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- "The Tomahawk," July 1, 1964
Naomi Elizabeth Roark...
Naomi Elizabeth Roark, age 74, Shouns (Forge Creek Community) died in Cannon Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, N.C., Monday at 11:30 p.m. (June 22) after a lengthy illness. She was a native of Ashe County, N.C., but had made her home in Johnson County for many years. She was the daughter of the late Washington and Abbie Price Roark; and a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include five sons, Bert Roark, Heptner, Ore. Ray Roark, Parkdale, Ore., Edward Roark, Shouns, Wayne Roark of Mountain City; two daughters, Mrs. Mae Osborne, and Mrs. Faye Brown, both of Parkdale, Ore; two sisters; Mrs. Rosa Osborne, Creston, N.C., and Mrs. Loretta Greer, Shady Valley; one brother, Claude Roark, Creston, N.C.; 23 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday (June 28) at 2:00 p.m. from the Walnut Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Ernest Carrier officiating. Burial was in the Arnold cemetery.
Pallbearers were Fayette Arnold, Millard Wilson, Robert Fink, Dagle Lipford Perry Lipford, Buford Lipford.
Lewis Gentry in charge.
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1880 - 1964 (83 years)
