The South Reporter Newspaper
Holly Springs, Miss.
May 25, 1944
R.P. CARRINGTON DIES AT HOME IN VICTORIA
Robert Petty Carrington, age 84, former merchant and pioneer dairyman and planter, died at him home in Victoria early Friday morning, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Carrington was born in Marshall County and had lived here all his life. Active in community affairs, Mr. Carrington took a leading part in affairs in the Methodist Church. He had served as superintendent of the Sunday School at Victoria more than 35 years. He served as a stewart of his church until his health failed.
Mr. Carrington, as a young man, attended the Winston Academy for Boys at Blue Mountain. Later, he worked for the firm of Coopwood and Holden at Collierville. *On Jan. 3, 1892 he married Miss Nannie Moffatt, ten years later she died. Later he married Mrs. Emma Williams Carrington, his brother's widow.
He is survived by the following children; Claud, Emery, Edwin, Charlie Carrington; and Miss Ella Mae Carrington, Mrs. Mattie Jones, Mrs. Callie Shoffner and Mrs. Mary Williams, all of Victoria; R. R. Carrington and Mrs. C. W. Fleming, both of Collierville, Tenn. and a sister, Mrs. Tom Williams, Victoria.
He leaves 26 grandchildren and thirteen great grand-children. He had six grandsons in the Army.
Services were held at Victoria Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. T. G. Lowry, assisted by a former pastor and close friend, Rev. S. H. Caffey, of Clarksdale. Burial was in the Carrington Cemetery.
*(His marriage date to Nannie J. Moffatt in this newspaper article is incorrect. The correct date is Dec. 31., 1881.)
Holly Springs, Miss.
May 25, 1944
R.P. CARRINGTON DIES AT HOME IN VICTORIA
Robert Petty Carrington, age 84, former merchant and pioneer dairyman and planter, died at him home in Victoria early Friday morning, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Carrington was born in Marshall County and had lived here all his life. Active in community affairs, Mr. Carrington took a leading part in affairs in the Methodist Church. He had served as superintendent of the Sunday School at Victoria more than 35 years. He served as a stewart of his church until his health failed.
Mr. Carrington, as a young man, attended the Winston Academy for Boys at Blue Mountain. Later, he worked for the firm of Coopwood and Holden at Collierville. *On Jan. 3, 1892 he married Miss Nannie Moffatt, ten years later she died. Later he married Mrs. Emma Williams Carrington, his brother's widow.
He is survived by the following children; Claud, Emery, Edwin, Charlie Carrington; and Miss Ella Mae Carrington, Mrs. Mattie Jones, Mrs. Callie Shoffner and Mrs. Mary Williams, all of Victoria; R. R. Carrington and Mrs. C. W. Fleming, both of Collierville, Tenn. and a sister, Mrs. Tom Williams, Victoria.
He leaves 26 grandchildren and thirteen great grand-children. He had six grandsons in the Army.
Services were held at Victoria Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. T. G. Lowry, assisted by a former pastor and close friend, Rev. S. H. Caffey, of Clarksdale. Burial was in the Carrington Cemetery.
*(His marriage date to Nannie J. Moffatt in this newspaper article is incorrect. The correct date is Dec. 31., 1881.)
The South Reporter Newspaper
Holly Springs, Miss.
May 25, 1944
R.P. CARRINGTON DIES AT HOME IN VICTORIA
Robert Petty Carrington, age 84, former merchant and pioneer dairyman and planter, died at him home in Victoria early Friday morning, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Carrington was born in Marshall County and had lived here all his life. Active in community affairs, Mr. Carrington took a leading part in affairs in the Methodist Church. He had served as superintendent of the Sunday School at Victoria more than 35 years. He served as a stewart of his church until his health failed.
Mr. Carrington, as a young man, attended the Winston Academy for Boys at Blue Mountain. Later, he worked for the firm of Coopwood and Holden at Collierville. *On Jan. 3, 1892 he married Miss Nannie Moffatt, ten years later she died. Later he married Mrs. Emma Williams Carrington, his brother's widow.
He is survived by the following children; Claud, Emery, Edwin, Charlie Carrington; and Miss Ella Mae Carrington, Mrs. Mattie Jones, Mrs. Callie Shoffner and Mrs. Mary Williams, all of Victoria; R. R. Carrington and Mrs. C. W. Fleming, both of Collierville, Tenn. and a sister, Mrs. Tom Williams, Victoria.
He leaves 26 grandchildren and thirteen great grand-children. He had six grandsons in the Army.
Services were held at Victoria Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. T. G. Lowry, assisted by a former pastor and close friend, Rev. S. H. Caffey, of Clarksdale. Burial was in the Carrington Cemetery.
*(His marriage date to Nannie J. Moffatt in this newspaper article is incorrect. The correct date is Dec. 31., 1881.)
Holly Springs, Miss.
May 25, 1944
R.P. CARRINGTON DIES AT HOME IN VICTORIA
Robert Petty Carrington, age 84, former merchant and pioneer dairyman and planter, died at him home in Victoria early Friday morning, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Carrington was born in Marshall County and had lived here all his life. Active in community affairs, Mr. Carrington took a leading part in affairs in the Methodist Church. He had served as superintendent of the Sunday School at Victoria more than 35 years. He served as a stewart of his church until his health failed.
Mr. Carrington, as a young man, attended the Winston Academy for Boys at Blue Mountain. Later, he worked for the firm of Coopwood and Holden at Collierville. *On Jan. 3, 1892 he married Miss Nannie Moffatt, ten years later she died. Later he married Mrs. Emma Williams Carrington, his brother's widow.
He is survived by the following children; Claud, Emery, Edwin, Charlie Carrington; and Miss Ella Mae Carrington, Mrs. Mattie Jones, Mrs. Callie Shoffner and Mrs. Mary Williams, all of Victoria; R. R. Carrington and Mrs. C. W. Fleming, both of Collierville, Tenn. and a sister, Mrs. Tom Williams, Victoria.
He leaves 26 grandchildren and thirteen great grand-children. He had six grandsons in the Army.
Services were held at Victoria Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. T. G. Lowry, assisted by a former pastor and close friend, Rev. S. H. Caffey, of Clarksdale. Burial was in the Carrington Cemetery.
*(His marriage date to Nannie J. Moffatt in this newspaper article is incorrect. The correct date is Dec. 31., 1881.)
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