Someone sent this to me...and of course, I don't have anything to do with the Hertford List... Can you take care of?? Thanks PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM E-MAIL LIST THANKS Virginia Crilley wrote: > > Posted on: Hertford County Obituaries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/HertfordObits/3 > > Surname: Vann, Wooten > ------------------------- > > Ledger-Advance Thurs Sept 28, 1972 > > J.N. VANN, CIVIC LEADER > Former Legislator, Dies > > Ahoskie. Joseph Newsome Vann died Saturday in Roanoke-Chowan Hospital. > He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1935, > 1937, and 1943, former chairman of the Herford County Board of Commissioners, > a member of the North Carolina Water and Air Resources Commission from > 1959 until 1965, an Elder and Charter Member of Ahoskie Presbyterian Church, > a 1969 recipient of Ahoskie Rotary Club Recognition Award, former memer > of the Board of Directors of Roanoke-Chowan Hospital and chart member of > Beechwood Country Club. > > Vann served on the State Stream and Sanitation Committee prior to 1956. > This committee was the group which first classified the rivers of North > Carolina and assigned classification and water quality standards. > > Vann had extensively farming interests and before his retirement operated > a hardware store and sawmill. > > A native of Hertford County, he was the husband of Mrs. Agnes Wooten Vann > and son of R.Albert and Mrs. Annie Newsome Vann. > > Besides his widow surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Gordon W. Sweet, Atlant, > GA, and Mrs. A. Pilston Godwin Jr, Raleigh; two sisters, Mrs. Claude Green, > Ahoskie, and Mrs. Frank Knight, Whaleyville, VA; four grandchildren and > three great-grandchildren. > > A funeral service was held Monday in Ahoskie Presbyterian Church by the > Rev. George D. Heath and the Rev. F.N. Dick. Burial was in Highland Memorial > Gardens. > > The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to > the Ahoskie Presbyterian Church Building Fund. > > ==== NCHERTFO Mailing List ==== > Discover genealogical resources on the Internet with Cyndis List. > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/