Warren J. Twiddy

Warren Judson Twiddy, 89, of 140 Country Club Drive, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 in Greenville, NC. Mr. Twiddy was born in Pasquotank County and was the son of the late George A. and Cora Lee White Twiddy. A graduate of Elizabeth City High School, Mars Hill College, and a 1948 graduate of Duke University, he also was a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Coast Guard. The owner and operator of Twiddy Insurance and Real Estate, and of Twiddy Construction Company, he was a member of Edenton Baptist Church, a member and past master of Unanimity Masonic Lodge #7 where he had also served as vice-president of the Widow's Fund, a member of the Sudan Temple of The Shrine, and was a lifetime member of KCCH Scottish Rites Bodies. Surviving are his wife of 65 years, Alice Pritchard Twiddy; two daughters, Nancy Barrow and husband John of Edenton and Betsy Kelly of Raleigh; three grandchildren, Laura Elizabeth Kelly, Judson Smith and fiancé Lauren Dickens, and Leslie Warren Smith Fuller and husband Blake; and two great-grandchildren, Holden Blake Fuller and Parker Lee James Smith. A Masonic graveside service will be held Monday at 4:00 p.m. in Beaver Hill Cemetery with Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, 735 Virginia Road, handling arrangements. Friends may join the family at the residence. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Shriner's Hospital for Children, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607. (shrinershospitalforchildren.org) Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.