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Re: Calvin Deese - Special Deputy - Anson County, NC - June 2, 1884
Posted by: Charles Purvis (ID *****7168) Date: October 03, 2009 at 18:48:14
In Reply to: Re: Calvin Deese - Special Deputy - Anson County, NC - June 2, 1884 by Roger Deese of 406

OBITUARY: John Calvin Deese, found under Morven News, The Messenger & Intelligence, 3 April 1930, Page 10. Death of J. Calvin Deese [Folder 1-1-58].
Tuesday night at 11 o'clock Mr. J. Calvin Deese died at his home. He had been a victim of paralysis for a long time and the end was expected at any hour. The funeral was held in the Methodist church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. L. McCain, and interment was in the Morven cemetery where a large number of sorrowing friends and relatives gathered to pay the last tribute to a man who had always la-bored with both heart and hand to do the right thing for his Master, his country and family. Mr. Deese was 77 years of age, he had been a citizen of Morven nearly all his life. He was twice married, first to Miss Lavenia Honeycutt and to this union three children were born, and second to Miss Fannie Gathings, and to them were born three children also. He is survived by his second wife and five daughters. They are: Mrs. Baldwin, of Palestine; Mrs. Jim Purvis, of McFarlan; Mrs. Reuben Philips and Misses Lizzie and Cora Deese of Morven. The Messenger & Intelligence, 3 April 1930, Page 10, Morven News


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