Peter Paul Thorpe was
born May 8, 1910 in Wake County, North Carolina to the late Peter and Betty
Adams Thorpe. He departed this life on November 8, 1989 at Wake Medical
Center, Raleigh, North Carolina. He joined the Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church at an early age. He was loved and respected in his community.
Everyone who knew him closely referred to him as their
"granddaddy". If you needed a friend or some one when you were in
trouble, you could depend on him. His formal education was received in the
Wake County School System. He was a farmer for forty years. After working
at Meredith College for a number of years, he retired. fie was united in Holy Matrimony to
Annie Bell Giles Thorpe, who preceded him in death. To this union eleven
children were born. He was a loving and dedicated father to his family and
ail that knew him. His survivors include: four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy
Jones of Wendell, Mrs. Maggie Walton and Mrs. Mary Sutton of Zebulon, and
Mrs. Flora O'Neal of Landover, Maryland; two sons, Randolph Thorpe of
Temple Hills, Md. and Robert Thorpe of Wendell; two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Johns of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mrs. Alberto Williams of Wendell; 3
sons-in-law, James Walton, Columbus Sutton and Willie O'Neal all of
Zebulon; 4 daughters-in-law, Mrs. Marion Thorpe, Mrs. Christine. Thorpe,
Mrs. Irene Thorpe, and Mrs. Betty Lee Thorpe; 2 nephews, Leo Merritt and
Alexander Teasley; 3 nieces, Pauline Hines, Nannie Williams and Geraldine
Williams; 39 grandchildren; 71 great grandchildren; 6 great great grandchildren;
a host of other relatives and friends.
