Dora Gatewood Costner was the eldest of ten children born to Samuel B. Gatewood and his wife Nancy Hooker Covington Gatewood of Anson Co., NC. Both the Gatewood and Covington families settled in Anson Co. in the 1770s. Samuel Gatewood was a cotton farmer and veteran of the Confederate army. Dora was born in either December 1859 or January 1860 (The 1860 Federal Census, Lilesville Dist., Anson Co., NC, enumerated August 4, lists Dora Gatewood as 8 months old.) The birth date on her grave marker is plainly--and inexplicably--wrong. She married Dr. Thomas F. Costner (1858-1936), a physician, on June 3, 1884 in Wadesboro. The couple lived in Lincolnville, Charlotte, and Wilmington before finally settling in Lumberton, NC. They had no children.
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Married.
On Tuesday morning at the residence of the bride's uncle, Mr. D. Gatewood, by Rev. A.G. Buckner, Miss Dora Gatewood, of this place, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Dr. Thomas F. Costner of Lincolnton, N.C.
After the ceremony, which was a surprise to many of our citizens, the happy couple took the train for Lincolnton, where they will make their home for the present.
We congratulate the groom on winning the heart of one of Wadesboro's fairest and highly esteemed young ladies, who will be greatly missed by the large circle of friends who wish her a long life of happiness, and trust that the bright sunlight of love, which is now streaming from their happy throbbing hearts, will continue to flood their lives with those radiant beams which drive all shadows from their pathways, and leave their existence as bright as the splendors of noon tide when clouds have passed away.
[Anson Times (Wadesboro, NC), 5 June 1884, 3.]
MRS. T. F. COSTNER SUCCUMBS HERE TO EXTENDED ILLNESS
Funeral Services Conducted from Home and Body is Taken to Wadesboro [sic] for Interment.
Mrs. Thomas F. Costner, 73, died at her home in Lumberton Saturday at 8:30 a.m. after a critical illness of 3 weeks which took a turn for the worse shortly before her passing. She had been in poor health for the past year.
Funeral services were conducted from the home, Elizabeth road, Sunday at 8:30 a.m. by Dr. C.H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton, of which she was a member, and the body was taken to Lincolnton for interment at 2:30 p.m. Simple rites were conducted in compliance with the request of the deceased. Tribute to her life was paid in a beautiful prayer by. Dr. Durham. Pallbearers were Drs. R.S. Beam, E.R. Hardin, J.N. Britt, T.C. Johnson, Stephen McIntyre, John Knox. There were a large number of flowers. Among those from here other than members of the family who accompanied the remains to Lincolnton were Dr. and Mrs. Durham, Dr. and Mrs. Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. Beam[,] Mr. and Mrs. B.F. McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Ramsaur, Mr. J.L. Stephens.
Mrs. Costner was before her marriage in 1884 Miss Dora Gatewood, daughter of Mr. Samuel Gatewood of Wadesboro. She and her husband, prominent physician and farmer, came to Lumberton 17 years ago from Wilmington. They had also lived in Lincolnton and Charlotte.
In Lumberton Mrs. Costner had taken an active interest in the affairs of the town. For many years she had been leader of the Children's chapter of the U.D.C., was also chairman for several years of the dinner committee for the annual meeting of the Confederate veterans and was chairman of the civic committee of the Woman's club.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by 3 sisters—Mrs. H. Y. Brock of Norfolk, Va., who was with her when the end came, Misses Lilly and Nannie Gatewood of Wadesboro; 2 brothers—Messrs. T.A. and D.E. Gatewood of Wadesboro; a niece, Miss Willie Mae Cottingham, who made her home with her.
[The Robesonian (Lumberton, NC), March 12, 1934, p.1.]
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Married.
On Tuesday morning at the residence of the bride's uncle, Mr. D. Gatewood, by Rev. A.G. Buckner, Miss Dora Gatewood, of this place, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Dr. Thomas F. Costner of Lincolnton, N.C.
After the ceremony, which was a surprise to many of our citizens, the happy couple took the train for Lincolnton, where they will make their home for the present.
We congratulate the groom on winning the heart of one of Wadesboro's fairest and highly esteemed young ladies, who will be greatly missed by the large circle of friends who wish her a long life of happiness, and trust that the bright sunlight of love, which is now streaming from their happy throbbing hearts, will continue to flood their lives with those radiant beams which drive all shadows from their pathways, and leave their existence as bright as the splendors of noon tide when clouds have passed away.
