Deaths and Funerals in High Point Area
Obituaries note Ezekiel Varner 74 of 624 Arch St died on arrival at High Point Memorial Hospital after health decline from a heart attack. Other notices include deaths of Dorothy Brady Bennett 69 and Marian Ellington 72 with services planned at Pleasant Grove Christian Church and Holy Trinity Episcopal Greensboro respectively, plus Ernest Lanier 59 and Jeff Morgan II 16 with funeral arrangements and family details. Survivors and burial plans are listed for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel Louis Varner
Arch St
High Point Memorial
Ore
Mr. Varner
Randolph County
Milton
Etta Lassitter
High Point
Calvary United Methodist Church
Anna
Dorothy Brady Bennett
Dorothy Belle Hammer Brady
N.C. Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Brady
Pleasant Grove Christian Church
The
Missionary Society of the Church
Cletus Cormac
Rt. 1
Ramseur
Bill Brady
Route 1
Paul
Billy Joe Brady
Highfalls
Cecil Brady
Rams
Church
Loflin Funeral Home
E. W. Lanier Denton
Ernest W. Lanier
Randolph Hospital
Davidson County
Oscar
Ellie Russell Lanier
Rt. 11
Lexington
Henry Lax
Clayson Bisher
Greensboro
Nolan Lanier
Lanier- Briggs Funeral Home
Jeff Morgan
Jerry Jefferson
Jeff) Morgan II
Fair Haven
N.J
Archdale
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch
Jeff
Fayetteville
Betty Redding Morgan
Springfield Friends Meeting
Jane Robertson
Winston-Salem
Jo Anna Smaltz
Cary
Gill Morgan
J. H. Redding
S. Main St
Springfield
Cumby Mortuary
Thomasville Man Found Dead With .25 Caliber Wound
Stever P. Steed of 134 Memorial Park Dr was found Saturday night with a pistol wound to the left chest according to Davidson County Sheriff's Dept. Fresh neck and shoulder abrasions suggest contact with a chain or rope. Autopsy planned in Chapel Hill. Steed, born July 26 1914 in Randolph County, had worked 45 years at Amazon Cotton Mills. He was married twice and survived by a large family. Funeral set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Jens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Stever P. Steed
Memorial Park Dr
Davidson County Sheriff's Dept
Jack Everhart
Sheriff's Dept
Everhart
Chapel Hill
Sheriff's Department
Mr. Steed
Randolph County
Jesse
Ada Belle Hughes Steed
Amazon Cotton Mills
Dorothy Elizabeth Johnson
Kitty Lee Stegall
Bobby Ray Steed
Drive
Virgil
Buck) Steed
Dogwood Drive
Henry 8. Steed
Huntington Park
Darvin Wayne Steed
Plant City
Fla
Donnie) Price
Bill
Betty) Starbuck
806
Paul
Charlotte) Davis
Hazard
Carson
Mary) Hicks
Amazon Road
Lena Sharpe
Mary Hiatt
Leonard Street
Annie Goins
Georgia Avenue
Jesse Steed
Lexington
Jens
NAACP Leader Roy Wilkins Honored at Dinner in DC
In Washington a state legislator praised Roy Wilkins retiring as president of the NAACP saying his name was once cursed in South Carolina but is now revered and honored during a dinner in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, D.C
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South Carolina
Wilkins
Two High Pointers Die in Camden Light Plane Crash
Funeral services announced for Richard Porter Austin and Timothy Ray Morris after a Saturday crash near Camden. Austin, 46, a notable Beech sales rep and aviation restorer from Monroe, and Morris, 29, of High Point, were killed in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Porter
Dick) Austin
Timothy Ray Morris
Camden
S.C
Mr. Austin
Route 1
Monroe
John W
Winnie Porter Austin
Sas
Raleigh
U.S. Air Force
Air Service Inc
High Point Amateur Radio Club
Katherine Parker Laseter
Sally Magill
Gail Lynn
Cynthia Kay Austin
Richard David Austin
1613
N. Centennial St
Andrew Bradford
Jeffrey Parker Austin
Winnie P. Austin
W. P
DOT Plans Public Hearing on U.S. 52 Route Through Lexington
DOT officials have scheduled a May 26 public hearing at Lexington Middle School to discuss the Welcome to Lexington segment of U.S. 52. A relocation agent said right-of-way purchases would begin about six months after the hearing, with two alternate routes shown though one seems favored. Construction, costing about 3.15 million dollars, will displace 70 residents and one business, and will connect with Old U.S. 29 70 at Proctor and Schwartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Craven
Secretary of Commerce Receives Carolina Citizen Award
Juanita Kreps, Secretary of Commerce, is honored with the Carolina Citizen award from B nai B rith. An economist on leave from her post as vice president at Duke University, she is recognized for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Carolina
B'nai B'rith
The
Jewish Service Organization
Duke University
Deputies seize illegal still in Trinity Township
Deputies moved an illegal still from Rabbittown Road to the Randolph County sheriff office for display after two weeks with no witness. Eddie D. Spicer, 19, of High Point, was arrested for assault and battery, assault with a deadly weapon, and shooting into an unoccupied dwelling. A separate report notes a $100 student council money bag stolen from Randleman High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Randolph
Trinity Township
Randolph County
Carl Moore
Rabbittown
Eddie D. Spicer
Burton St
Apt. B
High Point
Spicer
Jesse Travis Berridge
Rt. 1
Sophia
Jesse
George Lewis Berridge
Berridge
Randleman High School
Moore to Wed Julia Hackett in Climax life event
Carolina University graduate with BS in accounting. served 1969 to 1972 as first lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg. He will marry Julia Anderson Hackett Thursday at 2 p.m. in Climax. They plan to live in Climax. Starting salary $14,000 with a six month probation.
