Deaths and Funerals in local area
Multiple funeral services are listed for Kathryn Elizabeth Spencer Clara C Bean Delila Bullin Marion Lula Murphy Morris. Spence r died from injuries after a truck collision in Lexington Avenue. Interments at Flora da Park Cemetery Giles Methodist Church Cemetery Copeland First Church Cemetery Mount Pleasant Methodist Church cemetery. Burial details include dates times and locations and names of pallbearers.
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Kathryn Spencer
Kathryn Elizabeth Spencer
John Ww.meer
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Lloyd E. Sechriest
R. W. McAllister
W. B. Hemrick
J. F. Murray
B. W. Chilton
R. G. Kearns
E. C. Eldridge
Flora
da Park Ce
E. Lexington
Frank B. Smith Retired Textile Worker Dies at 72
Frank Blair Smith 72 a resident of 931 Crestwood Dr died at 2 30 am in High Point Memorial Hospital after two weeks of critical illness. Born Sept 2 1883 in Virginia he was educated there and married 1916 to Ollie Harvell of Roanoke Va who died in 1945. He leaves Springs Colo LeRoy Smith High Point James Ervin Smith Baltimore Md one daughter Mrs E H Cavin High Point and one grandchild. Funeral services 2 30 pm at Wrights Funeral Home Salisbury with Rev Mr Woody. Body to remain at funeral home until hour.
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Frank Blair Smith
Crestwood Dr
High Point Memorial Hospital
Virginia
Ollie Harvell
Roanoke
Springs
Colo
LeRoy Smith
High Point
James Ervin Smith
Baltimore
E. H. Cavin
Wright
Salisbury
Woody
Albertson Road Baptist Church
Heart Attack Fatal for William Hancock of Winston-Salem
William Hancock 52 of Winston-Salem died at City Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. He was sales manager for Ted Paint and Supply and a former Hancock Grocery Co. partner. A Scotland Neck native, WWI Navy veteran, he is survived by his wife Thelma Hancock, his mother, and stepson Jimmy Frye. Vogler's Chapel to conduct Wednesday service. Burial at Cemetery.
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Thomasville
William
Hancock
City Memorial Hospital
Ted Paint
Coalville
Baptist Church
Scotland Neck
Samuel J
Katherine Andrews Hancock
Hancock Grocery Co
Winston-Salem
Grange Degrees To Be Exemplified Thursday Night
Ritual ceremonies will exemplify the third degree at Centre Grange and the fourth degree at Oak View Grange. The programs start at 8 p.m. followed by a social with refreshments. Members of Guilford County granges are invited.
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Centre Grange
Oak View Grange
Guilford County
Metals Conference Adds Old South Chapter to Nine Members
The Southern Metals Conference in Winston-Salem admitted the Old South Chapter of Greenville to full membership, leaving the conference with nine accredited chapters and two student chapters. Delegates toured the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. plant this morning before afternoon technical discussions and a banquet tonight at the Hotel Robert E. Lee. The meeting concludes tomorrow afternoon.
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Winston - Salem
Southern Metals Conference
Old South
Greenville
S. C
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Turtle Trails in Galapagos Echo of Ancient Paths
Tremendous numbers of land turtles once formed deep gullied trails between highlands and the sea along Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands as they migrated with the seasons.
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Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
Created Order of the Purple Heart by Washington
General George Washington established the Order of the Purple Heart on August 7 1782. It was revived by the War Department on February 22 1932, the birthday of the first president.
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George Washington
War Department
J L Clodfelter Dies From Heart Attack
Jesse Lee Clodfelter 73 of 1500 Guyer St retired contractor died Monday at 11 30 am from a heart attack. Born July 28 1882 in Davidson County he is survived by wife Lena and five sons three daughters two brothers 23 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 3 pm from N Main Street Church with Rev Neil Armstrong and Rev Isaac Harris officiating burial Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Clara Bean
Clara C. Bean
Frank Bean
Archdale Friends Meeting
Isaac Harris
J. Robert Connor
Carl W. Connor
Farl Connor
Sam Connor
Clyde Connor
Joseph Connor
Giles Methodist Church
County
Jesse Lee Clodfelter
Guyer St
Davidson County
George
Sarah Ann Shoaf Clodfelter
Lena Hornady
Roby Clodfelter
Baltimore
Cletus
Charles
Robert L. Clodfelter
High Point
Donald Clodfelter
Redondo Beach
Calif
Leslie Burdette
Hickory
Arlene Carlyle
Laurel
Dorothy Moore
Lucille Blair
Harrison
Henry Clodfelter
Star
N. Main Street — Church
Neil Armstrong
Harold C. Davis
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Roscoe Workman Dies In Hospital In Thomasville
Roscoe M Workman 48 of 508 Irene St died at City Memorial Hospital at 2 30 am after a heart attack He had been a patient for 30 minutes He was born December 19 1907 in Davidson County married Willie Miller March 18 1925 and leaves six daughters a son a list of siblings and two grandchildren Funeral at Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church with burial at Holly Hills Cemetery Interment follows.