[Anson Times (Wadesboro, NC), 5 June 1884, 3.]
MRS. T. F. COSTNER SUCCUMBS HERE TO EXTENDED ILLNESS
Funeral Services Conducted from Home and Body is Taken to Wadesboro [sic] for Interment.
Mrs. Thomas F. Costner, 73, died at her home in Lumberton Saturday at 8:30 a.m. after a critical illness of 3 weeks which took a turn for the worse shortly before her passing. She had been in poor health for the past year.
Funeral services were conducted from the home, Elizabeth road, Sunday at 8:30 a.m. by Dr. C.H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton, of which she was a member, and the body was taken to Lincolnton for interment at 2:30 p.m. Simple rites were conducted in compliance with the request of the deceased. Tribute to her life was paid in a beautiful prayer by. Dr. Durham. Pallbearers were Drs. R.S. Beam, E.R. Hardin, J.N. Britt, T.C. Johnson, Stephen McIntyre, John Knox. There were a large number of flowers. Among those from here other than members of the family who accompanied the remains to Lincolnton were Dr. and Mrs. Durham, Dr. and Mrs. Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. Beam[,] Mr. and Mrs. B.F. McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Ramsaur, Mr. J.L. Stephens.
Mrs. Costner was before her marriage in 1884 Miss Dora Gatewood, daughter of Mr. Samuel Gatewood of Wadesboro. She and her husband, prominent physician and farmer, came to Lumberton 17 years ago from Wilmington. They had also lived in Lincolnton and Charlotte.
In Lumberton Mrs. Costner had taken an active interest in the affairs of the town. For many years she had been leader of the Children's chapter of the U.D.C., was also chairman for several years of the dinner committee for the annual meeting of the Confederate veterans and was chairman of the civic committee of the Woman's club.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by 3 sisters—Mrs. H. Y. Brock of Norfolk, Va., who was with her when the end came, Misses Lilly and Nannie Gatewood of Wadesboro; 2 brothers—Messrs. T.A. and D.E. Gatewood of Wadesboro; a niece, Miss Willie Mae Cottingham, who made her home with her.
[The Robesonian (Lumberton, NC), March 12, 1934, p.1.]
Dora Gatewood Costner was the eldest of ten children born to Samuel B. Gatewood and his wife Nancy Hooker Covington Gatewood of Anson Co., NC. Both the Gatewood and Covington families settled in Anson Co. in the 1770s. Samuel Gatewood was a cotton farmer and veteran of the Confederate army. Dora was born in either December 1859 or January 1860 (The 1860 Federal Census, Lilesville Dist., Anson Co., NC, enumerated August 4, lists Dora Gatewood as 8 months old.) The birth date on her grave marker is plainly--and inexplicably--wrong. She married Dr. Thomas F. Costner (1858-1936), a physician, on June 3, 1884 in Wadesboro. The couple lived in Lincolnville, Charlotte, and Wilmington before finally settling in Lumberton, NC. They had no children.
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Married.
On Tuesday morning at the residence of the bride's uncle, Mr. D. Gatewood, by Rev. A.G. Buckner, Miss Dora Gatewood, of this place, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Dr. Thomas F. Costner of Lincolnton, N.C.
After the ceremony, which was a surprise to many of our citizens, the happy couple took the train for Lincolnton, where they will make their home for the present.
We congratulate the groom on winning the heart of one of Wadesboro's fairest and highly esteemed young ladies, who will be greatly missed by the large circle of friends who wish her a long life of happiness, and trust that the bright sunlight of love, which is now streaming from their happy throbbing hearts, will continue to flood their lives with those radiant beams which drive all shadows from their pathways, and leave their existence as bright as the splendors of noon tide when clouds have passed away.
[Anson Times (Wadesboro, NC), 5 June 1884, 3.]
MRS. T. F. COSTNER SUCCUMBS HERE TO EXTENDED ILLNESS
Funeral Services Conducted from Home and Body is Taken to Wadesboro [sic] for Interment.
Mrs. Thomas F. Costner, 73, died at her home in Lumberton Saturday at 8:30 a.m. after a critical illness of 3 weeks which took a turn for the worse shortly before her passing. She had been in poor health for the past year.
