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Obituary Online notes for Elizabeth PARKER
12/29/2019
Elizabeth Parker McPherson
Elizabeth “Lib” Parker McPherson, 90, formerly of Yanceyville, NC died on December 21, 2019 at Coble Health Center in Burlington. Lib was born on April 29, 1929 to the late Kirk and Betty Parker in Hoke County, NC. She graduated from Hoke County High where she was the school paper editor and valedictorian of her class. In 1951 she earned a B.S. in Home Economics with a concentration in Nutrition from WCUNC (now UNCG). During her college years, she was a leader in Westminster Fellowship (Presbyterian Campus Ministry), and the Collegiate 4-H Club. Throughout her life, Lib was an avid supporter of the UNCG Alumni Association, and was awarded the Alumni of Distinction Award in 2013.
In 1952, she married Mebane native Thomas R. McPherson (1929-2008) whom she met at a party of the NCSU and WCUNC Collegiate 4-H Clubs. After his service in the Korean War, they lived in Mebane. In 1964, they moved to Yanceyville where they raised their family and lived until 2008.
Lib became the first supervisor of School Nutrition Programs in Caswell County Schools in 1966. She sought opportunities to make a difference for nutrition for school children and this led to her election as president of NC School Nutrition Association (SNA). In 1992, the NC Senate recognized her contributions to benefit child nutrition. She served as SNA Southeast Regional Director, and then later at the national level, she served as SNA Treasurer, Vice-chair, President, and finally SNA Foundation President.
Of particular significance to Lib’s commitment to nutrition and hunger is her service as Chair on Orange Presbytery’s Hunger Ministry committee. In this role, she was a representative for a Board meeting in the Christian Health Center (CHC) in Mbujimayi, Zaire (now the Congo). In 1990, Lib received Food Management magazine’s Humanitarian Service Award, a national award given to a Nutrition and Food Service professional for volunteer initiatives to end hunger.
Lib served as the Youth Education Director at Mebane Presbyterian Church, and later at Yanceyville Presbyterian Church as a Bible teacher, Elder, Clerk of Session, and as Commissioner to meetings of Orange and Salem Presbyteries. In 1996, she represented Salem Presbytery for the annual meeting of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church USA.
In the early 1980’s, Lib’s family restored the historic Woodside in Milton, NC and operated a country inn. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Properties. This led to Lib’s involvement with the Thomas Day Education Project (TDEP), and the Caswell County Historical Association where she served as president.
Lib dedicated her life to service to her family, her church, her community, and her world. Her leadership skills, her amazing memory and love of learning, her strong faith and unwavering optimism, and her love of people enabled her to seize each day as an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people both near and far.
Lib is survived by her children and their spouses, Tom and Kathy McPherson, Davis McPherson and Lise Wurzbacher, and Elizabeth and Mike Mollica; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren;
brother, D.B. Parker, sister-in-law Ellen K. Parker; and 11 nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at Yanceyville Presbyterian Church on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 11:00am with burial in the church cemetery, and a reception to follow.
Memorials may be made to Bread for the World (www.bread.org).
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Elizabeth Parker McPherson
Elizabeth “Lib” Parker McPherson, 90, formerly of Yanceyville, NC died on December 21, 2019 at Coble Health Center in Burlington. Lib was born on April 29, 1929 to the late Kirk and Betty Parker in Hoke County, NC. She graduated from Hoke County High where she was the school paper editor and valedictorian of her class. In 1951 she earned a B.S. in Home Economics with a concentration in Nutrition from WCUNC (now UNCG). During her college years, she was a leader in Westminster Fellowship (Presbyterian Campus Ministry), and the Collegiate 4-H Club. Throughout her life, Lib was an avid supporter of the UNCG Alumni Association, and was awarded the Alumni of Distinction Award in 2013.
In 1952, she married Mebane native Thomas R. McPherson (1929-2008) whom she met at a party of the NCSU and WCUNC Collegiate 4-H Clubs. After his service in the Korean War, they lived in Mebane. In 1964, they moved to Yanceyville where they raised their family and lived until 2008.
Lib became the first supervisor of School Nutrition Programs in Caswell County Schools in 1966. She sought opportunities to make a difference for nutrition for school children and this led to her election as president of NC School Nutrition Association (SNA). In 1992, the NC Senate recognized her contributions to benefit child nutrition. She served as SNA Southeast Regional Director, and then later at the national level, she served as SNA Treasurer, Vice-chair, President, and finally SNA Foundation President.
