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April 2003
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BRANCH Joseph Mayton Branch, 76, December 27, 2002, Corinth Friends Meeting, Ivor, Virginia. Joseph Branch was one of six children of Fenton and Hattie Raiford Branch. He was a retired welder, a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Corinth Friends Meeting. Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Sarah M. Branch; one son, Mayton Branch; one sister, Katherine Beale; and two granddaughters.
BRAXTON William Albert Braxton Jr., 65, February 5, 2003, Chatham Friends Meeting, Snow Camp, North Carolina. William Braxton was the son of William Albert Braxton, Sr. and Mary Irene Braxton, both deceased. He was retired from Duke Power Co., a former U.S. Army Reserve member and a member of Chatham Friends Meeting. He was preceeded in death by both parents. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn McBane Braxton; one daughter, Sharon Owens; one son, Kent; one sister, Shelia B. Majors; and two grandchildren, Alexis Owens and Chase Owens.
FRYE Anne Young Gray Frye, 68, January 13, 2003, New Garden Friends Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina. Anne Frye was born to Robert Paul Gray and Fiona Moss Young Gray. She retired after 25 years in the public school system. She was a graduate of Malone College in Canton, Ohio. She was a member of New Garden Friends Meeting and served as a volunteer with the American Friends Service Committee as a member of the Executive Committee for the Southeastern Regional Office. She was also a member of the United Society of Friends Women and was a lifeline volunteer at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Her hobbies were grandmothering, gardening, gourmet cooking and ballroom dancing. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Donald Harper Gray. Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Dr. Buford Vernon Frye; one daughter, Susan Kay Harris; two sons, Dr. Stephen Vernon Frye and Dr. Jonathan Gray Frye; five grandchildren, Aaron Gray Frye, Jeremy Sutton Frye, Rachel Young Frye, Olivia Leanne Harris and Jesse Vernon Harris; and five brothers, Ernest Freeman, Alfred Joseph., Robert Paul, Cabell Kenneth and Larry Roger.
GRIFFIN Gaynell Griffin, 87, October 10, 2002, First Friends Meeting, New Castle, Indiana. Gaynell Griffin was born August 31, 1915, to Russell and Marie Smith Thomas. She was a 1933 graduate of New Castle High School and had been employed at Sears for 15 years. She was member of New CastleÊFirst Friends Meeting. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth in 1999. Survivors include one daughter, Jacqueline Kinsinger; one son, James Griffin; eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and one sister.
JOHNSTON Harold Johnston, 90, January 25, 2003, Winchester Friends, Indiana. Harold Johnston was born August 12, 1912, to Harry and Mary Locke Johnston. He graduated from McKinley High School where he enjoyed playing basketball. He was a traffic manager at Anchor Hocking Glass in Winchester before retiring in 1977. Harold was an active member for many years of Winchester Friends Church. He also was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, the Randolph County and Ft. Wayne Shrine Clubs, and the Elks Club. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one grandson. Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Mildred; one son, Richard Johnston; one sister, Joan Humble; one grand-daughter, three great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
JOYNER Elijah "Buster" Joyner, 92, December 28, 2002, Bethel Friends Meeting, Franklin, Virginia.. Elijah Joyner was born to James and Mary Alice Cobb Joyner. He was a lifelong Quaker and member of Bethel Friends Meeting. Buster was a farmer, avid fisherman, gardener, generous friend and neighbor. He was preceeded in death by three brothers, Joseph, Charles and William Joyner and one nephew, J.C. Joyner. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Thelma Branch Joyner; one daughter, Nancy J. Snidow; and one son, Donald Elijah Joyner.
NICHOLS Bertha Marshall Nichols, 90, February 4, 2003, White Plains Friends Meeting, North Carolina. Bertha Nichols was born February 2, 1913, to Samuel Dayton and Hattie Jenkins Marshall. She was a lifelong member of White Plains Friends Meeting, being a great-granddaughter of Vestal Hutchens, founder of the meeting, where she participated in the Friends Women's Society and was recognized with a lifetime membership in the United Society of Friends Women. She was a Sunday School teacher, a participant in community activities and a member of the Surry Quilters Guild. Through the years she honored each child, grandchild and great-grandchild with their own quilt. She was preceeded in death by her husband, Merlin M. Nichols. Survivors include four daughters, Ruth Richards, Merle Tedder, Nancy Nichols Dawson and Penny Chilton; one son, Warren C.; 13 grandchildren Anne Richards Hennis, Charlie Merlin Nichols, Stuart Marshall, Jennifer Nichols, Richard Grant, Robin Puckett, Christy Lynn Dawson, Janet Leigh Nichols, Olivia Dawson Vaught, Gari Leigh Chilton, Jodi Chilton Cottone, April Tedder Lancaster and Anna Tedder Stover; and nine great-grandchildren, Samuel Austin Nichols, Emily Pearson, Weldon Rose Nichols, Jessica Bean Nichols, Brady Lynn Vaught, Alexander Grant Puckett, Aliza Nichole Puckett, Madison Sinclair Lancaster and Lawrence Mitchell Lancaster.
STEPHENSON Mary Turner Stephenson, 81, January 3, 2003, Corinth Friends Meeting, Ivor, Virginia. Mary Turner Stephenson was born to James Cassie and Evie Lowe Turner. She was retired from the Bank of Sussex and Surry in Ivor and was a member of the Corinth Friends Meeting, and its Ladies Aid Society. Mary loved working in her yard and was an accomplished seamstress. Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Elton L. Stephenson; one daughter, Kay Stephenson; one son-in-law, Tony Ambrose; and one sister, Virginia T. Duck.
WRENN Lucy Foust Wrenn, 84, February 1, 2003, Rocky River Friends, Siler City, North Carolina. A native of Guilford County, NC and a member of Rocky River Friends Meeting, Lucy Wrenn worked for A.J. Schneierson & Sons as a seamstress until she retired. She was preceeded in death by her husband, H. Delbert Wrenn, Sr. Survivors include one daughter, Etta Florence Winslow; one son, H. Delbert Wrenn, Jr.; two sisters, Annie Margaret Shoffner and Ernestine Forney; one brother, Clifford Foust; two grandchildren, Dacia W. Quate and Kevin Wrenn; two great-grandsons; three step-grandchildren; eight step-great-grandchildren.
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