Seventh Generation

5999. Julius Allen Gragg was born on 25 June 1892 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.²⁰⁰¹⁷ He lived with his parents in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 18 June 1900. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Watauga Co., NC.²⁰⁰¹⁸ Julius died on 17 June 1979 at the age of 86 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Boone Fork Community Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 20 June 1979.^20019,20020

Obituary

J. Allen Gragg

J. Allen Gragg, 86, of 317 Junaluska Road, Boone, died Sunday in a Watauga County hospital.

He was born June 25, 1892, in Caldwell County, a son of the late Julius and Margaret Henley Gragg.

He was educated in Caldwell County Schools and at Globe Academy, and was a retired building contractor. he was active in law enforcement and Democrat party affairs for over 50 years, and was a voter registrar and tax lister for Watauga County. He was a member of the Oddfellow Lodge and a former member of the Blowing Rock Board of Education.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Charlotte Dula Gragg of the home, a daughter, Mrs. Earl (Jackie) Ward of Asheville; a son, L. Merrill Gragg of Tuskegee, Ala.; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Wanda Gragg Lamkin.

The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Revs. Howard Hodges and Murray Coffey officiating. Burial will be in Boone's Fork Cemetery.

Julius Allen Gragg and Charlotte Nevada Dula were married on 4 April 1915 in Watauga Co., NC.²⁰⁰²¹

Based on information in the obituary of Virginia Katherine, this family apparently changed the spelling of their surname from Gragg to Gregg. Another possibility is that the surname is spelled incorrectly in the obituary. Charlotte Nevada Dula, daughter of Arthur Hill Dula and Mary Jane Coffey, was born on 21 January 1895 in North Carolina. She lived with her parents in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC on 29 April 1910. She lived with her parents in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC on 11 June 1920. Charlotte died on 14 July 1989 at the age of 94 in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC and was buried at Boone Fork Community Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.^20022,20023
Obituary, Lenoir News-Item, Sat., Jul. 15, 1989

Charlotte Dula Gragg

Watauga County Native

Charlotte Dula Gragg, 94, of Asheville, and a native and former resident of Boone, died Friday, July 14, 1989, at Biltmore Manor, a nursing care center in Asheville.

She was born Jan. 21, 1895 in Watauga County to Arthur and Mary Coffey Dula.

Mrs. Gragg was preceded in death by a daughter, Wanda Lamkin of Lenoir.

Surviving are one daughter, Jackie Ward of Asheville; four sisters, Mrs. Cleda Nicholson of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Ruby Coffey of blowing Rock, Mrs. Estha Self of Eden, N.C., and Mrs. Virginia Finney of Winston-Salem; five grandchildren, including Barbara Lamkin Price of Lenoir, seven great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Boone Fork Community Cemetery. The Rev. Murray Coffey and the Rev. Howard Hodges will officiate.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in Boone.

Julius Allen Gragg and Charlotte Nevada Dula had the following children: