Wilson Daily Times, 7 July 1948.
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Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 9 January 1937.
This photo collage appears in a full-page article titled “Hospital Is Built Where Monument Intended; Lincoln Hospital at Durham Has Unusual History and Record; Duke Family’s Plan To Honor Negro Slaves Changed To Erection of Much Needed Hospital.”
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This photo, taken circa the 1930s, depicts nurses standing in front of Mercy Hospital.
Photo courtesy of Verona B. True.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 18 May 1946.
Pharmacist Albre Russell Artice was born in 1901 in Wilson to Elroy and Cora Artice Artice. Trained at Temple University, Artice practiced in Raleigh, North Carolina; Elizabeth City, North Carolina; and Newport News, Virginia.
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In the 1910 census of Western Branch township, Norfolk County, Virginia: odd jobs laborer Elroy E. Artice, 36; wife Cora, 37; and children Atwood, 13, and Albrey, 9.
In the 1920 census of Portsmouth, Norfolk County, Virginia: on Mount Vernon Avenue, Navy Yard boilermaker helper Elroy Artice, 46; wife Cora, 45; sons Atwood, 22, railroad shop machinist’s helper, and Albre, 17; and brother-in-law Freddie Artice, 28, railroad freight handler.
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.), 21 April 1928.
In the 1930 census of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C.: renting at 18 Speede Street, druggist Arbrey R. Artice, 29, and wife Sallie, 26.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 1 April 1939.
In the 1940 census of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C.: at 509 East White Street, Albre Artice, 41, pharmacist; wife Sallie, 37, teacher; and two lodgers.
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 23 April 1946.
In the 1950 census of Newport News, Virginia: drugstore pharmacist Albre R. Artice, 50; wife Sallie W., 45, city school teacher; and foster son Claude Richardson, 11.
Albre Russell Artice died 1 August 1964 in Newport News, Virginia. Per his death certificate, he was born 9 May 1901 in North Carolina to Elroy Artice and Cora Artice; was married to Sallie W. Artice; worked as a pharmacist; and was buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.,) 4 August 1964.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 14 July 1945.
Gertrude Whitehead, second from left on the top row, played softball for the Saint Philip Hospital nursing school team in Richmond, Virginia.
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In the 1930 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: on Highway 91, owned and valued at $2500, oil mill contractor Henry Whitehead, 53; wife Victoria, 43, seamstress; and children Katherine, 19, Odell, 17, James, 15, Grace, 13, Rosalyn, 11, Herbert, 9, Gertrude, 6, Mable, 4, and Victoria, 2.
In the 1940 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: widow Victoria Whitehead, 52, sewing; children James, 25, apprentice carpenter; Rosaline, 21; Herbert, 20, tobacco company floor hand; Gertrude, 16, Mabel, 14, and Victoria E., 12; and nieces Elizabeth Brodie, 32, public school teacher, and [actually, granddaughter] Joan Bynum, 6.
In the 1950 census of Richmond, Virginia: at 2109 Bainbridge Street, widow Lillian G. Smithea, 48; brother Robert L. Glenn, 36; and lodger Gertrude E. Whitehead, 25, registered nurse-public health.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 30 June 1945.
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