Mr. Robbie T. Massengill, who lived in Ingrams township, died at the Smithfield Memorial hospital Saturday following an operation for appendicitis. He was taken ill some time ago and was operated on Thanksgiving day, but his condition was so serious that the operation was of no avail.
Mr. Massengill was born August 11, 1895, and was a little past 30 years old. He was the son of the late J.A. Massengill of Ingrams township. During the World War he served in the United States navy for 26 months. In 1923 he married Miss Sallie Johnson of Bentonville, who survives him.
He never united with any church but was a believer in the Primitive Baptist faith. He was from a prominent family and was a successful farmer and business man.
The deceased is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Sarah Massengill of Ingrams township, two sisters, Mrs. Jesse Barns of this city and Mrs. W.G. Thomas of Varina, and four brothers, Messrs. J.T., N.A., and J.A. Massengill Jr., who live at the old homeplace, and Lester Massengill of Montgomery, Ala.
The funeral was held at the home Sunday afternoon, conducted by Elders Xure Lee and L.A. Johnson, and interment was made in the family cemetery. An unusually large crowd estimated at about 3,000 people attended the funeral to pay a last tribute of respect to their departed friend and neighbor. The floral offering was profuse and very beautiful, silent testimony to the esteem in which the deceased was held.
The bereaved ones have the sympathy of a host of friends in this hour of bereavement.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 1925
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