W.B. Lassiter, David Woodard of Farmville, Dead, 1918

Obituaries from The Farmville Enterprise, Pitt County, N.C., November 8, 1918

Mr. W.B. Lassiter Dead

Mr. W.B. Lassiter, an old Confederate veteran, died at his home here Wednesday night. He had been out at work during the day and was on his way home when he fell from an automobile truck on which he was riding. It is thought his death was due to the shock from the fall combined with his old age, as upon examination there appeared to be no bruises or bones broken. He was a prominent citizen, was 76 years old and is survived by his wife and two sons.

Mr. David Woodard Dead

Mr. David H. Woodard died in Farmville Wednesday morning at 2:30 at the home of Mr. J.M. Wheless on Church street after a lingering illness of influenza followed by pneumonia.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Woodard of near Wendell, was 21 years of age, and had been in the employ of the Wheless Drug Company here for the past several months.

The remains were shipped to his former home near Wendell for interment.