Record #:

22935

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

In this group of local stories writer, Kammerer notes that Shirley Worth Porter, brother of the writer O. Henry, is buried in Ayden. Shirley Porter was born on August 6, 1860 near Greensboro, NC and was the oldest son of Dr. Algernon S. and Mary Jane Virginia (Swain) Porter. Affectionately known as "Shell", he worked as a bookkeeper with a tobacco company and the Ayden Lumber Company. His wife Laura died in 1931 and was buried in the pauper’s graveyard. He died in 1945 and was too buried in pauper’s graveyard, which was later taken into the Ayden Cemetery. Another story in this article tells of Frank Edwards putting down a down payment in 1953 on a car with a deposit of $1,200.00 consisting of half dollars. In 1901, W. G. Carson was the champion hog runner of Pitt County and a balloon ascension in Greenville in 1900 went awry and caused all sorts of problems.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Apr 30-May 13 1986, p6

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History