Emma Strickland Hanford

MRS. EMMA S. HANFORD, 60, DIED IN A RALEIGH HOSPITAL SATURDAY. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND HAD RESIDED IN ROCKY MOUNT FOR THE PAST 23 YEARS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH NEAR SPRING HOPE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED MONDAY AT 2PM FROM GAY-YOST FUNERAL HOME BY THE REV. JOHN EVANS. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, SHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS, MRS. BETTY H. STRICKLAND OF ROCKY MOUNT, MRS. MAVIS PURKERSON OF BEAUFORT, MRS. DOROTHY GRIMSLEY OF WHITEVILLE; ONE BROTHER, RUFUS STRICKLAND OF ROCKY MOUNT; ONE SISTER, MRS. SALLIE WHITLEY OF SPRING HOPE; AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN.