Deaths and Funerals in Thomasville Area
Funeral services were held for M. L. Patrick at First Methodist Church with Rev. Tut tle and Dr. Rozzelle officiating. Interment followed in Guilford Memorial Park. Patrick, 58, longtime resident and former councilman, died after a long illness. Graveside services were held for Tolson infant daughter of George Robert and Bobbie Lee Briggs Tolson in Tolson infant Thomasville with relatives listed. Robert Edward Burton, 85, a Memorial Methodist Church member, died in Mocksville. funeral services were at Memorial Methodist Church with survivors including wife Carrie, two daughters, three sons, a grandson and great grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Patrick
First Methodist Church
Robert Tuttle
C. E. Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Paul Russell
Carl Sherton
A. E. Sherron
Patrick
Carrick Ave
Robert E. Burton
Thomasville
Memorial Methodist Church
Robert Edward Burton
Cox Ave
Lynn Haven
Mocksville
Burton
Carrie Westmoreland
Tom Gordon
Edith Benner
Stuart
Steve Burton
Charles Burton
U. S. Army
Greenland
I. Walter Burton
Alexander L Mallard Funeral Services Held
Alexander Layafette Mallard aged 78 died Thursday in an Atlanta nursing home after nine years of declining health. Funeral services were Sunday at 3:30 p m at Main Street Methodist Church with Dr H G Allen officiating. Interment followed in Oakwood Cemetery. pallbearers included James 8 doo am Paul J Carroll Horace Bevens E Caruso Marsh and Paul L Mendenhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Layafette Mallard
Main Street Methodist Church
H. G. Allen
Oakwood Cemetery
James
Doo
Paul J. Carroll
Horace Bevens
E. Caruso Marsh
Paul L. Mendenhall
Mr. Mallard
High Point
Atlanta
Mrs Patterson of Davidson Dies in Hospital
Mrs Patterson of Davidson died early yesterday at High Point Memorial. She lived for years at the Presbyterian Home with her husband William Sevien a retired Presbyterian master of Davidson. Survived by her husband. Funeral services were to be conducted today at 3 p.m. at David pape y. Dr. S W Newell and Dr J R Cunningham officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
High Point Memorial
Presbyterian
William Sevien
Davidpape Y Nance
S. W. Newell
J. R. Cunningham
Alvin S. Myers Dies After Long Illness at 86
Alvin Scott Myers 86 of Route 3 Thomasville Tabernacle Township died at City Memorial Hospital at noon Sunday after a five year illness. Born December 6 1870 in Davidson County he was a retired farmer and a Pleasant Hill Methodist Church member. He married Ada Williams in 1900 who survives with four daughters. Funeral services set for 3 PM with ministers Rev C B Barr and Rev J T Bowman. Interment followed in local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Alvin Scott Myers
Route 3
Tabernacle Township
City Memorial Hospital
Mr. Myers
Davidson County
Canaan Myers
Mary Warner Myers
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
Ada Williams
Essie Myers
W. 8. Walker
Ashe Church
C. B. Barr
J. T. Bowman
Spring Hill Methodist Church
Davidson
Cay
Hine
Daniel and
Josie Jones Johnson
High Point
Ernest G. Johnson
Route 2
Ores L. Johnson
Long St
James Nathaniel McGee
Mills Home Church
Roger Williams
Allen Street Baptist Church
Charlotte
Sharon Memorial Park
Pauline McGee Dixon
Piedmont Courts
Walter Cliff McGee
Pauline Hunter McGee
Mills Home
Twila R. Combs
Helen
Jane McGee
Mills
Walter A
Donald O'neal McGee
Court of Honor at First Presbyterian Church
Boy Scout Troop 20 will hold a Court of Honor Thursday night at 7 30 in the church basement located at the First Presbyterian Church.
