Deaths and Funerals Lincoln County area
Funeral services for Chesley A Collier 45 route 4 resident will be conducted by Pastor Gary Wesleyan Methodist Church. The body will be shipped to Knoxville Tenn for further services Tuesday. Burial details follow at Cumby Orrells. Mrs Sally Ruth Melton 88 to be buried at Avery's Creek Methodist Church Buncombe County after service this afternoon. The body remains at Orrells before a Brevard Road church service and burial in the church cemetery. The obituary notes numerous relatives including Troy F of Steeds Route 1 and several Trotter inlaws and siblings. Services set for Mt Sheppard Methodist Church Sunday at 2 pm with interment to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesley A. Collier
Route 4
Ocrom Tysi
Sora
Gary Wesleyan Methodist Church
Willl
Knoxville
Tenn
Cumby- Orrell's
Sally Ruth Israel Melton
Avery's Creek Methodist Church
Buncombe County
Brevard Road
Troy F
Steeds
Grady Hughes
Sophia
Albert Trotter
Robbins
Lacy Trotter
Pittsboro
Joe Trotter
Asheboro
Wayman Trotter
Walter Trotter
Franklinville
Numa Swaney
Robert McDowell
Archdale
Gurney McDowell
Lexington
Mt. Sheppard Methodist Church
Church
Funeral services for Mrs ye Little
Funeral services for Mrs ye Little of Ennis Street are set for this afternoon at 3 o clock at the Lexin Avenue Church with Woodrow W Robbins officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. The body will lie in state at Ren Saya two minutes prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ye Little
Ennis Street
Lexin Avenue
Woodrow W. Robbins
Oakwood Cemetery
Ren Saya
Services for Adam Fish Set at Home Today
Funeral for Adam Fish who died at High Point Memorial will be held today at 2 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Floyd Phillips on Route 2. Burial will follow at Bethel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Fish
High Point Memorial Tal
Floyd Phillips
Bethel Cemetery
Thomasville Deaths of Luther C. Smith
Luther C. Smith 79 Randolph County retired farmer and church leader died at his son’s Trinity Route 1 home after a months illness. He directed church relief work at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church and served as Superintendent of the Church School and Senior Board of Stewards. A former president of Tabernacle Townships Methodists and Randolph County Board of Education member. Born November 28 187 in Tabernacle township he married Ada Millicent Walker in 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Luther C. Smith
Randolph County
Luther Ray
Trinity
Route 1
Pleasant Hill
McRae Rites For Noted Peach Grower John H. McRae
Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Ellerbe for John Harris Hallie McRae a pioneer Richmond County peach grower and influential county political figure. He died in Duke hospital yesterday after a long illness at age 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellerbe
John Harris
Hallie) McRae
Richmond County
McRae
Duke Hospital
Meeting of Allen Jay Baptist Church Women
The Woman's group of Allen Jay Baptist Church will meet at 7 p m tomorrow at the church. A spokesman said the meeting was announced yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Jay Baptist Church
Beach
Funeral for Mr Briles Led by Edwards and Madren
Rev C E Edwards and Madren led the funeral for Mr Briles who died after a six year illness. Pallbearers included O J Webster O W Rich H F Rich Garland Newby C S Coggins and C A Bristow. Burial followed in the family plot at the church cemetery. He died late Thursday in an Asheboro hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Edwards
Madren
O. J. Webster
O. W. Rich
H.F. Rich
Garland Newby
C. S. Coggins
C. A. Bristow
Church
Mr. Briles
Asheboro
Mrs Crissie Melton Dies at 80 in Eleazer Home
Mrs Crissie Melton widow of James Melton died yesterday at her sister Maggie Luther’s home in Eleazer. She leaves sisters Mrs Maggie Luther and Mrs W L Thayer of Wingate. Funeral services are this afternoon at 3 at Eleazer Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Crissie Melton
James Melton
Maggie Luther
Eleazer
Luther
W. L. Thayer
Wingate
Eleazer Methodist Church
Death of Mrs. Cora McCormick Widow of W H McCormick
Mrs Cora McCormick 79 of Greensboro Route 3 died last night after years of declining health. Survived by children Mrs W S Fagg Jr of Point and Mrs Sam Wiles Jamestown and others including Mrs T M Jarrell High Point and Abner Kirkman. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Cora 79
Menage
W. H. McCormick
Leonene Kirkman
Emily Armfield Kirkman
Greensboro
Route 3
W. S. Fagg, Jr
Point
Sam Wiles Jamestown
Ceiator
David Warner
Atlanta
T. M. Jarrell
High Point
Aesee Abner Kirkman
George Ginsenttaion
