Evana MOBLEY^[1]

1889 - 1919  (30 years)

• Name	Evana MOBLEY
  Nickname	Vana
  Birth	2 Feb 1889	North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	28 Apr 1910	Island Creek Township, Duplin Co, NC   [2]
  	Vana was a laborer on the family farm.
  Death	2 Aug 1919  [3]
  	Violet Rogers Hatcher said that she was told by her family that Vana died of what in 1919 was called breast fever.
  Burial	Duplin Co, NC   [3]
  	Her body is interred at the Mobley Family Cemetery.
  Person ID	I60728	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John Thomas MOBLEY,   b. 20 Dec 1857, Duplin Co, NC d. 1 Oct 1942, Wilmington, New Hanover Co, NC (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Sarah CARTER,   b. 1861   d. Feb 1907 (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1885	Duplin Co, NC   [4]
  Family ID	F6212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Clyde RIVENBARK
  Notes	Violet Rogers Hatcher had said when sharing family information that Vana had a son, Willis, fathered by Clyde Rivenbark. Clyde and Vana did not marry. Clyde is given as father and Vana Mobley as mother on marriage certificate for Willis Mobley and Sallie Sholar in 1932. Their parentage is also given in the Draughon book Henderson and Sholar Lineages of Duplin County North Carolina.
  Children	1. Willis Carroll MOBLEY,   b. 7 May 1913, Duplin Co, NC d. 8 Feb 1992, Wilmington, New Hanover Co, NC (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F6412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	L. L. BARROW,   b. ,I.c 1893
  Marriage	8 Nov 1915	Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC   [5]
  	L.L. and Vana were married at the home of C.W. Ezzell, Baptist minister. J.W. Lee, R.C. Teachey, and Nathan Blanton, all of Wallace, NC, witnessed the marriage. L.L. listed Georgia as his home state, All other family information--parents' names, living or dead, their residence--were unanswered, marked with dashes.
  Children	1. Lester Rufus BARROW,   b. 11 Nov 1916   2. Ledford Talmadge BARROW
  Family ID	F6388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		1900 US Census / Mobley, Thomas. Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC
  		1910 US Census / Mobley, John T. New Road, Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC

  
  

• Notes

  According to Violet Rogers Hatcher, Vana raised her sister Dollie after their mother Sarah's death.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3095] 1900 US Census / Mobley, Thomas. [S5624] 1910 US Census / Mobley, John T. [S2552] Evana Mobley Barrow stone inscription, Mobley Family Cemetery, Duplin County, NC. [S3040] North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741 - 2004., Thomas Mobley - Sarah Carter. [S5626] L. L. Barrough - Vana Mobley, North Carolina Duplin Co marriage certificate no. 264 (1915).