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(18 Dec 1912 - 9 Dec 2004)
EDEN Payton Edward Jeffries, 91, died Thursday morning, Dec. 9, 2004, a t M o rehead Nursing Center. The funeral service will be held at 2 p. m. S a turday at the First Church of the Brethren. Burial will follow in O ve r look Cemetery. Mr. Jeffries was born Dec. 18, 1912 in Rockingham C o u nty, to the late John Henry and Lily Belle Murphy Jeffries. He was a m e m ber of First Church of the Brethren and was active in his community. M r . J effries was a member of the Y's Men Club for many years, a member o f t h e El Bethel Ruritan Club and was voted Outstanding Member of the El B e t hel Community Club. He retired from Fieldcrest Mills after 50 years o f s e rvice. Surviving is his wife of over 71 years, Madge Bowman Jef fr i es of Eden; son Douglas Jeffries of Fla.; daughter Mrs. Jackie (Lill i e M ae) Merriman of Spencer, Va.; brothers, Curtis Jeffries and Oliver J e f fries both of Eden; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; thre e g r eat-great-grandchildren He was preceded in death by a daughter, C a r ol Jeffries Jones, six brothers, three sisters and three grandchildre n . T he family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Fi r st Ch urch of the Brethren and other times at Eden Ridge on Kennedy Str e et i n Eden, In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to First C h u rch of the Brethren, 730 Church St., Eden, NC 27288, ATTN: Regular Bu d g et Fund Edition: ALL Section: TRIAD Page: B8, B9 Copyright (c) 20 0 4 G reensboro News & Record Record Number: 0412100005 -- MERGED NOTE ------------ EDEN Payton Edward Jeffries, 91, died Thursday morning, Dec. 9, 2004, a t M o rehead Nursing Center. The funeral service will be held at 2 p. m. S a turday at the First Church of the Brethren. Burial will follow in O ve r look Cemetery. Mr. Jeffries was born Dec. 18, 1912 in Rockingham C o u nty, to the late John Henry and Lily Belle Murphy Jeffries. He was a m e m ber of First Church of the Brethren and was active in his community. M r . J effries was a member of the Y's Men Club for many years, a member o f t h e El Bethel Ruritan Club and was voted Outstanding Member of the El B e t hel Community Club. He retired from Fieldcrest Mills after 50 years o f s e rvice. Surviving is his wife of over 71 years, Madge Bowman Jef fr i es of Eden; son Douglas Jeffries of Fla.; daughter Mrs. Jackie (Lill i e M ae) Merriman of Spencer, Va.; brothers, Curtis Jeffries and Oliver J e f fries both of Eden; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; thre e g r eat-great-grandchildren He was preceded in death by a daughter, C a r ol Jeffries Jones, six brothers, three sisters and three grandchildre n . T he family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Fi r st Ch urch of the Brethren and other times at Eden Ridge on Kennedy Str e et i n Eden, In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to First C h u rch of the Brethren, 730 Church St., Eden, NC 27288, ATTN: Regular Bu d g et Fund Edition: ALL Section: TRIAD Page: B8, B9 Copyright (c) 20 0 4 G reensboro News & Record Record Number: 0412100005
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| Birth | 18 Dec 1912 | Rockingham, North Carolina, United States | | | |
| Death | 9 Dec 2004 | Eden, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States | | | |
| Burial | | Eden, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States | | | |
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