Deaths And Funerals In Lexington And Nearby Areas
A round of obituaries from Lexington and nearby towns notes Clifton R. Morris 47 dies at City hospital in Thomasville. Lillian Vernon Hennis 82 of Summerfield dies in Greensboro after nine weeks illness. Charles Vernon Bridgeman 42 of Asheboro dies from injuries in a highway crash. Jimmy Lee Gentry 14 dies en route to Lexington Memorial Hospital. Loyd P. Koonts 79 of Lexington dies at home after long illness. James Edward Burgess funeral held in Harold C. Davis chapel. Robert Wilson Kennedy 67 funeral at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Thomasville. Voi J. Wilson 58 of Lexington dies at Lexington Memorial Hospital. Multiple other notices include infant Dean Louis Foltz, Margaret McCarn 75, and ongoing funeral arrangements for several families with services in local churches and cemeteries. Police report charges against several youths for thefts and break-ins, with arrangements pending in Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Jimmy Lee Gentry
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Hart County
Kentucky
Henry Gentry
Attica
Ind
Christine Rigdon Gentry
Linwood School
C. G. Grimes
Danny Gentry
Melissa Grimes
Thomasville
Robert Wilson Kennedy
Emanuel United Church of Christ
J. Wayne Fouts
F. Stanley Hardee Jr
First Baptist Church
Austin
Clyde Myers
Harold Kennedy
Dalph
William Ray Edwards
Lytai
Clayton
Cromer Alexander
Mr. Kennedy
Everhart Road
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Confession Ties Thomasville double murder to money dispute
John Strickland confessed to killing Claude Hullett and Wardlaw in Thomasville amid a long running feud over a $150 debt. He and his son Ronnie were jailed with bonds denied, while Strickland faced related charges including attempted murder of Officer Calvin Russell. Wardlaw’s body was found four days after the December shootings. Hullett’s death occurred at Siler Funeral Home.
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Claude Kenneth Hullett
Thejro
Willie
Wardlaw
Dalton Avenue
Thomas
Ville
City Hospital
Hullett
Strickland
Ronnie
Thomasville
Lilla Aaenina
Fuller Mill ‘Road
John
Lafter Siler Funeral Home
Belmont
Parks
Nev.il
Calvin Russell
Russell
Cutting Charged To Man On Morgan Street
A 23 year old man was cut on the neck in an affray on Morgan Street and required 2% stitches. After an intensive probe police charged Elizah McLean of Ciga Street with the act, based on a municipal warrant issued East Meen.
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Gill
Morgan Street
Elizah McLean
C'ga Street
East Meen
Funeral for Mrs Annie Medlin Russell in Asheboro
Mrs Annie Peel Medlin Russell 56 of Rt 5 Asheboro died in Randolph Hospital after a two year illness. She was born in Moore County and a member of Russell s Grove Baptist Church. Survived by husband Lester Russell four daughters Mary Barbara Laura and Johnnie Gilchrist all of Rt 5 Asheboro five sons Herbert Hartzell Hoyt Garland and J T Russell of Asheboro and one son in law Johnnie Voncannon. three sisters and two brothers. seven grandchildren. funeral at 3 p m Thursday at Russell s Grove Baptist Church with ministers Pierce Frye and Voncannon. body at funeral home until burial in church cemetery. viewing 7:30 to 9:30 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Clifton R. Morris
City Emecia Hospital
Thomasville
Davidson County
S. Roscoe Morris
Laura W. Morris
Evelyn Owens Morris
Raymond
Billy Morris
Roy Morris
Junior Morris
Washington
Ed Batson
Greenville
Howard Bates
Green Needles Baptist Church
Robert E. Williams
W. E. Sampson
Lexington City Cemetery
Madison
Lillian Vernon Hennis
Summerfield
Cone Memorial Hospital
Greensboro
John Norwood Hennis
Ernest Collins
Gray Gunn
Oscar Griffin
Mayodan
Coy
Gilbert Hennis
Clinton Hennis
Stoneville
Myrmous Hennis
Norwood Hennis
Sandy Ridge
Heddie Wilson