Of particular significance to Lib’s commitment to nutrition and hunger is her service as Chair on Orange Presbytery’s Hunger Ministry committee. In this role, she was a representative for a Board meeting in the Christian Health Center (CHC) in Mbujimayi, Zaire (now the Congo). In 1990, Lib received Food Management magazine’s Humanitarian Service Award, a national award given to a Nutrition and Food Service professional for volunteer initiatives to end hunger.
Lib served as the Youth Education Director at Mebane Presbyterian Church, and later at Yanceyville Presbyterian Church as a Bible teacher, Elder, Clerk of Session, and as Commissioner to meetings of Orange and Salem Presbyteries. In 1996, she represented Salem Presbytery for the annual meeting of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church USA.
In the early 1980’s, Lib’s family restored the historic Woodside in Milton, NC and operated a country inn. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Properties. This led to Lib’s involvement with the Thomas Day Education Project (TDEP), and the Caswell County Historical Association where she served as president.
Lib dedicated her life to service to her family, her church, her community, and her world. Her leadership skills, her amazing memory and love of learning, her strong faith and unwavering optimism, and her love of people enabled her to seize each day as an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people both near and far.
Lib is survived by her children and their spouses, Tom and Kathy McPherson, Davis McPherson and Lise Wurzbacher, and Elizabeth and Mike Mollica; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren;
brother, D.B. Parker, sister-in-law Ellen K. Parker; and 11 nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at Yanceyville Presbyterian Church on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 11:00am with burial in the church cemetery, and a reception to follow.
Memorials may be made to Bread for the World (www.bread.org).
Harrelson Funeral Services of Yanceyville, NC is privileged to be serving the McPherson family. [30272]
Obituary Online notes for Thomas Richmond (Spouse 1)
12/26/2008
Thomas R. McPherson Sr.
BURLINGTON — Thomas Richmond McPherson Sr., 79, formerly of Yanceyville, died on December 23, 2008, in the Coble Health Center of Twin Lakes Community after several years of declining health. He was born on May 30, 1929, in Mebane to the late William Edgar and Irene Richmond McPherson and was a grandson of the late William King and Elizabeth Slaughter McPherson and the late Thomas Bethel and Margaret Murray Richmond, all of Mebane.
On March 8, 1952, he married Elizabeth P. Parker, of Raeford, who survives. They met in 1950 at an NCSU/ WCUNC Collegiate 4H Club gathering at the Woman’s College of UNC. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Thomas Richmond Mc-Pherson Jr. and wife, Kathy Simmons McPherson, of Pinehurst; his son, Edgar Davis McPherson and wife, Lise Wurzbacher, of Silver Spring, Md.; his daughter, Elizabeth McPherson Mollica, and husband, Michael Mollica, of Charlottesville, Va.; six grandchildren, Thomas Richmond McPherson III and wife, Janet, of Winston-Salem, Katherine Miles McPherson, of New York City, Mariah McPherson and Marlee McPherson, of Silver Spring, Md., Brittany Mollica and Elise Mollica, of Charlottesville, Va.; one brother, William Edgar McPherson Jr., of Mebane; brother-in-law, D.B. Parker and wife, Sylvia; and sister-inlaw, Ellen K. Parker, all of Fayetteville; 12 nieces and nephews, and many great-nieces and nephews; an uncle, Ernest Richmond and wife, Ruth, of Mebane; an aunt, Alice McPherson Patisaul, of Augusta, Ga. A loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and cousin, he was always happy when there were family gatherings to enjoy.
In 1951, he graduated from North Carolina State with a degree in Animal Industry and an ROTC commission. He was a member of Alpha Zeta honor fraternity and Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity, the Ag Club, the NCSU Collegiate 4H Club and was a member of the NCSU Dairy Judging Team.
He was an Infantry Officer during the Korean War and spent the last year of the war on the front lines in the Punch Bowl area of Korea.
