Dell Cummings Weaver

Dell Weaver May 27, 1918 October 13, 2016 Wilson..................Dell Cummings Weaver, age 98, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by parents, Henry Clay Cummings and Lula Jane Brake Cummings; husbands, Russell Barnes Green, Joseph Putney Weaver, Ralph S. Broughton; daughter, Susanne Weaver; grandson, Russell Carlton Proctor; sisters, Kit Webb, Nell Pittman, Alma Robbins, Mary Alice Overton; brothers, Henry Clay Cummings, Rance Cummings, Bolden Cummings and Jack Cummings. She was a farm wife who continued the farming operation after her husband's death. She owned and operated her own businesses, Weaver's Fabric and Dell's Beauty Shop. Many rural women relied on her cosmetology skills and enjoyed the welcoming place to gather with others. As an interior decorator, she made many Wilson homes more beautiful and inviting. She lived most of her life on the Weaver farm raising her family to love the land and one another. She always said she would live to be 100, but after 18 years with Alzheimer's even her strength and determination was overcome. The family welcomes those who would like to visit with them at the Weaver home place, 4603 Joweaver Road, Wilson, at 1:00pm Sunday, October 16th and then for the graveside service to begin at 2:00pm at the Weaver Family Cemetery with the Rev. Julius Whitley officiating. She is survived by her daughters, Janice Greene Proctor of Wilson, Lucy Jo Weaver of Greenville, Rebecca W. Lewis and husband, Pender, of Rocky Mount; sons, Major Richard A. Green and wife, Barbara, of Lake City, FL, Joseph Putney Weaver II and wife, Renee, of Wilson; half brother, Henry Clark Cummings and wife, Linda, of Pinetops; nine grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. Flowers are welcome and donations can be made to the Alzheimer's Association in Eastern NC, 3737 Glenwood Ave., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27612 or the NC Agromedicine Institute, C/O Director, 1157 VOA Site C Road, Greenville, NC 27834. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Dell Cummings Weaver please visit our Sympathy Store.

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