Advertisement

William Ernest “Buddy” Bray

Advertisement

William Ernest “Buddy” Bray

Birth
Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
Death
4 Feb 1967 (aged 61)
Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Ernest was the son of Charles Monroe Bray and Lucy Ann T. Robertson Bray.
===
Ernest was a Rug Weaver at Marshall Fields, later Fieldcrest Mills in Leaksville, N.C.
===
In the 1940s they wrote an article about him in the mill newspaper, called "The Mill Whistle".
The name of the article was "Mr. Fieldcrest"
===
He lived on South Hamilton Street across from Jane and Berkley Reynolds.
===
He raised my mother, after his sister died.
He was a wonderful man.
===
1920 Census, Leaksville, Rockingham County, N.C.
Walter C Landreth Head M 28 North Carolina
Lessie Landreth Wife F 27 North Carolina
William E. Bray Boarder M 25 N.C. (Lessie's brother)
===
1940 Census, Leaksville, Rockingham County, N.C.
Ernest Bray 35 NC
Ora Bray 31 NC (she was born in VA)
Nancy Bray 9 NC
Ernest was the son of Charles Monroe Bray and Lucy Ann T. Robertson Bray.
===
Ernest was a Rug Weaver at Marshall Fields, later Fieldcrest Mills in Leaksville, N.C.
===
In the 1940s they wrote an article about him in the mill newspaper, called "The Mill Whistle".
The name of the article was "Mr. Fieldcrest"
===
He lived on South Hamilton Street across from Jane and Berkley Reynolds.
===
He raised my mother, after his sister died.
He was a wonderful man.
===
1920 Census, Leaksville, Rockingham County, N.C.
Walter C Landreth Head M 28 North Carolina
Lessie Landreth Wife F 27 North Carolina
William E. Bray Boarder M 25 N.C. (Lessie's brother)
===
1940 Census, Leaksville, Rockingham County, N.C.
Ernest Bray 35 NC
Ora Bray 31 NC (she was born in VA)
Nancy Bray 9 NC

Gravesite Details

In the 1940s they wrote an article about him in the mill newspaper, called "The Mill Whistle". The name of the article was "Mr. Fieldcrest."



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement