Deaths and Funerals in Thomasville Area
Karlie Robert Klass 76 of Trinity died at City Memorial Hospital after a nine year illness. He was a High Rock Baptist Church leader and longtime Sunday school superintendent. Surviving wife Lillian Kennedy and two daughters three sons and many relatives. Funeral Monday 2:30 p.m. at High Rock Church with burial at Walter's Grove Cemetery. William Stewart Stone Sr. 76 of High Point died in Lamb's Nursing Home after six months ill. He worked with Lyles Chevrolet and Atlantic Insurance and Realty Co and served in WWI with the Red Cross. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church with burial at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Karlie Robert Klass
Rt. 1
Trinity
City Memorial Hospital
Mr. Klass
Davidson County
William Klass
Rachael Hughes Klass
High Rock Baptist Church
Randolph County
Lillian Kennedy
Lloyd Rule
Rt. 2
Lexington
Frank May
Denton
Robert Klass Jr
Topeka
Kan
James William Klass
Bethel Drive
Fred G. Klass
Melvin Wright
Rt. 3
Flora Brown
Chicago
A. Wes Klass
Rt. 5
W. Garland Klass
Robert Spry
Claude Byerly
Inman L. Stewart
Walter’s Grove Baptist
William Stewart Stone Sr
Otteray Dr
Lamb’s
High Point
Lyles Chevrolet Co
Atlantic Insurance and Realty Co
American Red Cross
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Bernard R. Fitzgerald
R. Delbert Byrum
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mrs Mary Shaw 71 dies at home in Elon College
Mrs Mary Simpson Shaw 71 of Rt 2 Elon College died suddenly Friday morning at home. She was born in Caswell County to Francis M Simpson and Alice Mathins Simpson. Survived by husband Will F Shaw and children Bruce Foster of Altamahaw Marion Shaw William Shaw Marvin Shaw Robert V Shaw Horace Shaw all of Elon College Rt 2 plus brothers George E Simpson Rt 2 Elon College Sanford Shaw Burlington. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Camp Springs United Methodist Church with burial in church cemetery. Body returned home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Simpson Shaw
Rt. 2
Elon College
George E. Simpson
Sanford Shaw
Burlington
Camp Springs United
Mrs J M Turner Lansing dies after long illness
Mrs Bessie Sowers Turner 51 of Rt 2 Lansing died Friday at 9 20 am in City Memorial Hospital Thomasville after two years of declining health. Born Oct 28 1918 in Davidson County she lived in Lansing since 1954 and was a member of Oak Hill Baptist Church Ashe County. Surviving: husband James M Turner son Benjamin F Turner sisters Katherine Schneider Virginia Carter brother Woodrow Sowers three grandchildren. Funeral 3 pm Saturday at Brightlight Freewill Baptist Church Shell Road. burial Turner Cemetery Ashe County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Bessie Sowers Turner
Rt. 2, Lansing
City Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
Davidson County
Ben F
Sally Swing Sowers
Lexington
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Ashe County
James M. Turner
Benjamin F. Turner
Bernard
Katherine) Schneider
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ted
Virginia) Carter
Peace St
Woodrow Sowers
Brightlight Freewill Baptist Church
Shell Road
Henry King
J. C. Green & Sons Funeral
Ashe Couty
Turner Cemetery
Willis Funeral to be Held at Long Branch Church
Funeral services for Ben Willis will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Long Branch Baptist Church in Shelby. The body lies at Enloe's Funeral Home 300 Hudson Street. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Willis died Tuesday and is the father of Joe Willis of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Ben Willis
Long Branch Baptist Church
Enloe’s Funeral
Hudson St
Willis
Joe Willis
High Point
Oscar E. Wallace 60 Dies After Auto Crash Near Lexington
Oscar E. Wallace of 511 Cotton Grove Road died Thursday night from injuries in an automobile crash five miles south of Lexington on a rural road. He was a Wall Lumber employee and is survived by his mother two brothers and a sister. Funeral at 3 pm Sunday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with visitation tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Oscar E. Wallace
Cotton Grove Road
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Salisbury
Wallace
Stanley County
Wall Lumber Co
Nettie B. Wallace
Ottis Wrenn
Floyd Lee Wallace Sr
Jesse Wallace
Charles Ed Weaver of Lexington Dies After Illness
Charles Ed Weaver 82 a Davidson County native and retired United Furniture Co. employee died Friday at home after one year of illness. Funeral will be 2 p m Sunday at Second United Church of Christ. Family at Piedmont Funeral Home 7 to 9 tonight. Survivors include wife Blanche Lloyd Weaver four sons four daughters a half brother and a half sister.
