The funeral of Henry M. Pritchard, who died Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at his home on the Wade’s Point farm, Sound Neck, 16 miles from this city, was conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Dr. S.H. Templeman and Dr. J.H. Thayer, and burial made in the Pritchard burying ground on the Forks road 1 ½ miles from town.
The large crowd attending and the beautiful floral offerings bore witness to the high esteem in which he was held by relatives, friends and neighbors.
The pallbearers were: W.W. Eves, Edward Markham, N.T. Halstead, R.F. Coates, S.W. Scott and W.T. Davis.
Mr. Pritchard was 68 years old and had been ill since January. He is survived by his wife, six children, W.H. Pritchard, Miss Lillian Pritchard, Miss Elizabeth Pritchard, all of this County, and Mrs. C.B. Parker of Fentress, Virginia, and six grandchildren.
He was a deacon of Corinth Baptist Church from the time it was built for 20 years and a deacon of Salem Baptist Church for the last 13 years.
From page 4 of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, May 4, 1925
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