His agricultural heritage and his love of the land and farming were major factors in his life’s journey. From his early teens he was actively involved in the operation of McPherson Farms with its herd of registered Guernseys. Following his military service, he was a partner in the family dairy operation for 10 years. In 1959, he was 1st runner up for N.C.’s Young Farmer of the Year. In 1963, he became County Supervisor of USDA’s Farmers Home Administration program in Caswell County from which he retired in 1989. In retirement, he was able to pursue his love of trees and landscaping and spent many hours root pruning and nurturing trees from the woods to be planted in his large yard or to contribute to the Caswell Horticulture Club for the Community Arboretum.
He joined Mebane Presbyterian Church as a youth and faithfully served his Lord for all of his life. In Mebane, he was ordained as a deacon and served as Chair of the church’s Board of Deacons. In the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church, he was ordained as an Elder and served 2 terms as Clerk of Session and was chair of the Cemetery Trustees.
He was a member of the Yanceyville Rotary Club for 45 years, served as Rotary president twice, and was a Paul Harris Fellow in International Rotary.
An avid golfer, he and his golfing partner and friend, Will Woodard, were faithful members of the Eno Seniors Golfers, and also spent many days enjoying the local golf course.
He had a special passion for NCSU basketball, for the legendary Everett Case brought big-time basketball to N.C. during his campus caperer days, but was truly a Wolfpack fan for other sports, too. His family’s enthusiasm for baseball led him to follow the St. Louis Cardinals and the prowess of a distant cousin Enos Slaughter at an early age. In recent years, he faithfully cheered for the Atlanta Braves.
With his wife and son, Davis, he restored historic Woodside (c. 1836), in Milton, in 1986 and operated Woodside Inn, a country inn and bed and breakfast for 8 years. Woodside Inn was one of two public facilities where the woodwork of the famous free black cabinet and furniture craftsman could be seen. For this restoration the family received the top award of the N.C. chapter of the Victorian Society of America. Robert E. Lee’s legendary general, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, the youngest West Point graduate to be a Major General in the Confederate Army, married his first cousin in the parlor at Woodside and their only child was born there. This connection stoked his passion for history, and he became a member of the N.C. Civil War Roundtable leading to the accumulation of a large collection of some of the best books about the war all of which were read.
Funeral services will be held at the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church on Saturday, December 27 at 11 a.m. with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at Harrelson Funeral Home in Yanceyville from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 26. A memorial service will be held in Foley Chapel at Twin Lakes at a later date.
Memorials may be made to the Richmond-Miles Museum, Box 278, Yanceyville, N.C. 27379 or to the Caswell Parish, Yanceyville, N.C. 27379.
Harrelson Funeral Service is assisting the family with arrangements. [30271]
Thomas R. McPherson Sr.
BURLINGTON — Thomas Richmond McPherson Sr., 79, formerly of Yanceyville, died on December 23, 2008, in the Coble Health Center of Twin Lakes Community after several years of declining health. He was born on May 30, 1929, in Mebane to the late William Edgar and Irene Richmond McPherson and was a grandson of the late William King and Elizabeth Slaughter McPherson and the late Thomas Bethel and Margaret Murray Richmond, all of Mebane.
On March 8, 1952, he married Elizabeth P. Parker, of Raeford, who survives. They met in 1950 at an NCSU/ WCUNC Collegiate 4H Club gathering at the Woman’s College of UNC. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Thomas Richmond Mc-Pherson Jr. and wife, Kathy Simmons McPherson, of Pinehurst; his son, Edgar Davis McPherson and wife, Lise Wurzbacher, of Silver Spring, Md.; his daughter, Elizabeth McPherson Mollica, and husband, Michael Mollica, of Charlottesville, Va.; six grandchildren, Thomas Richmond McPherson III and wife, Janet, of Winston-Salem, Katherine Miles McPherson, of New York City, Mariah McPherson and Marlee McPherson, of Silver Spring, Md., Brittany Mollica and Elise Mollica, of Charlottesville, Va.; one brother, William Edgar McPherson Jr., of Mebane; brother-in-law, D.B. Parker and wife, Sylvia; and sister-inlaw, Ellen K. Parker, all of Fayetteville; 12 nieces and nephews, and many great-nieces and nephews; an uncle, Ernest Richmond and wife, Ruth, of Mebane; an aunt, Alice McPherson Patisaul, of Augusta, Ga. A loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and cousin, he was always happy when there were family gatherings to enjoy.
In 1951, he graduated from North Carolina State with a degree in Animal Industry and an ROTC commission. He was a member of Alpha Zeta honor fraternity and Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity, the Ag Club, the NCSU Collegiate 4H Club and was a member of the NCSU Dairy Judging Team.