Kreps Selected for Award Before Carter Cabinet
Award recipient Award Kreps was chosen prior to her appointment to President Carter's cabinet. She was cited last summer for dedication to bettering fellow citizens and for leadership and service to her community and country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kreps
Carter
City Resident Charged In Hit And Run Case
Asheboro report lists multiple crash incidents with injuries on Ward Avenue Brentwood Street and E Fairfield Road. Edgar Norris charged with felonious hit and run after bicyclists were struck. Several others treated and released with charges including reckless driving and safe movement violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Greg Commander
Patrick Little
Park Street
Edgar David Norris
Ward Avenue
S. Main Street
Norris
High Point Memorial Hospital
Willie Lee Crouch
Susie Jackson
London Sherrod Street
Brentwood Street
Hayes Avenue
Ms. London
Richard Reed Bundy
Paul Street
Flynn
E. Fairfield
Ingram Roads
Bundy
Dale Curtis Murphy
Nathan Hunt Drive
Avenue
Main Street
Martin Alfred Smith
Graylyn Drive
Murphy
Lula Davis Chapman
Edmundson Street
Leonard Avenue
Carolina Bennett Alford
E. Grimes Avenue
W. Grimes Avenue
S. Elm Street
Ms. Alford
School Budgets Open To View In Asheboro
County Schools Superintendent John Lawrence says budgets approved by the Randolph County Board of Education are open for public inspection. Viewable Monday to Friday at the Central Administrative Offices 173 Worth Street Asheboro until June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Randolph County
John Lawrence
Randolph County Board of Education
Worth Street
Soap Opera Summaries Resume Next Sunday in Enterprise
The network soap opera summaries were missing in Sunday's Enterprise due to late mailing or mail loss. The feature will be resumed in next Sunday's Enterprise.
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Warner Rites
Mr. King
Knoxville, Tenn
Frank
Zella Duggan King
Reliance Furniture Co
Point
Potterstown
Kyle King
Kingsport
Tenn
Frances Wallace
Knoxville
K.F. Ellington
Marian Brauman Ellington
Glynis Lane
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
Ellington
New York City
Edward and
Marie Bernesteil Brauman
Columbia University
Kenneth Franklin Ellington Sr
Joe W. Frazier Jr
She Sr
Lynda Delores Ellington
Kenneth Franklin Ellington Jr
Holy Trinity Episcopal
Blair Jenkins III
Oakwood Memorial Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Josephine Dobson Ashebord
Josephine Smith Dobson
Independence Ave
Randleman
Randleman Schools
Betsy Richardson
Lee Smith
Rt. 6
Easley
Pugh Funeral Home
G. Howard Allred
Oakwood Cemetery
Richardson
Avondale Road
American Cancer Society
Lexington Ave
Tom Springfold Friends Meeting House
Trinity Episcopal Church
Richard
Porter Austin
Siler-Sechrest
Randouph ST Thomasville
Dorothy Lois Corder Silver Vottey
Church of God
Morticians
Adel Ps
Trindale RD
Mornay
Myrtle Rush Hunt
United Methodist Church
Exekiel Louis Warner Ham
Jeff) Morgan
Springfield Friends
Order of the Golden Rule
Naacp Heaa
Sechrest Chapel
Richard Bunion
Glenn Overcash
Guilford Memorial Park
E.A.A. Air Museum Foundation
Hales Corners
Wisc
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Brooklyn
N.Y
K. V. Brugh
David Beaver
Dwight Cross Jr
Charles Thomas
W. Brad Thomas
David Rawley Jr
Mr. Morris
Route 4
Richard Odell
Clara Robertson Marsh Morris
Southern Bell Telephone
Steve Underwood
Hurley Way
Mickey Asbill
Tony Hill
Don Hekhuis
Chuck Haley
Richard Austin
Timothy Morris
DOT
Proctor and Schwartz
Juanita Kreps
Trinity
Moore
Walt Disney
Sears Electric CO
North Main
Farriss Avenue
Harold C. Davis
Od Irapoe Midian
Orrell’s Funeral Home
Uberty Road
ABC
Ave of Americas
New York
CBS
West Sind Street
NBC
Rockefeller Plaza
Davidson
High Point County
Jarlotte
WUNC
Hill TV
Pepro
Alea Washington
Sy Hintead
WXII
Per Sim
Washington
Las
Kojak
Noah's Ark
Perry Mason
San
Adam
WFMY
Maude
CBS News
Liars Club
Jeffersons
Phyllis
WBTV
Cheriotte
BS News
Pailisers
WGHP
Soc
WxXil
Hill
Washington High Point Salem
NBC News
Villa Alegre
Dean Martin
Soundstage
Black Journal
WDCA
Charlotte
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