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Corbitts First Blacks To Be Memorialized
Two longtime High Point Memorial Hospital employees, Andrew Corbitt and Ophelia McConnell Corbitt, are memorialized at the High Point Museum as the first Black residents honored. Andrew began service in 1911, later retiring as an orderly with 66 years at the hospital, while Ophelia, a nurse for 35 years and private nurse 10 more, is also recognized.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
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Andrew Corbitt
Ophelia McConnell Corbitt
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J.T. Burrus
Boulevard Street
Point Memorial Hospital
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