Jan - JunDA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, January 3,1951 - Page 4
Mary F, Tarnet'
Mur rraiujf«4 CoolHunfP,
diHd It* R«iwati Mfin'tftui H«upttHl W *•
n(*itdav fniluwintf u it*rii'0 iHn *«i« tn tit q.
dttv •
V SarvMog .^0 one son J* W. Tttrnei; ono
b0lf hfothor^ C* if. Tufner of Winston 8o>
lem, one helf slster« Mre William Rlddlngo
ofSiilnio..Oro« thfea grandfdilldren end
twogmat-grandelilldren I
ruRcral servlcfla were held at Cooleemea
Baptist Cburoti at 3:3(1 p. ID.« Tbuirsday.
OIBeinii g were Rev. G.- L Royater; Rev.
A. T. Stottdeomlfe and Rev. G. N. Spry.
Intemmot waa in Liberty Cbotcb cevetory
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, January 4,1951 - Page 1
Mrs. Faifcloih,
Advance, Eoute 2
Un. Cora UcCorkle Valrcloth,
89, died at 4:3S pA Sunday at
the reeideoce of to daughter,
Bfra. C. W. Wall, Advance, Route
3, with whom aha made her home.
She had been in declining
health for 10 yean and aeriouily
ill for two weaka.
Mn. Valrcloth waa bom June
30, 1861, in Davie County, the
daughter of Matthew and Lucy
Ann Chaffin McCorkle. Se lived
in Davie County raoat of her life
and lived for aeveral yeara in
Winaton-Salem. She waa a mem
ber of the Home Moravian
church. Her huaband, J. E. Fair-
colth, a farmer, died 22 yeara ago.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. C. W, Hall and Miss Grace
Faircolth of Advance, Route 2;
two sons, C. E. Faircloth of Ad
vance and H. E. Faircloth of
Winston'Salcm; seven grandchil
dren, II great • grandchildren,
and one great-great grandchild.
Mrs. Jess HaiArisc,
70, of Moeksville
Mrs. Nettie Atwood Hendrix.
7, wife of Jess Hendrix of Mocks-
ville, died Saturday afternoon at
her home. She suffered a atroke
of paralysis five years ago and
a second atroka 10 days aga
A native of Yadkin County,
Mrs. Hendrix was a daughter
of Joaeph and Nancy Allgood At
wood. She had lived In Mocks-
viUe since her marriage in 1908
SurvivcTi include her husband,
three brothers, Will Atwood of
Wlnston-Salem and Arthur and
James Atwood of Thomasvillc;
two sisters, Mrs E. E. Wilson
of High Point and Mrs. Floreitce
Schuler of Moeksville.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Monday at Turrentine Bap
tist Church, of which Mrs. Hen
drix was a life - long member.
Burial was In the church cmie-
tery.
Anwld Eay Gartner, 41,
Dies of Wreck Injuries
Arnold Ray Gartner, 41, of
Woodleaf, Route 1, died January
2 in a StatesviUe hospital from
injuries received in an automobJIa
wreck which oceured on C^iit-
nlaa day in Davie County.
The car JUt which 1^, C^ner
waa traveling alone, overtnrW
in the vidnity of County Lint,
Hiwhway H frooi Uocka-
vUIa A. M . ■.»'? ii j »• ~
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, January 4,1951 - Page 6
Mary Frances Turner,
77, of Cooleemee
Mary Frances Turner, 77, a
native of Cooleemee, died in Ro'
wan Memorial Hospital at 18:40
a.m. Dee. 27. following a serious
illness of one day.
She was a daughter of William
and Mary Griffin Turner who
died several years ago.
Surviving are one son. J. W.
Turner; one half brother, C. H.
Turner nf Wimtun • Salem, one
half sister, Mrs. William Rld-
dings of Salem, Ore., three
grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren!
Funeral services were held at
Cooleemee Baptist Church at 9:30
p.m. Dec. 36, with the body lying
in state.SO. minutM prior. O^clat-
we^ the Bev. 6. L. Roysltf,
Ibt R«v; :A, T.
C.;: N.' Bpw.. latawawn
wM' to iatesty Outfcb
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, January 10,1951 - Page 4
Paul Carter Dies ^
Paul Carteri Winston-Salcm, R.
3» died Dec. 30th in a Winston- '
Sftlom hospital of injuries received
in a Christmus e*c wreck which
had already claimed two lives.
His wife, Mrs. Evelyn Hubbard
Carter, and Sgc. Carl E. Jonesi of
Lexington,'were killed Instantly in
the crash on the Old Watkcrtown
Road.
Mr. Carter, who was employed
by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,
was a native of Davic County, a
son of Mr. and Mrs S. C. Carter,
of Advance, Route 2, who sur*
vivc. Other survivors include sev
en brothers, Aaron, Billy, Clar
ence and Colman Carter, of Ad
vance, R, 2; Ernest Carter, Rich
mond, Va.; Allie Carter, South-
mont, and Frank Carter, Lexing
ton; one sister, Mrs. Geo Jones,
Mocksvillc, Route 3.
Funeral services were held at
the home of the parents on Ad
vance, Route 2, at 1 p. m., Jan, 1,
and at Cornntzer Baptist Church
at 1:30 p. m. Burial was at the
Crews Methodist Church ceme
tery, where his wife was buried*
Rev. B. A. Carrol, Rev. James H.
Groce, and Rev. T. G. Madison,
were the ofiiciating ministers.
Mrs. Ada Smith
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada B.
Smith. 85, who died Dec. 31st, at
the home, Advance, Route 1, were
held at the Bethlehem Methodist
Church at 2:30 p. m. last Tuesday*
Rev. John Oakley and Rev. Geo.
Bruncr ofliciated, Buri.il was In
the church ccmctcrv.
Mrs. Smith was a life long resi
dent of the Beth chcm Methodist
Church community, and was the
widow of Charlie H* Smith, She
had been in bad health for some
time and setiously III three weeks.
Surviving arc two sons, Glenn
and O. H. Smith, of Advance, R»
1; two daughters, Mrs, C. S. Dunn
and Mrs. Sam Beauchamp, of Ad
vance, Route 1; 17 grandchildren
and 19 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Jess Hendrix
Mrs. Nettie Atwood Hendrix,.'
70, wife of Jesse Hendrix, died at
her home in this city on Dec. 30.
She had been ill for Severn! years.
Survivors include her husband,
three brothers, Will Atwood, of
Wlnstpn-Salem and Arthur and
JamcsLAtwood, of Thomasvillc;
two sisters, Mrs. E. E. Wilsoni of
High Point, and Mrs. Florence
Schulcr, of near Mocksvillc.
Funeral services were, held at 2
p. m. Jan*. Ist, ot Turrentinc. Bap
tist Cburcl), of which she was a
member. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, January 10,1951 - Page 4
Mrs, Cora Fair-
cloth
Funcm! services for Mrs. Cora
McCorkIc Falrcloth, 89, who died
Dec. 31, at her home; Advance,
Route 2, were conducted at 2 p.
m., Tuesday et Voglcr*s Chapel by
Bishop j. K. Pfohl and Dr. Gord<
on Spaugh. .Burinl was in the
Moravian Graveyard.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Sjl/PS..; n
|n ,• .. who .3i^ at'her home in' Wiii-v;
Cston-Salem Saturday at the age of 88",^
^VfBs a.*pioneer newspaper woman in,
iNorth Carolina. Fifty-eight years ago
Jshe was founder,.editor and publisher ,
1 of a weekly newspaper in Yadkin^
I County. . She named it The'.Yadkin
I Ripple. And it is still being published •
I under that name.
f Although Mrs. Hall had not been en-
n gaged in newspaper work for a long
j time, she never lost her interest in it
; or her editorial habit of thinking on
public questions. She retained strong
convictions and the courage to express
them. She was the widow of the late
Rev. 9. W. Hall. He was a'staunch
Baptist and Republican. But she was
an equally staunch Methodist and
Democrat.
Long before columnists came into
such wide popular favor in .American
newspapers, Mrs. Hall was a well-
known columnist in Northwestern
: North Carolina. She wrote under the
pen name of "Meddlesome Mat." Her
' column was always original and never
dull.
Mrs. Hall was never a member of the ^
staff of The Journal, but she made a
distinct contribution to the progress of
;,[ tWffAiiew^^ap^d
y e^s.£She gave 'five of heir six^sons 'tS
the "sawice' nf The Jourital—thr^'-iS
pur news departmrat, one in"o^ cifg
.ciUatioh:-depattinentj: 'and;:one;iii ^ouS'mecham'cal department. One of he^
sons, the late Johnson Hall, rose to th^
position of City Editor, and- was'abljS
assisted by .his brother, Avaldn HaIl;S
wha later became Solicitor of the Sev-S
enteenth Judici^ District with head-S
quarters at Yadkinville. ^
Mrs. Hall will be held in loving M
memory by a wide circle of friends 3
for her winsome personality, never{-
failing sense of humor, exceptional in-
telligence and sound philosophy • of ^
life—^life that she met with a smile,
even if sometimes it was a .smile
through tears.
In writing the history of the North
Carolina press, the historians of the
future should not overlook Mrs. Mattle^^i
Johnson Hall. She was probably
first woman in the State to be a newl^"
paper founder, owner, editor, publisfi^
er and columnist — all at the sam'e^
time. And they should not forge^?
either, the contributions she made
the advancement of the ^Commori^''*?
wealth in her time, not toe least
which was as a mother of seveiCQJ^f
children—a daughter and six so^
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MPs: AfATTT3? Imov^^^ Wm^on-S^emMttw. AlATTIE /r^rement from-ithe- miriiistSHc
tt '-Ti "'-'aA
r*C rl o'11 3<><." ~- Bom in JonesHlIe on,:J^!nC[l,'• O* xXClJJ^ OO^i.. 1863,.Mx5. Hall'was-the^dau^^
•'•■•>of J. Hiram and'Susan■"Hi'^Pom--
Wyr TT :T| years ago.:;jr:vjq4;6?-f;VI T*G H €1 I I 5<M." ~- Bom in Jonesville on, :J^!:;>Il,i'XiO# XXCtJ-i^ OO^i.. 1863,.Mx5. Hall'was-the^dau^^^ __ •^•■•>of J. Hiram and'Susan■*H"*P6m--
IH rf^l*mian» Y o rl I^TfT: dexter_ Johnson. She spenfe-herX ?JXXlJ.Vyl. X ctf IK I-1 ■ early life in East ,B^d, and.-had
• llived . in. Winston^al"enivfoHi33publislier, Dies^lS.wi/nSSPSiM'on archi:ie
Mattie Johnson HaU.totmder of the Yadkin Ripple andItfiaaw of the Rev. S. W. Hall, died vT?^^r®-'c'
[Mr. HaU:-M ,:l89rit^
Bio - Obituaries - 1/14/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
S A Pioneer INewsp
..who Hi^ at'her home in ."Wiii-'
Sstoh-Salem Saturday at, the age of 88;;
a.*pioneer newspaper woman -in
f North Carolina. Fifty-eight years ago
Ishe was founder,.editor and publisher ,
I of a weekly newspaper in Yadkin '
I County.; She named it The Tadkin
I Ripple. And it is still being published .j under that name.
1 Although Mrs. Hall had not been en-
• gaged in newspaper work for a long
j time, she never lost her interest in it
• or her editorial habit of thinking on
public questions. She retained' strong
convictions and. the courage to express
them. She was the widow of the late
Rev. 9. W. Hall. He was a' staunch
Baptist and Republican. But she was
an equally staunch Methodist and
Democrat.
Long before columnists came into
such wide popular favor in American
newspapers, Mrs. Hall was a well-
known columnist in Northwestern
North Carolina. She wrote under the
pen name of "Meddlesome Mat." Her
• column was always original and never
duU.
Mrs. Hall was never a member of the;
staff of The Journal, but she made a
distinct contribution to the progress of
J thisvnewspaper^.VdUrml^
. years.; She gave-five of her 'A soiis
the-service hf The Joufna^thfee; i®
.our news department,, one hi'our ciiffl
ciUationv.depaftoentf; 'and::pn^, hi ouSmechanical department. One of he^S
sons, the late Johnson Hall, rose to thmE
position of City .Editor, and-was abl^B
assisted by -his brother, Avalon
who later became Solicitor of the Sev^
enteenth Judicial District with head-^
quarters at Yadkinville.Mrs.' Hall will be held in loving-^
memory by a wide circle of friends M
for her winsome personality, never
failing sense of humor, exceptional in-
telligence and sound philosophy • of g
lif®—life that she met with a smile,
even if sometimes it was a smile
through tears.
In writing the history of the North
Carolina press, the historians of the •
future should not overlook Mrs. Matfij^i^.
Johnson' Hail. She was probably tfefirst woman in the State to be a nev^-V'j
paper founder, owner, editor, publi^i^^J !
er and columnist — all at the s&rne^ ]
time. And they should not forget 1
either, the contributions she made th";^a
the advancement of the Commoi£i-y^L^
wealth in her time, not the least
which was as a mother of seveiCBa^tt !
children—a daughter and six so^ ^
DAVIE CO. PUELfC l;3RAPY
mocksville, nc
o .
MRS.MATTIEjpJj:,-:'.-.-;:-.
Mrs. ilall, 88,
Former Yadkin
pR^lisher, Dies
fcvii&s. Mattie Johnson Hall',
Itounder of the Yadkin Ripple and
feviaaW of the Rev. S. W. Hall, died
pffrffi'p.m. yesterday at her home,
toST^est End Boulevard. She was
088 ydars old.
Hall founded the' Yadkin
Yadkin County . weekly
mey^aper, more than 50 years
pg(^8he was editor of that paper
^^>.^out three years, and pub-
BiisdieB for many years after that. •
I'^yfoneer Newspaper Woman
I^MKwas considered one of "the |
pioneer newspaperwomen.
Critically ill since Tuesday, Mrs.
iHaH^ad been in-ill health for
^el^t^ears. . • .s -. ^
p;.. .Heg.husb and, the Rev. Mr. Hall,
[jRas;»^baptist minister who served
several churches 'in 'Northwest
Carolina for many years. He- was
also principal of several schools in
this section of the State; and was
connected with Mills Home. Or
phanage at Thoiriasville for some
years;
The Rev.' Mr. T^'U and.Mi^t^-Han
moved to 'Winston-Salent-afte^'Ms
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Bom in Jonesville 'on;;Jan!n^l,1863,. M^. Hall wa5:th^daughi»of J. Hiram and Susan^Hi'^Ppin.-dexter..- Johnson. "^She ^ sp«ifc^:,?herearly life in East .Bend; aii^ ha^d
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She .was' married; to- the^Eey.Mr.' Hall'''pn-Marc^l5,:;.l8?rit^.Mrs?HaU was^a^memberdfp^-
tenary Methodist Church.Sunriving >:are\?'one:' --;<ia"ughtCT,MiSs- Mattiei^ue«£alL^|«Wip^Saleray'threeiijsdn^Jam.e^iBtoBffi'o£r:^i9SiMtoa-Stieife^:imibitdEb^^4df-Tadkmyil^-^^C^^^i^aAdvahce:;i2''OTahdchRc&''^'2ni£aix.j
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, January 17,1951 - Page 5
Mrs.,MaryCreason
, Mety Cressnn, 68* died In a Wina
j ton-Ssfem boapttel Friday*
I Bom in DavieCounty* she was a dai^*
: ter<^ Mr* and Mrs* Samuel Godbey* She
I lived In thia couniy unlll 6 yeora atfo*
wben aha went to Wlnaton Satefo to ilvo
with her ehlldren.
Sufvlvind are Ave deiiAhtera* Mra* W*
C* Sale. Mra Guy Boger and Mrs. K. t.
Leonard* of Wh^oo^tetn: Mm. OranvUle
McCutloudb* Moehavllle* R* 4, and Mfs.
Mnry Ollnard: Roral HaB, R. 1; two aona,
0. M. Creaion* Gtundy* Va.» and Hnbait
Creaion* Slier Olty: one slater. Mra. Etta
Delay* CrawCordivllle. Ind.; one brother*
Cbarile Godbey. of CRevelaod; 29 grand
eblldren and 26 great-gfandidilldren.
Fbneral aervlcaa were held at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday at Liberty Methodist Church With
ber pestnr* Rev* G. W. Finb ofllclatlog* and
the body laid to rest In the cburcb ce-
meter?.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERl'RISE, Thursday, January 18, 1951 - Page 6
W. L. GAITHER, 65,
RITES HELD FRIDAY
Funeral services for William
Loulco Gaither, 65, who died at
his home, Mocksvllle, Route 1,
were held at 2 p.m. Friday at
Now Union Methodist .Church
neor the Davle-Ircdell County
line.
Mr. Galther died at his home
of a heart attack Wednesday af
ternoon. He had been til several
weeks.
Among survivors in addition to
the widow are five sons, Ernest
Goither of Route I, Mockaville.
Clay and Kelly Goither of the
home, Leo Galther of High Point,
Lester Galther of Statesvilte; two
daughters, Mrs. Louise Morlson
of Galax, Va., and Mrs. Howard
Elkins of Greensbcro, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Annie Gaithcp of Salls-
l\ury.
MRS. WOMACK
PASSES FRIDAY
Mrs. Fannie Coon Womacfc, ,92,
died at a Salisbury hospital at
6:30 a.m. Saturday of injuries
sustained in a fall Friday at her
home on Mocksville, Route 2.
Mrs. Womack had been in good
health until the time of the acci
dent.
She was married to H. B. Wom
ack, farmer of Davic County, who
died several years ago.
Surviving ore a daughter, Mrs.
Bessie Womack Keslcr of the
home; two sons, W. F. Womock
and K. B. Womack of Birming
ham, Ala.; one brother; Charlie
Coon of Mocksville, Route 2; six
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Monday at Union Chapel
Methodist Church.,The Rev. W,
C. Anderson and the Ruv. F. R.
Loflin were in charge. Burial was
in'the church cemetery.
Bio - Obituaries - 1/18/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LiBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, January 18,1951 - Page 8
MRS. HALL,
FORMER PUBUSHER,
PASSES IN WINSTON
Funeral services for Mrt. MatUe
Johnson Hall, who died Satur
day at 6 p.m. at her homa in
Wlnston-Salem, alter having been
in ill health for eight yetra^ and
critically ill since last Tiiaadajr,
were conducted Monday at 1:M
p.m. at the home, and at 1:)0 at
East Bend Baptist churdi. Dr.
Douglas Rights, the Rev. Har-
wood Myers and Santford Uar*
tin officiated.
Mrs. Hall was one of the State's
pioneer newspaper women, she
founded the Yadkin Ripple, more
than 50 years ago. She was edit
or of thc_Yadkin,RippIc.for_abput
three years, and publisher for
many years after that.
Born in JoncsvUlc.on Jan. 11,
1863, Mrs. Hall waT^the daugh
ter of J. Hiram and Susan H.
Poindcxter Johnson. She spent
her early life in East Bend, and
had lived in Winston-Salem gS
years.
She was marled to the Rev. 8.
W. Hall on March 10, 1001.
Mrs. Hall was a member of
Centctnary Methodist Church.
Surviving are one daughter,
Miss Mattie Sue Hall of Winstoo-
Salcm three sons, James F. HaR
of Winston-Salem, Avaloa K.
Hall of Yadklnviltc and C. W. HaU
of Advance; 12 grainddUldren and
six great-granddiildrcn; and a
number of nieces and'nephewi.
PaUbeorort were the foUowiag
grandsons: Jock L, Johnson, Lock-
siey, Thomas K., Samuel K. and
William Hall, Fardue W. Preston
and Jerry K. Green.
Burial was in the diurdi eecne-
tery."
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, January 24,1951 - Page 5
Pritchard Cain
Funeral services for Pritchard
Beamcr Cain> 79» ,of Etienville,
R Y., native of DavlcCounty and
a lormer resident of Mocksville,
were held at 260 p. m»» Thursday
at Eaton's Baptist Church by Rev.
Wade Hutchins. Burial was in
the church cemeterv*
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Agnes Anderson; two
sons Louis Cain of New York
City and Albert Cain of Ellen'
vlllc; one sister, Mrs. W. Rod-
well Sr., of Mocksvillc, one broth
er, I. B. Cain of Caiia; and three
grandchildren.