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Lexington
Charles
Ed) Weaver
Davidson County
United Furniture Co
Second United Church of Christ
Piedmont Funeral Home
Blanche Lloyd Weaver
Home
Lloyd
Bobby
Ronnie Weaver
Hulin Harper
Frierson Funeral Arrangements For John A. Frierson
John Alfred Frierson, 41, of Decatur Georgia died Friday morning in a Decatur hospital. Funeral service at 2 p m Sunday in Sechrest Chapel with burial in Deep River Friends Cemetery. Body sent tonight to Sechrest Funeral Home Decatur for viewing. He was with the United States Public Health Service. Family at Rt 1 Jamestown home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alfred Frierson
Sechrest Chapel
E. E. Hiatt
Deep River Friends Cemetery
A. S. Turner & Sons
Decatur
Sechrest Funeral Home
Frierson
United States Public Health Service
John Dillon
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Death of H D Kester Sr in North Carolina
Harvey Daniel Kester Sr. of 628 Westwood Dr High Point died at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem at 9 20 p m Friday after three years of illness and three weeks of critical condition He was born in Winston-Salem son of the late John Henry and Rebecca Bevel Chester retired from Kester Machine and Supply Co and belonged to First Presbyterian Church He had 35 years Kiwanis membership in High Point and Burlington Surviving are his wife Edith Backman Kester three sons Harvey D Kester Jr Francis R Kester and Jack Kester one brother J C Kester one sister Mrs Paul Pegram four grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral Sunday 2 p m Rich and Thompson Mortuary Chapel Burlington Burial Pine Hill Cemetery Burlington Body to remain at the mortuary tonight 7 9 and at the son's residence 629 B West Front St Burlington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Daniel Kester Sr
Westwood Dr
High Point
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Mr. Kester
John Henry
Rebecca Bevel Chester
Kester Machine and Supply Co
First Presbyterian Church
Kester
Kiwanis Club
Burlington
Edith Backman Kester
Home
Harvey D. Kester Jr
Francis R. Kester
Jack Kester
Salisbury
J. C. Kester
Paul Pegram
Rich and Thompson
Pine Hill
West Front St
Mrs Elizabeth Settles Johnson dies in High Point
Mrs Elizabeth Settles Johnson 31 of 809 Mangum Ave died Thursday morning after hospital admission. Born July 4 1939 in Abbeville SC she was daughter of Georgia Settlers and the late Henry Settlers. Survivors include husband James Curtis Johnson two daughters Doris and Barbara Jean five sons Robert Ray Bobby Ray Ronnie Curtis James Timmy Johnson mother Georgia Settlers sister Emma Settlers brother John David Settlers. Funeral at Gethsemane Baptist Church at 1 pm with burial in Greenhill Cemetery Moore Funeral Home. Family at funeral home today 6 to 730 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Settles Johnson
Mangum Ave
High Point Memorial Hospital
Abbeville
S. C
Georgia Thomas
Henry
Penicestal Holiness Church
James Curtis Johnson
Doris Settlers
Barbara Jean Johnson
High Point
Robert Ray
Bobby Ray
New York
N.Y
Ronnie
Curtis Jr
James Timmy Johnson
Georgia
Emma
John David Setters
Anderson
Gethsemane Baptist Church
James Hines
Greenhill Ceuntery
Moore Funeral Home
Funerral
Mrs Lessie Smith 53 of Philadelphia dies at Graduate Hospital
Mrs. Lessie L. Smith 53 of 2102 South St Philadelphia died Tuesday at Graduate Hospital Philadelphia. Born May 20 1917 in Ansonville she was daughter of the late Henry B and Lucy Gould Smith. Survived by son Eddie Smith Washington DC daughter Mrs Lillie Robinson Philadelphia nine grandchildren and five sisters. Funeral Sunday 2 PM at Rocky Mount A M E Zion Church Ansonville. Burial in church cemetery. Body at Moore Funeral Home until 10 AM Sunday burial home today 8 00–9 30 PM and 9 30 PM at 709% Fairview St with Mr and Mrs Paul Pemberton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lessie L. Smith
South St
Philadelphia
Graduate Hospital
Ansonville
Henry B
Lucy Gould Smith
Eddie Smith
Washington, D. C
Lillie Robinson
Daisy Swainson
Mt. Gilead
Catherine Pratt
Hillside
Paul Pemberton
Fairview St
Isaac Wilkie Moncure dies. World War I veteran
Isaac Doyle Wilkie 81 of Butner dies Friday in the Mathiesen Clinic Pittsboro. Services Sunday at Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Retired merchant and WWI veteran. Survived by wife Lora Powers Wilkie one daughter Mrs Charles Q Ornament Jr Jamestown one son William D Wilkie one sister Betty Wilkie Miss Lillie Mae Wilkie one brother Charles L Wilkie. Body at Smith Funeral Home Moncure.
