WANCHESE - Bernice Saunders Midgett, 89, of Wanchese, died January 14 in a local nursing home. Mrs. Midgett was a native of Dare County, the daughter of Willie Calvin and Della Montague Saunders and the widow of Frank William Midgett.
She was a retired cook with the oasis restaurant and a member of the Bethany United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and the Ladies Bible Class.
Surviving are two daughters: Loretta M. Case of Brown Summit and Janice M. Gallop of Wanchese; four sisters: Virgie Sobel of Vista, California, Lucetta Minton of Key West, Fla., Madge Frye and Vanda Sigsby, both of Norfolk, Va.; a brother, Gus Saunders Of Wanchese; 17 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Sunday in the Bethany United Methodist Church by the Rev. Sidney Epperson and the Rev. Johnny Chase. Burial will follow in the Manteo Cemetery.
The Coastland Times
Manteo, NC
January 17, 1993
WANCHESE - Bernice Saunders Midgett, 89, of Wanchese, died January 14 in a local nursing home. Mrs. Midgett was a native of Dare County, the daughter of Willie Calvin and Della Montague Saunders and the widow of Frank William Midgett.
She was a retired cook with the oasis restaurant and a member of the Bethany United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and the Ladies Bible Class.
Surviving are two daughters: Loretta M. Case of Brown Summit and Janice M. Gallop of Wanchese; four sisters: Virgie Sobel of Vista, California, Lucetta Minton of Key West, Fla., Madge Frye and Vanda Sigsby, both of Norfolk, Va.; a brother, Gus Saunders Of Wanchese; 17 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Sunday in the Bethany United Methodist Church by the Rev. Sidney Epperson and the Rev. Johnny Chase. Burial will follow in the Manteo Cemetery.
The Coastland Times
Manteo, NC
January 17, 1993
Family Members
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Ernest Vance "Cluke" Saunders
1904–1984
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Minnie Hyacinth "Hye" Saunders Gibson
1905–1983
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Sarah Vandalene "Vanda" Saunders Sigsby
1907–1995
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Virgie Estelle Saunders Sobel
1909–1996
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Willie Gus Saunders
1911–1996
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Mary Lucetta "Lucille" Saunders Minton
1915–2007
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Gaston Howard "Gas" Saunders
1916–1939
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Madge Saunders Frye
1925–2003
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Infant Saunders
1926–1926
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Lionel Hughes "Lob" Midgett
1921–1939
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William Brinkley "Billie" Midgett II
1922–1924
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Freda Brinkley Midgett Rubolotta
1924–1990
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Frank William "Bud" Midgett Jr
1925–1927
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Helen Wells Midgett Dickerson
1929–1964
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Loretta Young Midgett Case
1933–2002
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Carol Hughes Midgett
1941–1941
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Janice Phe Midgett Gallop
1942–2008
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