Andrew Lee Sain
^ Funeral services for Andrew Lee
Sain, 57, of Winston-Salem
held at 4 p. m., Tuesday at North
Winston Baptist Church by Rev.
J. Ml Hayes and Rev. G. E. Brewer.
Mr. Sain died at his home at
5:30 a. m., Jan. 15 after an illness
of five weeks.
Bom Jan. 7,1894, in Mocksville.
he was a son of Wiley E. and
Sarah Elizabeth Smith Sain. He
hod lived in Winston-Salcm for
the past 40 years.
Surviving arc o«ie son, Maurice
Lee Sain, of Wmston-Satem; one
on brother, W, C. Sain of Phoe
nix, Ariz.i two sisters, Mrs. J. L.
McDaniels and Mrs. K. L. Cobler
of Winston'Salcm./
Mrs. J. F. Garwood
Mrs. J. F. Garwood, 80, died un
expectedly Jan. 13th at her home in
Coolcemec following a heart at
tack. She bccamcill white working
at her husband's grocery store in
Coolcemec and died 30 minutes
later.
Mrs. Garwood, the former Miss
Georgia Benson, was born in Row
an County but has lived in ^Coo
lcemec for 48 years Survivors in
clude her husband, J. F. Gar
wood, Cooleemee mermant; three
sisters, Mrs. A. B. Goblc of Coo
lcemec, Mrs. Charlie Cartncr of
Woodlcaf and Mrs. J. F. Henley
of Aibcmarlc, and two half sisters
and two half brothers.
Funeral services were held af 3'
p. m., Jan. 14th at Cooleemee Bap*
tist Church, and burial was at
Fork Church tn Davie County, i
Mrs,H.B, Vfoinack \
Mrs. Fannie Coon Womack, 93, I
died at a Salisbury hospital, Jan.
13th of injuries sustained in a fall
at her home on Mocksvillc, R. 2«
Surviving arc a daughter, Mrs.j
Bessie Womack Kesler of the
home; two sons, W. F. Womack
and K. B. Womack of Birmlng-j
ham, Ala.; one brother, Charlie'
Coon of Mocksville, Route 2; six
grandchildren and seven great-'
grandchildren. i
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m., Jan. 15th at Union Chapel
Methodist Church, Rev. William
Anderson and Rev* Foster Loftin
were in charge. Burial was in the
church cemetery. |
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, January 24,1951
I Vefernn
Die^ i
j/. In. the death of Mrs! Maltie HallJ
1 which occurred rccentliij
ton-SaleiT)/. hiforth Cafoliha«Idsti
one of her veteran .-T.hfcWApa^eif
women. Mrs • Hall waV^ yeiirs
,oId. She foutided^TW^jy^^
I Ripple 58 years {ago, ;ih iCedi&ci
) that paper fOr several fei • sKfe
'.was a fluent writer, arid[| ifef a'rtK
; cles In various newSpapc rs^
j widely read. Mrs/ ^is the'i
1 mother of Attorney Av^al m' Hall/1
I of YadKinvillg, who Istbrlhing^^^
I law office here, ahd th^n Other-df.
I Chas. W. HalK of Adv^,
DAVIE record!
Bio - Obituaries - 1/24/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, January 25, 1951 - Page 3
William Houston Beck
Rites Held Tuesday
Wflllam Houston Beck, M, re
tired farmer, died at 7:25 p.m.
Sunday at his home In the Jeru
salem Baptist Church commun
ity, Mocksville Route 4. He had
been in declining health two
months and seriously ill one week.
Mr. Beck was a son of Henry
and Amanda Baity Beck.
Surviving are three sons, C. W.
and G. R Beck, both of Mocks-
vllte Route 4, and C. C. Beck of
Greensboro; one dsughter, hSra.
Sam Coble of MocksvjUe, Route
4; 14 grandchildren; eight great
grandchildren: and three broth
ers. D. E, H. R. and J. B. Beck,
all of Mocktville, Route 4.
Ftmerol services were held at
3 p.m. Tuesday iftemoon at Jer
usalem Baptist Church. The Rev.
E. Turner and the Rev. V. L.
Andrews officiated. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thui-sday, January 25, 1951 - Page 10
L. M. FURCHES
PASSES MONDAY
Funeral! services wore hold
Wednesday for L. M. Furchcs,
77. ol the Fnrmlngton Baptist
Church at 2 p.m. Mr. Furchcs
died at the home of his son, S.
L. Furchcs of Clcinmons on Mon
day. Interment was in the ceme
tery at Yudkin Volley Baptist
Church.
Ho had been In declining health
for five years, but died unex
pectedly.
Born Nov. 17, 1873, In Farm-
ington, he was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis A. Furchcs. He
spent his entire life there. For
the past 10 years, he hud divided
his time among his children.
Ho was a member of Forming-
ton Baptist Church. On Oct. 30,
1805. he was married to Mattic
Elizabeth Douthit, who died June
0, 1041.
Surviving ore five sons, S. !«.
and J. Frank Furchcs of Clem-
mons, T. J. Furchcs of Tobocco-
villc, A. D. Furchcs of Winaton-
Sniom, and D. L. Furchcs of the
U. S. Army; one daughter, Miss
Martlia F. Furchcs of Shelby; 10
grandchildren; three great-grand
children; and one brother, D. K.
