——

In the 1930 census of Taylors township, Wilson County: farm laborer Joe Williams, 32; wife Bettie, 25; children Leroy, 15, Rosa L., 11, Hurbert, 13, and Madie, 7; and mother-in-law Minnie Williams, 40, widow.

On 20 December 1939, William Mitchell, 24, of Wilson County, son of J.G. and Mamie Mitchell, married Rosa Lee Williams, 19, of Wilson County, daughter of Joe and Hattie Williams, in Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina.

In the 1940 census of Toisnot township, Wilson County: farm laborer William Mitchell, 23; wife Rosa, 20; father Gray, 65; and brother Samiel, 21.

In 1940, William Pharroh Mitchell registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 7 November 1917 in Wilson County; lived on Route 2, Elm City; his contact was wife Rosa Lee Mitchell; and he worked for Ernest Batts.

Funeral program courtesy of Amanda M. Cameron.