Smithfield Herald

Obituary ID: 48581
Name (Age): STEPHENSON, Betsy Katherine (73)
Obit. Pub. Date: 03/29/1935
Other Pub. Info.: Pleasant Grove Twp., d/o Elijah and Susan Keene Parrish, w/o Haywood Stephenson, Family Cemetery


Smithfield Herald, 3/29/1935

MRS. STEPHENSON DIES SATURDAY
Funeral For Mrs. Katherine Stephenson Held Near Willow Springs WAS 73 YEARS OLD

The funeral of Mrs. Betsy Katherine Stephenson, widow of the late Haywood Stephenson, who died Saturday night at eleven o'clock was held at her home near Willow Springs Sunday afternoon at three o'clock and burial took place in the family cemetery near the home.

Mrs. Stephenson, who was 73 years of age, had been in declining health for the past year. She suffered a bad case of pneumonia in January and had never fully recovered.

A large crowd of relatives and friends gathered for the final rites which were conducted by Elder Floyd Adams at her home Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Stephenson was the daughter of the late Elijah and Susan Keene Parrish of Pleasant Grove township. She was married to Haywood Stephenson in 1878 and to this union were born thirteen children, ten of whom survive. Two children died in infancy and one daughter, Mrs. J. E. Stephenson, died two years ago. The children who survive are as follows: Mrs. J. L. King, of Angier; Mrs. J. O. King, of Willow Springs; Mrs. Minnie E. King, of Angier; Mrs. G. W. Partin, of Angier; Mrs. W. F. Barnes, Benson; Mrs. Floy Stephenson, Willow Springs; Mrs. Agnes R. Johnson, Willow Springs; Mrs. L. E. Woodall, of Willow Springs; and W. P. Stephenson, of Willow Springs. Two half-sisters, Mrs. Della McGee, of Angier, and Mrs. Flora Allen, of Richmond, Va., survive; also two half-brothers, Ed Parrish and Marshall Parrish, both of Angier.

• Married: 15 JAN 1878 in Johnston County, North Carolina ^{1 2}

1. Sudie C. STEPHENSON b: 1 NOV 1877
2. Matilda Ellie STEPHENSON b: 28 AUG 1880
3. Willie STEPHENSON b: 1881
4. Martha R. STEPHENSON b: SEP 1886
5. Minnie E. STEPHENSON b: 28 AUG 1888 in Johnston County, North Carolina
6. Malissie STEPHENSON b: 2 AUG 1890 in Cumberland County, (Harnett County,) North Carolina
7. Llyod Benjamin STEPHENSON b: 23 JUN 1892 in Cumberland County, (Harnett County,) North Carolina
8. Bertie Ann STEPHENSON b: 9 AUG 1894
9. Floy Gertrude STEPHENSON b: 20 NOV 1896
10. Agnes Pearl STEPHENSON b: 15 JAN 1900
11. Nannie STEPHENSON b: 6 APR 1901
12. William Preston STEPHENSON b: 29 MAR 1903

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