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First Presbyterian Church
Ralph T Carraway Funeral Services Held In High Point
Ralph Trav is Carraway age 70 of Route 5 High Point died Thursday morning after a collapse at a local doctor’s office. Funeral services were Sunday at 2 30 p.m. from Cumby Mortuary with Rev Worth R Pugh officiating. Pallbearers from Piedmont Lodge 681 AF AM included J A Walters Tom Henderson W M Collins G D Collins Raymond Coleman D D Welborn P D Newman and G V Vaughn. Interment followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph T. Carraway
Ralph Travis Carraway
Cumby
Worth R. Pugh
Oedale
Mrs B C Cox of Ramseur Dies at 60
Mrs. B C Cox of Ramseur dies at age 60. The obituary lists survivors including Michie Allen Burton Newlin of Snow Camp and several Ramseur Asheboro and Ramseur area relatives. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Cox
Ramseur
Michie Allen Burton Newlin
Snow Camp
Elvin Craven
Jack Edwards
Asheboro
Bryant Dark
Edsel Moffitt
Lyndon Craven
Grady Moon
Randleman
Rebecca Ann Allen
Quentin Allen
High Point
Ray Brown
van Brown
Theodore Hamner
Wood Hubbard
Church Cemetery
Mrs Purser Dies In Local Home For Aged
Ida Purser age 82 of Albemarle died yesterday at the Montheu Home for the Aged. A Stanly County native she was the daughter of Mrs C V Shankle of 304 West Lexington Avenue. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Purser
Albemarle
Montheu
Stanly County
C. V.shankle
Lexington Ave
Three Sentences Handed Down in Municipal Court Session
JJ Byron Haworth presided in a abbreviated Municipal Court session. Curtis Freeman of Newport News received six months on the roads for displaying a fictitious license and driving during revocation. Mary Richesdems faced eight months, after failing to pay court-ordered bills to Cora Moore. James Edward Trivette was sentenced to five months on the roads with four months for resisting an officer and assault and a 30 day term for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Haworth
Municipal
Criminal Division Superior Court
Curtis Freeman
Newport News
E Point
Mary Richesdems
Gordy Street
Cora Moore
Haworth
James Edward Trivette
Willowbrook Street
Knife attack leads to new charge against Kenny Lilly
Police filed an assault with a deadly weapon charge against Kenny Lilly 28 of Taylor Street after he allegedly slashed John Henry Countee on the face during a brawl. Both men required 40 stitches and officers jailed 42 people that weekend. Others arrested include Thomas Quick 22 of Underhill Street and Leonard Howard 26 who had crossed the state line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenny Lilly
Taylor Street
John Henry Countee
Lilly
Thomas Quick
Underhill Street
Leonard Howard
State Line
Miss Ora Voncanon of Asheboro Dies at Home
Miss Ora Voncanon, 74, of Route 5 Asheboro died at her home at 2 a.m. yesterday after a few weeks of illness. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Pisgah Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Ora Voncannon
Pisgah Methodist Church
Honor Student Back To College
Thomasville youth Thomas Stallings returns to North Carolina State College for sophomore year to study aeronautical engineering. His parents note a letter from Dean John W. Shirley praising his outstanding scholastic record in the 1956 57 year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
David Stallings
Charles Stallings
June Street
N. C. State College
State College
John W. Shirley
Piedmont GOP to Organize at Greensboro Dinner Meeting
Greensboro will host a Piedmont Republican meeting at the Henr y Hotel on Friday October 4 with about 300 attendees. W E Gavin of Sanford elected temporary chairman. 19 counties listed. dinner costs 5 dollars. reservations by mail to Box 1902 Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Potter
National
GOP
Meade Alcorn
0. Henry
W. E. Gavin
Sanford
Federation
Alamance
Caswell
Chatham
Devideen
Durham
Forsyth
Granville
Guilford
Lee
Montgomery
Moore
Orange
Person
Randolph
Rowan
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Gavin
Post Office
Thieves Break In At McLarty Drug Store
