Charles Wilkes Costner[1, 2, 3, 4]
1874 - 1962 (87 years)
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Name Charles Wilkes Costner [5] Nickname Charley Born 7 Oct 1874 Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States 
[6] Gender Male Died 9 Aug 1962 Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States [7, 8] Buried 11 Aug 1962 Gaston, North Carolina, United States [9] Person ID I5485 Costner Descendants Last Modified 3 Jul 2022
Father Eli Sylvannus Costner, b. 30 Nov 1845, Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States , d. 24 Jan 1931, Gaston, North Carolina, United States (Age 85 years) Mother Nancy Ann Thornburg, b. 7 Jul 1846, Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States , d. 14 Sep 1929, Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States (Age 83 years) Married 6 Sep 1867 Gaston, North Carolina, United States [10] Family ID F1372 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Elizabeth Friday, b. 28 May 1884, Gaston, North Carolina, United States , d. 12 Nov 1965, Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States (Age 81 years) Married 1896 [4] Children 1. Edna Lee Costner, b. 28 Oct 1904, Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States , d. 10 Sep 1914, Dallas Township, Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States (Age 9 years)2. Reedy Washington Costner, b. 20 Nov 1906, Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States , d. 18 Oct 1984, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States (Age 77 years)3. Mamie Estelle Costner, b. 1 Sep 1909, Gaston, North Carolina, United States , d. 12 Jul 1986, Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States (Age 76 years)Last Modified 26 Mar 2023 Family ID F1962 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - NOTE: Charlie worked for the Gaston Co Hwy Dpt & farmed. Their home was on Harden Road but it was sold after their deaths to make way for the new 321 Their daughter "Boots" and their son Pete built a brick home that at their deaths was sold to J.P. and Pat Propst. This house was about 500 yards from the homeplace.
RECORD: WWI Draft Registration b7 Oct 1873; Census 1880 Gaston NC (Charley)
COURT: Gaston Co NC proceedings 9 Mar 1909 Bk 78 p132 (CW & Lizzie many entries)
BOOK: Peiter Heyl and his Descendants p764
OBITUARY Gastonia Gazette 11 Aug 1962 Charley Wicker
Death Claims Mr. Costner Funeral services were to be at 4 p.m. today at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Dallas R-1 for Charlie Wilkes Costner, 87, Gaston native who died Thursday at his home in the Hardin community.
Arrangements were made by drum Funeral Home of Lincolnton. The body was to be at the home until just prior to services and was not to lie in state at the church. Burial was to be in St. Paul’s Church cemetery.
Mr. Costner was a retired farmer. For many years he worked for Gaston county as a road builder and road maintenance man in the Dallas-Hardin area, and when the state took over the roads, he became connected with the State Highway Commission in the same capacity.
He had been in ill health for 16 months following an attack of pneumonia. After this, he was confined to a wheel chair, but he fell from the chair about a year ago and broke his hip. He had been bedfast since.
A son of the late Eli and Nancy Ann Thornburg Costner, he was born Oct. 7, 1874.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Friday Costner; a son, Pete Costner of the home; a daughter, Miss Toots Costner of the home; and three sisters, Mrs. Vesta Costner of Dallas R-1, and Mrs. Ira Pierce and Mrs. Rash Wyont of Bessemer City R-1. Gastonia Gazette p2A Sat Aug 11, 1960
- NOTE: Charlie worked for the Gaston Co Hwy Dpt & farmed. Their home was on Harden Road but it was sold after their deaths to make way for the new 321 Their daughter "Boots" and their son Pete built a brick home that at their deaths was sold to J.P. and Pat Propst. This house was about 500 yards from the homeplace.
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Charley CostnerGender: MaleBirth: Circa 1875 - North Carolina, United StatesResidence: 1880 - Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, USAAge: 5Marital status: SingleRace: WhiteEthnicity: AmericanFather: Eli CostnerFather's birth place: North Carolina, United StatesMother: Nancy A. CostnerMother's birth place: North Carolina, United StatesSiblings: Loulietta Costner, Lawrence Costner, Vesta Costner, Epsy May Costner, Luther CostnerCensus:
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Charlie Wilkes CostnerBirth: Oct 7 1874Death: Aug 9 1962Burial: Saint Paul Cemetery, Dallas, North Carolina, United StatesMore photos: - [S825] North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994, https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30144-2197103/charley-wilker-costner-in-north-carolina-deaths.
Charley Wilker CostnerGender: MaleBirth: Oct 7 1874 - N.c.Marital status: MarriedResidence: Aug 9 1962 - Dallas, Gaston Co., N.c.Death: Aug 9 1962 - Dallas, Gaston, North CarolinaBurial: Aug 11 1962 - St. Paul'S Lutheran Cem. Cemetery, Gaston, N.c.Age: 87Occupation: RetiredRace: WhiteFather: Eli CostnerMother: Nancy Ann ThornburgWife: Lezzie FridayBirth Year: 1874Address: Route 1Additional Relatives: XReference ID: v 23B cn 23884GS Film number: 1953347 - [S27255] Carpenters A Plenty, 405.
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