Deaths and Funerals: W C Cribbs 75 in High Point
W C Cribbs 75 of 1004 Sweetbriar Rd died at 7 30 a m Saturday in High Point Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health and three months of serious illness. He was born Oct 30 1896 in Columbus County and resided in High Point since 1927. He was a retired supervisor, a Mason, and member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife Louise and three daughters plus other relatives. funeral arrangements incomplete. Howard Theron Brown 51 of 1010 Jefferson Ave died Friday at 3 05 a m after five days in hospital. He was an Air Force WWII veteran and Mortuary Science graduate, married to Nancy Connor, with two sisters surviving. Funeral service planned Sunday afternoon at Harold C. Davis Funeral Home with burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Memorials to Heart Fund requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Cramer Cribbs
Sweetbriar Rd
High Point Memorial Hospital
Columbus County
High Point
Ora B. Singletary
Louise Johnston
Highland Cotton Mill
Tomlinsons
Numa F. Reid Lodge No
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Louise J. Cribbs
Claude R
Edith) Sealey
Florida St
James
Edna Earl) Holton
Nottingham
Norris
Billie) Frazier
Joseph W
Carolyn) Brady
Cantering Rd
J. D. Hester
Furman Scott
Lumberton
Ernest Clewis
Hamlet
Sechrest Funeral Home
Howard Theron Brown
Jefferson Ave
Eagle Springs
George C
Artie Burns Brown
Air Force
Gupton- Jones College of Mortuary Science
Tennessee
Florida
Nancy Connor
David
Evelyn) Hill
Rt. 2
Trinity
Dorony Bradley
Virginia Beach
Harold C. Davis
Douglas Carty
Floral Garden Park
Heart Fund
W. W. Prister
Allendale
S.C
Nell Williams Prister
Wallace W. Prister
Allendale County Hospital
Prister
Wilson Robert
Mary Brabham Williams
Swallow Savannah Church
Alice Dorsett
Irma Bozard
Ridgeland
Verbena Peacock
Aiken
Eleanor McDaniel
Asheville
N.C
A. B. Prister
New Haven
Robert E. Benton
Burlington
Thomasville
Robert Earle Benton
Strickland Funeral Home
Salisbury
Sallie Kernodle Benton
Rt. 1
Mebane
Kathy Jane
Regina Eileen
Phoebe Lynette Benton
Grover Cleveland Benton
B. M. Davnes
South Carolina
Grover C., Jennings Coy
Willie W. Benton
Samuel R. Benton
Sonya B. Reeves
Virginia
Dalma B. Rabon
Patricia B. Windham
Mrs. Hairston Dies at 43 in High Point
Elizabeth Reeder Hairston 43 of 503 Arlington St. died Thursday at High Point Memorial Hospital after 21 months of ill health. She leaves a husband Vergil Hairston two sons Julius Odell and Thomas Earl Hairston a daughter Rebecca Spencer and several relatives. Funeral Sunday at Turner's Chapel A M E Church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Reeder Hairston
Arlington St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Chatham County
Odell
Rebecca Scurlock Reeder
Guilford County
Florence
Turner’s Chapel
A. M. E. Church
Rose of Florence Order of Eastern Star
Vergil Hairston
Rebecca Spencer
High Point
Julius Odell
Thomas Earl Hairston
Odell Reeder
Jamestown
Louise Smitherman
Jersey City
N. J
Margaret Tatum
Odell Reeder Jr
Petty Thefts Spark Police Probe In High Point
High Point police investigate a string of thefts Friday. Items stolen include a toolbox and amplifier from Lester Tuttle’s home worth 150 dollars, an electric saw and pipe wrench from Darrell Pritchett’s pickup, and a heater from a rental house. Several arrests follow for assault with a deadly weapon and DUI among other charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Lester Tuttle
Kent Street
Darrell G. Pritchett
Rt. 5
Thomasville
Geneva Cook
Burgemere
Mr. Apparel
Mangum Avenue
Roger Johnson
Greenwood 66
W. W. Horton
Clay
Sharon Streets
Eugene Francis McFadden
W. Green Drive
Lacey B. Crawford
Donny Ray von Hall
Tate Street
Joe Bickett White
Archdale
Charles Frazier
Greensboro
Donald Ray Hulin
Robert Lee Pruitt
New Street
Tony Lee McAnn’s
E. Lexington Avenue
Three Injured In City Accidents
Multiple city wrecks injure three people with no serious harm. John Henry Gray 62 and Clara Neil Gray were hurt in a four vehicle crash on English Road Edgeworth Drive with charges for both drivers. Harvey David Gibson 68 sustained injuries in a two car crash at N Main and State streets. Police investigate burglaries at Ann's Beauty Shop and multiple car thefts and thefts of smaller items across several neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Gray
Rt. 2
Trinity
Clara Neil Gray
English Road
Edgeworth Drive
Gray
Elmer Carol George
Louise Avenue
Shirley Hunter Boyles
Matthews
Lee Wallace
Ward Street
Harvey David Gibson
Delmont Street
N. Main
State Streets
Fred Thomas Phillips
S. Main
John C. Fulp
Winston- Salem
Highway 68
Kirkwood Street
Ann’s
Churck Street
Office
Samuel Elliott
S. M In
Ogden Street
Linda Carter
Wheeler Trees
Phillip Foscue
Linda Lilley
Old Thomasville Road
Mr. Apparel
Jack Dilard
Edgewood Drive
John Douglas Inman
Rt. 6
Thomasvile
Towne Theatre
David Feeman
Wheeler Street
Earle Oxendine
Michael Stanley Morris
Gordon Street
Thomas Johnson
Kivett Drive
John Curtis Wade
Underhill Street
