Obituaries and Deaths Across North Carolina Towns
Deaths and funeral notices for Woodrow Wilson Rogers in Archdale and Herbert Houston Oldham in Greensboro are announced with services planned at Bear Creek Baptist Church. Other deaths include Frank Thomas Hooker in Augusta and Walter Bruce Stroud in Statesville with multiple survivors listed. Funeral details and home locations are provided for each, reflecting regional obituary notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Creek Baptist Church
Bear Creek
Giles Sanders
Hanes-Lineberry North
Self Discipline for Planning a Realistic Budget Today
A concise guide argues that budgeting successfully hinges on practical choices and steady resolve. It emphasizes common sense steps to craft a budget you can sustain now without overhauling long term finances.
Brooks Named To Committee For State Bond Issues
High Point City Manager Cyrus L. Brooks was asked by Gov. Jim Hunt to join a statewide committee backing $300 million for highways and $230 million for clean water. Brooks will assist in informing Guilford County voters about the November ballot and will provide brochures to civic groups. A public meeting October 22 at 10 a.m. in Guilford County Courthouse will have delegation members explain the two bond issues and five constitutional amendments, followed by questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Cyrus L. Brooks
Jim Hunt
Brooks
Hunt
North Carolina
Guilford County
North Carolina General Assembly
County Commissioners Meeting
Greensboro
Thomasville Man Dies In House Fire
Thomasville resident William Bobby Parsons 40 died in a house fire that began in a bedroom. Fire officials are unsure of the cause while police and the medical examiner investigated. Parsons left a roommate who escaped and his family ties are listed in Jersey City and Paterson New Jersey. His funeral arrangements are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
William
Bobby’ Parsons
Winston Street
Fire Dept
Parsons
Mr. Parsons
Anson County
Carrie Parsons
Paterson
N.J
Garcia Parsons
Annie Lindsay
Wadesboro
Juanita Nemours
Mary Wright
Helen Davis
Gladys Baker
Jersey City
Walter Thomas Parsons
Benjamin Parsons
Arizonsas
Geraldine McDonald
UNC Center to Train Workers for Safer South Regions
UNC Chapel Hill researchers announce a regional Occupational Health and Safety Educational Resource Center funded by a near 500000 National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety grant. The center serves seven southern states and aims to prevent disasters like the Virginia Kepone incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina At
Virginia Kepone
UNC CH
National Institute For Occupational Health and Safety
NIOSH
School of Public Health
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
UNCCH
Occupational Health and Safety
North Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
South Carolina
David A. Fraser
Parker Reist
Unchch
Fraser
Reist
Virginia
Reiss
Richard G. Pearson
N.C. State
Carnival Accident Hurts 3 at State Fair Ride
A State Fair ride operator halted a Tornado roller coaster after spotting a mechanical problem. Passengers Mrs Bonnie B Hudson 31 and her son Allen 5 in one car along with Kimberly Jorgensen 11 of Durham in another were thrown forward during the abrupt stop. Hudson sustained a minor knee injury and a stomach ache, Jorgensen had a bruise near her eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Bonnie B. Hudson
Allen
Kimberly Jorgensen
Durham
Chimney and Appliance Fires Cause Minor Damage
Firefighters investigated multiple small blazes around High Point. A chimney hole at Ineal Gaines home on Amos Street started a wall fire with light damage and no contents lost. A clothes dryer at Ester Deluca’s Putnam Ave residence sparked plastic and burned but limited to the appliance. A trash fire on a truck bed on Fairfield Road damaged only the truck area. A Mobil-Toter trash receptacle fire at Ralph's TV and Appliances on N Cent Street burned a trash receptacle with minimal damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ineal Gaines
Amos St
T. G. Shelton
High Point Fire Dept
Shelton
Ester Deluca
Putnam Ave
Wendell Shadrick
Foust Avenue
Fairfield Road
Brentwood Street
Ralph's TV
N. Centennial Street
E. Washington Drive
Randolph Man Shot Four Times at Seagrove Station
Randolph County deputies arrested John Calvin Jarrell after a man named John Maston McBride was shot four times at a Seagrove service station. McBride drove away, was found with four bullet wounds, and was hospitalized. Jarrell claimed McBride advanced with a knife. he posted a 2500 bond. Others in weekend reports include Michael Keith Miller charged with shooting into a dwelling and threats, and Thomas White III accused of slashing a deputy’s tire at Southwestern High School with property damage charges.
