Nora Lee FUTRELL^[1]

1910 - 1996  (85 years)

• Name	Nora Lee FUTRELL
  Birth	16 Jul 1910	North Carolina   [1, 2]
  	1910 is noted by both the inscription on Nora's headstone and information on her death certificate as her birth year. However, age given as 17 (b. 1913) on 1930 US Census and as 21 (b. 1919) on 1940 US Census. At her marriage to H.A. Strickland in 1948, she gave her age as 27 (b. 1921).
  Gender	Female
  Residence	April 1940	Rockfish, Duplin County, North Carolina   [3]
  	Nora, along with her parents, was living with her brother Frank and sister-in-law Priscilla.
  Death	17 Mar 1996	Pender Co., NC   [1, 2]
  	Nora was 85 years old at the time of her death. She was widowed at the time of her death.
  Burial	Wallace, Duplin Co, NC   [2]
  Person ID	I64842	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Bryant Washington FUTRELL,   b. 1866, Onslow Co, NC d. 5 Feb 1945, Rockfish, Duplin Co, NC (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Barbara Alice FUTRELL,   b. 29 Apr 1870, Onslow Co, NC d. 12 Jul 1950, Teachey, Duplin Co, NC (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	28 Aug 1887	Onslow Co, NC   [4]
  	Bryant and Alice were married by J.K. Batchellor, Justice of the Peace.
  Notes	The 1910 census noted that Alice had given birth to eleven children, nine of whom were living on 5 May 1910. By May 1930, all but three of their (surviving) children had married and no longer lived with Alice and Bryant. Frank, Richard and Nora still lived at home. In April 1940 Bryant, Alice and daughter Nora were living with his son Frank and daughter-in-law Priscilla.
  Family ID	F6241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Henry Allen STRICKLAND,   b. 30 Sep 1911, Nash Co, NC
  Marriage	26 Jun 1948	Smithfield, Johnston Co., NC   [5]
  	Nora and H. A. were married by W. F. Grimes, Justice of the Peace. Ray Lee Davis of Smithfield and Vaughn Moore of Raleigh signed as witnesses present at the marriage.
  Family ID	F7906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Ralph Haughton PATTERSON,   b. 27 Dec 1892, Mexico, Oxford Co, ME d. 15 Dec 1959, Morehead City, Carteret Co, NC (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1959	Maine   [6]
  	Ralph and Nora had only been married about 7 1/2 months when he died.
  Family ID	F8002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		1930 US Census / Futrell, Bryant W. Rosemary Road, Rose Hill, North Carolina.
  		1940 US Census / Futrell, Frank W. Rockfish, Duplin County, North Carolina

  
  

• Sources

  [S1153] North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908 - 2004., Nora Lee Patterson. [S5602] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Nora Lee Patterson. Memorial ID 57004550, accessed 2014. [S5600] 1940 US Census / Futrell, Frank W. [S5387] North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741 - 2011., Bryant W. Futrell - Alice Futrell entry, Onslow County. [Names spelled Futral in registry.]. [S5603] H. A. Strickland - Nora Lee Futrell , North Carolina marriage certificate no. 1353 (1948). [S5696] Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996. Ralph H. Patterson - Nora F. Strickland entry, Maine, Certificate no. 1839 (1959).