Deaths and Funerals in Thomasville and Nearby
John F. Basinger 66 of Fisher Ferry Street died Friday at City Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health and a 10 day hospitalization. Survived by two sisters Catherine Pittman and Pearl Rabon. Graveside service Sunday at 3 30 at Holly Hills Cemetery with ministers J Rusty and F Jurney. Mrs Chrissie Davie Aitkenhead 89 at The Presbyterian Home died Friday night after a year of declining health. Born in Scotland she lived in Wooster Ohio before moving to the Home in 1962. Surviving daughter Mrs Paul Zeis and son John Aitkenhead two grandchildren. Graveside rites Tuesday Wooster Cemetery Ohio.Funeral arrangements and home contacts noted.
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Thomasville
John. F. Basinger
Fisher Ferry Street
City Memorial Hospital
Mr. Basinger
Richard Stokes Basinger
Etta Everhart Basinger
Robert
Catherine) Pittman
Hinkle St
Harley
Pearl) Rabon
J. C. Green& Sons
John Rusty
Fred .Jurney
Holly Hills
Robert Pitman
Chrissie Davie Aitkenhead
Presbyterian Home
Aitkenhead
Scotland
Hugh and
Mary McClelland Davie White
United States
John Aitkenhead
Wooster
Ohio
Crestwood Presbyterian Church
Paul M. Zeis
Roanoke
Greensboro
Sechrest Funeral Home
McIntire Funeral Home
Obituaries Share News of Beeker and Dr Palmer Deaths
Elmo L Beeker 80 of Rt 3 died Friday at Haven Convalescent Home. Funeral plans were incomplete. Beeker was a retired carpenter and Reed's Baptist Church member. Dr Jacob A Palmer 84 a retired United Church of Christ minister of 923 Lake Drive West died at his farm near Thomasville Friday after a heart attack. He was born January 12, 1885 in Stealy County. He moved to Thomasville in 1918. Palmer attended Crescent Academy and Catawba College, later Central Seminary in Dayton earning a Bachelor of Divinity in 1913. His pastorates included the upper Davidson Charge, Heidelberg Reformed Church in Thomasville, and other charges. He served on the Thomasville School Board and Davidson County Welfare Agency Board. After retirement in 1955 he supplied at several churches. He belonged to the Thomasville Masonic Lodge, Junior Order of Lexington, and Thomasville Civilian Club. He married Etna Little in 1914 and leaves two daughters, two sons, a sister, two brothers, and several grandchildren. Funeral set for Sunday at 4 p.m. at Heidelberg United Church of Christ with interment in Holly Hill Cemetery. The body remains at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home until 30 minutes before service. Memorials to Heidelberg United Church of Christ.
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Thomasville
Jacob A. Palmer
United Church of Christ
Lake Drive
Stealy County
Daniel Webster Palmer
Camile Fisher Palmer
Palmer
Crescent Academy
Rowan County
Catawba College
Central Seminary
Dayton
Ohio
Upper Davidson
Lexington
Heidelberg Reformed Church
Davidson County Welfare Agency Board
Brick Church
Guilford County
Bethany- Bethlehem
Winston-Salem
Shiloh
Faith
St. Paul's Keller
Heidelberg
Harold Myers
Edwin Alcorn
Holly Hill Cemetery
J. C. Green and Sons
Lake Drive West
Southern Conference
The
Lexington man dies after gunshot wound in home
Philip M. Hendricks Jr., 35, of Lexington, was found shot in the chest in his bed Thursday and died Friday at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Police say the death appears connected to a personal safety incident. Funeral is set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Piedmont Funeral Home.