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Seagrove
Rt. 1
Starman
Randolph County
John Calvin Jarrell
John Maston McBride
McBride
Montgomery
Jarrell
Michael Keith Miller
Trinity
Thomas White III
Rt. 6
Mooresville
Southwestern High School
Couple seeks $500 over tardy Bell repairman
Baton Rouge couple Victory Roy and his wife sue South Central Bell Telephone Co. for 500 claiming a delayed repairman ruined a weekend family outing. They waited last Wednesday, missed planned TV viewing of the World Series versus a movie, and say the delay caused a quarrel and a trip to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Cable Across Trail Causes Youths Death
Davidson County deputies report a local youth died Saturday after a motorcycle hit a cable stretched across a trail on private property. Darrell G. Owen Jr., a seventh grader at E. Lawson Brown Junior High, was killed when unseated from his motorcycle on Route 5 Lake Road. Funeral services set for Rich Fork Baptist Church with burial in Holly Hill Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Darrell G. Owen Jr
Darrell G
Carolyn Stanley Owen
Route 5
Lake Road
Billy Bryce Eddinger
Darrell Was
Darrell G. Owen
Rt. 5
E. Lawson Brown
Rich Fork Baptist Church
Melvin E. Greene
Holly Hill
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral
Memorial services held after skeleton found in North Carolina
A memorial service was held for Robert Lewis Billings Jr. in Lexington after his son Ricky Billings was charged with his murder. The skeleton was found on Pine Ridge Road. police say the death remains under investigation and the body was located under a mattress with a sleeping bag. The case has spanned nearly two years with medical examiner results pending.
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Phil Speaks
Lexington
Robert Lewis Billings Jr
Chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home
Davidson County
Pine Ridge Road
Monkey Bottom Road
Billings
Ricky Randall Billings
Jim Kimbrell
Ricky Billings
Kimbrell
Ricky
Robert Lewis Billings III
Charles Kivett
Greensboro
McCrary
Robert Lewis
Virginia Hunt Billings
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
Melodie Billings
Route 4
Route 12
Richard Randall Billings
Johnny Billings
Betty Fox
Charlottesville
Jean Clark
Randy Corricer
Durham
Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel
Roger Lakey
Paul's Chapel
Weekend Wrecks Leave Several Injured in City
Multiple weekend crashes left several people hurt with none seriously harmed. Hubert Bradley and Ethel Harrington Thomas were injured when their two cars collided on Brentwood Street at Drew Avenue. Thomas and Norman L. Smittie were treated and released at High Point Memorial Hospital. Cardale Marion and Ted Roosevelt Mabe were injured on Brentwood Street near Franklin Avenue. Paul Farrington lost control on Fairway near Rotary Drive. Steve Harvell and Patricks Norton were injured on Greensboro Road near Enterprise Drive. Willowee Dixon and Robert Baskins were hurt in Brentwood Street collisions. Donald Rickert II was charged after a Park Street crash involving a prior wreck. Tula Craver Brown and Myrtle Long injured on N Main Street at Lexington Avenue. Brown charged for signal light violation.
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Hubert Bradley
Furlough Street
Ethel Harrington Thomas
Drew Avenue
Ms. Thomas
High Point Memorial Hospital
Norman L. Smittie
Greensboro
Bradley
Brentwood Street
Franklin Avenue
Cardale Marion
Old Winston Road
Marion
Ted Roosevelt Mabe
Potts Street
Roland Augusta Hall
Kearns Street
Mabe
Hall
Paul Francis Farrington
Otteray Drive
Fairway
Rotary Drive
Farrington
Steve McCoy Harvell
Dillon Road
Jamestown
Patricks H. Norton
Ridgefield
Conn
Greensboro Road
Enterprise Drive
Willowee Dixon
Ennis Street
Catherine B. Jacobs
Robert Gene Baskins
W. Green Drive
Jacobs
Baskins
Leonard Avenue
Donald Warren Rickert II
Forrest Street
Park Street
Rickert
Tula Craver Brown
E. Lexington Avenue
Myrtle Long
Eaton Place
Ms. Brown
Charles Lafayette Odum Jr
Cherokee Drive
N. Main Street
Lexington Avenue
Spencer faces possible court-martial and prison
Wilbur Amaker of the High Point Police Dept and Craig Davis, brother-in-law of Spencer, left for the court-martial. The government will pay travel for four High Point area residents as character witnesses. If convicted, Spencer could face more than 20 years in prison, a dishonorable discharge, and a fine.
