Laurie was born on May 30, 1879, in Cherokee County, NC, to Joseph Hughes
Walker (b. 11/06/1850, d. 01/24/1940) and Mary Jane Craig (b. 09/05/1850, d.
09/11/1927). Her paternal grandparents were James Harvey Walker and Rebecca
Eaton. Laura and William Ervin Stiles (b. 01/15/1874,
d. 02/08/1962), also of Cherokee County, were married by Justice of the Peace
William Suit on August 19, 1894. The couple had eleven children:
Mary Ethel, born June 12, 1895; married first Lester Ervin Collins
(b. 02/12/1893, d. 05/25/35) on July 31, 1913; married second Nuel
Lafate Tate (b. 04/06/1894, d. 03/25/73) on August 22, 1936; died June
08, 1991.
William Fred, born March 12, 1898; married Estie Clark; deceased.
Eva Normalee, born February 26, 1900; married Auzie Beaver on April
12, 1914; died October, 1984.
Harve Fletcher, born April 10, 1902; married Myrtle Montegomery;
deceased.
Edgar Fare, born April 24, 1904; married Mattie Montegomery (Myrtle's
sister); died January, 1965.
Grady Clifford, born April 27, 1906; married Dovey Marrow; deceased.
Bonnie Marie, born July 16, 1908; married first Ed Anderson, married
second Floyd Stiles; died May 30, 1986, buried at Gastonia, NC.
Laura Mae Belle, born December 13, 1910;
married Enoch Napoleon Allen (b. 11/01/1895, d.
10/07/78); died September 04, 1992, buried at Friendship Baptist Church
Cemetery, Suit, NC.
Creed John Hughes, born June 22, 1913; married Virginia Standeridge;
died September 07, 1989, buried at Clinton, TN.
Claude Westley, born March 27, 1916; married Winona Clonce; died
October 18, 2000, buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Peachtree, NC.
Harrison Emery, born February 15, 1918; died in infancy.
Laurie died on December 11, 1967, and is buried beside William at Friendship
Baptist Church Cemetery, Suit, NC.
Sources: Cherokee County Heritage--North Carolina, Vol. I, page 450;
cemetery records; records of the Ethel Stiles Tate family;
Social
Security Death Index; family knowledge.