Local Obituaries and Funeral Rites Across Piedmont
Funeral services were held in Springfield Friends Meeting House for Mrs Minnie Jarrett Black 84 of 221 Fairfield Rd with interment at Springfield Cemetery. Pallbearers included Paul Adams Ken Black Robert Bates and others. Also noted were services for J Richard Brown 48 of Randleman at Randleman First Methodist Church and for W Carlton Moore 47 of Kernersville at Bunker Hill Methodist Church with interment at the church cemetery. Moore died of a heart attack Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Jarrett Black
Springfield Friends
W. Carlton Moore
Route 1
Kernersville
Bunker Hill Methodist Church
Edward Temple
W. T. Forbis
Sparta
Clyde Faulkner
Walkertown
Temple
Richardson Dies at Home in Trinity
William Thomas Richardson 66 died at his Trinity home Tuesday after years of declining health. He lived in Trinity 30 years and co owned Richardson Furniture Co. Born February 21, 1890 in Stokes County he leaves a large family including wife Elizabeth Royal Richardson and five sons, a daughter, two brothers, four sisters and grandchildren. Funeral at Welch Memorial Methodist Church on Thursday with burial in Trinity Memorial Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas
Bill) Richardson
Trinity
Mr. Richardson
Richardson Furniture Company
Stokes County
W. T
Mary Lou Lewallen Richardson
Elizabeth Royal
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
Fred
Arnold Richardson
Jesse Richardson
Gilbert T. Richardson
Robert Richardson
Archdale
Ralph Carpenter
Hunter Richardson
L. B. Richardson
Sherman Oaks
Cal
A. E. Powell
Bessie Long
J. W. Shelton
Carrie Richardson
Greensboro
Milton Widenhouse
George W. Dowd
J. C. Gatewood
Trinity Memorial Cemetery
Mourane 87 Dies After Declining Health in High Point
Mrs. Josephine More VanAlen Mourane 87 formerly of Kindershook N Y and High Point died yesterday at 6 30 p m in a Lumberton hospital after three days in decline She leaves two daughters Miss Maxalyn Mourane Mrs Olive Wall and a son J H Mourane with three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services set for Thursday at 3 30 p m in Harold C Davis Chapel with Dr Roy Watts officiating Burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery remains at funeral home until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine More VanAlen Mourane
Cedrow Ave
Lumberton
High Point
Denny Bible Class
Eastern Star
Maxalyn Mourane
Olive Wall
Bentley Springs
J. H. Mourane
Allen Tonkin
Harold C. Davis
Roy Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Floral Garden Park
Infant Hoover dies after three hours in hospital
Jerry Dean Hoover infant son of Ernest E and Helen Darr Hoover of Route 2 Thomasville died in City Memorial Hospital Tuesday morning at 11 35 o clock He lived three hours Surviving are his parents and the maternal grandmother Mrs Hallie Darr Rothrock Graveside services were set for 2 o clock this afternoon at Calvary Reformed Church Cemetery Rev A W Hedrick to conduct Burial in Calvary Cemetery family plot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Jerry Dean Hoover
Ernest E
Helen Darr Hoover
City Memorial Hospital
Hallie Darr Rothrock
Calvary Reformed Church
A. W. Hedrick
Calvary Cemetery
Walter R Shives Dies Of Heart Attack In High Point
Walter R Shives 48 of Route 1 High Point dies after a heart attack and dies on arrival at High Point Memorial Hospital at 1 30 AM He had lived in the area 21 years and worked at Highland Cotton Mill later turning to farming He is survived by wife Vialle Whitefield two sons Roby Jr and Darrell Wayne two daughters Naomi Lee and Shirley Belle his father John Q Shives two brothers Horace and Boyd a sister Mrs Fred Conger and half brother Grady Shives The funeral will be Thursday at Missionary Methodist Church with interment in Pleasant Grove Methodist Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Roby Shives
Route 1
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Iredell County
John Q. iShives
Maggie Honeycutt Shives
Highland Cotton Mill
Statesville
Missionary Methodist Church
W. Burton Street
Vialle Whitefield
Roby Jr
Darrell Wayne Shives
Naomi Lee Shives
Shirley Belle Shives
John Q. Shives
Horace Shives
Boyd Shives
Fred Conger
Grady Shives
B. R. Sapp
Walter Johnson
Midway Baptist Church
Jamestown
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Hayworth Infant Dies In Hospital
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hayworth of Abbots Creek Route 2 High Point died at birth this morning at High Point Memorial Hospital. Surviving are the parents a brother and multiple grandparents. Graveside rites will be held at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery in Davidson County tomorrow at 11. The Rev. Russell Duncan will conduct the services with the body at Orrell's Funeral Home until then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hayworth
