Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameMary Helen SOMERS 147,161,404, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS9-MT3S : 28 November 2018), Helen Josephine Jarrell in entry for Robert Vernon Shaw and Mary Helen Perkins Somers, 5 Aug 1972; citing Caswell,NC,54, Obituary Helen J Somers Porterfield
BirthApr 8, 1948, Caswell County, North Carolina147,161
BurialPleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, 2704 Ashland Road, Caswell County, North Carolina147
FatherJohn Herman SOMERS (1914-1963)
MotherHelen Josephine JARRELL (1920-1995)
Spouses
1Robert Vernon SHAW 147,404, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS9-MT3S : 28 November 2018), Helen Josephine Jarrell in entry for Robert Vernon Shaw and Mary Helen Perkins Somers, 5 Aug 1972; citing Caswell,NC
BirthDec 12, 1928, Caswell County, North Carolina147
DeathNov 9, 1991, Caswell County, North Carolina147
BurialCamp Springs United Methodist Church, 9168 Cherry Grove Road, Caswell County, North Carolina147
FatherWilliam Felix SHAW (1893-1979)
MotherMary Elizabeth SIMPSON (1898-1970)
MarriageAug 5, 1972, Caswell County, North Carolina329,404, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS9-MT3S : 28 November 2018), Helen Josephine Jarrell in entry for Robert Vernon Shaw and Mary Helen Perkins Somers, 5 Aug 1972; citing Caswell,NC
ChildrenDoris
 Kay
Obituary Online notes for Mary Helen SOMERS
Headline: OBITUARIES

Publication Date: May 25, 1995
Source: Greensboro News & Record
Page: B4

Subjects: DEATH; FUNERAL; OBIT; GUILFORD; OUT; COUNTY
Region: North Carolina
Obituary:

REIDSVILLE - Helen J. Somers Porterfield, 75, of 523 Rice Road died Tuesday, May 23, 1995 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. J. Gaylord Dix officiating and burial to be in Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
A native of Guilford County, she was retired from the shipping and packing department of Glen Raven Mills and was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include her daughters, Doris Lovelace of Reidsville, Edna Smith of Providence, Janie Roberts of Anderson, Carolyn Dove of Ruffin, Betty Bailey of Reidsville, Mary Shaw of Elon College, Nancy Gerringer of Burlington, and Kay Lawrence of Elon College; sister, Grace Owens of Reidsville; 22 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. tonight at Wilkerson Funeral Home and other times at the residence, 523 Rice Road in the Cherry Grove Community of Caswell County.147
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