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Elder Decatur Gregg Staples

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Elder Decatur Gregg Staples

Birth
Stuart, Patrick County, Virginia, USA
Death
1 Jul 1962 (aged 94)
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Lawsonville, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.4870448, Longitude: -80.2290997
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Father: Abram Staples b: 15 SEP 1828 in Henry Co., Va
Mother: Mary Elizabeth A Gregg b: JUL 1845 in Prince Edward Co., VA

Married: 16 DEC 1896 in Patrick Co., Va




Greensboro Record, NC
July 2, 1962

Funeral for Elder Decatur Gregg Staples, 94, of 116 Lawrence., St. who died Sunday morning in Moses Cone Hospital after a long period of declining health, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forbis and Dick Memorial Chapel. Elders George W. Hill and Sam Adkinson will officiate and burial will be in Lawsonville Church cemetery near Walnut Cove. The body will remain at the funeral home until the service. He was a native of Stuart, Va., and had lived here 50 years. He was a member of Oak Forest Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Paschal of Greensboro and Mrs. Bessie Ellington of Baltimore, Md.; 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.


Thanks to Sharon for the obituary

Father: Abram Staples b: 15 SEP 1828 in Henry Co., Va
Mother: Mary Elizabeth A Gregg b: JUL 1845 in Prince Edward Co., VA

Married: 16 DEC 1896 in Patrick Co., Va




Greensboro Record, NC
July 2, 1962

Funeral for Elder Decatur Gregg Staples, 94, of 116 Lawrence., St. who died Sunday morning in Moses Cone Hospital after a long period of declining health, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forbis and Dick Memorial Chapel. Elders George W. Hill and Sam Adkinson will officiate and burial will be in Lawsonville Church cemetery near Walnut Cove. The body will remain at the funeral home until the service. He was a native of Stuart, Va., and had lived here 50 years. He was a member of Oak Forest Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Paschal of Greensboro and Mrs. Bessie Ellington of Baltimore, Md.; 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.


Thanks to Sharon for the obituary



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