That Thomas J. Nixon Sr. of Perquimans County died this morning at 9 o’clock after a long illness was the news received here shortly after 11 o’clock this morning. He was 75 years old.
Mr. Nixon was one of the most prominent and successful farmers of this section, his farm just this side of Winfall being one of the most attractive between here and Hertford.
He is survived by his widow and seven children. The children are T.J. Nixon Jr., W.H. Nixon and Mrs. W.H Hardcastle, Misses Charlotte and May Nixon, Irving and Ned Nixon, all of Perquimans County. A sister, Mrs. M.J. Evorn of Newark, New Jersey, and two brothers, Dr. E.J. Nixon of Petersburg, Virginia, and Francis Nixon of this city, also survive him.
The funeral arrangements had not been made up to 11 o’clock Monday morning.
From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, April 26, 1926
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