My 2nd Great Maternal Great Grandfather, married Christiana Francis Carlton

Eloquent Civil War Chaplain, Lawyer, and Legislator

My 2nd Great Maternal Great Grandmother, married Simpson Columbus Hearne

Lost her fiancé in the civil war and married the chaplain that delivered the bad news

My Paternal Great Grandfather, married Celia Martha Spivey

Journalist and Prosperous Merchant of Tarboro

My Paternal Great Grandmother, married William Edward Cobb

Young Widow

My Paternal Great Grandfather, married Margaret Little Langley

Farmer, Lumberman and in his 2nd marriage the father of a heroic soldier who was convicted of murder

My Paternal Great Grandmother, married Thomas Blount Ricks, Jr.

Tragedy struck three of her seven children

My Maternal Great Grandfather, married Bettie Ferebee Sanderlin

Joyfully Lived Off his Inheritance

My Maternal Great Grandmother, married Gideon Marchant Tillitt

Fractured Childhood with a Happy Ending

My Maternal Great Grandfather, married Anna Letitia Hearne

The Country Doctor they all called Friend

My Maternal Great Grandmother, married Dr Charles Weldon Rodgers

The little Firecracker with the Size Two Shoe

My Paternal Grandfather, married Francis L Ricks

Orphan, Company Store Manager for Lumber Enterprise

My Paternal Grandmother, married John Edward Cobb Sr

Hardworking Gentle Spirit, Gardener Extraordinaire.

My Maternal Grandfather, married Rosa Judson Rodgers

Lawyer, Mayor, Legislator, Devoted Father and Husband

My Maternal Grandmother, married Durant Howard Tillitt

School Principal, Captivating Storyteller, Adventuress, and Role Model

My Father, married Bettie Anna Tillitt

Proud Veteran of Three Wars, “When the Going gets Tough, the Tough get Going,” World Traveler, Author, Humorist

My Mother, married John Edward Cobb, Jr

Reference Librarian, Smithsonian Docent, World Traveler with a Zest for Life