Jett Greensboro
R. V. Kirkman
Morals Trial Hears Blackmail Charges in Connor Case
United Press reports in Birmingham describe a morals trial against Police Commissioner Eugene Bull Connor with a blackmail accusation triggering court tension. Prosecution witness Detective Henry Darnell claimed he could ruin Hughey and faced contempt threats while testifying about Connor and his secretary Christina Brown at a hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gunter
United Press
Birmingham
Ala
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Connor
Henry Darnell
E. C
Hughey
Amanda
Darnell
Alabama
Seven Year Charge Leads to Old Assault Case
A drunken, unnamed middle aged man recalls the name Calvin McNair after police check records. McNair, wanted since August 1945 for assaulting his wife Viola, is jailed and faces trial on the fresh charge. Police also arrest 45 year old Charlie Webster Talbert for drunk and disorderly, with an existing capias for a separate charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chava McNair
Calvin McNair
Viola
Friddie
McNair
Charlie Webster Talbert
Thomasville
Capias
Trapper Thomas B. Farmer Drowns in Milltail Creek
Thomas B. Farmer, 42, a trapper and former Paducah resident, drowned eight miles up Milltail Creek on the Dare County mainland. Coroner Marvin Rogers said he apparently fell from an outboard skiff while checking his trapline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stumpy Point
Thomas B. Farmer
Milltail Creek
Dare County
Marvin Rogers
Rogers
Farmer
Paducah
Grady Goldston Sr Reports 52000 On Hand for YMCA Drive
The Enterprise notes Grady Goldston Sr reports cash and pledges totaling 520,000 for the YMCA drive. With 538,000 still to raise to reach 590,000, Jon vows full liquidation within the year and urges firms and individuals who made pledges but not yet remitted to send in payments promptly within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Grady Goldston, Sr
Jon
Oldest college frame in 1950 survey dies in Georgia
Mrs W E Carnes of Jonesboro Georgia, listed as the nation’s oldest college frame in a 1950 survey, died today at age 16 after graduating Monroe Female College Forsyth in 1866. Her husband, a building contractor, died 40 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro, Ga
W. E. Carnes
Monroe Female College
Bessie Tift College
Forsyth
Drunkenness Arrests Fall in High Point Over Decade
Police Chief C C Stoker says corrected data show High Point drunkenness arrests fell from 1 520 in 1941 to 1 162 in 1951, reversing an earlier report that claimed a rise of 142 with 1 662 arrests in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runkenness
High Point
C. C. Stoker
Stoker
Collision on N Main and Ray Streets Causes 175 Damages
A two car collision at the N Main and Ray Streets intersection caused 175 in damage. Floyd M. Cox 26 of East Bend drove a 1949 Ford northbound into Elliott Abeles 18 a student at 712 W Farriss driving a 1951 Frazer as he attempted to turn onto Ra Street. Damages were 125 to the Ford and 50 to the Frazer with no injuries or arrests.
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N. Main
Ray Streets
Ford
Floyd M. Cox
East Bend
Frazer
Elliott Abeles
W. Farriss
Cox
Main
Abeles
Ra Street
Local Government Commission to open water sewer bids
The Local Government Commission will open bids Tuesday morning for $50,000 in town water and sewer notes and $45,000 in Montgomery County bond anticipation notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Local Government Commission
Saestien
Montgomery County
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Chesley Collier
Sally Melton
Ida Trotter
Mrs, Myrtle Little
Charles Briles
Mrs. Crissie Melton
Mrs
Cora Meccormick
Safety
Police
W. G. Friddie
Charles H. Wass
Trophy Council No. 29
Jr. O
Robert Bruton
Stanley
the Diamond and Watch Store
Strictly Fresh
Vaaiaig
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Burlington
Tarboro
Wilmington
North Carolina
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
TOTAL
Federal Reserve Sytem
BAKER
Blue Bell, Inc
Hugh P. Beal
Orton A. Boren
Boren Clay Products Co
J. M. Bryan
Fist
Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co
Federal Deposit Insurence Corporation
NM. &. Calhoun
Clark, JR
Tarbore
N. L. Foy
Standard Paint and Hardware Co
L. W. Hill
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co
R. A. McPheeters
Reid A. Maynard
Tower Hoisery Mills, Inc
James M, Peden
Paden Stee Ce
James W. Poole
Willis H, Slane
Slane Hosiery Mills, Inc
J. the Lips
M. Vanstory, JR
Security National Bank
Lowheid
Nanber
North State
Randleman
Sky
Glamour
Charm
Vogue
The
New Yorker
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