9/27/1929

Mr. Zebulon V. Rector, age 72, died at his home in Weaverville about six o’clock Saturday afternoon, September 21, 1929. For the last two years Mr. Rector had been in feeble health. He is suvived by two brothers Crusoe Rector, of Walnut, N. C., and Mr. Wesley Rector, of Tennessee. The following sons and daughters survive him: Mrs. L. Z. Eller, of Weaverville, N. C.; Mr. H. A. Rector, of Jacksonville, Florida; Mrs. Cleveland Smithwick, of Belhaven, N. C.; Mr. W. J. Wilson, of Asheville; Mr. Hobart Rector and Mr. Roland Rector, both of Charlotte, and Mrs. John McElroy of Marshall, all of whom were present except Mrs. Smithwick, of Belhaven, who could not be present. Funeral services were from the Weaverville Baptist church of which he was a member, Sunday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Berry, interment following at the Weaverville cemetery. The ceremony was in charge of the Junior Order of Leicester, of which Mr. Rector was a prominent member, and of which Mr. J. Marvin Glance of Leicester and Asheville is councillor, Mr. P. B. Reeves, vice-councillor, and Mr. M. B. Reeves, chaplain. The pallbearers were Messrs. L. D. Meadows, G. F. Cole, M. M. Roberts, R. O. Gillespie, C. B. Hayes, and P. D. Israel.