He was an Infantry Officer during the Korean War and spent the last year of the war on the front lines in the Punch Bowl area of Korea.
His agricultural heritage and his love of the land and farming were major factors in his life’s journey. From his early teens he was actively involved in the operation of McPherson Farms with its herd of registered Guernseys. Following his military service, he was a partner in the family dairy operation for 10 years. In 1959, he was 1st runner up for N.C.’s Young Farmer of the Year. In 1963, he became County Supervisor of USDA’s Farmers Home Administration program in Caswell County from which he retired in 1989. In retirement, he was able to pursue his love of trees and landscaping and spent many hours root pruning and nurturing trees from the woods to be planted in his large yard or to contribute to the Caswell Horticulture Club for the Community Arboretum.
He joined Mebane Presbyterian Church as a youth and faithfully served his Lord for all of his life. In Mebane, he was ordained as a deacon and served as Chair of the church’s Board of Deacons. In the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church, he was ordained as an Elder and served 2 terms as Clerk of Session and was chair of the Cemetery Trustees.
He was a member of the Yanceyville Rotary Club for 45 years, served as Rotary president twice, and was a Paul Harris Fellow in International Rotary.
An avid golfer, he and his golfing partner and friend, Will Woodard, were faithful members of the Eno Seniors Golfers, and also spent many days enjoying the local golf course.
He had a special passion for NCSU basketball, for the legendary Everett Case brought big-time basketball to N.C. during his campus caperer days, but was truly a Wolfpack fan for other sports, too. His family’s enthusiasm for baseball led him to follow the St. Louis Cardinals and the prowess of a distant cousin Enos Slaughter at an early age. In recent years, he faithfully cheered for the Atlanta Braves.
With his wife and son, Davis, he restored historic Woodside (c. 1836), in Milton, in 1986 and operated Woodside Inn, a country inn and bed and breakfast for 8 years. Woodside Inn was one of two public facilities where the woodwork of the famous free black cabinet and furniture craftsman could be seen. For this restoration the family received the top award of the N.C. chapter of the Victorian Society of America. Robert E. Lee’s legendary general, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, the youngest West Point graduate to be a Major General in the Confederate Army, married his first cousin in the parlor at Woodside and their only child was born there. This connection stoked his passion for history, and he became a member of the N.C. Civil War Roundtable leading to the accumulation of a large collection of some of the best books about the war all of which were read.
Funeral services will be held at the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church on Saturday, December 27 at 11 a.m. with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at Harrelson Funeral Home in Yanceyville from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 26. A memorial service will be held in Foley Chapel at Twin Lakes at a later date.
Memorials may be made to the Richmond-Miles Museum, Box 278, Yanceyville, N.C. 27379 or to the Caswell Parish, Yanceyville, N.C. 27379.
Harrelson Funeral Service is assisting the family with arrangements. [30271]
CaswellCountyHistory notes for Thomas Richmond (Spouse 1)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2008
Thomas Richmond McPherson (1929-2008)
Thomas Richmond McPherson (1929-2008)
Yanceyville (Greensboro News Record, 26 December 2008) — Thomas Richmond McPherson, Sr., 79, formerly of Yanceyville, died on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, in the Coble Health Center of Twin Lakes Community in Burlington after several years of declining health. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, December 27, at the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church with burial in the church cemetery. A memorial service will be held in Foley Chapel at Twin Lakes at a later date. He was born on May 30, 1929, in Mebane, N.C., to the late William Edgar and Irene Richmond McPherson and was a grandson of the late William King and Elizabeth Slaughter McPherson and the late Thomas Bethel and Margaret Murray Richmond, all of Mebane.
In 1951, he graduated from North Carolina State with a degree in Animal Industry and an ROTC commission. He was a member of Alpha Zeta honor fraternity and Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity, the Ag Club, the NCSU Collegiate 4H Club and was a member of the NCSU Dairy Judging Team. He was an Infantry Officer during the Korean War and spent the last year of the war on the front lines in the Punch Bowl area of Korea. His agricultural heritage and his love of the land and farming were major factors in his life's journey. From his early teens he was actively involved in the operation of McPherson Farms with its herd of registered Guernseys. Following his military service he was a partner in the family dairy operation for 10 years. In 1959, he was 1st runner up for NC's Young Farmer of the Year. In 1963, he became county supervisor of USDA's Farmers Home Administration program in Caswell County, N.C. from which he retired in 1989. In retirement he was able to pursue his love of trees and landscaping and spent many hours root pruning and nurturing trees from the woods to be planted in his large yard or to contribute to the Caswell Horticulture Club for the Community Arboretum.
