Deaths and Funerals Chronicle Local Obituaries
Lloyd Benson 63 of Greensboro died Saturday after three weeks in Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Rebecca Brandy Creech two weeks old died on arrival at High Point Memorial Hospital. Mrs Bertie Lackey Goodman 74 of High Point died at 12 45 a.m. at High Point Memorial Hospital. Herman Franklin Everhart 77 of Lexington Route 13 died Sunday in Lexington Memorial Hospital. Harry Vernon Anderson 79 of Asheboro died Sunday in Randolph Nursing and Convalescent Center. Dorothy Louise Zerbe Stewart 52 of Kernersville died Saturday night at home. Marie Elda Varner 52 of High Point died today at NC Baptist Hospital. Burial and funeral details listed for each with multiple family survivors and church affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Benson
Julian St
Greensboro
Forsyth Memorial Hospital
Winston-Salem
Mr. Benson
Charlotte
Robert
Nina Benson
Guilford Plastering Co
Mary Loretta Johnson
Mossie Benson
Mary Hawkins
Edward Benson
Haizlip Funeral
F. L. Andrews
Carolina Biblical Gardens
Haizlip Funeral Home
Clarence Jordon
4Th St
Rebecca Brandy Creech
Howard Douglas
Sharon Yates Creech
Gordon Road
High Point Memorial Hospital
Rebecca
High Point
Charles W. Yates
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Howard W. Creech
Rolling Road
Jennie Yates
J. L. Howell
Troy
E. W. Griffis
Selma
Florence Creech
Chapel Hill
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Kenneth A. Miller
Sechrest Funeral Home
Bertie Lackey Goodman
E. Lexington Ave
Goodman
Catawba County
John
Jane Reep Lackey
Newton
Crown Hosiery Mill
Arthur Boles Goodman
Montheu Avenue
Simon
Rose) Burgess
Sechrest Chapel
W. E. Fitzgerald
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Montheu Avenue United Methodist Church
H. F. Everhart
Lexington
Herman Franklin Everhart
Route 13
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Paul's Chapel
Wilbur Hunsuckle
Asheboro
Lacy Koonts
Grady Fritts
Olin Essick
Lewis Hege
Conrad Wood
Piedmont Funeral Home
H. V. Anderson
Harry Vernon Anderson
S. Park St
Randolph
Chesterfield County
Acme-McCrary Corp
First United Methodist Church
Clara Saunders Anderson
Harold D. Crawford
Harry V. Anderson Jr
Eugene Perdue
Petersburg
Claude F. Patram
Colonial Heights
Everett T. Yow
Horace W. Anderson
Carl W. Anderson
Ramseur
Ernest Page
Oaklawn Cemetery
Pugh Funeral Home
J. T. Stewart
Kernersville
Dorothy Louise Zerbe Stewart
Portia Lane
Harrisburg
Dublin United Methodist Church
Dublin
Fla
Beta Sigma Alpha Sorority
John Thomas
Jack) Stewart
Regina Louise Chabier
Henry Earl Zech
Defiance
Ohio
Lain Funeral Home
L. L. Lange
Kernersville Memory Gardens
Marie Elda Varner
Melrose Ave
N.C. Baptist Hospital
Miss Varner
B. Frank
Beatrice von Varner
Highland Motors
First Wesleyan Church
Stratford Road
Councilman Wells Skips ElectriCities Meeting
High Point city council members attendance at ElectriCities in Pinehurst dwindled with Councilman Bob Wells not attending. Wells canceled his reservations by phone saying he just didn’t want to go, while Mayor Roy Culler and several others did attend. ElectriCities coordinates cities that run their own electrical distribution systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Pinehurst
Bob Wells
Wells
City Hall
Arnold Koonce
Jack Dillard
Paul Fine
Roy Culler
Joe Patterson
Sam Burford
Archie Myatt
Bill Brewer
ElectriCities
Burford Critiques Civil Service and Ward Representation
Burford cites civil service bias against blacks and barriers to study materials for employment tests. He says his three terms brought satisfaction from helping elderly residents of the fourth ward and would not change the ward representation system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burford
Four-Vehicle Wreck Kills Trinity Woman
Trinity woman Toni Pierce Kinley, 25, died in a four vehicle crash on U S 64 east of Lexington. Her husband Albert Kinley, 27, and two others were injured. The Kinley car rear ended Robert Church’s car then swerved into two more vehicles. No charges yet as investigators finish. Kinley is survived by husband and extended family, with services held at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Toni Pierce Kinley