Asheboro
Neil
Sam
Albert Vernon
A. E. Vernon
Jess Vernon
Liberty
Harvey Vernon
Stokesdale
J. Wilson
Moore County
Dacotah Mills
Second Presbyterian Church
Ellen Kennedy Jo Dan
D"sert K. Wilson
Rt. 1
Ainsville
Bruce P. Wilson
George M. Wilson
Jacob Sharpes
Marshall Ard
Iclarence Yarbrough
Raoul Wilson
Joan Biller
Clarence Gourley
Denton
Jack Allen
Ether
Gray Byrd
Henry Poole
Troy Clement
Margaret
Maggie
Nancy Jane McCarn
Duke St
Haven
William Allie McCarn
Vernon Cransford
E. Guilford St
Paul Lovett
Rockwell St. Land
Rosie Robbins
Rt. 4
Frank McCarn
Duke Street
Earlie McCarn
High Point
Albert McCarn
Duke St. Land
Vernon McCarn
Brewer St
Emanuel Baptist Church
Odell Hall
Unity Methodist Church
Siler Funeral Home
Annie Peel Medlin Russell
Rt. 5
Randolph Hospital
Russell
Grove Baptist Church
James Archie
Catherine Johnson Medah
Lester Russell
Johnnie Gilchrist
Mary
Barbara
Laura Russell
Herbert
Hartzell
Hoyt
Garland Russell
Fayetteville
Robert Medlin
Sanford
S Seven Grannchildren
Russell’s Grove
Baptist
C. W. ‘Pierce
B. ©. Frye
Johnnie Voncannon
Farlow Fu
Seneral
Chrest Funeral
Willlily
Juror Partially Cleared in Fast Driving Case
Civil case details from page 1 B show Fox denying knowledge of reckless driving by a woman. Schoch pressed about statements, Fox admitted that mentioning speed would be untrue. The trial was to continue the following afternoon with non involved jurors dismissed for the day.
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Fox
Schoch
Dido and Aeneas in concert by Winston-Salem Singers Guild
The Winston-Salem Singers Guild presented Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in concert at Summit School Auditorium under Richard J. Bloesch. The performance featured strong chorus production with notable soloists and Renaissance Baroque selections by Higbee Mueller and the Salem College String Quartet enhancing the operatic rendering.
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Purcell
Dido and
Aeneas
Henry Purcell
Winston-Salem Singers Guild
Summit School
Dido
Richard J. Bloesch
Singers Guild
Clara Allen
Dan Andrews
Helen McCracken
Grace Rohrer
Marylynn Roberts
Irene Boysen
Shirley Becker
James Brawley
Bloesch
Dale Higbee
Sopranino
Higbee
John S. Mueller
High Point
Charles Medlin
Mueller
Telemann
Salem College String Quartet
Melnikov
Infant and Mrs Allred Dead and Other Obituaries
Infant Mickey Allred died at birth in High Point Memorial Hospital. Surviving are Delmer and Betty Allred of Jamestown Rt 1 and two brothers. Graveside services Thursday at 2 p.m. Mitchells Grove Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Gardner. Also Mrs Carrie Moser Welborn, 77, of Sophia died at High Point Memorial Hospital after ill health. She was born in Winston-Salem December 17, 1885 and lived in Flint Hill and High Point. Wisdom Welborn and two sons survive. Funeral at Sechrest Chapel with burial in local cemetery.
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Allred
Mickey Allred
Charline
George White
Newport
Estella Kidd Allred
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Mitchells Grove Methodist Church
E. M. Gardner
Bates Memorial Weleyan Methodist Church
Cumby Mortuary
Carrie Moser Welborn
Sophia
High Point Memorial Hospital
Welborn
Winston-Salem
N. G
Mollie McGee Moser
Flint Hill
High Point
Daughters of America
Carraway Baptist Church
Wisdom David Welborn
Walter
William Welborn
Sechrest Chapel
Talmage Williams
Buria
Hoover Rites Held for Randolph County Native Carpenter
Randolph County born World War I veteran and former Southern Oil Co carpenter Mr. Hoover died after illness. He married Helen Welborn in 1948 and is survived by his wife and brother John Hoover of Ellerbe. Funeral at Sechrest Chapel conducted by Rev. W. A. Jarrett with burial at Guilford Memorial Park. The family will receive visitors tonight 7 to 9 at Sechrest Funeral Home.
