Goldsboro News-Argus &
The Wilson Daily News
Monday, March 28, 2005
STANTONSBURG -- Mr. Roy Melvin Letchworth, age 83, of the Lindell Community, died Sunday, March 27, 2005.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Church Street Chapel of the Farmville Funeral Home by Rev. William Creech. Interment will follow in the Stantonsburg Cemetery.
Mr. Letchworth was born in Greene County on Sept. 23, 1921, the son of the late Roland and Minnie Jones Letchworth. He proudly served for 30 years in the U.S. Air Force and served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. After his Air Force retirement, he worked for 13 years for BB&T in Wilson.
He was preceded in death by his son, Tom Massey; sister, Christine Smith; and brother, David Letchworth.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Dorothy Folston Letchworth of the home; son and daughters-in-law, Steve and Becky Letchworth of Goldsboro and Frieda Massey of Ayden; one grandchild, Jennifer Cuthrell and husband, Billy, of Raleigh; three sisters, Gladys Walston of Elm City, Shelby Eason of Tarboro and Peggy Ann Letchworth of Snow Hill; three brothers, Joe Letchworth of Walstonburg, William Letchworth of Wilson and Jimmy Letchworth of Farmville; and brother-in-law Marvin Folston and wife, Edith, of Stantonsburg.
The family will receive friends at the Farmville Funeral Home today from 7 until 9 p.m.
(Written & Paid by the Family)
Goldsboro News-Argus
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
STANTONSBURG -- Dorothy Folston Letchworth, 85, 890 Pope Farm Road, went to be with her Lord Sunday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family.
The funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Church Street Chapel of Farmville Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Creech and the Rev. Danny Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Stantonsburg Cemetery.
Mrs. Letchworth was born April 10, 1924, in Greene County and was a lifetime member of the Lindell Community.
Mrs. Letchworth loved gardening, spending time with family, (especially with her great-granddaughter to whom she was GG); reading her Bible and memorizing passages of Scripture. Over the years, Mrs. Letchworth wrote many beautiful and inspiring poems. The following lines from one of her poems depicts her unwavering faith:
"So lift your eyes toward Heaven,
Give Him thanks for sending His son,
So when He calls us all to Glory,
He can say well done my children, well done."
She is survived by her brother, Marvin Folston and wife, Edith, of Stantonsburg; granddaughter, Jennifer Cuthrell and husband, Billy, of Wendell; great-granddaughter, Emma Cuthrell; daughter-in-law, Frieda Massey of Ayden; and many loving and caring nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, S.T. and Bertie Folston; husband, Melvin Letchworth; son, Tommy Massey, Steve Letchworth and his wife, Becky; brother William Folston and his wife, Mildred; and sister, Iris Shirley and her husband, George.
The family will receive friends at Farmville Funeral Home tonight from 6:30 to 8:30.
(Paid)
