November 27, 1982. The following obituary appeared in the Sun Journal, New Bern, NC. "IRENE O. BLAND. Kinston: Irene Ormond Bland, 84, died this morning in the Morehead City Nursing Home. Funeral will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday from the chapel of Garner-Howard Funeral Home. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery, Kinston. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Blair Little. She is survived by her four daughters, Mrs. Edgar Gilbert of Snow Hill, Mrs. Joe Adams of New Bern R-2, Mrs. Harry Brinkly of Snow Hill, and Mrs. Warren Richardson of Dover R-1; four sons, Norman Bland of Baltimore, Md., Henry Bland of Dover, Jack Bland of Lewisville, MS., and J. B. Bland, Jr. of Dover; 25 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at Garner-Howard Funeral Home from 7 to 9 tonight and at other times at the home of Mrs. Warren Richardson of Dover R-1."
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