Wilson Daily Times, 18 November 1921.
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In the 1920 census of Cross Roads township, Wilson County: farmer Alonzo Sanders, 37; wife Evelyn E., 32; son Isaah, 7; and brother-in-law John Dancy, 22, farm laborer.
John Dancy died 18 November 1921 in Wilson County Jail, Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was “about 50” [sic] and was a tenant farmer. Darden & Son buried him in “Wilson, N.C.,” which probably meant Vick Cemetery.
Fayetteville Observer, 26 October 1921.
Bob Speight was also known as Bob Hill. A Greene County native, he was 17 years old at his death.
Perhaps due to confusion created by his use of alternate surnames, Robert Hill, alias Speight, has two death certificates. Bob Hill’s document notes that an epileptic seizure contributed to the saw mill accident that killed him. Odie Speight acted as informant and undertaker, and W.B. Wooten signed the certificate at filing.
Robert Speight’s certificate does not mention an underlying medical event. Jessie Speight was informant, and, curiously, C.H. Darden & Son signed as undertaker. There is no registrar’s signature.
Fayetteville Observer, 26 October 1921.
Probably, in the 1920 census of Stantonsburg, Wilson County: on Moyetown Road, tenant farmer Elijah Ward, 34; his sister Florance, 26; farm laborer Hillery Wootten, 26, servant; farm laborer Robert Speight, 35, servant; his brother James Ward, 19, and sister Sarah Ward, 16.