Poplar Hill
Dunnington, India Knight (Granny)
Dunnington, Walter Gray died February 12, 1849
Dunnington, Walter G. Jr. died April 2, 1999
Dunnington, Walter Jr Received The Distinguished Service Cross. date of action July 14 - 15, 1918
Dunnington - July 27, 1860
Dunnington, Walter Grey, attorney
Dunnington, Walter Grey (son of the above)
Dunnington, Dr. John Hughes and his wife Mrs. Dunnington, Genevieve Parker
Dunnington, Allen Gray
Some history of the Poplar Hill
Poplar Hill Photos
Poplar Hill Golf Course
Poplar Hill - Hampden Sydney article in Farmville paper May 2005
Knight
Knight Family (Granny)
Shields
Some history from the Shields family
Brumfield, Betty Shields
Shields, Ann Kingdon
Chamberlin
Cherokee
Dunnington, James William
Dunnington, Kathryn Chamberlin
Orgain, Dolly Dunnington
Sprye, India Dunnington
Whidden, Sally Ann Dunnington Sydnor, Kathryn Dunnington
Sprye, Skip
Sprye, Trey
Goebel, Kathryn Sprye
Hagler, Katrina Goebel
Goebel, Peter
Index of people on this site
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Walter C. Sprye
Walter Clement Sprye of Rocky Mount passed away Tuesday, August 11, 1998. He was born in Kannapolis on Sept. 18, 1916, son of the late Walter L. and Flossie C. Sprye. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Pineview Cemetery, Section 54 in Rocky Mount with the Rev. Charles I. Penick officiating.
He graduated from high school in High Point and entered Duke University where he played football his freshman year. Following a bout with pneumonia, he enrolled at Hampden-Sydney College and graduated in 1943. Following graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy and was subsequently stationed at OCS Training School at Hampden-Sydney where he coached football as an assistant and baseball head coach.
He entered the tobacco trade with Dunnington Tobacco Co. in Farmville, VA, and in 1956 joined Overseas Commodex Corp. in Rocky Mount, a subsidiary of J.L. Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik of Oslo, Norway.
Mr. Sprye was an all-star selection in three sports - football, basketball, and baseball and was inducted into Hampden-Sydney's Hall of Fame in 1990. He also was an avid golfer.
Surviving: Daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Richard Goebel of Charlotte; son and daughter-in-law Skip and Faye Sprye of Rocky Mount; three grandchildren, Katrina Hagler and Peter Goebel of Charlotte and Trey Sprye of Rocky Mount; sisters, Faye Hedgepeth and Martha Cavedo of Richmond, Johnsie Donovan of Long Island, NY: godchild, Walter W. Welch of Salisbury. He was preceded in death by his wife, India Dunnington Sprye and his sister Majorie Park.
He was a former Rotarian, Kiwanian, Mason and a member of Benvenue Country Club.
The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 PM today at Johnson Funeral Home, Sunset Avenue, Rocky Mount, and other times at 101 Stoneybrook Road, Rocky Mount.
Memorials may be made to Stony Creek Rescue Square, PO Box 7987, Rocky Mount, NC 27804; The Rectors Discretionary Fnd-The Church of the Good Shepherd, PO Box 7791, Rocky Mount, NC 27804; Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, 23943; or the charity of your choice
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The Annual Spry Family Reunion is held the 1st Sunday in October in China Grove, NC. Details for reunion
Enoch Spry history
Fisher family line
The General Armory
Marriage Certificate Enoch Spry and Mary Lingle
Carter Creek document
Death Certificate Thomas Spry
Letter to Johnsie from Helen Kurfees
Hill Spry Photos
Children of Elzavan Monroe Spry
Lineage Papers
Older Spry Pictures
1920 School Picture Liberty School
Letter To Annice Allsobrooks from President Nixon
1926 Spry Family Reunion
Lois's 92nd birthday party 1988
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