Furchcs of Mocksvillc, Route 2.
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Smith, 71
FuncrnL services for Mrs. Lc-
norn Walker Smith 71, of Mocks-
ville. Route 1. life-long resident
of Davic County, who died Sun
day, were held at 3 p.m. Tues
day nt Macedonia Moravian
church. The Rev. J. C. Bruncr
officiated. Burial • was in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are one son. Willie
W. Smith of Harmony; three
brothers, Claude and Julius Wul-
kcr botl> of Orostc.s, Ind., and
John Walker of Concord; two sis
ters, Mrs. Nannie Booc of Cool-
ccince, and Mrs. Elizabeth Flott
of California; throe half brothers,
Siman Waikcr of Advance, Sid
ney Walker of Union City, Term.,
and Richard Walker of Baltimore,
Md.; and Ihreu hulf sisters, Mrs.
Hattic Safelcy of Coolccmce, Miss
Dora Wallkor of Winston-Salem,
and Mrs. Rosa Cook of Advance;
and seven grandchildren.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, January 31,1951 - Page 5
L, M. Parches
L. M. Furctieai 77, retired farm
er, died Jan. 22, at tlic home of
his son, S. L. Furchcs ol Ctcm*
mons.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs,
Louis A. Furches. For the past 10
years, he had divided his time a-
mone the children
He was a member of Farming'
ton Baptist Church.' On'Oct. 30.
1895, he was married to Mattic
Elizabeth Douthlt, who died June
9,1941.
Surviving are hvc sons, one
daughter, 10 grandchildren; three
great - grand • children; and one
brother, D. TC Furchcs, of Mocks*
ville. Route 2.
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m., Wednesday at Farmington
Baptist Church, with Rev. Lowell
Renegar and Dr. Ralph Herring
officiating, and the body laid to
rest in Farmington cemetery.
Mrs, Lenora Smith
Mrs. Lenora M, Smith, 71, died
Jan. 21st« at her home on Route
I, where she had been a iifc*long
resident. Surviving arc one son,
three brothers, two sisters, three
half brothers, two half sisters, scv«
en grandchildren* Funeral scrvl*
ces were held last Tuesday at 2 p.
m. at Macedonia Moravian Church
with burial in thechurch cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, Februarj' 1,1951 - Page 5
John Neely White,
75, of Cana,Route 1
John Neely White. 75).of Cana;
Route i, Yadkin County;.died'at
a Winston>Sa]cm hospital at 3<
a.m. Sunday o( a heart, ailment.
Mr. White, a retired farmor,
was born In Yodkln- County; a
son of James and Martha Moore
White.
Surviving ore the widow,. Mrs.
Mory Coolc White; (our. sons.
C. M. White, of Winston-Salcm,
Charlie and. Albert white, both
of Cano, Route 1. and W; R.
White of North Wilkesboro;. two
daughters, Mrs.. Evola Harris of
Mocksvillc, Route 1, and Mrs.
Herman WUIard of Cona, Route
1; 20 grandchildren;, three great
grandchildren; and one brother,
W. 5. White of Winston-Salcm.
Funeral I services were held at
11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mount
Olive Methodist Church in Yad-
kin County. The Rev. John Oak
ley, the Rev. James H. Grocc
and the Rev. R. E. Adams offi-
clntod. Burlul wus (a tlic church
cemetery.
Miss Jennie C. Haneline
93, of Fork Community
Miss Jennie C. Hancltnc, 93,
life-long resident of the Fork
community of Davic County, died
at 4:40 p.m. Sunday at her home.
Miss Haneline was the last sur
viving member of her family and
was 0 daughter of Nathan and
SalHc Foster Haneline. Her only
survivors are nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Tuesday at Fork Baptist
church. The Rev. L. M. Tencry
officiated. Btirial was in the
church cemetery.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, Februar>' I, I95I - Page 7
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Eva Lash, 31
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva
Lcxie Lash, 31, who died at her
homo at' Cana Sunday following
0 serious illness of three days,
and who had been in ill health
for the past six months, were
conducted Tuesday afternoon at
2 p.m. at Wyo Methodist Church.
The Rev. Jimmic Groce and the
Rev. John Oakley officiated.
Mrs. Lash was bom In Yadkin
County on Sept. 12, 1019, daugh
ter of James and Verbic .Brown.
She married Jan. 8, 1038 to Shir
ley Lash. Mrs. Lash had lived in
the Cana Community all of her
life and was a member of the
Wyo Methodist church.
She is survived by her hus
band; three children, Bobby, Nan
cy and Carroll Jean Lash, all of
the home; (our brothers, John and
Mock Brown of Joncsvllle, and
James and William Brown of
High Point; seven sisters, Mrs.
Watt Hayes, Mrs. Lawrence Wil-
kins ,ond Mrs. Ervin Stcclman,
alt of Boonvlllc, Mrs. W. G. Ven-
ablo and Mrsi. Bud Williams of
High Point and Mrs. Edward Mill
er and Mrs. Hubert Combs of
Winston-Salem.
