Kinston Free Press Friday, March 10, 1995 MRS. EUNICE NEWELL BLAND: Kinston - Mrs. Eunice Newell Bland, 8s, wife of the late Furney Becton Bland, died Thursday, March 9, at the home of her daughter, Rena Carlyle, at 3308 Carey Road, after a brief illness. Mrs. Bland, previously of Goldsboro, resided in Kinston for the past 30 years. She had many talents and hobbies. She had a large collection of Faberge Eggs, her own creations, and also taught egging at the community college. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday from Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Lacy Oliver and Rev. Lindy Jones officiating. Interment will follow in Westview Cemetery. Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. Rena G. Carlyle of Kinston, NC, Mrs. Vera Lee Elliot of Easton, MD, and Mrs. Doris Ellen Dunn of Aurora, NC; her son David Henry Gainey of Clute, TX; a sister, Mrs. Rowena Hooks of Raleigh, NC; 14 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. The family will be at Edwards Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday (today), and other times at the home of Mrs. Rena Carlyle, 3308 Carey Road.
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