Obituary of Ida Bland Albritton ~ 1956

Contributed by Billy Bland





March 15, 1956. 
The following obituary appeared in the Kinston Daily Free Press, Kinston, NC. 
"MRS. IDA B. ALBRITTON - Mrs. Ida Bland Albritton, 87, died at Edgecombe Acres Nursing Home 
at Tarboro about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday after a lengthy illness. She was the widow of James 
Herbert Albritton of Kinston who died in 1936.

She was a daughter of the late T. A. and Mary Smith Bland of Pitt County, and was a member of 
the Gordon Street Christian Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday from 
Garner's Funeral Home with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Services will be conducted by her 
pastor, Rev. J. Clinton Bradshaw.

She is survived by two daughters; Mrs. Eunice A. Williams of Kinston, Route 4 and Mrs. C. R. 
Jones of Tarboro; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces and 
nephews. Active pall-bearers will be George, Harry and Barnes Bland, and Bill Sanders and Ted 
Albritton."



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