Effie Smith Hemby Obituary ~ Jan 27, 1951

Contributed by Joan S Dunn

Rites Held for Mrs. Ray Hemby

Daily Reflector, Sat., Jan 27, 1951

Mrs. Effie Smith HEMBY, 47, wife of Ray HEMBY, died at her home near Chicod School 
at 5:15 o’clock Saturday morning. She had been in failing health for two years and 
critically ill since last Saturday. Funeral services will be conducted at the 
Chapel of the S. G. Wilkerson & Sons Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock 
by the Rev. Zeph DESHIELDS, Christian minister of Bell Arthur, and burial will 
be in the Nichol’s cemetery at Earl HEMBY’S Store. Mrs. HEMBY, daughter of the 
late C. D. and Florence WILLOUGHBY SMITH, was born, reared, and spent nearly all 
her life in the Bell Arthur Community. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist 
Church of Bell Arthur and was married to Ray HEMBY in 1922. Surviving are her 
husband; three daughters, Mrs. R. C. ALLEN of Greensboro, and Misses Clara Lousie 
and Johnnie HEMBY of the home; two brothers, Jim Bob SMITH of Hamilton and C. D. 
SMITH, Jr., of Greenville; and seven sisters: Mrs. Nannie MOZINGO, Mrs. Carrie 
Bell JOYNER, and Mrs. T. H. NICHOLS of Farmville; Mrs. Andrew TAYLOR and Mrs. Guy 
SUTTON of near Greenville, Mrs. Luther MOZINGO of Bell Arthur, and Mrs. Carlton 
JACKSON, Jr. of Greenville.





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