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Wilbur Amaker
High Point
Multiple Juvenile and Adult Theft Cases Heard by Court
The court handed sentences for larceny of firearms and breaking and entering. James Little received four years active for three counts of larceny and two counts of breaking and entering. four other charges were dismissed. Robert Lindsay got three years for receiving stolen goods with related charges dismissed. Joe McCullough received two years for breaking and entering and receiving stolen goods. multiple charges were dismissed. Tommy Little received 18 months for receiving stolen goods with several charges dismissed. Francis Thomas Jr received two years suspended for receiving stolen goods with related charges dropped. Clarence Giddeton got a maximum two year suspended sentence for felonious larceny. Theodore Medley’s charges were dismissed. other defendants remain in pending cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Little
Park Street
Robert Tyrone Lindsay
W. Green Drive
Joe McCullough
Montlieu Avenue
Tommy Little
Francis Thomas Jr
Meredith Street
Clarence Ray Giddeton
Cable Street
Gidderon
Theodore Medley
Ann Moore Court
John Davis
Mobile Street
Pat
Donald Ray Campbell
E. Commerce Street
James Eugene Edwards
Meredith Court
Eddie Craft
Rockingham Prison
Wentworth
N.C
Willie Moon
Vance Ingram
Cedron Drive
Eddie Macon
Nathan Hunt Drive
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W. W. Rogers
Woodrow Wilson Rogers
Baker Road
Community General Hospital
Cumby Mortuary
Archdale
H. H. Oldham
Herbert Houston Oldham
Taylor St
Moses Cone Hospital
Chatham County
Neese’'s Sausage Co
Florence Still Oldham
Herbert Shelley Oldham
Edenton
Bobbie Spanolia
Downingtown
Doris Kennedy
Vander Oldham
Ella Dunnagan
Billie Cockman
Myrtie Clark
Pittsboro
May Clark
Ohio
Shirley Suits
James H. Moore
F. T. Hooker
Frank Thomas Hooker
California
University Hospital
Augusta
Mr. Hooker
John Thomas
Dora Caudle Hooker
Holiday Inn
Richard Hooker
Johnsontown Road
Jimmie Hooker
N. Hamilton Street
Robert Hooker
Asheboro
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
W. B. Stroud
Statesville
Walter Bruce Stroud
Rt. 2
Cleveland
Mae Evans Stroud
Bert B. Stroud
Harold G. Stroud
Jack
George H. Stroud
Paul H. Stroud
Mocksville
Society Baptist Church
Edward Ocker
Denton
Allaben
N.Y
Veterans Administration Hospital
Albany
Eleanor Carmody
Rt. 3
William E. Ocker
Phoenicia
Meteo Nen
Sevier
Ell’s Funeral Home
Liberty Road
Sechrest
Lexington Ave
Siler-Sechrest
Randolph ST
National
Chestnut DR
Trindale RD
The
Order of the Golden Rule
RTH Main
Farriss Avenue
Harold (. Davis
Thomas Haizlip
UNC Center
South
Kepone
School of Medicine
College of Engineering
North Carolina State University
Duke University Medical School
Unc-Ch
N.C. State University
Unc-Ch School of Medicine
Department of Public Health
Randolph
Couple Sites Telephone Co
Christine Marie Owen
Roy K. Stanley Sr
Donald Hollifield
Kennedy Street
Harry Brown Owen Sr
Randolph Street
Roy E. Stanley
Myrtle Mae Leonard
Gibston
Fla
Paul McCrary
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