Albert F Bullock 71 Lexington dies in Thomasville Nursing Center
Albert Franklin Bullock known as Jack 71 of 1608 Greensboro St Lexington dies Friday in Thomasville Nursing Center He was a Saluda County S C native retired grocer and member of the Lexington Junior Order and Woodmen of the World Survivors include widow Annie McDonald Bullock two daughters Mrs Cecil Eanes Jr and Mrs Paul B Davis two sisters and one brother Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. in Davidson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert F. Bullock
Lexington
Albert Franklin
Jack) Bullock
Greensboro St
Thomasville
Bullock
Saluda County
S. C
Lexington Junior Order
The
Woodmen of the World
Annie McDonald Bullock
Cecil Eanes Jr
Paul B. Davis
Winston-Salem
Sue Mae Blair
Orlando
Fla
Theo Parks
Parksville
S.C
Curtis Bullock
Greenwood
Davidson Funeral Home
Thomasville Council Approves 35 Acre Apartment Complex Plan
City Council cleared the way for a 35 acre complex at Liberty Drive and Raleigh Road after a public hearing with no opposition. Circle Realty Co. seeks to close three streets Laurel Lane Arthur Drive and Russell Street. Davidson County commissioners must approve as most land lies outside city limits with a hearing set in Lexington on December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Liberty Drive
Raligh Road
Circle Realty Co
Laurel Lane
Arthur Drive
Russell Street
Davidson County
Lexington
Pat Brown Honored for Service to Cancer Society in Raleigh
A. Pat Brown received the American Cancer Society National Distinguished Service Award in Raleigh from Dr. D E Ward Jr. Brown was one of five nationwide to gain the honor this year for more than 15 years of work improving society programs in industry gifts memorials and legacies. He helped plan cancer education programs for industrial workers, earning the N C Division a National Honor Citation in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
A. Pat Brown
American Cancer Society
Raleigh
D. E. Ward Jr
N.C
Brown
United States
Tower Players thrill with Dracula at High Point College
High Point College Tower Players opened the 1971 72 season with a lean Dracula adaptation. Van Helsing actor Patrick Gibson drew praise for steadiness while Sonny Melrose gave a imposing Dracula performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College Tower Players
Bram Stoker
Memorial Auditorium
Seward
London
Lucy
Count Dracula
Abraham van Helsing
Holland
Patrick Gibson
van Helsing
Lexington 16YearOld Charged In 73YearOld Slaying
A Lexington youth, James Reece aged 16 of Route 2, is jailed in Davidson County on a first degree murder charge in the shooting death of 73 year old Alvin Reedie Sechrist. Authorities say robbery motive and missing money tied to the entry into Sechrist’s home near a wooded area. Two painters found the body. the shooting likely occurred last Tuesday or Wednesday. Funeral services set for Sunday at Siler Funeral Home with burial at Mt Zion Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Alvin Reedie Sechrist
Rt. 1
James Reece
Rt. 2
Davidson County
Sechrist
Nettie Gordon
Grace Snider
Thomasville
J. O. Beck
Fisher Ferry Rd
Daisy Hunt
David Franklin Sechrist
Fisher Ferry Road
William Archie Sechrist
Siler Funeral Home
Carroll Upton
T. R. York
Mt. Zion Wesleyan Cemetery
Sullivan Road
Environmentalist attacks bigger is better in Kiwanis talk
Robert W. Conner urged the Kiwanis Club of High Point to rethink growth as he warned that bigger is not better for the environment. He cited water reuse, river pollution, interstate land losses, and car pollution as examples, concluding GNP can mean greater national pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Conner
Kiwanis Club
High Point
Conner
Yadkin River
Salisbury
Birmingham
Ala
Kaput
Celloist Slated For Performance With World Symphony Orchestra
A High Point man will perform with the World Symphony Orchestra in a Thanksgiving Day Special on WUNC Channel 4 Thursday at 3 p.m. Charles Medlin, a celloist with the orchestra of 140 ambassadors from 60 countries and 27 states, will join under conductor Arthur Fiedler at Walt Disney World in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Symphony Orchestra
WUNC
Channel 4
Charles Medlin
Arthur Fiedler
Walt Disney World
Florida
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W. C. Cribbs
Howard Brown
Superior Court
Enterprise
Roger Dale Martin
Chestnut Street
Clarence Clark Jr
Ellerbe
Clark
Barney Reese Moore
Foust Avenue
Howell Hefner
Foust
Kenneth Reece Wright
Courtesy Road
Surrett Drive
I-85
Wright
Wade Anderson Johnson
Edgeworth Street
Johnson
Willie F
Bill
Sarah Ellen Murphy Moorefield
High Point Primitive Baptist Church
Meas
Sertin
K Santina
Tower Players
Dracula
Sonny Melrose
Melrose
John Adams
Jonathan Harker
Lucy Seward
Tom Barrows
Madman Remfield
Sally Kemp
Sandra Epperson
Rich Moore
Williams Flowers & Gifts
Quality Flowers
English Rd
Piedmont Iron
WARD
Material Metal CO
Wachovia
Chicago
Mamsber Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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