Obituary of Earl Clifton Lane

Earl Clifton Lane Retired Pasquotank Deputy Sheriff Earl Clifton Lane, age 85, of 397 Hog Neck Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at his residence. Mr. Lane a native of Perquimans County, was the husband of Nellie Maude Smith Lane of Elizabeth City, NC, and the son of the late Joshua Lane and Sara Taylor Lane. He was a WW II Veteran of the US Navy. From 1940 to 1942 and from 1945 to 1961 he was a long distance truck driver. He was a Pasquotank County Deputy Sheriff from 1961 to 1982 and a security guard at S & R Supermarkets from 1982 to 1991. He was an honorary member of the Perquimans Ruritan Club, a member of the Perquimans Masonic Lodge # 106, the Scottish Rites Bodies, and attended Woodville Baptist Church. Mr. Lane is survived by two daughters, Earline L. Meads and her husband, Nicky, of Elizabeth City, NC, and Linda L. Goldstein of Sarasota, FL; two grandchildren, Stephen E. Meads and his wife, Sharon, and Christy M. Graves and her husband Jimmy; and one great grandson, Ryan M. Meads. He was predeceased by a sister, Mary Hurdle, and two brothers, Willis Lane and Spurgeon Lane. A funeral service will be Thursday, November 7, 2002 at 11:00 AM at Twiford’s Memorial Chapel with Masonic Rites and full Military Honors provided by the William Clarence Jackson Post # 6060. Burial will follow in West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately after the service in the funeral home lobby and at other times at the residence of the daughter, Mr. & Mrs. Nicky Meads, 481 Meadstown Road, Elizabeth City, NC. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, % Hazel Anderson, 106 South Ashe Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909. Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC, is in charge of arrangements. Twiford’s November 5, 2002 PO Drawer 405 252-335-4395 Elizabeth City, NC 27909-0907 FAX 252-335-4329