Annie Laurie Howell Crawford Wharton, 100, passed away peacefully at home July 21, 2021.
A lifelong resident of Wayne County, she was born Oct. 7, 1920, to Jarman P. and Beatrice H. Howell in the Belfast community.
She attended Belfast School, Goldsboro High School and Greensboro College.
Musically gifted, she would sing in public and private, play piano and perform in theater productions for the rest of her life. One highlight was her role as Buttercup in the play âH.M.S Pinafore,â starring with Andy Griffith.
In 1939, she risked, and earned, parental disapproval by leaving college to marry John R. Crawford Jr. However, their union was meant to be as they were happily married for 49 years until his death in 1988.
At four years old, Stanthorpe s Millie Marsden became one of the youngest members of QCWA. Now 88 years later, the woman who helped build the organisation as we know it is being fondly farewelled. Ms Marsden, aged 92, passed away Tuesday. Border Division branch president Jacki Harvey said she had been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love. I have only known her a relatively short time, only eight years. But in those eight years, I know my life has been better for knowing her, she said. She was just the most remarkable woman I ve ever met. Â Â Mrs Harvey said Millie s many roles within the Stanthorpe branch and division and state levels were almost too numerous to name.