Funeral services were conducted from the home, Elizabeth road, Sunday at 8:30 a.m. by Dr. C.H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton, of which she was a member, and the body was taken to Lincolnton for interment at 2:30 p.m. Simple rites were conducted in compliance with the request of the deceased. Tribute to her life was paid in a beautiful prayer by. Dr. Durham. Pallbearers were Drs. R.S. Beam, E.R. Hardin, J.N. Britt, T.C. Johnson, Stephen McIntyre, John Knox. There were a large number of flowers. Among those from here other than members of the family who accompanied the remains to Lincolnton were Dr. and Mrs. Durham, Dr. and Mrs. Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. Beam[,] Mr. and Mrs. B.F. McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Ramsaur, Mr. J.L. Stephens.
Mrs. Costner was before her marriage in 1884 Miss Dora Gatewood, daughter of Mr. Samuel Gatewood of Wadesboro. She and her husband, prominent physician and farmer, came to Lumberton 17 years ago from Wilmington. They had also lived in Lincolnton and Charlotte.
In Lumberton Mrs. Costner had taken an active interest in the affairs of the town. For many years she had been leader of the Children's chapter of the U.D.C., was also chairman for several years of the dinner committee for the annual meeting of the Confederate veterans and was chairman of the civic committee of the Woman's club.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by 3 sisters—Mrs. H. Y. Brock of Norfolk, Va., who was with her when the end came, Misses Lilly and Nannie Gatewood of Wadesboro; 2 brothers—Messrs. T.A. and D.E. Gatewood of Wadesboro; a niece, Miss Willie Mae Cottingham, who made her home with her.
[The Robesonian (Lumberton, NC), March 12, 1934, p.1.]
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Married.
On Tuesday morning at the residence of the bride's uncle, Mr. D. Gatewood, by Rev. A.G. Buckner, Miss Dora Gatewood, of this place, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Dr. Thomas F. Costner of Lincolnton, N.C.
After the ceremony, which was a surprise to many of our citizens, the happy couple took the train for Lincolnton, where they will make their home for the present.
We congratulate the groom on winning the heart of one of Wadesboro's fairest and highly esteemed young ladies, who will be greatly missed by the large circle of friends who wish her a long life of happiness, and trust that the bright sunlight of love, which is now streaming from their happy throbbing hearts, will continue to flood their lives with those radiant beams which drive all shadows from their pathways, and leave their existence as bright as the splendors of noon tide when clouds have passed away.
[Anson Times (Wadesboro, NC), 5 June 1884, 3.]
MRS. T. F. COSTNER SUCCUMBS HERE TO EXTENDED ILLNESS
Funeral Services Conducted from Home and Body is Taken to Wadesboro [sic] for Interment.
Mrs. Thomas F. Costner, 73, died at her home in Lumberton Saturday at 8:30 a.m. after a critical illness of 3 weeks which took a turn for the worse shortly before her passing. She had been in poor health for the past year.
Funeral services were conducted from the home, Elizabeth road, Sunday at 8:30 a.m. by Dr. C.H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton, of which she was a member, and the body was taken to Lincolnton for interment at 2:30 p.m. Simple rites were conducted in compliance with the request of the deceased. Tribute to her life was paid in a beautiful prayer by. Dr. Durham. Pallbearers were Drs. R.S. Beam, E.R. Hardin, J.N. Britt, T.C. Johnson, Stephen McIntyre, John Knox. There were a large number of flowers. Among those from here other than members of the family who accompanied the remains to Lincolnton were Dr. and Mrs. Durham, Dr. and Mrs. Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. Beam[,] Mr. and Mrs. B.F. McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Ramsaur, Mr. J.L. Stephens.
Mrs. Costner was before her marriage in 1884 Miss Dora Gatewood, daughter of Mr. Samuel Gatewood of Wadesboro. She and her husband, prominent physician and farmer, came to Lumberton 17 years ago from Wilmington. They had also lived in Lincolnton and Charlotte.
In Lumberton Mrs. Costner had taken an active interest in the affairs of the town. For many years she had been leader of the Children's chapter of the U.D.C., was also chairman for several years of the dinner committee for the annual meeting of the Confederate veterans and was chairman of the civic committee of the Woman's club.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by 3 sisters—Mrs. H. Y. Brock of Norfolk, Va., who was with her when the end came, Misses Lilly and Nannie Gatewood of Wadesboro; 2 brothers—Messrs. T.A. and D.E. Gatewood of Wadesboro; a niece, Miss Willie Mae Cottingham, who made her home with her.
[The Robesonian (Lumberton, NC), March 12, 1934, p.1.]
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