Christmas

County Home residents give thanks for gifts.

Wilson Daily Times, 29 December 1944.

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“Inmates” in this context were not prisoners, but indigent people who lived at the Wilson County Home. The Home was located near the current intersection of Ward Boulevard and Goldsboro Street, behind the gas station/convenience store. 

Rev. Frank Moore and his wife, Ara Moore, regularly ministered to residents of the Wilson County home in the 1940s. Frank Hilliard is listed in the 1940 census of Wilson as one of 46 lodgers at the home, 19 of whom were African-American.

Saint Alphonsus plans a Christmas festival.

Wilson Daily Times, 24 December 1943.

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You can’t do wrong and get by.

Wilson Daily Times, 22 December 1945.

What a bracing sermon topic two days before Christmas! The “Baptist Church on E. Atlantic St.” was Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church at 1211 Atlantic Street. The church building no longer stands.

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December services at Baker Chapel.

Wilson Daily Times, 28 December 1948.

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  • Baker Chapel — Baker Chapel, on East Vance Street, seems to have been in existence from about 1947 to about 1951.
  • Addie Sutton — Addie Mae Sutton died 17 April 1950 at her home at 901 Mercer Street, Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was born 19 February 1904 in Wayne County to Prince Barnes and Josephine Bowden; was married to George Sutton; and worked as a laundress. She was buried in Agusta Cemetery, Wayne County.
  • Rev. W.E. Willoughby — Rev. Willie E. Willoughby died 3 September 1874 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 6 September 1897 to Stanley Willoughby and Nellie Fisher; was a widower; was a minister; and lived at 112 South Reid Street. Mrs. A.F. Morgan, 1302 Washington Street, was informant.