He joined Mebane Presbyterian Church as a youth and faithfully served his Lord for all of his life. In Mebane he was ordained as a deacon and served as chair of the church's Board of Deacons. In the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church he was ordained as an Elder and served two terms as Clerk of Session and was chair of the Cemetery Trustees. He was a member of the Yanceyville Rotary Club for 45 years, served as Rotary president twice, and was a Paul Harris Fellow in International Rotary. An avid golfer, he and his golfing partner and friend, Will Woodard, were faithful members of the Eno Seniors Golfers, and also spent many days enjoying the local golf course.
He had a special passion for NCSU basketball, for the legendary Everett Case brought big time basketball to North Carolina during his campus caperer days, but was truly a Wolfpack fan for other sports, too. His family's enthusiasm for baseball led him to follow the St. Louis Cardinals and the prowess of a distant cousin, Enos Slaughter at an early age. In recent years he faithfully cheered for the Atlanta Braves.
With his wife and son, Davis, he restored historic Woodside (c. 1836) in Milton, N.C., in 1986 and operated Woodside Inn, a country inn and bed and breakfast for eight years. Woodside Inn was one of two public facilities where the woodwork of the famous free black cabinet and furniture craftsman could be seen. For this restoration the family received the top award of the NC Chapter of the Victorian Society of America. Robert E. Lee's legendary general, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, the youngest West Point graduate to be a Major General in the Confederate Army, married his first cousin in the parlor at Woodside and their only child was born there. This connection stoked his passion for history, and he became a member of the NC Civil War Roundtable leading to the accumulation of a large collection of some of the best books about the war all of which were read.
On March 8, 1952, he married Elizabeth P. Parker of Raeford, N.C., who survives. They met in 1950 at an NCSU/ WCUNC Collegiate 4H Club gathering at the Woman's College of UNC.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Thomas Richmond McPherson, Jr. and wife, Kathy Simmons McPherson of Pinehurst, N.C.; his son, Edgar Davis McPherson and wife, Lise Wurzbacher of Silver Spring, Md.; his daughter, Elizabeth McPherson Mollica and husband, Michael Mollica of Charlottesville, Va.; six grandchildren, Thomas Richmond McPherson, III and wife, Janet of Winston- Salem, N.C., Katherine Miles McPherson of New York City, Mariah McPherson and Marlee McPherson of Silver Spring, Md., Brittany Mollica and Elise Mollica of Charlottesville, Va.; one brother, William Edgar McPherson, Jr. of Mebane; brother- in-law, D.B. Parker and wife, Sylvia; sister-in-law, Ellen K. Parker, all of Fayetteville; 12 nieces and nephews; and many great-nieces and nephews; an uncle, Ernest Richmond and wife, Ruth of Mebane; an aunt, Alice McPherson Patisaul of Augusta, Ga. A loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and cousin, he was always happy when there were family gatherings to enjoy.
Visitation will be held from 5 until 6:30 p.m. Friday, December 26, at Harrelson Funeral Home in Yanceyville. Memorials may be made to the Richmond-Miles Museum, Box 278, Yanceyville, NC 27379 or to the Caswell Parish, Yanceyville, NC 27379. Harrelson Funeral Service is assisting the family with arrangements. Offer condolences at www.news-record.com/obituaries.
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Thomas Richmond McPherson (1929-2008)
Thomas Richmond McPherson (1929-2008)
Yanceyville (Greensboro News Record, 26 December 2008) — Thomas Richmond McPherson, Sr., 79, formerly of Yanceyville, died on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, in the Coble Health Center of Twin Lakes Community in Burlington after several years of declining health. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, December 27, at the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church with burial in the church cemetery. A memorial service will be held in Foley Chapel at Twin Lakes at a later date. He was born on May 30, 1929, in Mebane, N.C., to the late William Edgar and Irene Richmond McPherson and was a grandson of the late William King and Elizabeth Slaughter McPherson and the late Thomas Bethel and Margaret Murray Richmond, all of Mebane.