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Moncure
Isaac Doyle Wilkie
Butner
Mathiesen
Pittsboro
Smith Funeral Home
Lora Powers Wilkie
Charles Qorment Jr
Jamestown
William D. Wilkie
Betty Wilkie
Lillie Mae Wilkie
Goldsboro
Charles L. Wilkie
Mrs Hopkins Dies In Hospital In Thomasville
Mrs Rosana Hopkins 62 of 111 Brown St Thomasville died Friday at 1 25 a m in City Memorial Hospital after four months of declining health She was born Sept 22 1907 in Mayberry SC and lived in Thomasville 43 years Survivors include two sons Marion and Oscar eight grandchildren her mother Rosana Moss four sisters and three brothers Funeral services 4 p m Tuesday Brown New Calvary Baptist Church Rev J W Flake Burial City Cemetery Body remains at Thomas Haizlip Funeral Home Visitation Monday 7 9 p m at chapel
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Rosana Hopkins
Brown St
Thomasville
City Memorial Hospital
Mayberry, S.C
Russell and
Rosana Sanders Moss
Brown New Calvary Baptist Church
Marion Moss
Oscar Moss
Rosana Moss
Evelyn Mark
Philadelphia
Vera Douglas
Lucy Wilhite
Louise Foster
Greensboro
John O. Moss
Coaley Moss
C. L. Moss
Pittsburgh, Pa
J. W. Flake
City Cemetery
Thomas Haizlip
Mrs. Rachel Dennis Jones Dies at 70 in Jamestown
Rachel Dennis Jones 70 of Rt 1 Jamestown died Friday at home after years of illness. Born Sept 26 1899 in Cosby Tennessee to Sanders and Sara Dennis she moved to the Jamestown area in 1927. Survived by her son Dallas F Jones three grandchildren and three sisters. Funeral at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church officiated by Elder D A O Bryant and Rev Donald Dawalt with burial at Mitchells Grove United Methodist Church. The body lies at Cumby Mortuary and viewing tonight 7 to 9.
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Rachel Dennis Jones
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Cosby
Tenn
Sanders
Sara Phillips Dennis
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church
D. A. O’bryant
Donald Dawalt
Mitchell’s Grove United Methodist Church
Funeral set for Mrs Will Shaw at Camp Springs Church
Mrs Will F Shaw 71 died Friday of a heart attack at her home Rt 2 Elon College. She was a Caswell County native life resident of Camp Springs Community and a Camp Springs United Methodist Church member. Survivors include husband four sons Marion William Marvin Robert Horace, one daughter Mrs Bruce Foster, two brothers Sanford and George Simpson. Burial or service details follow at Camp Springs United Methodist Church.
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Elon College
Will F. Shaw
Caswell County
Camp Springs
Bruce Foster
Altamahaw
Marion Shaw
High Point
William Shaw
Rt. 1
Reidsville
Marvin
Robert V
Horace Shaw
Rt. 2
Sanford Simpson
Burlington
George F. Simpson
Davie County Couple Reply in Schlitz Pollution Suit
A Davie County couple from Mocksville answered an answer Friday in their 2 million dollar suit against Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co over fish kills and Yadkin River pollution. The Sprengers said the firm can well afford to pay damages and asked the statement be stricken. the couple contended the allegation was proper.