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Lexington
Philip M. Hendricks Jr
Lester Sheets
Hendricks
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Piedmont Funeral Home
Briggs Sanford Buck Briggs obituary notice
Buck Briggs five of Route 7 died Thursday at Haven Nursing Home Lexington Funeral set for 2 p m Sunday at Rogers Memorial Chapel Sanford Survivors include eight daughters Betty Harmon Winston Salem area Allen Banner E F Bauguess M B Davenport Winston-Salem area Leo Dunn Lexington Ed Turner Charlotte Floyd Bryant Ararat Cincinnati Ohio Frank DeGraw Cincinnati Ohio Don Fields High Point two sons Hal Briggs Charlotte Jim Briggs High Point two stepdaughters Gordon Thomas Route 7 B M Cole Sanford and two stepsons Bill Hutchins Tom Hutchins of Route 7 Continued obituary details likely follow.
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Sanford
C.C. (Buck) Briggs
Haven Nursing Home
Lexington
Rogers Memorial Chapel
Betty Harmon
Rt. 7
Allen Banner
E. F. Bauguess
M. B. Davenport
Winston-Sayer
Leo Dunn
Ed Turner
Charlotte
Floyd Bryant
Ararat
Sterling Duckworth Funeral in Thomasville at Rich Fork Church
Funeral services for Sterling Terry Duckworth, 62, of 720 Salem Street, will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Rich Fork Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Melvin Green. Interment at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home before being moved to the church 30 minutes prior to service. Family visits at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Thomasville
Sterling Terry Duckworth
Salem St
Rich Fork Baptist Church
Melvin Green
J. C. Green and Sons
It Happened In North Carolina Marine's Wife Likes State
A Raleigh reporter notes grocery ads in the afternoon papers show limited pork offerings this week. In a small corner, chuck cubed steak sold for 1 per pound while ham shank portions and quarter items appear sparsely. The piece hints at regional shopping trends and reader curiosity about prices.
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William A. Shires Alan
Raleigh
Bay cPaper
N.C
North Carolina
Man Jailed After Wreck in Thomasville Incident
A 21 year old Thomasville man Bobby Gene McDaniel of Ferndale Street was jailed after a two car head on collision on U S 29 70A Friday. He faces reckless driving and probation violation charges. McDaniel was injured and left High Point Hospital before officers arrived. Also Friday Ray Herman Canady Jr 24 of Harris Street and Reid Wesley Davis 33 of Westwood Avenue were charged with drunken driving. A car owned by W Phil Kaney at Thomasville Senior High School was broken into Friday night damaging the car and stealing a $2 flashlight.
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Jackson Lake Road
Michael Craig Briles
Brentwood Street
Thomasville
Highway Patrol
U. S. 29
Here
Bobby Gene McDaniel
Ferndale Street
The
McDaniel
High Point Hospital
Ray Herman Canady Jr
Harris Street
Reid Wesley Davis
Westwood Avenue
W. Phil Kaney
Thomasville Senior High School
Cosmonaut's Son Dates American Girl at Disneyland
Viktor Beregovoy 19, son of Georgy Beregovoy, dated Kathy Birk 20, a Russian-speaking hostess at Disneyland. The pair then joined a party at Kirk Douglas's home and planned travel to San Diego to see the Chargers game, where Birk would help explain football. The visitors, including Konstantin Feoktistov, toured rides and exhibits and met Dr. Robert Gilruth at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
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Anaheim
Calif
Disneyland
Viktor Beregovoy
Georgy Beregovoy
Kathy Birk
Kirk Douglas
Miss Birk
San Diego
Viktor
Chargers
Kathy
Paris
Beregovoy
Konstantin Feoktistov
Feoktistov
Underground Paper Decision Is Pending
CHAPEL HILL UP The iSchool Board will decide on Nov 3 if a pupil may sell an underground newspaper in school. Danny Cloak of Grey-Sculbreth Junior High asked for an exception to the no selling on school grounds rule. The board will consider the request but he sold copies at school the next day and was suspended a week. He asserts free speech protections to sell Protest Radish locally called the radish.
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Chapel Hill
Danny Cloak
Grey- Sculbreth
Danny
Ferries Keep Full Summer Schedule This Year
RALEIGH AP ferries between Cape Hatteras Ocracoke Island and Cedar Island Ocracoke will run on a full summer schedule at least temporarily. State ferries manager Hugh Salter said demand remains summertime levels. The Highway Commission will continue the summer schedule while demand lasts, though ferries normally switch to winter service the last Monday in October.
