Deaths and Funerals in Jamestown Area
Obituaries for Henry Dempsey Rider 67 of Route 1 James town and James Hugh Jacobs 27 of High Point. Rider died at High Point Memorial Hospital after a year of declining health and was buried at Old Union Methodist Cemetery. Jacobs funeral held at Pine Grove Baptist Church with burial in Zion Hill Baptist Cemetery Philadelphia Tenn. Other notices include pending arrangements for Alice Lovette Forbis Frobis 59 and daughter Mary Iris Forbis McIntire 28 after a Jamestown train automobile crash and naval service delay aboard U S S Forrestal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dempsey Rider
Macedonia Church of the Living God
Highfill
W. W. Robbins
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Old Union Methodist Church
Norman Huffman
Roland Rich
Austin Brady
Colonel Jones
Theodore Caudle
Numa Highfill
Rider
Route 1
Jamestown
High Point Memorial Hospital
James Hugh Jacobs
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Frank McDaniel
Glenn Vanhook
Calvary Church of the Nazarene
Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
Philadelphia
Tenn
J. W. Leonard
Lawrence Modlin
R. F. Handy
Floyd Cruthis
W. H. Cox
Jack Fulcher
Mr. Jacobs
High Point
Alice Lovette Frobis
Mary Iris Forbis McIntire
Mitchell Grove Methodist Church
Harold C. Davis
U.S. Navy
U.S.S. Forrestal
Funeral for Mrs. Mary Bumgarner Held at Thomasville
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary F Bumgarner 79 wife of Claude Bumgarner were held at 11 a.m. at Koonce Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Stanley Hardee and Rev. Phillip J Birchall officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery. She died at High Point Memorial Hospital shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday after five years of declining health. She lived at 309 Park Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Bumgarner
Claude Bungarner
Koonce
Stanley Hardee
First Baptist Church
Thomasville
Phillip J. Birchall
Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
Fred Carmichael
Harold Carmichael
Horace Carmichael
William Nix
Troy Winslow
Marvin Winslow
Oakwood Cemetery
Bungarmer
High Point Memorial Hospital
Park St
Funeral for Frank Conrad Held at Emerywood Baptist
Funeral services were conducted at Emerywood Baptist Church at 2 30 p m yesterday for Frank Conrad 36 of 502 Gatewood Ave. officiated by Rev Tom Haggai Rev Chevis Horne and Rev Ralph Taylor with active pallbearers Howard Marsh Charles H Risch Jack Ridge Clarence Wagner Fred Cox Jr and Virgil Leonard. Burial followed in Lexington City Cemetery. Conrad died Sunday morning after a three month illness. He attended Lexington City schools N C State College and High Point College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Conrad
Emerywood Baptist Church
Tom Haggai
Chevis Horne
First Baptist Church of
Martinsville
Ralph Taylor
First Methodist Church of
Lexington
Howard Marsh
Charles H. Risch
Jack Ridge
Clarence Wagner
Fred Cox Jr
Virgil Leonard
Marsh Furniture Co
Lexington City Cemetery
Conrad
Gatewood Ave
Lexington City Schools
N. C. State College
High Point College
Lawrence Clapp Dies In Durham After Illness
Lawrence Julian Clapp 53 of 406 Hodgin St died at Veterans Hospital Durham at 2 55 pm yesterday after two years of declining health He was born October 30 1901 in High Point son of Henry and Mary Hoover Clapp He married Pearl Kennedy Cecil March 14 1945 A World War II Signal Corps veteran he had worked 13 years for Tomlinsons of High Point Surviving wife stepchildren two stepgrandchildren two sisters four brothers funeral 2 30 pm Thursday at Sechrest Chapel burial Floral Garden Park Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Julian Clapp
Hodgin St
Veterans Hospital
Durham
Mr. Clapp
High Point
Henry and
Mary Rachel Hoover Clapp
Pearl Kennedy Cecil
Signal Corps
South Pacific
Tomlinson's
Pearl Cecil Clapp
Edward Lee Cecil
Peace Ave
Margaret Ingram
Burton St
Julius C Hunt of Thomasville Dies at 79
Julius C Hunt 79 of Route 2 Thomasville died at City Memorial Hospital at 11 45 p m after a period of declining health. He was born May 27 1880 in Randolph County and spent his life in Randolph and Davidson counties. A retired farmer and furniture worker he had 30 years at Standard Chair Co. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Methodist Church and the Men’s Bible Class. Surviving are multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Friday at 2 p m with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Julius C. Hunt
Route 2
City Memorial Hospital
Mr. Hunt
Randolph County
John David
Martha Adaline Kindley Hunt
Randolph
Davidson
Standard Chair Co
Pleasant Grove
Hunt
Julia Lee Kicks
Gurney Byerly
E. V. Dorsett
Will
Bob Hunt
Rebecca Jane Noah
Ray Warner
Asheboro
John D. Sechrest
John T. Hedrick
Luther
Grady Hunt
Frank
Lindsay Hunt
High Point
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Walter Thomas
Fred Jurney
Southside Baptist Church
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Funeral Services for Gurnie E Hilton Thomasville
