Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameRoy Capers CHRISMON [2942], [9909], [1106], [9908]
BirthJun 5, 1896, Guilford County, North Carolina [9909]
DeathMar 5, 1990, Rockingham County, North Carolina [9909]
BurialEvergreen Memory Gardens, 7901 US 158, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina [9909]
MotherMary Estelle APPLE (1873-1929)
Spouses
BirthApr 18, 1902, Guilford County, North Carolina [9907], [1106]
DeathNov 25, 2002, Rockingham, North Carolina [9907]
BurialEvergreen Memory Gardens, 7901 US 158, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina [9907]
FatherJohn Mebane BROWN (1859-1934)
MotherSusan Angeline WAGONER (1860-1947)
ChildrenRoy Garland (1925-2003)
 Rebecca Ann (1932-2019)
Obituary Online notes for Roy Capers CHRISMON
REIDSVILLE - C. Roy Chrismon , 93, of 2614 S. Scales St. died Sunday at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Congregational Christian Church, of which he was a member. Burial will be in Evergreen Memory Gardens.

A Guilford County native, he was a retired employee of the American Tobacco Co. and a World War I Army veteran. He was also a retired carpenter.

Surviving are wife, Mrs. Ollie Mae Chrismon ; son, Garland Chrismon of Reidsville; daughters, Mrs. Patricia Kopko of Monessen, Pa., Mrs. Rebecca Rakestraw of Eden; sisters, Mrs. Raymond Scott, Mrs. Eva Daniel, both of Reidsville; five grandchildren.

The family will be at Wilkerson Funeral Home 7-9 p.m. today, other times at the residence.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Congregational Christian Church Building Fund. [1106]
Obituary Online notes for Ollie Mae (Spouse 1)
REIDSVILLE Ollie Brown Chrismon , 100, formerly of 2614 South Scales Street, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2002 at the Morehead Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002 at First Congregational Christian Church and the burial will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens.

Mrs. Chrismon was a native of Guilford County and the daughter of the late John Mebane and Susan Wagoner Brown. She was a homemaker. She was the oldest and a very faithful member of First Congregational Christian Church. Mrs. Chrismon was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Capers Chrismon .

She is survived by her children, Garland Chrismon and wife, Colleen of Reidsville, Becky Rakestraw and husband, Watson of Eden and Pat Kopko and husband, Robert of Monessen, Pa.; grandchildren, Mike Chrismon , Tom Rakestraw, Scott Rakestraw, Susan Allen and Melissa Zanardelli; eight great-grandchildren and sister-in-law, Eva Daniels of Reidsville.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002 at Wilkerson Funeral Home and other times at her residence.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Congregational Christian Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 2002, Reidsville, N.C. 27323-2002.
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