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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1963
Page
6
Funeral services are planned for Ernest Lee Hurst 53 of 221 Edgewood Dr at Rankin Memorial Church with burial in Oakdale Cemetery. Also memorial arrangements are set for Robert William Allen 77 of 806 Ingram Rd with burial at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Danbury. Both had hospital deaths after lengthy illnesses or sudden events.
Arlen Wyatt Cox aged 66 of Route 1 Climax died of a heart attack at his home Friday at 6 am. His funeral will be Sunday at 2 30 pm from First Pilgrim Holiness Church with ministers J A Grout Ralph E Smallwood Norman Carter officiating. Burial follows at Springfield Cemetery, Cumby Mortuary will hold the body until 30 minutes prior to the service.
N. Ashburn of 427 Willow St. Mt. Airy died Friday at 3 30 p m after a heart attack He was born in Surry County to Jimmy and Sarah Key Ashburn and was a longtime shop owner He survived by his wife Nannie Bell Wall Ashburn two brothers Luther and Bob Ashburn and a sister Mrs Charlie Peele Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Sunday at Cox Funeral Home Chapel Pilot Mountain with burial at Oakdale Cemetery Mt Airy
General Henry Lee Shelton 69 of Rt 1 Pilot Mountain retired farmer and WWI veteran died at Mt Home Tennessee where he had been a patient for three weeks. Survived by wife Daisy Willard Shelton two sons Warren and Robert Henry one daughter Mrs Gilmer Whitaker one sister Emma Harris one brother Charlie Shelton and four grandchildren. Funeral was held at Cox Funeral Home chapel with burial at Whitakers Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery.
James Keiffer Morris 55 of Rt. 5 Winston-Salem dies after illness at Veterans Hospital Durham. Funeral conducted today at 4 p m Pleasant Grove Methodist Church by Rev. Herbert T. Penry Jr and Rev. Donald Lylerly. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Body remains at home until 30 minutes before service.
J S Upton 76 of 171 Textile Street dies Friday. Funeral conducted today at 2 30 pm in Highland Methodist Church by Rev R N Warner and Rev Ernest Page. Burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Body to remain at Harold C Davis Chapel until church service.
Grady Lee Bryant 69 died Wednesday at City Memorial Hospital. Funeral conducted Friday at 2:30 pm from J C Green and Sons by Dr J A Palmer and Rev Richard A Cheek. Burial in Holly Hills Cemetery with pallbearers Dugan Ritchie Roy E Byerly David L Pleasants C R Harrington Harold Workman Billy Joe Tysinger. Local merchant of 9 Carmall Street.
Clara Lillian Lindsay of 206 Guilford Ave died at Ha ven Nursing Home at 3 55 p m Saturday after five years of declining health and eight months in the facility Born May 25 1888 in Davidson County she worked at Adams Mills Corp and Guilford Hosiery Mill She is sister of R C Lindsay and J W Lindsay owners of Guilford Hosiery Mill Survived by thirteen nieces and nephews Funeral at Sechrest Chapel 3 p m Monday with Dr C C Herbert Jr pastor Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Burial in Midway Cemetery near Lexington Body at Sechrest Funeral Home until funeral hour.
Judy, a longtime choir member, finally wins Homecoming Queen at High Point High School in her junior year. She earns Miss Buddy Poppy of 1962 by VFW Post 619, places second in state, and plans to compete for Miss North Carolina in Greensboro. Engaged to Jimmy Davis, they aim to wed after her Miss High Point duties.
Mrs Neale Stirewalt, formerly with the Employment Security Commission, joins Bryce Commercial College in High Point to teach secretary work stenography and general business and to recruit students. She moved to High Point in 1928 from Kannapolis and has taught in South Carolina.
Henderson North Carolina AP reports I Beverly Lake a Raleigh attorney and 1960 gubernatorial candidate told a Vance county Democratic dinner Saturday night that the only sound way to cut taxes is by reducing spending. He warned that Republican opposition is not to be taken seriously as Democrats prepare for next year.
Police charged Herman Lee Mills Wil bert James Smith and Eldridge Roosevelt Meeks with larceny for stealing 10 gallons of gasoline from a Guilford County school bus Meeks also faced a concealed weapon charge after a .22 pistol was found under the front seat Bond for each larceny charge was 500 and 50 for the weapon Meeks trial set for Monday in municipal court plus separate cases involving bad checks trespass and an assault with a deadly weapon leading to various bonds and trial dates.
In Raleigh the 1963 General Assembly shows rising political currents as personalities compete for future posts. Sen. Thomas J. White leads discussions as a potential lieutenant governor candidate while House Speaker H Clifton Blue and Rep. Gordon Greenwood emerge as rivals. The governor’s race remains unsettled with no clear frontrunner yet. White also wields influence as chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
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