Obituary of Robert Driver -- 1943

Transcribed by Stephen Carroll Pearsall

The Pender Chronicle, Burgaw, NC, November 11, 1943

Robert Driver Is Killed by Train At Rooks Station

     Robert Driver, 60, for many years respected and beloved janitor at the Atkinson 
school, was instantly killed Sunday afternoon about 2 o'clock when the car in which 
he was riding was struck by a train at Rooks station near Atkinson.  He is survived 
by a son and a daughter, and one sister, with whom he made his home.

     Funeral service was held Tuesday, November 9th, and burial was at Point 
Caswell Cemetery.
 
Note:
Robert Stephen Driver was the son of Harrison Monroe Driver and Mary Christa Pridgen.  
He was born in Pender County on 9 Mar 1882.  Robert married Tina (Tiney) Lecester 
Malpass.  The two children were:  William Hanson Driver and Dorothy Louise Driver.





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