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Raleigh
Cape Hatteras
Ocracoke Island
Cedar Island
Ocracoke
Hugh Salter
State Ferries
The
Highway Commission
Anniversary Observance By Bethlehem Baptist Church Group
The Young Adults Usher Board of Bethlehem Baptist Church plans its fourth anniversary observance this Sunday at time to be announced at the church. The event marks years of service by the usher board within the congregation.
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Board of Bethlehem Baptist Church
Television Schedule Snapshot 1960s Network Nightline
A compact TV grid lists programs from early evening through midnight. Highlights include News, Sports, Weather, Huntley-Brinkley, Death Valley Days, The Tonight Show lineage, Gone with Gilligan style fare, Lawrence Welk, Petticoat Junction, Hollywood Palace, Mannix, College Variety Show, The View From Pompey s Head, Joe Pyne, Porter Wagoner, and Kitty Wells among others.
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Wide World of Sports
Pulse News
Bill Anderson
CBS News
Huntley-Brinkley
Channel 2
Tommy Faile
Pompey’s Head
Joe Pyne
Porter Wagoner
Kitty Wells
Capsule TV Schedule Highlights Evening Lineup
The 7 to 11 PM lineup features MY WORLD AND WEL COME TO IT with Monroe quitting amid financial worries, Jackie Gleason and Milton Berle spoofing life, plus a NC show with Reggie Van Gleason and friends. 8:30 PM offers MY THREE SONS and Tom Jones film, Green Acres returns with Arnold rich, Petticoat Junction sisters in a beauty contest, and Hollywood Palace with Humperdinck. Late night includes Mannix hospital scandal, Circus of Horrors, The Last Man on Earth, and Malaga movie capers.
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Jackie Gleason
Milton Berle
Susammah York
Hugh Griffith
Tom Jones
Squire Allworthy
Tor
Green Acres
Arnold
Hooterville
Petticoat Junction
Bradley
Hollywood Palace
Engelbert Humperdinck
Sid Caesar
Nancy Ames
Gladys Knight and
the Pips
Jack
Leonard
Lonnie Donegan
Donald Pleasence
Anton Diffring
Erika Remberg
Vincent Price
Emma Daniels
Franca Bettoia
Richard Matheson
I Am
Legend
Trevor Howard
Dorothy Dandridge
Malaga
London
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Allen Jay School
Briles
High Point Memorial Hospital
Ronda Lowe
Belmont Street
Dean Sechrest
Fairfield Road
Debra Ann Rector
Rt. 4
High Point
Sonny Hedgecock
J. F. Basinger
Mrs. Aitkenhead
Elmo L. Beeker
Rt. 3
Haven Convalescent Home
Beeker
Reed’s Baptist Church
Davidson
Ters
Etna Palmer McCullough
Oak Ridge
Tenn
B. R
Margaret) McCotter
Jacob A. Palmer Jr
William F. Palmer
Macon
Eunice Morton
Matthews
Malcolm M. Palmer
Albemarle
Claude D. Palmer
Richfield
Philip Hendricks
Blek Swalm
Buck
Sterling Duckworth
Marine
Greenevers
Duplin County
Rose Hill
Alex Brown
Island Creek Township
Bob Scott
Donna Long
Vietnam
Camp Lejeune
Southeast
Asia
Country Club Association
Artistic Beauty College
Miessl Tal
Meln St
Dial
Namich Far Ministry
T.losbor
Okla
Faith Digest
FAI
T. S. Oxhorn
SUN
Trinidad
Byone Welcom
Noetional Guard Armory
Franklin Blvd
Greensborg
RK. c
Marth
Andy Williams
Lawrence Welk
Monroe
J. P. Morgan
Steve
Barbara
Albert Finney
Mannix
Howh Mannix
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