Mrs. R. C. Countiss [Pocahontas Countiss]

June 20, 1940 – The Monitor Herald Mrs. R. C. Countiss Succumbs June 12Funeral Held Thursday At the Pittsboro M. E. Church – Burial At Reasons Cemetery

Mrs. R. C. Countiss, age 72, died at her home at Pittsboro Wednesday, June 12, after an illness of several months duration.  Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Church at Pittsboro, conducted by Rev. K. E. Clark, assisted by Rev. C. H. Ellard, with Pryor Funeral Home directing the rites.  Interment followed in Reason’s Cemetery, near Ellard.

Active pallbearers were nephews of Mrs. Countiss, as follows: Dr. Roy D. Byars, M. P. Byars, L. R. Byars, Wirt Byars, Shed H. Byars and R. A. Byars. Mrs. Countiss was the widow of the lamented Reuben C. Countiss, who passed away in 1914, and who was one of the county’s leading citizens – a Confederate veteran and a man of honesty and ability.

She had lived at Pittsboro for many years, where she was regarded as one of the most worthy and beloved persons of the community. She had been a member of the Methodist Church for many years and was a devout Christian and a woman of kindly heart and deep regard for her family and friends.

Mrs. Countiss was widely known as a woman of fine character and high ideals. Her long life was spent in doing good for others and in lending a cheerful word and a helping hand to those in need and in distress.

She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Martha Ann Byars, of Pittsboro, and two step-daughters, Mrs. Addie Pittman of Webb and Mrs. Etta Webb, of Coffeeville. A number of nieces and nephews and other relatives also survive.