Medicine

Nurse Faison makes a recovery.

Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 24 June 1933.

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  • Charlotte Hall Faison

In the 1900 census of Cross Creek township, Cumberland County, N.C.: seamstress Alice Hall, 44, widow, seamstress; children Caroline, 22, seamstress, Mary A., 20, schoolteacher, George B., 19, day laborer, Theodosia, 14, Charlotte, 12, Rosa D., 7, Henry W., 4, and Isaac B., 24, farmer; daughter-in-law Mary E., 20; grandchildren Willie Ann, 2, and Alice P., 8 months; mother-in-law Jessie D., 74, widow; and cousin Annie, 27, day laborer.

On 24 April 1909, Austin McQueen, 22, born in South Carolina to Sidney and Annie McQueen, married Charlotte Hall, 20, born in North Carolina to Isaac and Alice Hall, in Manchester, Virginia.

In the 1910 census of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C.: carpenter Louis Gill, 68; wife Alice H., 49, seamstress; stepchildren Carrie, 23, seamstress, Theodolia, 19, Rosa D., 15, and Henry W. Hall, 13; stepdaughter Mary A. Butler, 21; stepson-in-law Austin McQueen, 22, clothes cleaner at tailor shop,  and stepdaughter Charlotte, 19.

On 12 September 1916, Cape Fear News, reported that public health nurse Charlotte Hall McQueen had visited 258 patients.

On 4 December 1917, Grant J. Faison, 35, of Rocky Mount, N.C., son of Bill and Hannah Faison, married Charlotte M. Hall, 26, of Fayetteville, N.C., daughter of Isaac B. Hall and Alice H. Gill, in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C.

In 1918, Grant Jackson Faison registered for the World War I draft in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, N.C. Per his registration form, he was born 3 March 1881; lived at 406 Carolina Avenue, Rocky Mount; was a tobacco worker for Imperial Tobacco; and his nearest relative was Charlotte Faison.

In the 1920 census of Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, N.C.: Grant J. Faison, 37, tobacco factory fireman, and wife Charlotte, 37, trained nurse.

In the 1928 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Faison Grant J (c; Charlotte M) gro 502 N Vick h 801 E Green

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 801 East Green Street, owned and valued at $3000, grocery store merchant Grant Faisson, 46, and wife Charlotte, 42, trained nurse at hospital.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 801 East Green Street, owned and valued at $2500, retail grocery store operator Grant T. Faison, 58, and wife Charlotte M., 52, saleswoman at retail grocery store.

In 1942, Victor Morie Hall registered for the World War II draft in Asbury Park, N.J. Per his registration card, he was born 3 May 1923 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, N.C.; lived at 621 West 25th Street, Winston-Salem; had a temporary mailing address at Monterey Hotel, Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, N.J.; his contact was Charlotte Faison, 801 East Green Street; and he worked for the Monterey Hotel, Asbury Park.

In the 1950 census of Kings County, New York: at 548 McDonough Street, Frank [sic] J. Faison, 68, restaurant porter, and wife Charlotte, 61, hospital nurse.

  • Mary Mahoney Nurses’ Club of Wilson

A tribute to Henrietta Foster Mebane.

Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 1 July 1950.

Add the highly-accomplished Henrietta Foster Mebane to the top of the list of early twentieth-century Black registered nurses in Wilson.

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In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Walter Foster, 34, fireman at wagon factory; wife Nettie, 39; and children Henry E., 8, and Walter A., 5; plus boarder Arthur Broady, 22, laborer.

In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 707 Vance Street, Walter Foster, 46, fireman at wagon company; wife Rosa, 34; children Heneretta, 18, Carl, 6, and Naomi, 4; and sister-in-law Etta Parker, 32, a school teacher.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 308 North Hadley Street, Mary Shaw, 49, servant; adopted daughter Grace V. Shaw, 4; and lodger Henretta Foster, 28, trained nurse at hospital.

Walter Mebane was born and died 6 August 1931 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Per his death certificate, he was the son of John A. Mebane of Rocky Mount and Henrietta Foster of Wilson and was buried in Nash County, N.C.

In the 1940 census of Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C.: church minister John A. Mebane, 54; wife Henrietta, 38, registered nurse; and children William A., 6, and Florence, 5.

Grace Mebane died 7 February 1940 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C. Per her death certificate, she was born 11 April 1926 in Petersburg, Virginia, to John Mebane of Bertie County, N.C., and Henrietta Foster of Wilson County, and was buried in Wilson [probably in her grandparents’ plot in Odd Fellows Cemetery.]

In the 1950 census of Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C.: painter John A. Mebane, 64; wife Heneretta A., 48; public health nurse; and daughter Florence Y., 14.

Henrietta Alline Foster Mebane died 2 June 1950 at her home at 504 Bradley Avenue, Tarboro. Per her death certificate, she was born 24 August 1901 to Walter Foster and Nettie Young; was married to John A. Mebane; worked as a nurse; and was buried in Roundtree Cemetery “near Wilson, N.C.” [Henrietta Mebane’s grave likely lay near those of her parents near the old gates into Rountree. Her remains were later removed to Rest Haven Cemetery, where she was reinterred alongside her husband.]

Henrietta Alline Foster Mebane (1901-1950).

Photo courtesy of Ancestry.com user mebane714.

In memoriam: Dr. Thomas Levi Peacock.

Dr. Thomas Levi Peacock, age 96, of Sarasota, Florida, passed away on January 29, 2025, at 8:00 PM in Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Peacock was born in Wilson, N.C., to Eloise and Levi Peacock on December 6, 1928. He went to high school at Darden High in the City of Wilson and graduated in 1947 and entered into Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Peacock pledged Alpha Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., in 1948 and graduated from Howard in 1951. He entered the Air Force after graduation and in 1952 he graduated from USAF Officer Candidate School as a 2nd Lieutenant. After his service in the Air Force, he went on to Meharry Medical School, graduated in 1958 earning a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree (DDS), and was licensed to practice dentistry in the state of North Carolina. Within a few years, Dr. Peacock opened his own practice in Jamaica, Queens, New York, where he rose to prominence in professional circles among his peers. In August 1964, he was named one of the most eligible bachelors in Ebony Magazine. After his professional success, Dr. Peacock retired to Wilson, N.C., for a short time then moved to Sarasota, FL in the year 2000 where he resided until his transition.

Dr. Peacock is survived by his sister, Winifred Gail Peacock of Sarasota, Florida; brother, Vincent Gerard Peacock of Sarasota, Florida; and sister-in-law, LaWanda Roche Peacock of Sarasota, Florida. He is also survived by nieces Brittany Vene Miles of Seattle, Washington, and Lauren White of New York, New York. Additionally, he is survived by nephews Eddie White of New York, New York, and Stuart Penn of New Jersey.

Adapted from obituary at Dignity Memorial, which was adapted from Black Wide-Awake. Rest well, Tom Peacock!

Nurse Colvert assumes supervisory position.

Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 2 October 1948.

Before she was visiting nurse for Metropolitan Life, Henrietta Colvert was a staff nurse at Wilson Hospital and Tubercular Home/Mercy Hospital and lived in Wilson for fifteen or more years. (She was also my mother‘s maternal great-aunt, and thus the first of the Colvert family to settle here.)