I think First Union was bought out by Wachovia. But if you will contact me directly (not on the wfgs rootsweb) I know someone who worked a long time at the Fla First National Bank. I will see if I can find her. Dot Brown [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce & Connie Rova" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Fw: Obituary > Further for B. D. Hardee's request: > I forgot to give my report last Monday evening on my visit to 226 Spring > Street... > That address is now subdivided into apartments. One of the upstairs > residents responded to my prolonged knocking and said no one there would > know anything, but the landlord next door might. > > The landlord and his wife were nice, but knew nothing either, having just > bought the place four years ago. They could not give any help, and said > the > previous owner had only owned it for about two years, so she wouldn't know > anything either. > > I checked at the only other residential house on the street, but the > elderly > man [a former photographer] who lives there did not respond. > > I then walked to the Waters & Hibbert funeral home on the corner, thinking > they might have handled her funeral since they were close neighbors. They > said they could assist only if I knew the date of the death or funeral, > and > suggested I try to get that info at the library across the street. > > I checked the 1985 city directory at the library and found a listing for: > "Mrs. Marie P. Lawson proof opr Fl 1st Natl Bank Pensacola h 226 N. Spring > St 433-4060" > The 1986 Polk's Directory had no entry for Marie P. Lawson and 226 N. > Spring > St is listed as "vacant". > The 1986 Pensacola Cross-Reference Directory (at work we called this the > Blue Book) still had Marie listed at 226 N. Spring St with phone 433-4060, > but that book sometimes lags a year in its accuracy...227 N. Spring Street > is not even shown in the 1987 Blue Book. > So I checked the Death Notices Index listings for the Pensacola News > Journal > for 1984 to 1986, but Marie P. Lawson was not listed. > > I then called the First Natl Bank of Florida, but the lady there said they > were not the same as the Florida 1st Natl Bank of Pensacola and that the > bank I was looking for had been bought out by First Union Bank some time > ago... > > As my last effort for the day, I stopped at the Pensacola News Journal > offices and asked them if they can search in their records for the > obituary, > but the lady at the information desk said they do not have the capability > to > look back as far as 1984 to 1986. > > So far, it was a bust. There is a chance that the First Union Bank might > have something on a former employee of the bank they bought out, but I > have > not yet tried to contact them. > > Bruce > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce & Connie Rova [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 8:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [FL-WFGS] Fw: Obituary > > > > There is this following listing from the 2002 obituaries in the Pensacola > News Journal: > CHRISTENSON, Jane Marie (LAWSON) 64 Pensacola, FL 2002-11-14 > > I know it is not strictly a "Marie Lawson", but it might be a daughter? > or?... > Bruce Rova > > [When I go into town tomorrow, I will go by 226 Spring Street and see if > anyone at that address or next door may know of Marie Lawson. If I get > any > further info, I will send it along tomorrow in an email.] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Carolyn > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 7:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Fw: Obituary > > > No listing in Escambia county deaths for Marie Lawson > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Diamond R <[email protected]> >>Sent: Nov 25, 2007 6:47 PM >>To: WFGS-CIG <[email protected]> >>Subject: [FL-WFGS] Fw: Obituary >> >>Can anyone help this person? >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 7:40 AM >>Subject: Obituary >> >> >>I am looking for an obituary for Marie P. Lawson who lived at 226 North > Spring Street in Pensacola, Florida in 1979 and 1980. I moved from the > area > in 1980 and lost contact. I do not know the date of her death. Thank you > for any information you can provide. >> >>Regards, >>B. D. 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