When Lyda Spencer Voils was born on March 22, 1929, in Clarkton, North Carolina, her father, Chalmers, was 59, and her mother, Lyda, was 33. Her father Chalmers came from the western part of the state after his first wife died and met her mother Lyda in Brunswick County. The two were married in Brunswick County on July 6, 1920 and moved to Clarkton by 1930.
Lyda was their first child to live past infancy and was the valedictorian of her class in high school. Her father died when she was 17 and about a year after his death, she met her husband Sidney White Fuller while he was in town working as a tobacco auctioneer. The two soon went off to Huntsville, Alabama and got married there on December 8, 1947. Sidney and Lyda later moved to Henderson, where they lived for much of their life and raised three children who lived to adulthood.
At the time of her death, she was survived by her three children, her siblings Melba and Grace, six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
*This memorial is maintained by her great-grandson*
Lyda was their first child to live past infancy and was the valedictorian of her class in high school. Her father died when she was 17 and about a year after his death, she met her husband Sidney White Fuller while he was in town working as a tobacco auctioneer. The two soon went off to Huntsville, Alabama and got married there on December 8, 1947. Sidney and Lyda later moved to Henderson, where they lived for much of their life and raised three children who lived to adulthood.
At the time of her death, she was survived by her three children, her siblings Melba and Grace, six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
*This memorial is maintained by her great-grandson*
When Lyda Spencer Voils was born on March 22, 1929, in Clarkton, North Carolina, her father, Chalmers, was 59, and her mother, Lyda, was 33. Her father Chalmers came from the western part of the state after his first wife died and met her mother Lyda in Brunswick County. The two were married in Brunswick County on July 6, 1920 and moved to Clarkton by 1930.
Lyda was their first child to live past infancy and was the valedictorian of her class in high school. Her father died when she was 17 and about a year after his death, she met her husband Sidney White Fuller while he was in town working as a tobacco auctioneer. The two soon went off to Huntsville, Alabama and got married there on December 8, 1947. Sidney and Lyda later moved to Henderson, where they lived for much of their life and raised three children who lived to adulthood.
At the time of her death, she was survived by her three children, her siblings Melba and Grace, six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
*This memorial is maintained by her great-grandson*
Lyda was their first child to live past infancy and was the valedictorian of her class in high school. Her father died when she was 17 and about a year after his death, she met her husband Sidney White Fuller while he was in town working as a tobacco auctioneer. The two soon went off to Huntsville, Alabama and got married there on December 8, 1947. Sidney and Lyda later moved to Henderson, where they lived for much of their life and raised three children who lived to adulthood.
At the time of her death, she was survived by her three children, her siblings Melba and Grace, six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
*This memorial is maintained by her great-grandson*
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