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After moving around with the US Air Force as newlyweds, Elaine and Jerry Howard returned home and bought a half acre of countryside in Sampson County, North Carolina. It was 1984, and they were in their twenties. Elaine liked the seclusion of the private road they shared with a few neighbors. Jerry liked being able to walk to his mother’s house. They hauled a 1966 Commodore mobile home onto the property, and Jerry added a porch and two bedrooms for their children.
THELMA JANE GRAY CAIN FLANAGAN
WHITAKERS - Thelma Jane Gray Cain Flanagan, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Born in Sampson County on June 5, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Cain and Kathleen Christine Fair Cain. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Franklin "Frank" Flanagan; her brother, Chester Cain; and her sisters, Phyllis Cain Thornton and Cathy Diane Cain Horrell.
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