In 1951, he graduated from North Carolina State with a degree in Animal Industry and an ROTC commission. He was a member of Alpha Zeta honor fraternity and Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity, the Ag Club, the NCSU Collegiate 4H Club and was a member of the NCSU Dairy Judging Team. He was an Infantry Officer during the Korean War and spent the last year of the war on the front lines in the Punch Bowl area of Korea. His agricultural heritage and his love of the land and farming were major factors in his life's journey. From his early teens he was actively involved in the operation of McPherson Farms with its herd of registered Guernseys. Following his military service he was a partner in the family dairy operation for 10 years. In 1959, he was 1st runner up for NC's Young Farmer of the Year. In 1963, he became county supervisor of USDA's Farmers Home Administration program in Caswell County, N.C. from which he retired in 1989. In retirement he was able to pursue his love of trees and landscaping and spent many hours root pruning and nurturing trees from the woods to be planted in his large yard or to contribute to the Caswell Horticulture Club for the Community Arboretum.
He joined Mebane Presbyterian Church as a youth and faithfully served his Lord for all of his life. In Mebane he was ordained as a deacon and served as chair of the church's Board of Deacons. In the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church he was ordained as an Elder and served two terms as Clerk of Session and was chair of the Cemetery Trustees. He was a member of the Yanceyville Rotary Club for 45 years, served as Rotary president twice, and was a Paul Harris Fellow in International Rotary. An avid golfer, he and his golfing partner and friend, Will Woodard, were faithful members of the Eno Seniors Golfers, and also spent many days enjoying the local golf course.
He had a special passion for NCSU basketball, for the legendary Everett Case brought big time basketball to North Carolina during his campus caperer days, but was truly a Wolfpack fan for other sports, too. His family's enthusiasm for baseball led him to follow the St. Louis Cardinals and the prowess of a distant cousin, Enos Slaughter at an early age. In recent years he faithfully cheered for the Atlanta Braves.
With his wife and son, Davis, he restored historic Woodside (c. 1836) in Milton, N.C., in 1986 and operated Woodside Inn, a country inn and bed and breakfast for eight years. Woodside Inn was one of two public facilities where the woodwork of the famous free black cabinet and furniture craftsman could be seen. For this restoration the family received the top award of the NC Chapter of the Victorian Society of America. Robert E. Lee's legendary general, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, the youngest West Point graduate to be a Major General in the Confederate Army, married his first cousin in the parlor at Woodside and their only child was born there. This connection stoked his passion for history, and he became a member of the NC Civil War Roundtable leading to the accumulation of a large collection of some of the best books about the war all of which were read.
On March 8, 1952, he married Elizabeth P. Parker of Raeford, N.C., who survives. They met in 1950 at an NCSU/ WCUNC Collegiate 4H Club gathering at the Woman's College of UNC.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Thomas Richmond McPherson, Jr. and wife, Kathy Simmons McPherson of Pinehurst, N.C.; his son, Edgar Davis McPherson and wife, Lise Wurzbacher of Silver Spring, Md.; his daughter, Elizabeth McPherson Mollica and husband, Michael Mollica of Charlottesville, Va.; six grandchildren, Thomas Richmond McPherson, III and wife, Janet of Winston- Salem, N.C., Katherine Miles McPherson of New York City, Mariah McPherson and Marlee McPherson of Silver Spring, Md., Brittany Mollica and Elise Mollica of Charlottesville, Va.; one brother, William Edgar McPherson, Jr. of Mebane; brother- in-law, D.B. Parker and wife, Sylvia; sister-in-law, Ellen K. Parker, all of Fayetteville; 12 nieces and nephews; and many great-nieces and nephews; an uncle, Ernest Richmond and wife, Ruth of Mebane; an aunt, Alice McPherson Patisaul of Augusta, Ga. A loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and cousin, he was always happy when there were family gatherings to enjoy.
Visitation will be held from 5 until 6:30 p.m. Friday, December 26, at Harrelson Funeral Home in Yanceyville. Memorials may be made to the Richmond-Miles Museum, Box 278, Yanceyville, NC 27379 or to the Caswell Parish, Yanceyville, NC 27379. Harrelson Funeral Service is assisting the family with arrangements. Offer condolences at www.news-record.com/obituaries.
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