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James Edward
Burgess
Harold C. Davis
Dallas Rush
Fourbush Friends Meeting
Oakwood Cemetery
Eddie Burgess
John Batchelor
Butchi Smith
Jackie Baker
Jerry Southern
Ed Burges
van Buren St
Mr. Hoover
Randolph County
Barney
Annie E. Smith Hoover
Helen Welborn
Southern Oil Co
Helen W. Hoover
John Hoover i
Ellerbe
Sechrest Chapel
W. A. Jarrett
Spring Hill Methodist Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Legion Meeting Rescheduled for Veterans Day November 11
I. T. Mann Post 87 American Legion will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. November 11 at the Post Home on W. High Street. The Legion and Ladies Auxiliary will present a Veterans Day program honoring service in World War I World War II and the Korean conflict.
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I. T. Mann Post 87
American Legion
The
Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Post
W. High Street
ThreeYearOld Struck By Auto On Tate Street
A three year old girl Essie Mae Gillis was struck by a car on Tate Street yesterday at 12 30 pm while dash into the street. She sustained bruises and abrasions and was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital where her condition was not serious. The driver Walter Alexander Ring 52 of West Green Street said he slowed and honked but the child darted into the street. He skidded 18 feet before impact. In a separate incident Joseph Carlos McNeill Jr 26 of Rt 1 Thomasville was charged with failing to reduce speed. He bumped into a truck driven by Spurgeon Williams 50 of Lamb Street causing $400 damage to his car and $101 to the truck.
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Tate Street
Essie Mae ‘Gillis
High Point Memorial Hospital
Walter Alexander Ring
W. Green Street
Gillister
Ring
Joseph
Carlos. McNeill, Jr
Rt. 1
Thomasville
McNeill
Spurgeon iWilliams
Lamb Street
Election Time Is Switched in Florida
Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment moving the election of governor and other major state officials to nonpresidential years. The measure passed 254 619 to 225 255 on Tuesday.
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Miami, Fla
Florida
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Clifton BR. Morris
John Hennis
Charles V. Bridgeman
Ramseur
Charles Vernon Bridgeman
Jeane Bridgeman
Gina
Sandra Bridgeman
Joseph Beane
Kim
Keith Bridgeman
J. M. Bridgeman
Loyd P. Koonts
Rt. 5, Lexington
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Grace Richard Koonts
Lela Lucas
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
John Press
Sandy Creek
James E. Burgess
Robert W. Kennedy
Verna Wilson
Mrs. Voi
Leon Broussard
Shreveport
Broussard
Vertie Kendall
Kendall
William Penn High School
Foltz Infant
Dean Louis Foltz
Joe Foltz
Rt. 2
Clemmons
Clyde C. Foltz
Harvey Sink
Reedy Creek Baptist Church
Sammy Shoaf
W. A. McCarn
Harry Lee Huffman
Doris Street
Jackie Junior Bryant
Sherman Road
William Sergent
Lowmore
Oak Hill
Duke Furniture Corp
Clarence Grady Moore
S. Hamilton Street
Moore
M. R. Coble
W. Farris Avenue
Young Moore
Alexander Moore
West Street
Carrie Goss
Hay Street
Municipal Court
Francis Ford
Durham
Ford
Municipal Co
Chair City
Davis
Idson
John Strickland
Tured
Davidson
Victorseither
Chicago
Sheriff's Oak
Bullett
Albemarle
Stanly
Afta
Ead
Trinity Street
Cutting
Colon Hoover
W. D. Welborn
Professional Life Insurance Service
George P. Clark
C.L.A
NEW England Life
Mutual Life Insurance
America
N. Main St
Discount House
Nash Jewelry
N. Main
Janou
Brower Oil Co
Ailutne
Lhe Ey
Perpetual Savings and Loan
Savings & Loan Association
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N. Mela
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