Deaths and Funerals
Ernest Sylvester Stone 78 of 1016 Fairfield Rd died Friday morning after an extended illness. Funeral today at 2:30 p.m. at Mt Zion Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. services were preceded by a 6:30 p.m. service yesterday at Cumby Chapel. Pearl Strickland Benson 58 died Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. in High Point Memorial Hospital. Funeral yesterday at Rankin Memorial Methodist Church with burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Robert Nelson Sumner 74 died Thursday evening at Lynn Haven Rest Home Mocksville. Funeral tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. from Mt Gilead Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Body to be moved to Route 3 High Point residence today at 10:30 a.m. for viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sylvester Stone
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
South Pinnacle
George H. Wallace
Allen Jay Baptist Church
R. A. Hunter
Hickory Ridge Methodist Church
Winston-Salem
Cumby Chapel
Mr. Stone
Fairfield Rd
Pearl Strickland Benson
Rankin Memorial. Methodist Church
J. S. Higgins
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Everett Ford
Henry Ford
Jim Wilkins
Glenn Ford
Robert Strickland
Dennis W. Griffin
Robert Sumner
Robert Nelson Sumner
Mt. Gilead Methodist Church
J. G. Alfred
Ruble P. Spencer
Route 3
High Point
Mr. Sumner
Lynn Haven
Mocksville
Allen Grubb Sr Funeral Services Held
Allen Reid Grubb Sr age 62 of Route 1 Jamestown died at Durham Veterans Hospital after a brief illness. English Street Baptist Church pastor George T. Tunstall led services with pallbearers Glenn King Thadis Parrish Paul King R J King Arvin Bryant and Coy Bryant. Burial followed in Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Grubb SR
Allen Reid
George T. Tunstall
English Street Baptist Church
Glenn King
Thadis Parrish
Paul King
R. J. King
Arvin Bryant
Coy Bryant
Floral Garden Park
Mr. Grubb
Route 1
Jamestown
Veterans Hospital
Durham
Infant Thomas Buie Dies in Local Hospital
Infant Thomas Hampton Buie, age 16 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Buie of 523 Centennial Ave, died in a local hospital after a two day illness. He was born September 27, 1959, in the city. Graveside services were held at Floral Garden Cemetery at 2 p.m. today conducted by Rev. W. T. Baker of Crestwood Presbyterian Church. Burial followed at Floral Garden Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hampton Buie
William T. Buie
Centennial Ave
Floral Garden
W. T. Baker
Crestwood Presbyterian Church
Piedmont Flood Worsens As Rain Strikes Guilford Area
Heavy rain flood threat rises along Reedy Fork Creek washing out Church Street Extension bridge and closing Yanceyville Road north of Greensboro. Highway 29 to be closed to non emergency traffic with detours via 220 and 158. Caswell County highways 86 158 and 62 also report closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedy Fork Creek
Guilford County
Church Street
Yanceyville Road
Greensboro
Highway Patrol
Reidsville
Yanceyville
WU. S. A
Heavy rains flood High Point Thomasville area
The High Point Thomasville region suffered severe rainfall with 6.57 inches at the airport since Thursday, nearly triple the October average. Thomasville saw Homdy's Creek flood Gray Street and Cox Avenue yards, while golf courses submerged. A car slid into a gully near Cool Creek causing about 200 dollars in damage.
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High Point
Greensboro
U. S
Thomasville
Homdy
Gray Street
Lake Street
Cox Avenue
Rain Draws Crowds as Fire Destroys House in Thomasville
In Thomasville residents ignore the rain to watch a fire on Culbreth Avenue. Chief Paul Shore notes a larger crowd than last year while Paul Kitchin and others offer reactions as the downpour continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Shore
Thomasville
Southern Governors Convene in Asheville
ASHEVILLE AP Early starting chief executives from Dixie began arriving for the 25th Southern Governors meeting. Govs Faubus Hodges Patterson arrived amid rain fog delays at Asheville Hendersonville Airport and Greenville SC detours. Hollings and Ellington were expected to join Saturday night after a Chapel Hill football game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Dixie
Convon
Hendersonville
Greenville
S.C
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Luther E. Hodges
North Carolina
Mrs. Faubus
Gov
John Patterson
Alabama
N.C
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Gov. Hollings
Chapel Hill
Harrison Coble Dies At 69 In Greensboro
Harrison Coble 69 of Route 1 Pleasant Garden died in a Greensboro hospital. He was a Guilford County farmer, survived by his wife Cora Stevenson Coble six sons one sister and fourteen grandchildren. Funeral services were at Macedonia Baptist Church today at 3 p.m. conducted by Rev Page Lee with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
B. Harrison Coble
Route 1
Pleasant Garden
Greensboro
Guilford County
Cora Stevenson Coble
B. P. Kenneth
Bernice
Grady Coble
Logan Coble
J. C. Coble
Clermont
Fla
Hazel Mendenhall
High Point
Charge Man With Hit and Run Driving
A Wendell Street man, Robert H. Torrence, 32, was arrested at his home ten minutes after a collision on Underhill Street yesterday and charged with hit and run. Workman’s car sustained about 100 dollars in damage while Torrence’s car had about 50 dollars damage. Torrence was held on a 300 dollar bond pending Municipal Court trial on October 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Street
Robert H. Torrence
Torrence
Jerry S. Workman
Holly Hill Road
Thomasville
Underhill Street
Rape Charge Reduced in North Carolina Case
A Wilmington Superior Court jury acquitted Walno Wentworth Jamieson and Jimmy Fos Mose ly on rape charges involving a 15 year old Black girl, finding simple assault instead. Judge Rudolph Mintz sentenced the 19 year olds to two years in jail and hard labor on the county roads, after a heated debate and a lengthy trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N.C
Superior Court
Rudolph Mintz
Walno Wentworth Jamieson
Jimmy Fox Mosely
Bunn Frink
Aio
John J. Burney Jr
New Hanover County
Burney
Mintz
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Ernest Stone
Mrs. Pearl Benson
Thomas Buie
Piedmont
Caswell County
High Point Enterprise
David
Abbott’s Creek
Davidson County
Son County
Braxton Younts
Berrier
Kiser
Cool Creek
of Davidson
Ray Berrier
Roy Berrier
Enterprise
Hawley
Culbreth Avenue
St. Moritz
Central Park
Emart 6Th Avenue
Coliseum
T. Moritz
South ‘Charities
G.taylor
Presiden
Pere
United Jewish Appeal
Orld
Conceree
Advertisinouncil
Avertising Executives Association
Harrison Coble
Gulf Coast
Middle Atlantic States
Central Appalachians
Ohio Valley
Minnesota
Northern
Lakes
Appalachians
Southern
Cent
Ral Plateau
Merr
Wirepheote
Cadillac
Highland Motors, Inc
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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