Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Tuesday, August 18, 1959

Native Johnston Woman Succumbs In Rocky Mount

Mrs. Bethany Parker Narron, 79, a native of Johnston County, died Wednesday night in a Rocky Mount nursing home.

The funeral was conducted Friday afternoon at 3:30 at Gay's Funeral Home. The Rev. Charley Harrison, pastor of Southside Baptist Church, officiated, assisted by the Rev. John W. Davis III of the First Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are her husband, E. H. Narron; two daughters, Mrs. R. B. Dawes and Mrs. Clyde E. Evans, both of Rocky Mount; and two brothers, J. E. Parker of Smithfield and Y. Z. Parker of Alexandria, Va.