Burial was in the church ceme
tcry at Wyo Methodist Church.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 1,1951 - Page 7
H. T. TUCKER, 55,
ADVANCE. ROUTE 1
Funeral services for Hillary T.
Tucker, 8S, of Advance, Route
I, were held at the home at 2
p.m. Monday and at Bethlehem
Methodist Church at 2:31},
•The Rev. J. G. Brunor and tho
Rev. Mr. Roberts were in charge.
Burial was In the church grave'
yard.
Mr. Tucker died Saturday. He
had been in ill health for the
past six months, critically ill for
the past week.
Son of Dan and Rhoda Ann
James Tucker, he was born in
OavioCounty..April 17,.1095..He
spent most of his life in this
county, and was a member of the
Mocksvillc American Legion Post.
On Dee. 10, 1017, he was mar
ried to ElHe Riddle who sur
vives, with two daughters, Mrs.
Guy CornaUer of Advanuo, Rt.
1, and Miss Jean Tucker of the
home; four sons, Clint Tucker of
the home, and Joseph, Thurmond
and Rosccc Tucker, all of Ad
vance, Route 1; three brothers,
John Tucker of Indianapolis, Ind.,
Larry Tucker of Lcwisvillo and
A. C. Tucker of Advance, Route
1; and three sisters, Mrs. Floyd
Smith, Mrs. H, H. Hilton and
Mrs. F. £. WiUiard, all of Ad
vance, Route ]; and six grand
children.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, February 7,1951 - Page 1
h. L Tucker
Panofal: services for Hillary T.
Tucker, 55, of near Hedland, were
held at the home at 2 p. m., on
Monday of last week, and at 2:30
at Bethlehem Methodist Church.
Rev. J. G. Bruncr and Rev.
Bruce Roberts odiciatcd, and the
body was laid to rest in the church
cemetery, with full military hon<
ors, with members of the Ray Da«
vis Pjst, V. F. W., of Davie Coun
ty, in charge. Mr. Tucker served
overseas in World Wad, and lost
a leg while In service.
Mr. Tucker died Jan. 27, in a
Winsron-Salcm hospUaU He had
been in bad health for six months
and critically ill for one week.
He was married to Miss Ellic
Riddle, who survives, with two
daughters, Mrs. Ouy^matzer,of
Advance, R. I, and Miss Jean
Tucker, of the home; four sons.
Clint Tucker, of the home, and
loscph, Thurmond ond Roscoe
Tucker, all of Advance, Route 1;
three brothers, John Tucker, of
Indianapolis, Ind., Larry Tucker,
ol Lcwisvillc and A. C. Tucker,
Advance, R. 1; three sisters, Mrs.
Floyd Smith, Mrs. H. H. Hilton
and Mrs. F. E. Wlllard, all of Ad
vance, Route 1, and six\ grand
children.
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, February 7, 1951 - Page 4
Lawrence E. Hutchens
\Horrihle TragedyI Our town ivas shocked Sunday
morning when news wns received
that Lawrence E. Hutchens, 28,
• popular y.mnK Mocksvillc attor-'
I *ncv had lost his life In an nuto
. wreck ncnr Wiaston-Siilcm about,
7 o*clock Sunday morning. His
' car skidded off the highway and
' turned over three times. He was
i dead when his body was discov
ered. Puncml services will be held
today (Tuesdayy at the Yndkln
vlllc Baptist Church.
Surviving are the mother, Mrs.
Rubv Hutchens. and one brother,
Junior Hutchens, both of Yad-
kinvillc.
Mr. Hu.chcns came here a year
ago from Yndkinvilic and opuited
a law oflicc. He made hundreds
of iricnds hcie who wore sacjdcn
ed by news of his death. He was
a member of the Baptist Church
and a fine young man. We shall
miss him s.dly hs was our friend.
Miss J. Haneline
Miss Jennie C. Haneline. 93, a
life-long resident of the Fork com
munity, died Jan. 28, at her home.
Miss bhtncHnc was the last sur
viving member of her fatnliy and.
was a daughter of Mr.' and Mrs.
Nathan Haneiine. Only surviv
ors are nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held last
Tuesday at 3 p. m., at Fork Bap
tist Church, with Rev. L. M. Ten-
cry officiating, and the body laid
to rest In the church cemetery.
Mrs. Jessie
McGlammery
Mrs. Jessie Chaffin McGlainery,
75, died ut her huino in Greens
boro lose Tuesday, following a
long illuess.
Mrs. McClammcry was a native
of iliis city, a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Challin. Fol
lowing the death of iter husband
many years ago, she moved .o
Gr.:en8buro.
Surviving arc two sons, Andrew
and tiiliv Brock, of Grcensboru;
three sisters, Mrs. joe Kunbrough,
Pensocola, l^n.; Mrs. Bruce Crav
on, Trinity, and Mrs. S. O. Kieh,
of Raleigh.
Funeral services were held at
Greensboro Thursday morning at
IL o'clock, and the body brought
to tills city and laid to rest In
I Rose cemetery.
' Mrs. McGlammcry had mrtny
friends in Davle County who were
saddened by news of her death
Bio - Obituaries - 2/7/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, February 7,1951 — Page 5
Col. William G.