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Greensboro
Davie County
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co
Yadkin River
David Springer
Rt. 4
Mocksville
Infant Dies in Thomasville. Graveside Rites Set
Leigh Kennedy Burelson infant daughter of Joe Don and Ann Deaton Burelson of Albertson Road died today at 8 30 a.m. at High Point Memorial Hospital. Born Aug. 8, 1970 she is survived by her parents sister Kristy DeAnne grandparents Tim and Priscilla Deaton and Ray and Pansy Burelson. Graveside services Sunday at 3 p.m. Zion United Church of Christ Cemetery conducted by Rev. Joe T. Melton. Body at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home until service.
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Thomasville
Leigh Kennedy
Burelson
Joe Don
Ann Deaton
Albertson
High Point Memorial Hospital
Kristy DeAnne Burelson
The
Tim Deaton
Bell Drive
Pansy Burelson
Loftin Street
Ray Burelson
Zion United Church of Christ
Joe T. Melton
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Federal audit call over Guilford EOC training funds
Greensboro officials defend the Guilford County Economic Opportunity Council branch after an audit questions 116 453 dollars of spending. Representative Richardson Preyer and opponent Clifton Barham urged a federal probe into possible misused funds in the 536 000 dollar grant financed program. EOC leaders say mismanagement was corrected and future safeguards are in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Justice Department
The
Guilford County Economic Opportunity Council
High Point
High Point Man Bound Over For Murder Trial In Thomasville
William Taft Goss 33 of Clara Cox Apartments High Point was bound over to Davidson County Superior Court on a murder charge for the Aug. 30 shooting death of George Tuttle on Forsyth Street in Thomasville. Probable cause found bond set at 25000 and posted.
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Thomasville
William Taft Goss
Davidson County
Lexington
Harold Anderson
Durham
Lester J
Two Injured In Accident On S. Main Street
Two people were injured when two cars and a bus collided on S Main Street near Fraley Road. Olwen Fanny Boykin of Asheboro and Boyd Bennett of Sophia were treated and released. The bus was driven by Arthur Jones Carty of Fayetteville and owned by Queen City Coach Co of Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Main Street
Fraley Road
Olwen Fanny Boykin
Asheboro
Boyd Bennett
Rt. 1
Sophia
High Point Memorial Hospital
Charlotte
Arthur Jones Carty
Fayetteville
William Edell Stanley
Rt. 5
Delores Shew Ratton
Lexington
James Ross Spencer
North Drive
Kearns Street
Richard Blackwell Fields
Pine Circle Drive
Hedges
Burton Avenue
Georgia Trivett Wilmouth
Summit Road
Mozelle Peterson Whitehead
Archdale
Olen Lloyd Teague Jr
Rt. 2
Ferndale
Meadow Place
Donald Madison Owen
Thissell Street
Janice Chery Hethcox
Pinehurst Drive
Coroner Rules In River Death In North Carolina
Assistant Coroner Lloyd Emery rules accidental drowning as the cause of death for a Gastonia man whose body was found floating in the northeast Cape Fear River near Wilmington North Carolina.
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Wilmington, N. C
Lloyd Emery
Gastonia
Cape Fear River
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Mr. E. R. Klass
W. S. Stone
Mr. Stone
Robert Lee
Ida Jane Burton Stone
Trinity College
Duke University
Mary Stallings
W. Stewart Stone Jr
Westminister Dr
Robert L. Stone
W. W
Dosia) Cecil
Hillcrest Dr
Ezra B. Stone
Whitehard School Road
Mrs. Mary Shaw
J. M. Turner
Davidson Funeral Home Chapel
Funeral Home
Charles (Ed) Weaver
Frierson Funeral
H. D. Kester Sr
J. C. Johnson
Lessie Smith
Isaac Wilkie
Dallas F. Jones
Ernest
Mary) Jones
Coltrane St
J. O
Geneva) von Cannon
Fifth Street
Rebecca Smoot
Old
Winson Road
Cumby
Camp Springs United Methodist Church
Schlitz
Burleson Infant
Guilford Eoc
Richardson Preyer
North Carolina
Clifton Barham
Preyer
US Justice Dept
Barham
Rep. Preyer
EOC
Walter Gray
L. L. Weltner
Charles Davis
Centennial Avenue
Joe H. Collins
Church Street
Charles Kimbrell
Hill Street
Charles D. Hughes
S. Main
Williams Flowers
South Main Street
H.P. Enterprise
Spencer-Parlier Brothers
S. Main St. Ph
Dolly
Mites
Main St
Ester U
AUTO
Labor Day
Western Auto
Wachovia
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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