lived in Smithfield and Benson. In 1955, they moved to Norfolk, VA. She was a member of the Hyde Park FWB Church during that time. She and her husband retired in 1975 and moved to Zebulon, living on W. Sycamore Street for 21 years.

Two years ago, they moved to 325 W. 3rd Street in Wendell. She was a member of the First FWB Church of Zebulon.

She is survived by her husband, Jarvis of 63 years. She has one son, Jimmy Taylor and his wife, Peggy of Knightdale, NC and one daughter, Hazel Fox and her husband, Ken of Young Harris, GA; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Eva Lee of Union Grove, AL.

She was a devout Free Will Baptist, a lifelong Democrat, a Pamlico County original and proud of it.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 24, at the Arapahoe FWB Church.

(Obit published in the Raleigh, NC "The News & Observer" on November 25, 1998; pg. B6)
PARENTS: Levy Davis Broughton & Sarah "Sallie" Dean Miller.

Levey Davis Broughton, b. 1874; d. 25 May 1953, Arapahoe, Pamlico Co., NC.

Sarah Dean Miller, b. 12 Jan. 1876, Pamlico Co., NC; d. 6 Sept. 1959, Arapahoe, Pamlico Co., NC.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: George Broughton & Mary Broughton.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: James Miller & Sarah Dean.


1920 U.S. Census for Twp 5, Pamlico Co., NC:
Levey Broughton Head M 46 North Carolina
Sarrah D Broughton Wife F 43 North Carolina
Daisey Broughton Dau F 13 North Carolina
Eula D Broughton Dau F 11 North Carolina
Eva Broughton Dau F 9 North Carolina
*Lessie Broughton Dau F 6 North Carolina



1940 U.S. Census for Twp 5, Pamlico Co., NC:
Levie T Broughton Head M 67 North Carolina
Sarah Broughton Wife F 62 North Carolina
Danie Broughton Granddau F 12 North Carolina

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Lessie Broughton Taylor was born in Pamlico County. She is the daughter of Levy Davis and Sarah Dean Broughton. She graduated as the Salutatorian of the Class of 1931 from Arapahoe High School.

During her residency in Pamlico County, she was a member of the Arapahoe Free Will Baptist Church. In March of 1935, she married Jarvis Taylor of Farmville. During the early years of their marriage they lived in Farmville, Arapahoe and Norfolk, VA.

In 1951, she and her family moved to Johnston County where they lived in Smithfield and Benson. In 1955, they moved to Norfolk, VA. She was a member of the Hyde Park FWB Church during that time. She and her husband retired in 1975 and moved to Zebulon, living on W. Sycamore Street for 21 years.

Two years ago, they moved to 325 W. 3rd Street in Wendell. She was a member of the First FWB Church of Zebulon.

She is survived by her husband, Jarvis of 63 years. She has one son, Jimmy Taylor and his wife, Peggy of Knightdale, NC and one daughter, Hazel Fox and her husband, Ken of Young Harris, GA; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Eva Lee of Union Grove, AL.

She was a devout Free Will Baptist, a lifelong Democrat, a Pamlico County original and proud of it.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 24, at the Arapahoe FWB Church.

(Obit published in the Raleigh, NC "The News & Observer" on November 25, 1998; pg. B6)

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