Thieves ripped through iron bars at McLarty Drug Store on Church Street last night to steal wrist watches electric razors and a small amount of cash. Entry gained via a rear window with heavy bars pried loose and the pane smashed. Missing were two razors two watches a deck of cards and 3 50 in change. Also under investigation was a theft from a parked car belonging to Thomas H Hartman of the local YMCA with items missing after his car was left unattended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLarty Drug Store
Church Street
Thomas H. Hartman
YMCA
Tool Thefts Charged To Three Men
Three larceny and receiving arrests were reported by the sheriff's deputies. Marvin Hicks 24 John Gordon 16 both of Lexington Route 2 and John Marvin Lane 16 of Thomasville Route 1 were cited for allegedly taking a screwdriver and pliers valued at 5 50 from Old Kennedy service station on August 29. Calvin Scarborough made the complaint. They must appear in court October 4. Also arrested were James McCormick 23 of Concord Street on assault on a female charge by Barbara McCormick and Johnnie Booker 34 of Finch Row on assault with a deadly weapon by Annie Ruth Booker. both posted bonds for October 4 trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Hicks
John Gordon
Route 2
Lexington
John Marvin Lane
Route 1
Thomasville
Kennedy
Calvin Scarborough
James McCormick
Concord Street
Barbara McCormick
Johnnie Booker
Finch Row
Annie Ruth Booker
Baptist Session in Denton at Center Hill Church
The 125th session of the association will be held at Center Hill Baptist Church near Lexington with Dr. Budd Smith president of Wingate College and Dr. Stewart A. Newman of Southeastern Seminary among speakers. Dr. E. Luther Copeland will give the missionary address Wednesday afternoon while Dr. J. Roy Clifford of First Church Lexington serves as moderator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budd Smith
Wingate College
Stewart A. Newman
Southeastern Seminary
E. Luther Copeland
Southeastern
J. Roy Clifford
First Church
Lexington
Fatality On Wallburg Road Third In 10 Days
A High Point woman Mary Johnson Hine, 53, died after a head on collision on Wallburg Road four miles west of High Point. Her husband Percy Hines, 53, and Craig Denny, 16, survived with injuries. The same area saw James McGee, 16, die on Saturday and another child injured in a creek accident near a quarry the same week. James Nathaniel McGee, 16, and siblings survive his mother Pauline McGee Dixon of Charlotte. The crash involved a 1946 car and a 1953 car with Denny passing another vehicle when the collision occurred. Further charges may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
High Point
Davidson
Mary Johnson Hine
Springfield Road
Wallburg Road
James McGee
Mills
Old Superior
Craig Jarrell Denny
Ingleside Drive
Denny
Eee
Ee Denny
Lonnie Phillip Reece
Ee Eee
Petty
Jerry Clontz
Duard Clont
Donald Presnell
Clontz
New Highway 64
Escapee Nabbed After Months on the Run
Officers captured George Hoyle Wray 28 of Archdale hiding behind a door in a house after a stakeout. Described as a dangerous escapee from a Stokes County prison gang he surrendered without a struggle. He had been in hiding as police linked him to multiple break-ins surrounding his escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hoyle Wray
Archdale
Wray
Stokes County
Wilson
Wilson Wray
Ghey
Mgge
Little Theatre Sets Tryouts For Fall Play
High Point Little Theatre president Bob Barner announced tryouts for the fall play to be held tonight on the second floor of the High Point Save clock building. The first offering of the year is The Solid Gold Cadillac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Barner
High Point Little Theatre
High Point
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Tolson
George Robert
Bobbie Lee Briggs Tolson
High Point Memorial Hospital
Liberty Dr
Michael Tolson
J. F. Harrington
Kenneth Briggs
Rockwell
G. W. Tolson
Patterson of
Alvin S. Myers
Court OF Honor
Mrs. Purser
Miss Voncannon
Merit Shoes
Main ST
Piedmont
Denton
Baptist Witness To the World
Center Hill Baptist Church
Little Theatre
Grace Flower Shop
Point
Wrenn & Howell
Monark Shade Co
Asp
AVIS
Baptist Sunday School Rally
G. B. Vick
Temple Baptist Church
Detroit
Michigan
John Rawlings
Lockland
Ohio
Montlieu Avenue
Peoples Baptist Church
C. K. Rand
D. D
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