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LUCAS, Philip E. – (d. 1918)

Dr. Philip E. Lucas Dead – Passed Away Suddenly, at His Home Friday Night

People of Burgaw and vicinity were shocked on Saturday morning to learn that Dr. Philip E. LUCAS had died suddenly at his home Friday night, his death occurring at about 12:20 o’clock.

Dr. LUCAS had not been in the best of health for several weeks past, but no one thought for a moment that the hand of death would so soon be laid upon him, and none were prepared even in the slightest degree to receive the sad news.  Dr. LUCAS was about the streets, here and there, up until Thursday afternoon, and, as an matter of fact, but few knew that he was even indisposed.

The deceased, while a  young man, had been quite prominent in the town and county. For the past two years he has held the position of county quarantine officer in connection with his other duties.  he enjoyed a wide practice and was held in the highest esteem by his wide circle of acquaintances, and his death brings a peculiar sorrow to them.

He was a young man of great promise in his profession, just in prime of life.  His father was the late Dr. Geo. F. LUCAS of Currie, where the young man was born.  He married  June 4 of last year, Miss Elizabeth BRADFORD of Burgaw, and besides his wife is survived by his mother, Mrs. Bertha LUCAS of Currie, and three brothers and four sisters, as follows: Messrs. Jesse F. LUCAS and Geo. F. LUCAS of Currie and David LUCAS of Hopewell, Va., and Mesdames James THOMPSON of Lake Waccamaw; Seth SMITH of Whiteville; Guy DAVIS of Wilmington and Miss Annie LUCAS of Currie.

The funeral services were held at his home here Sunday morning and were conducted by Rev. P.L. CLARK, of the Presbyterian church.  The remains were carried to Currie, the boyhood home of the deceased, for interment in the family plot.  A large concourse of friends accompanied the funeral party.  The floral tributes were large and beautiful and bore testimony to the esteem in which the deceased was held.

Source: Pender Chronicle, 18 April 1918, page 1.

 

PULLEN, Lena Sparkman (1959)

Transcribed by Stephen Carroll Pearsall

Friends Mourn Passing of Mrs. Lena Pullen; Final Rites Held Monday

Mrs. Lena Sparkman Pullen, one of Burgaw most loved residents, died Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. F. Davis, Sr., in Burgaw.

A native of Rocky Point, she was born October 19, 1877 the daughter of the late Charles and Ella Sparkman.  She was the widow of E. T. Pullen, Sr., who died in March of this year.  They were married fifty-nine years ago.

Mrs. Pullen was one of the oldest members of the Burgaw Methodist Church.  She organized and was a charter member of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of her Church.  She was a strong member of the Pender Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.  She was active in many phases of civic life during her past years and was known for her love and interest in beautification of gardens.

Funeral services were held Monday morning at 11 o’clock from the Burgaw Methodist Church, with the Revs. C. F. Grill and P. L. Clark officiating. Burial followed in the Burgaw Cemetery.  Her husband was buried on the same day and hour just six months ago.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. C. F. Davis, Sr., of Burgaw, and Mrs. J. M. Pringle of Fayetteville; two sons, E. T., Jr., of Winston-Salem, and C. T. of Burgaw; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Mathis and Mrs. Eloise Johnson, both of Wilmington, and Mrs. Mary Bell Pearsall of Rocky Point; one brother, John Thomas Sparkman of Savannah, Georgia; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Source: The Pender Chronicle, Burgaw, NC, September 30, 1959