Robert Ivey Sutton, Jr. Obituary
Robert Ivey Sutton, Jr.
Born: Sept. 5, 1889
Died: April 12, 1961
Robert Ivey Sutton
Robert Ivey Sutton, 72, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, died at his
home 112 East Peyton Avenue about 3 p. m. Wednesday, April 12, 1961,
after a brief illness. He was a native of Lenoir County and the son of the late
Robert I. and Wilmeth (sic) Taylor Sutton of Lenoir County, but resided in
Canton, Ohio, since 1912 until some eight months ago when he returned to
Kinston to make his home. He was a member of St. John’s Lodge No. 4,
AF and AM, in Kinston for 49 years, a member of the Scottish Rite, the
Brotherhood of Engineers of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a veteran of World
War I and a member of the Disabled American Veterans. Funeral services
will be at Howard and Carter Funeral Chapel at 3 p. m. Friday. Rev. John
Snyder, Presbyterian, will officiate. Burial will follow in Pinelawn Memorial Park.
Members of St. John’s Masonic Lodge will have charge of services at the
graveside and will serve as pallbearers. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen
T. Sutton of the home; two step-sons, Melvin Fordham of Kinston, and Richard
Fordham of Anacortes, Wash.; one step-daughter, Margaret Stanford of the
home; four brothers, Wyche and V. B. of Kinston, and Herman L. of LaGrange
and Quincey of Warsaw; two sisters, Mrs. Raymond Taylor of Arapahoe and
Mrs. Arthur Tyndall of Kinston; several nieces and nephews.
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