Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Tuesday, January 30, 1945

MRS. AVA ANN TART

DUNN -- Mrs. Ava Ann Tart, 84, died at her home, Dunn, Route 2, Monday morning. She was the widow of Nathan I. Tart.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Stoney Run church, with Elder Xure Lee officiating. Burial followed in the Tart family cemetery.

Surviving are four sons [only three named], L. V. Tart of Snow Hill, T. D. Tart of Benson, Route 2, and Colan Tart of Dunn, Route 5; two daughters, Mrs. Jim McPhail of Godwin, Route 1, and Mrs. J. W. Williams of Dunn, Route 5; one brother, Westbrook Barefoot of Baltimore, Md.; 39 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.