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ROBERT LEE FORDHAM
Robert Lee Fordham, 83, of Route 3, Kinston, died Thursday, June 1, 1989.
Services will be held Saturday, June 3 at 3 p.m. from the chapel at
Garner-Howard Funeral Home with the Rev. James McLean officiating.
Burial will follow in Pinelawn Memorial Park with full Masonic Rites.
The son of the late Jesse and Roberta Williams Fordham of Jones County,
he is survived by his wife, Clarine Wilcox Fordham of the home; a nephew,
Saul Moore, whom he reared, of Kinston; a sister Winnie Fordham Wooten
of Kinston and a niece and a nephew. He attended North Carolina State
College and was a lifelong farmer. He was a member of Pleasant Hill
Christian Church, active in the Shady Grove United Methodist Church, and
past Master of the Pleasant Hill Masonic Lodge No. 304. He served for
more than 20 years as a supervisor of the Jones County Soil and Water
Conservation, a charter member of the Jones County Farm Bureau, and
actively served in the organization of the original tobacco program, served as
ASCD committeeman, and a Justice of the Peace. Memorial contributions
may be made to Shady Grove United Methodist Church, c/o Rev. James
McLean, Route 3, Kinston, NC 28501. The family will receive friends 7 to
9 p. m. Friday at the Garner-Howard Funeral Home.
Robert Lee Fordham Headstone
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