Abbotts Creek
Route 2
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Kenneth
Martha Lou Payne Hayworth
Keith Hayworth
J. Cletus Hayworth
Clyde G. Payne
Charlie E. Moore
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Davidson County
Russell Duncan
Orrell
Funeral services for Henry C. Miller held at Randolph Presbyterian
Funeral services for Henry C. Miller 77 died at home Route 3 High Point were conducted Tuesday at 2 30 PM from Randolph Presbyterian Church by Revs. W M Baker and Jerry N Reiff. Pallbearers Luther Blakely G L Miller Roger N McClay Jim Warren Hardy Southern Henry V Koonts. Interment Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Asheboro Claude A Britt 56 Ashe bore to be held 11 AM today at Pugh Funeral Home Chapel Rev W H Grace assisted by Rev Henry Thompson. Interment Oaklawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Miller
Route 3
High Point
Randolph Presbyterian Church
W. M. Baker
Crestwood Presbyterian
Jerry N. Reiff
Pilot Mountain Presbyterian Church
Luther Blakely
G. L. Miller
Roger N. McClay
Jim Warren
Hardy Southern
Henry V. Koonts
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Asheboro
Claude A. Britt
Ashebore
Pugh Funeral Home
W. H. Grace
First Methodist Church
Henry Thompson
Oaklawn Cemetery
Mr Woodman of the Year 1956 Named in Thomasville
E C Fouts of Fair Grove named Mr Woodman of the Year 1956 by Woodmen of the World Camp No 206. Fouts has served in multiple Woodmen offices locally and in state and national programs. A banquet honors retiring financial secretary J D Stinson, who led the post for 35 years, at Woodmen hall at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
E. C. Fouts
Fair Grove
Woodman
Stinson
Woodmen Hall
Highway Bypass Plan Outlined for Asheboro Route
State Highway Commission officials disclosed a field survey plan for a west Asheboro bypass aimed at U S 220. Commissioner A H Graham described a tentative route starting about one mile south of Utah, crossing Dixie Drive, Sunset Avenue, U S 311, Deep River, and reconnecting with U S 220 near the Guilford Randolph line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
State Highway Commission
Here
A. H. Graham
Randolph
Utah
Dixie Drive
Sunset Avenue
U. S. 311
Deep River
Guilford
Randolph County
Merit Scholarship Finalists Revealed
Ten High Point High School seniors are named finalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition joining five others from local schools. Finalists must pass a three hour College Board exam and undergo extensive screening before about 700 scholarships are awarded in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
D. P. Whitley
High Point High School
Nathan Kinney Bales
Mary E. Black
John O. Blackburn
Betty A. Chard
Jo Anne Dorr
George E. McLarty
Howard Roger Pancoast
Bonnie G. Peele
E. Verne Snotherly
J. James Walden
Evalyn F. Lackey
Jamestown High School
George M. Eargle
Main Street School
Thomasville
Thomas S. Redding
Harris F. Rush
Lewis C. Rush
Asheboro High School
Ford Foundaa
Carnegie Corporaon
Church Damaged By Fire In Thomasville
Local firemen responded to a near noon fire at Second Presbyterian Church on Church Street. The wall near a stove pipe ignited and surrounding material was removed. The cause was faulty pipe at the flue entrance. A funeral stove fire occurred in the auditorium. Firemen reported negligible loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Second Presbyterian Church
Church Street
Blind-slow worm is a lizard with bright eyes and quick movement
A description notes that the so called blind-slow worm is not blind or slow nor a worm. It is identified as a lizard with bright eyes capable of rapid movement.
Fair Grove School to Get New Boiler This Week
Thomasville report says Fair Grove School expects a new boiler by truck today. Principal Sat Kearns notes installation will take 24 to 30 hours and the system must be checked before reopening possibly Friday morning. The old boiler blew last Friday due to overload from additions. County commissioners approved 5500 for the boiler purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Fair Grove
Kearns
Board of County Commissioners
Lexington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Minnie Black
J. Richard Brown
Randleman
Winston-Salem
Randleman First Methodist Church
Mount Lebannon Methodist Church
W. A. Rock Jr
Sherrill Biggers
Carlton Moore
W. T. Richardson
Hoover Infant
Walter R. Shives
Hayworth
Boone Coal and Oil CO
J. R. Boone
English and
Ward Sts
YGEN
Davis Patrol & Detective Agency
Jack S. Davis
Cecil
Dr. Guild
Green Mountain
Orrell’s Funeral Home
N. Main ST
Dial
Zemo
Leonard
435
North Wrenn
Ist
Lantic Savings and Loan Association
W. Washington ST
Knotty Pine Group
Rise Furniture
Oro
Kester Brothers & Son
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