Obituary of Ben D. Fortune

Ben Dallas Fortune Fort Gibson, OK native Ben Dallas Fortune, age 79, of 1356 Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, March 14, 2003, at the Albemarle Hospital. Mr. Fortune, a native of Fort Gibson, OK, was the husband of Sarah Lewis Fortune of Shiloh, NC, and the son of the late James Benjamin Fortune and Maude McCulley Fortune. He was a retired roofing contractor and a Baptist. Besides his wife he is survived by three daughters, JoAnn L. Young of Front Royal, VA, Linda Ferracci of Elizabeth City, NC, and Pamela Wilkins of Shiloh, NC; one sister, Maude Turney of Payson, AZ; six grandchildren, Robert Dallas Landreth, Steven W. Landreth, Melissa Primaky, Kristin Pierce, James Benjamin Wilkins, and Jami Rene Wilkins, and six great grand children. A funeral service will be Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 2:00 PM at Emmanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry W. Young and the Rev. Ed Hawkins officiating. Entombment will be in West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7:00 to 8:30 at Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, and immediately after the service at the church, and at other times at the residence of the daughter, Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilkins, 907 Sandy Hood Road, Shiloh, NC. Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC, is in charge of arrangements.