age: 89 yrs 3 mos 19 days
Married September 18 1935
MANNS HARBOR - Leona Basnight Midgett, 89, died Saturday, July 7 in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Midgett was born on Roanoke Island and was employed as a seamstress with "The Lost Colony" outdoor drama for 15 years.
She was a member of the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School for 16 years and was a member of the United Methodist Women.
She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Maude Twyne Basnight and the wife of the late Thomas Hunter Midgett.
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Alice Twiddy and husband Mike of Manns Harbor; two sons: Thomas Hunter Midgett, Jr. and Ben Midgett and wife Linda, all of Manns Harbor; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday, July 10 at 1 p.m. in the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Robert Tilley with burial in the church cemetery. Twiford's Colony Chapel in Manteo is handling arrangements.
The Coastland Times
Manteo, NC
Tuesday, July 10, 2001
Married September 18 1935
MANNS HARBOR - Leona Basnight Midgett, 89, died Saturday, July 7 in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Midgett was born on Roanoke Island and was employed as a seamstress with "The Lost Colony" outdoor drama for 15 years.
She was a member of the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School for 16 years and was a member of the United Methodist Women.
She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Maude Twyne Basnight and the wife of the late Thomas Hunter Midgett.
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Alice Twiddy and husband Mike of Manns Harbor; two sons: Thomas Hunter Midgett, Jr. and Ben Midgett and wife Linda, all of Manns Harbor; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday, July 10 at 1 p.m. in the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Robert Tilley with burial in the church cemetery. Twiford's Colony Chapel in Manteo is handling arrangements.
The Coastland Times
Manteo, NC
Tuesday, July 10, 2001
age: 89 yrs 3 mos 19 days
Married September 18 1935
MANNS HARBOR - Leona Basnight Midgett, 89, died Saturday, July 7 in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Midgett was born on Roanoke Island and was employed as a seamstress with "The Lost Colony" outdoor drama for 15 years.
She was a member of the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School for 16 years and was a member of the United Methodist Women.
She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Maude Twyne Basnight and the wife of the late Thomas Hunter Midgett.
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Alice Twiddy and husband Mike of Manns Harbor; two sons: Thomas Hunter Midgett, Jr. and Ben Midgett and wife Linda, all of Manns Harbor; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday, July 10 at 1 p.m. in the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Robert Tilley with burial in the church cemetery. Twiford's Colony Chapel in Manteo is handling arrangements.
The Coastland Times
Manteo, NC
Tuesday, July 10, 2001
Married September 18 1935
MANNS HARBOR - Leona Basnight Midgett, 89, died Saturday, July 7 in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Midgett was born on Roanoke Island and was employed as a seamstress with "The Lost Colony" outdoor drama for 15 years.
She was a member of the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School for 16 years and was a member of the United Methodist Women.
She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Maude Twyne Basnight and the wife of the late Thomas Hunter Midgett.
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Alice Twiddy and husband Mike of Manns Harbor; two sons: Thomas Hunter Midgett, Jr. and Ben Midgett and wife Linda, all of Manns Harbor; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday, July 10 at 1 p.m. in the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Robert Tilley with burial in the church cemetery. Twiford's Colony Chapel in Manteo is handling arrangements.
The Coastland Times
Manteo, NC
Tuesday, July 10, 2001
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