Eighth Generation

11590. Margaret Cowles Hartley was born on 4 August 1901 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.³³¹⁶⁸ Margaret died in Wilkes Co., NC on 25 May 1997 and was buried at Mariahs Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in May 1997 .^33169,33170

Margaret Cowles Hartley and Randolph Jones Carter were married on 8 January 1920 in Morehead, Guilford Co., NC.³³¹⁷¹ Randolph Jones Carter was born on 13 April 1901 in Caldwell Co., NC. Randolph died in Caldwell Co., NC on 6 October 1961 by suicide and was buried at Mariahs Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in October 1961 .^33172,33173

Death notice, The Greensboro Daily News, Sun., Oct. 8, 1961, Page 15

Death Of Man Ruled Suicide By Coroner

Lenoir, Oct. 7 - the death today of Randolph Jones Carter, 60, farmer of Route 1, Lenoir, has been ruled suicide by acting coroner Darrell Goble.

Carter was found hanging from a rope in the loft of a small barn about 200 yards from his home, it was reported. It was said he was found by his wife. Goble made the ruling in the absence of his his father, Coroner Claude Goble, who is out of town.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Moriah Chapel Methodist Church, with the Rev. G. L. Lovett and the Rev. G. L. Chapman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church 30 minutes prior to the funeral.

Carter was born in Caldwell County.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, Margaret Hartley Carter, are one son, Hill Carter of Route 1, Ferguson; three daughters, Miss Martha Carter of Dover, Del., Mrs. Clifton Broyhill of Route 1, Lenoir, and Mrs. William Parlier of Charlotte; one brother, Dr. George Carter of Taylorsville; and one sister, Mrs. Virginia Coppage of Route 1, Lenoir.

Margaret Cowles Hartley and Randolph Jones Carter had the following children: