Born May
30, 1912 Died February
5, 2002 Ima was
a talented
needle artist, sharing examples of her beautiful
needlepoint and
crochet
work with her relatives and
friends.
She
and her sister, Ailine, were famous for their tatting.
They made each of the nieces and nephews a bedspread.
Cherished family heirlooms
by
all those who were fortunate to receive one. Ima Eula
Mewborn was born May 30, 1912, at Nehucky Farm, Bullhead
Township, in
Greene
County, the second child of George Lemuel Mewborn and
Eula
Virginia
Mewborn. After graduating from Snow Hill High School in
1929, She
attended
East Carolina Teachers College and graduated in 1933.
(today East Carolina University) A
Healer: Ima's life has been one
of service. She enjoyed working along side her brother,
Dr. John Mewborn, a family practice physician.
Ima
enjoyed a long career as a nurse. Among
the cherished memories Ima held close to her heart
included having had the opportunity to assist her brother
in the delivery of many healthy babies in the Farmville
community and surrounding area. Ima's service did not end
with the living. Ima and Ailine, her sister, shared a
special connection and love that included their many
ancestors. Historian
: In her
quest for information and in the spirit of sharing,
Ima, became an active member of several genealogical
organizations. She was member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, Daughters of American Colonists,
Colonial Dames of Seventeenth Century, Jamestown
Society, Magna Carta Dames, Eastern North Carolina
Genealogical Society, Old Dobbs Society and many
others. Ima served many years as registrar for her
chapters of the DAR and DAC. Ima was driven by her
love of the research and she will never know the
invaluable service she provided to those of us who
follow in her footsteps. The best tribute we can pay
to her is to follow her example and support each other
as we trace our ancestors. Author: "These
Are My People," is a compilation of seventy-two "2
in" notebooks which reflect her fifty years of work on
the Mewborn and allied families. These notebooks contain
information on numerous family lines, many of which are
intertwined through out the generations. Each notebook
contains newspaper clippings, obituaries, and family
lines carefully organized by hand. Although Ima used her
own system to organize the many family surnames she
researched, several faithful genealogist are currently
working together to reorganize her research for the age
of computers. Ima's system takes a while to figure out,
but still takes a lot less time than it did for her to do
the original work, by hand, personally visiting the many
places where the original information was archived. Ima
also contributed genealogical information to "Parrott
Talk" and other genealogical magazines. Some of
Ima's work has been microfilmed and can be accessed a
local "Family History Center" at the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. SLC Microfilm #1711458
"Ima Eula Mewborn collection studies, Magna
Charta-1990, alphabetical surname index family records :
Aldredge, Barrington, Best, Dixon, Fields, Hill, Mercer,
Mooring, Wooten, and others." This is microfilm of
originals found in the Family History Center in
Goldsboro, North Carolina. This "book" consists mostly of
DAR papers submitted by Ima. Although at times the film
is dark and hard to read, it contains a massive amount of
paperwork including charts (pedigree and family group
sheets), histories, maps, letters, certificates,
newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous
information. Philosopher:
Some of Her Favorite Sayings Ima
Eula Mewborn was preceded in death by her brother, Dr.
John
Moses
Mewborn and wife Margaret McNeill Mewborn;
brother-in-law,
Varner
Rayford Garner; brothers, Henry Drew Mewborn, Quentin
Alexander
Mewborn
and Marvin Bruce Mewborn; and sister, Manora Mewborn
Nunn
and
husband Malcolm Dee Nunn.
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