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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1960
Page
8
Obituaries note the passing of Etta Pope Carr 74 of Route 1 Thomasville who died after a two day illness and Rosie Pearl Williams 56 of Fletcher died at home. Also listed are E A Bencini 97 entombed at Oakwood and Jewel Churchill Yarborough 49 who died after a heart attack at High Point Memorial Hospital.
Wilburn Haywood Snow 78, a resident of 2 E Clara Cox Apt moved from Carroll County Virginia to High Point three years ago, died Monday night at High Point Memorial Hospital after a home heart attack. He was born March 27, 1881 in Wilkes County North Carolina, a retired farmer, married to Della Stewart since 1905, with three sons and three daughters, 30 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM at Cumby Chapel with Rev. Charlie J. Monk Jr and Dr. Elmer Piper. burial Oakwood Park Cemetery. Body at Cumby Mortuary until 30 minutes prior.
Dewey Lawrence Simmons 44 of Route 1 Taylorsville died Sunday in a Winston Salem hospital after a long illness. He was a furniture plant worker, WWII veteran and Bethlehem Baptist Church member. He is survived by his wife Lena Belle Cline and ten children, plus siblings and other relatives. Funeral at Shiloah Lutheran Church at 3 30 p m with burial in the church cemetery.
Roma Edward Salle, 76, died shortly after 8 am at High Point Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health. Born January 30, 1884 in Wilkes County, he moved to High Point 50 years ago, served in the Spanish American War, and married Tara Hill in 1906. Survivors: wife, son Marvin Salle, daughter Vera Mitchell, sisters Mae Henson and Ella Thomas, grandsons Marvin and Gary Salle. Funeral Thursday at 4 pm at Green Street Baptist Church with burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
The American Foundation for the Blind estimates that between 11 000 and 14 000 blind children attend schools in the United States.
Mrs Sallie Jane Beeson 83 widow of James Manuel Beeson died Saturday morning at John Umstead Hospital Butner after a period of illness since June. Funeral conducted Monday at 2 pm from Allen Jay Baptist Church by Rev George H Wallace and Rev J C Fowler. Burial in Fairfield Methodist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers named M R Ingram M H Bryant R L Boyles Harvey Vincannon T W Hubbard and S E Stenson.
Mrs. J. C. Fanning died after an extended illness in Racine Wisconsin. The Fannings and family were longtime residents of High Point North Carolina and Edgedale Drive. Mr. Fanning was district manager for S C Johnson & Son before moving to the Home Office. Funeral set for Wednesday at Mrs. Fanning’s home in Winchester Tennessee. Moore Funeral Home of Winchester handles arrangements.
Funeral for Mrs. J A Livingston 85 will be held at Candor Baptist Church at 3 p m Wednesday with Rev Ernest Hancock. Burial in Candor Cemetery. Surviving are five daughters two sons a sister 15 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Randolph County 4-H clubs celebrate National 4-H Week with radio programs through Asheboro and High Point stations. A banquet at the American Legion Hut in Asheboro Friday at 7 p.m. will reveal the speaker and culminate Saturday with a parade featuring club and business floats and 4-H members with United Nations flags.
State Commander W. K. Rhodes announced I. T. Mann Post 87 of High Point leads all North Carolina posts in the 1960 Legion membership drive. Sanford and Benson posts follow, with results to May 1 determining state seeding for the national convention parade.
Sales of juvenile books in the United States rose from 54 million in 1947 to 270 million in 1957, marking a substantial expansion in children’s literature consumption and market growth over the decade.
Asheboro High School Band directed by Joseph B. Fields and Fayetteville Street School Band will give a concert at the high school auditorium tonight at 8 o clock. The program includes marches symphonic numbers and popular songs.
Everett G Johnson 79 of Route 3 Thomasville died Friday morning in Lexington Memorial Hospital after months of declining health. Funeral held Monday at 2 p m at J C Green and Sons Funeral Chapel with Rev Byron Shankle officiating. Pallbearers were Roy Teague I A Teague F C Everhart Terry Kennedy Kader Kennedy Tom Kennedy Rob Kennedy. Burial followed in Pleasant Grove Cemetery family plot.
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