Trinity
U.S. 64
Here
Albert Lee Kinley
Highway Patrol
Kinley
Robert Eugene Church
Church
Kindley
Zola Surratt Younts
Ralph Samuel Holbrook
Wilkesboro
Holbrook
Ironton
Ohio
Cecil Pierce
Joyce Webb Pierce
Asheboro Man Dies in N C 8 Head-On Wreck
Gary Lee Cope 33 of Asheboro dies when a Lexington driver Danny Ray Perkins 24 crosses center line on N C 8 south of Lexington. Two others in Cope vehicle injured Edward Hodson 47 and Lloyd Hodson 10 treated and moved to Winston-Salem hospitals. Perkins charged with DUI driving left of center and death by motor vehicle. Cope worshiped Lighthouse Baptist Church and worked for Frank Ix Co. Survived by family. services set at Davidson Funeral Home with burial Forest Hill Memorial Park. Community Easter services follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Gary Lee Cope
Asheboro
N.C
Cope
Danny Ray Perkins
Highway Patrol
Edward Hoover Hodson
Lloyd Lee Hodson
Edward Hodson
Perkins
Mr. Cope
Burlington
Frank Ix Co
Lighthouse Baptist Church
Sadie Cope McMasters
Michael Cope
Gracie Lee
Charlotte Cope
Ralph Cole
Cecil Rumfelt
Rachel Cope
Davidson Funeral Home
Milburn Trent
Forest Hill Memorial Park
Randolph Board Approves 1977 78 Budget and Fees
The Randolph County Board of Education in August approved a 1977 78 budget of 15 434 294 20 including federal state and county funds plus 1976 77 carryover. They set instructional fees by grade and course and lunch prices for K 12 and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Randolph County Board of Education
Classified Licensing System Is Proposed
North Carolina considers a classified motorcycle licensing system with written and in traffic tests to reduce deaths. The plan would test operators by vehicle type and include in traffic skills. Also details last week’s enforcement: 16 speeding citations, 8 stop sign violations, 5 signal violations, 2 equipment citations, 12 DUIs, and radar patrol schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Cohen
North Carolina
Weekend Fires Mostly Minor in High Point
High Point firefighters responded to several minor calls Saturday and Sunday. A cigarette on Nathan Hunt Drive caused no damage. A Walker Place fire from shorted wires caused no damage. A lightning strike on Forrest Avenue damaged a fan. A reed fire on Waterford Road caused no damage with children at fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Nathan Hunt Drive
Walker Place
Forrest Avenue
Waterford Road
McClellan Plans Two Month Rest After Doctors’ Orders
Sen John L McClellan of Arkansas intends to rest from official duties for at least two months per doctors orders his wife Norma says The 81 year old senator is described as cheerful and feeling very good in the report from Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock, Ark
John L. McClellan
Norma
Unclear drivers in crash under investigation at High Point
Police report no charges yet as investigation continues into a crash involving several women all receiving treatment at High Point Memorial Hospital emergency room. Early details could not determine which driver was at fault.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Creech Infant
Mrs. Goodman
Warner Rites
Orrell’s Funeral Home
Liberty Road
North Main
Avenue
Harold C. Davis
Ad Ag
Chestnut DR
Trindale RD
Archdale
Thomas W. Newsome
Tratite Baptist Church
The
Order of the Golden Rule
Lexington Ave
Guilford Memorial Park
Marie Elda Warner
Siser Sechrest Service
Thomasville
Orrell
Royals Inc
Albert L. Kinley
Joyce Pierce
Terry
Rita) Kinley
Rt. 3
John A
Vickie) White III
Larry T. Pierce
Danny C. Pierce
Edmond Pierce
Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church
Randolph County
Luther C. Harris
Billy Joe Yates
J. C. Green and Sons
Danny Ray Kinley
Old Highway 64
Baptist
Forsyth Memorial Hospitals
Baptist Hospital
Lloyd Hodson
Randolph Board
N. Main Street
Model Farm Road
S. Main Street
Lexington Avenue
Westchester Drive
E. Fairfield Road
E. Green Drive
State Avenues
Sen. McClellan
John Deere
Weed Eater
Weed Eater, Inc
Eastchester DR
Sechrest
Sechrest Funeral Service, Inc
Eton Ave
National
Siler-Sechrest Funeral Service