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FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS

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JACK & RUTH WAINWRIGHT

Jack was the son of Joseph Jacob, “JJ”, Wainwright and Mary Letchworth, owners of a general mercantile store (ca.1912) at Marlboro and a farm in Greene County, North Carolina. Jack was born May 4, 1905, Pitt County and died December 28, 1982 in Pitt County. JJ descends from Jacob and Jacob descends from Kinchen, the son of William, who was the son of James Wainwright, an early settler of Pitt County (Land Warrant #488, dated April 28, 1768). Mary was the daughter of Elias H. Letchworth and Sarah Jones of Greene County. Jack married Ruth Vivian Burke Turner on June 10, 1931. She was the daughter of William Thomas Turner and Estella Carlyle from Lenoir County. Ruth was born December 14, 1913, in Lenoir County and died May 7, 1987 in Farmville, Pitt County, North Carolina. Jack’s older brother, Robert J. Wainwright, owned an Esso station on West Wilson Street in Farmville. After serving in the Navy briefly,

Jack and Ruth Wainwright, June 10, 1931

He worked with many neighbors and family in and around Pitt and Greene Counties for several years. He then moved his family to Greene County, on the Lamuel “Lam” Dawson farm. There he continued to be a sharecropper for many years. Mr. Lam and Ms. Winnie would come to the farm for visits and sit on our porch, drink iced tea and talk with my parents for hours. (264 words) Submitted by Amaryllis Wainwright Hunt, Farmville, NC 27828. Email: amaryllish@aol.com.

CHURCHES and CLUBS

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MOUNT HERMAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Mount Herman United Methodist Church was begun some time in the early 1870’s in a school building which was located just in front of the Taylor E. Barrow home place, and was known as the “Sandy Run Church.” About 1887, the congregation

Rev. Peter L. Herman

decided to build their own facility and work was begun at the church’s present location in Lizzie, NC. In honor of the pastor who was serving the church at the time, Peter L. Herman, the congregation decided to change the name of the church from Sandy Run to Mount Herman, which is an apt allusion to the biblical Mount Herman mentioned in Deuteronomy 3:8, 4:48, Psalm 89:12 which means literally in Hebrew, “a consecrated place, a sanctuary.” Reverend Herman was an itinerant Methodist minister who served the Snow Hill circuit as pastor from December 1884 to December 1888.

There were forty-three charter members of the Mount Herman Church in 1887. The land donation for the present location was made on November 25, 1887, by B.W. Edwards and M.E. Edwards, to Abner Silivant, Blaney Pridgen, Benjamin W. Edwards, B.F. Albritton, Thomas R. Tyndall and W.E. Grimsley, trustees of the congregation representing the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. For well over a century, Mount Herman United Methodist Church has stood as a witness to the saving gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in Lizzie, NC. Let us not forget our heritage, our predecessors, and the contributions of this congregation to the work of the Lord in Greene County. (250 words) Submitted by: Louis Dail, Farmville, NC 27828. Email: louisd@embarqmail.com.

MILITARY STORIES

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LT. ARTHUR W. SPEIGHT
(1841-1862)

Head Board of Lt. Arthur Speight

Lt. Arthur Speight, son of Abner Speight and Louisa Maria Darden, was born in Greene County, NC. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. A. Third NC Infantry. Killed at Antietam, MD Sept. 17, 1862, he was buried on Capt. David Smith’s farm. A wooden head board was carved with his name and regiment to mark his grave but as years passed the head board fell over and was covered by soil. In 1907, a farmer plowing the field unearthed the head board and the remains of Lt. Speight. His remains were reinterred in the Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD. (99 words) Submitted by Mike Edge, Snow Hill, NC 28580. Email: wbts1862@embarqmail.com. Sources: Confederate Service Records, Census, Personal Collection.