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Elijah Filmore Fleming

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Elijah Filmore Fleming

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
3 Feb 1936 (aged 47)
North Carolina, USA
Burial
Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Elijah F. Fleming was the son of Thomas Z. Fleming and Margaret Amanda Setzer. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He married Gertrude Whisenant on 21 August 1910.

Elijah devoted his life to textile work. At the time of his death, he was working at Glen Alpine Cotton Mill. He suffered a stroke and died within a short time.

He was survived by his widow Gertrude "Sallie" Whisenant and one son, William Carl; stepmother Betty Fleming; sisters Bertha (Mrs. E.J.) Houck; Lily (Mrs. W.C.) Lowdermilk; Annabelle (Mrs. R.I.) Whisenant; Donnie (Mrs. Russell) Tally; Arlee(Mrs. Clarence) Thornberg; Macie (Mrs. Ted) Price, and Misses Vietta Sateria Fleming and Agnes Edna Fleming; brothers Sam, Charles, Joe, and Robert Fleming.

His funeral service was held at the home of his sister Bertha Fleming Houck, with the Revs. Perry Crouch and W. Kelley Hou(c)k officiating. Pallbearers were Bert Williams, Bud Barber, J.A. Grady, Frank Ross, Gray Lane, and W.O. Franklin.

Burial followed in the Fleming family plot at Forest Hill cemetery, where he joined his father and his brother Will.
Elijah F. Fleming was the son of Thomas Z. Fleming and Margaret Amanda Setzer. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He married Gertrude Whisenant on 21 August 1910.

Elijah devoted his life to textile work. At the time of his death, he was working at Glen Alpine Cotton Mill. He suffered a stroke and died within a short time.

He was survived by his widow Gertrude "Sallie" Whisenant and one son, William Carl; stepmother Betty Fleming; sisters Bertha (Mrs. E.J.) Houck; Lily (Mrs. W.C.) Lowdermilk; Annabelle (Mrs. R.I.) Whisenant; Donnie (Mrs. Russell) Tally; Arlee(Mrs. Clarence) Thornberg; Macie (Mrs. Ted) Price, and Misses Vietta Sateria Fleming and Agnes Edna Fleming; brothers Sam, Charles, Joe, and Robert Fleming.

His funeral service was held at the home of his sister Bertha Fleming Houck, with the Revs. Perry Crouch and W. Kelley Hou(c)k officiating. Pallbearers were Bert Williams, Bud Barber, J.A. Grady, Frank Ross, Gray Lane, and W.O. Franklin.

Burial followed in the Fleming family plot at Forest Hill cemetery, where he joined his father and his brother Will.


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