Funeral services for Gurnie E Hilton 69 of Route 4 Thomasville were held at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church with Rev George Fidler Rev J W Hoyle and Rev J R Duncan officiating Pallbearers included Roy Batten John Leonard Clarence Veach A T Stone Jr Morrison Spencer Gene Horney Grady Culler and Irvin Lassiter Burial followed in Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery Hilton died after a two week critical illness at City Memorial Hospital Saturday night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Gurnie E. Hilton
Route 4
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
George Fidler
J. W. Hoyle
J. R. Duncan
Roy Batten
John Leonard
Clarence Veach
A. T. Stone Jr
Morrison Spencer
Gene Horney
Grady Culler
Irvin Lassiter
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Hilton
City Memorial Hospital
Dick Best of Whiteville Laid to Rest at 63
Final rites for Henry Disken Dick Best, 63, were held at McKenzie Chapel with burial in National Cemetery at Wilmington. He died in a Wrightsville Beach nursing home after living in Whiteville and being a Columbus County native. Survivors include his wife Frances, two sons J R Best and H Clayton Best, two daughters Bonnie Lane Best and Mrs Ted Shaw, two brothers J R Best and E M Best, a sister Susie Hewett, and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteville
Henry Disken
Dick) Best
McKenzie Chapel
W. D. Morris
National Cemetery
Wilmington
Best
Columbus County
Wrightsville Beach
Frances Duval Best
J. R. Best
Pompano Beach
Fla
H. Clayton Best
Methodists Set Church School In Greensboro
A training program for church leaders in the Methodist Churches of the Greensboro District will be held at West Market Street Church in Greensboro Friday. Bishop Nolan Harmon will lead instructors from the General Boards of the Methodist Church for the Inter board Training School in the Western North Carolina Annual Conference. Seven representatives from each church attend, including the pastor and officers of the five general commissions. The session begins at 1 30 p m with other leaders C Lloyd Daugherty Wayne Lindecker Richard G Belcher Robert J Genins and A Dudley Ward among those listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
West Market Street
North Carolina
Methodist Church
Nolan B. Harmon
Charlotte
Methodist
Bishop Harmon
C. Lloyd Daugherty
Board of Evangelism
Wayne Lindecker
Board of Education
Nashville
General Board of Missions
Robert J. Genins
Board of Lay Activities
Chicago, Ill
A. Dudley Ward
Christian Social Relations
F R Fraley Dies At 65 In High Point Hospital
F R Fraley 65 of 310 Whittier Street died at High Point Memorial Hospital at 9 40 a m He was a Stanly County native and Oak Hill Friends Meeting member Surviving wife Blanche Belk two daughters Virginia Fraley Mance and Es s Ray Fraley Johnson one son LeRoy Fraley and eight grandchildren Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Fraley
Whittier St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Stanly County
Oak Hill
Washington, D. C
Wreck Injures Two on Highway 109 North of Thomasville
James P. Hall 22 of Johnstown Road remains hospitalized with serious injuries after a one car crash on Highway 109 between Abbotts Creek bridge and Ledford School. Driver Perry Leon Osborne 18 was treated and released for cuts and bruises. A second crash nearby involved Charles Edward Yountz 16, whose car toppled into a pasture after stopping to view the Hall wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
James P. Hall
Johnstown Road
Abbotts Creek
Ledford School
Perry Leon Osborne
Johnsontown Road
Osborne
Charles Edward Yountz
College Street
Thomasville Youth Named Test Finalist
Clayton Smith, son of Mr and Mrs C F Smith of Estes Street and a senior at Thomasville Senior High, is named a finalist in the National Merit Scholarships. Principal H C Huggins notes his strong college aptitude test results among state seniors. About six tenths of one percent of seniors earn merit certificates. Nationally 10,000 seniors are finalists or winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Clayton Smith
C. F. Smith
Estes Street
Thomasville Senior High
H. C. Huggins
Smith
Murder Trial Set Tomorrow for Aaron Tucker
Aaron Tucker, 20, of Bakertown Avenue, who confessed to killing his father on Christmas Day, is set for trial in Superior Court tomorrow. His defense attorney, D. P. Whitley Jr., filled in as solicitor when Kornegay was unavailable, leaving Whitley unable to prosecute the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Tucker
Bakertown Avenue
Superior Court
Scholarships Announcement Expected in Late April
Officials indicate that scholarship awards will be announced in the latter part of April. Candidates are advised to monitor university announcements for final results and any criteria changes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry D. Rider
Mary Bumgarner
Lawrence Clapp
Sechrest Chapel
W. Frank Marks
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
Floral Garden Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Hoover
Kingsize
Willowbrook
Dick Best
F.R. Fraley
Creomulsion
Ren
Hall
Green
Elkin
Heber
The
Paramount
America
Piedmont
West Washington St
General Electric
Dependable Refrigeration, Inc
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