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Thomasville
Roscoe Martin Workman
Irene St
City Memorial Hospital
Davidson County
Walter Jones Workman
Pearl Mae Clocfelter Workman
I Oe County
Monarch Furniture Company
High Point
Willie Miller
G. W. Henderson
Jessee
Junior Steed
Judith
Donna Ree
Dewyna
Janice Workman
Robert Stevens
Harvey Yates
Lois Causey
T. C. Brown
Alfred
Clarence
Garcie
Weldon
Boris Workman
Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church
Clarence Jenkins
Fred Jurney
South Side Baptist Church
Holly Hills Cemetery
Duke Cranford Dies In Denton Rites Tomorrow
Duke Cranford 87 retired farmer of Denton died suddenly at home. Survived by wife Annie Shaw two sons W C Cranford of Fair Grove and Ray Cranford of High Point three daughters Mrs J W Hill Route 2 Lexington Mrs Floyd Coggins of High Point and Mrs T R Russell of Thomasville 11 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren one brother Cage Crawford of Troy and four sisters Mrs Bessie Deaton Mt Gilead Mrs Lou Lesler Albemarle Mrs Emmy Fry Thomasville and Mrs Julie Sharp Asheboro. Funeral at Hoover Funeral Home chapel Wednesday at 2 p m burial in Denton Cemetery by Rev Duckett.
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Denton
Duke Cranford
Annie Shaw
W C.*cranford
Fair Grove
Ray Cranford
High Point
J. W. Hill
Route 2
Lexington
Floyd Coggins
T. R. Russell
Thomasville
Cage Crawford
Troy
Bessie Deaton
Mt. Gilead
Lou Lesler
Albemarle
Emmy Fry
Julie Sharp
Asheboro
Chapel of Hoover Funeral Home
Duckett
Denton Cemetery
Liquor and license cases heard in Thomasville court
Douglas Hilliard 49 of Barnwell Street was found guilty of illegal liquor for sale and given an eight year suspended sentence on roads with two year probation and fines. Mattie Pearl Brown 36 of High Street received eight months in jail and a 25 dollar fine, suspended two years for not violating prohibition laws. Louise Owens Crouse of Route 3 paid 25 dollars after pleading guilty to driving without a license. Norman S. Jones 26 of Blairoon was ordered to pay court costs after pleading guilty to parking on a highway with no sight clearance.
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Thomasville
Douglas Hilliard
Barnwell Street
Recorder's Court
Mattie Pearl Brown
High Street
Ted
Brown
Louise Owens Crouse
Route 3
Norman S. Jones
Blair Oon
Desertion charge leads to military handover in Thomasville
Harvey H Briles 35 of Lexington released to military authorities after absence from Greenville since Jan 17. He faces desertion charges and will be returned for prosecution on two local citations in Thomasville for driving without a license and drunk driving.
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Thomasville
Harvey Howard Briles
Lexington
Briles
Greenville
S. C
William Louis Causey
Route 2
Asheboro
Causey
Eugene H. Causey
W. Main Street
Brownie
Darrell Wagner
Colonial Drive
High Point
Tax Collections Shine in Davidson County as Delinquent Bills Dropped
In Davidson County the tax collector reports over $100,000 collected from delinquent personal property and restaurant taxes since January. April 30 totals show $949,378.93 collected of a $1,026,964.13 levy, with operating costs since 1953 at $59,014.87.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Robert Miller
Caine Ee
County Board of Coeanelenare Ng Hongda
Miller
Lexington
Board of Commissioners
Eugene Morris
Williard Elected Safety Conference Section Chairman
C. H. Williard Jr. of High Point was elected chairman of the food section of the Statewide Industrial Safety Conference at its 26th annual meeting in Charlotte. He succeeds N. E. Thiel of Charlotte. The dairy and bakery sector group promotes safety in North Carolina industries. Williard is with LIndale Dairies.
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C. H. Williard Jr
High Point
Charlotte
Williard
N. E. Thiel
North Carolina
Lindale Dairies
John Marshall Held Two High Offices at Once
John Marshall served as secretary of state and chief justice simultaneously during the Adams administration as the federal government moved to Washington in 1800. He retained both roles until March 4, 1801, the only person in U. S. history to hold these two offices concurrently.
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John Marshall
John Adams
Washington
U. S
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