Nannie Pearl Barnes passed away just a few months shy of her 100th birthday.

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In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson township: Rosa Bennett, 23, cook, and children Lizzie, 7, Howard, 5, and Nannie, 10 months.

In the 1930 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Bennett Nannie P (c) dom h 401 Grace

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Lizzie Haskins, 40; daughters Willie M., 20, Rossie, 11, Stella M., 8, Elizabeth, 5, and Catherine, 3; sons William H., 6, and Rudolph, newborn; and roomers [Lizzie Haskins’ sister] Nannie P. Barnes, 28, widow, and daughter Connie, 2.  

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Ninna Barnes, 40, widow, laundress, and children Connie, 11, and James, 8.

In 1942, Eddie Hazel Bennett registered for the World War II draft. Per his registration card, he was born 13 October 1901 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina; lived at 403 Stantonsburg Street, Wilson; his contact was Nannie Pearl Bennett, 507 Stantonsburg Street; and he worked for R.P. Watson Tobacco.