Deaths and Funerals in High Point Area
Gilbert V. Poston 42 of 301 Kennedy St died in Veterans Hospital Durham at 12:30 PM after a yearlong decline. Surviving: wife Cynthia. daughter Betty. sons Tilmon Thomas Gary. brothers George and Gladstone. sister Mrs Wade. Navy World War II veteran. funeral arrangements pending. Carrie Ware 71 of Reidsville died in a Reidsville hospital. Surviving: Gordon Smalley and Walter Smalley. one grandchild. Annie Hodgin Sr. died in Washington DC after a stroke. Surviving: daughter Mrs White. sons J B Hodgin and S G Hodgin. sister Mrs Peele. Laura Gibson infant died in High Point after transfer from Raleigh. parents Earl S. and Betty Gibson. siblings and grandparents listed. Rose Raphael died from injuries after ladder fall at 421 Tate St. Surviving: wife Mrs Rose. sons James E., William C., Charles Lewis. daughters Mia N B Love and Mrs Harold Calhoun. eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Sadie Brown 60 died at 921 Redding St. wife of Major Lee Brown. Surviving: husband. two sons E. J. Davis and H. C. Davis. sister Mrs Nattle Lee Steele. two grandchildren. Funeral plans noted for several cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert V. Poston
Gilbert Victor Poston
Kennedy St
Durham
Lynchburg
Andrew Jackson
Nora Welcher Poston
High Point
Brayne Co
Cynthia
Cunningham
Poston
Wv. F. W. Post
Home
Betty Poston
Tilmon
Thomas
Gary Poston
George T. Poston
Route 1
Jamestown
Gladstone Poston
and Wade
Carrie Ware
Carrie Cagle Ware
Reidsville
George S. Ware
Reidsile
Gordon W. Smalley
Walter B. Smalley
Washington, DC
Annie Hodgin
Annie Mendenhall Hodgin
Ayn
Ina
Washington
D. C
Mendenhall
Guilford County
J. R. Mendenhall
Greensboro
Central Friends Meeting
W. A. White
J. B. Hodgin
S. G. Hodgin
Upperville
Joseph H. Peele
Guilford
Lambeth Funeral
Cecil Haworth
New Garden Cemetery
Guilford College
Laura Lea Gibson
Ane
High Point Memorial Hospital
Raleigh Hospital
Earl S
Betty Proffitt Gibson
Sunset Dr
E. F. Proffitt Sr
J. E. Gibson Jr
Jonnathon Earl Gibson
Rose Riaphal
Wissensaree
Tate St
Mr. Lewis
Randolph
County
Reliable Furniture Co
Green St. Baptist Church
George Tunstall
Roger Bell
Koonce Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Sadie Brown
Major Lee Brown
Redding St
Brown
Stokes County
Harriss-Covington
Henry Davis
W. H. Barker
Hickory Chapel Cemetery
Truck and autos collide on highway injure none
Damage nearly $1,000 reported in a rear end crash on the asville highway last night. Charlie H Boyd 32 a Greensboro Negro drove into the rear of one car pushing it into a third. No injuries. Boyd convicted in Municipal Court for following too closely and ordered to pay damages. Cars driven by Charles Edward Stone Thomasville and John Samuel Honeycutt High Point. Accident occurred 7 05 p m. Earlier a car damaged a water meter and post on Greensboro highway about two miles from High Point city limits. Driver Clarence McDowell 50 Negro of 1206 Hoover St indicted for failing to reduce speed at a curve and carrying a concealed weapon. McDowell posted $200 bond for trial June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asville
D. J. Mount
Harlie H Boyd
Greensboro
John Samuel Honeycutt
Route 1
High Point
High Point City
Clarence McDowell
Hoover St
E. D. Young
Ae McDowell
Young
Resisting Arrest Added To Drunk Charge
Phil Turner, 61, of 210 North St., charged with resisting arrest alongside a drunkenness count. Officers placed him under restraint yesterday. hearing set for next Wednesday. William Little, 26, of 602 Hulda St., posted $300 bond for Domestic Relations appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Turner
North St
Geo William Little
Hulda St
Ervin Davis Home Sold For Forty Two Thousand
The Ervin Davis home adjoining Maryfield Convalescent Home was sold to E A Steve Neely, a local veneer salesman, for a net price of 42000. Idol Green Real- tors handled the sale as shown by deed stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Davis
Maryfield
E. A
Steve) Neely
Idol - Green Realtors
Kannapolis matriarch Mamie Redfearn Jackson dies
Mrs Mamie Redfearn Jackson 82 mother of Mrs Suzanne Hedrick of High Point died in Cabarrus Memorial Hospital Sunday. Funeral services were held today at Mt Baptist Church Kannapolis with burial in Elizabeth City. Survived by two daughters three sons ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kannapolis
Mamie Redfearn Jackson
Suzanne Hedrick
High Point
Cabarrus Memorial Hospital
David Townley Redfearn
Henrietta Earn
Hugh A. Jackson
Mt. Baptist Church
Mt. Croghan
S. C
E. C. Upchurch
Sila
Calvary Methodist Church
Bob Balnicky
Elizabeth Every
Hedrick
R. Lee McCain
H. A. Jr
B. R
A. P. Jackson
D. T. Jackson
Lancaster
J. B. Jackson
Thomasville Furniture Plant Destroyed In Sunday Fire
A Sunday morning blaze badly damaged the North State Manufacturing Co. furniture plant on Blair Street. Firefighters fought high winds and low water as flames swept a two story section, threatening four nearby houses before crews halted the fire between the finishing and machine rooms. The plant, under temporary receivership since May, employed more than 30 workers previously. No cause yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North State Manufacturing Co
Blair St
Lexington
North State Manufacturing
Lindsay Loftin
Tony
Haworth Named State Bar Vice President in North Carolina
Horace Haworth of High Point was elected one of three vice presidents of the North Carolina Bar Association at the Asheville convention. Nominees include Nelson Woodson president elect, Albert Kennon Jr. president, with Jeff D. Johnson Jr. and M. W. Barnhill Jr. as vice presidents and William M. Story named executive secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Haworth
High Point
North Carolina Bar Association
Asheville
Nelson Woodson
Salisbury
Albert W. Kennon Jr
Durham
Jeff D. Johnson Jr
Clinton
North Carolina Supreme Court
M. W. Barnhill Jr
Wilmington
William M. Story
Raleigh
Population Growth in Leopoldville and Mortality Odds by Age
Leopoldville now hosts about 12 000 Europeans and 325 000 Africans, up from 40 Europeans and 20 000 Africans a generation earlier. An American male has a one in one hundred chance of dying within a year at age 45, rising to twenty two in one hundred by age 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gibson Infant
Garden Park Cemetery
E. Rawlinson
1St ‘Ern Church
Floral Garden Park Comery
William D. Lewis
Mrs
Ludie Brown
Piceitaiil Uy
Raleigh Fine Cuisine
Pall Mall
Joseph Massagua, Jr
John F. Semlotterbeck
Massaglia Hotels
Family
Mamie Jackson
Thomasville Furniture
Loftin
Hubert Russell
State Bar
S.dasepp
Tess
Weathertron
Zett
N. Main ST
Amoco-Gas
American Oil Company
Ellington
Main ST
Noxzema
A&P’s
A&p
Marcal
Ann Page
North Main ST
Jane Parker
White House
Dexo
Tae
America
South Main ST
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