Murchisott
The entire town was shocked
Thundav naorning when It was
U*arncd that Col. William G. Mur-
chUon, 77» retired Army ofiicer,
had passed oway suddenly at his
home near Pino, of a heart attack
at Z a. m. Thursday.
Colonel Murchison was bom In
Davie County, a son of Roy. and
Mrs^ A. K. Murchison.
He entered the army In 1896
and served in the Spanlsh-Ameri*
can War, the Philippine Insurrec
tion and World War 1. Most of
his service was in the infantry and
the Adjutant General's Depart
ment. He retired in 1937 with the
rank of colonel.
Surviving arc the wife, the for
mer Miss Lydia Taynton, of Con-
ana^ three sons, Kenneth Murchi
son, of the home; Dr. John T.
Murchison, dean of the Chcmis
try Department at Arlington State
Teachers College, Arlington, Tex-
I as, and William G. Murchison,
Jr., of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and one
daughter, Mrs. C W. Johnson, of
San Francisco, California.
A full military funeii^ was held {
at 3 p. m. yesterday at Arlington 1
National Ccmetcrv In Washing-1
con,D. d. I
In the death of Colonel Mur- ^
chlson, Davic County ^as lost one
of her best known and most be-,
ovcd citizens—a man whose place
will be hard to fill. Wc shall miss
his friendly visits m our ofiliccand
his cheerful Brcctings. For nearly
half a century we have known
Col. Murchison, and counted him
our friend. To the bereaved fam
ily wc extend heartfelt sympathy
in this great bereavement.
Bio — Obituaries — 2/7/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
WIOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 8,1951 - Page 1
COl. MURCHISON
DIES SUDDENLY
Colonel William Gaither Mur-
chison, 77, retired Army offi
cer, died suddenly at his home
in the Pino Community around
2 a.m. last Thursday, Feb. 1.
Funeral servicca with full mili
tary honors were held in the
Artinston Notional Cemetety at
3 p.m. on Tuesday of this week.
Colonel Murchison was born in
Davic County on March 23, 1073,
son of the Into Rev. Abner K.
Murchison ond Mary Elizabeth
Gaither.
He entered the army in 1696,
sehring in the Spanish-American
War, PhtUlpinc Insurrection, ond
World War I. His service was with
tho Infantry and the Adjutant
Gcncrars Department. He retired
from tho army in 1937 with the
rank of Colonel.
The survivors include his wife,
tho former Lydia Taynton of Can
ada; three sons. Kenneth of the
home; Dr. John T. Murchison of
Arlington, Texas, head of the
Chemistry Department of the Ar-
Ingtun State College; and Will
iam G. Murchison, Jr.. of Tulsa,
Oklahoma. One daughter, Mrs. C.
W. Johnson of San Francisco,
California.
Since his retirement from the
Armyt Colonel Murchison had
been living on his farm on Route
2, Mocksvillc. He was an active
member of the Mocksville Rotary
Club.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 8,1951 - Page 4
Mrs. A. C. SkimMor
Passes In Texas
Funeral services were held at
Corpus Christ!, Tens, on Jan. P.
for Mrs. A. C. SklnDer, 41. Mn.
Sklner died Jan. 7 at her home
in Texas after having been in
declining health for the past year*
seriou.dy ill since Doe. 23.
was formerly Dorothy Kocringtoa»
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Norrington of Anderson, Ind., and
a niece of Mrs. Queen Bess Keim*
cn of Formington, with whom she
had lived since childhood until
her marriage in 1037.
Mr.s Skinner attended Form
ington High School and was grad
uated from the Mocksville High
School. She attended Solem Ck>U-
cgc and Indiana Central Uni
versity. She was a graduate of
W.C.U.N.C., ' Greensboro, and
taught five years in Farmington
Elementary school
Surviving are her husband, A.
C. Skinner, two step sons and OMe
step-daughter, all of Corpus Chris-
ti, and two brothers of New Al
bany, Indiana.
Bio — Obituaries — 2/8/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 8,1951 - Page 5
C. E. Faircloth, Retired
Mail Carrier, bin
Clarence Edward Falrcloth, 71,
retired rural moil carrier of Ad
vance, died at his home at 2.18 a.
m. Sunday.
He had been critically, ill for
three months and in declining
health for three ycors.
Mr. Faircloth was born July
12, 1879, in Davic County, the
son of James Edword Faircloth
and Cora McCorktc Faircloth. He
lived In Duvle, County his en
tire life end was o member of
the Advance Methodist .Church.
He was olso o member of the
Mn.mnic Lodge.
Survivors ore his wife. Mrs.
Betty Smitfr* Foircloth; two
daughters, Mrs. j. C. Carter ond
Miss Pansy Faircloth of Win-
ston-Salcm; two. sons, W. C.
Faircloth of Winston-Salcih and
Robert Faircloth of Reldsville;
one brother, H. E; Faircloth of
Winston-Salem: .tnd two sisters
Mrs. W. C. Hall and Miss Grace
Faircloth of Advance.
Funeral services wctv held si
2:30 p .m. Monday at' Advance
Methodist Church. The Rev. R. I.
Starling and the Rev. Bob Vor-
ncr officiated. Burial wu in the
church cemetery.
The Masons were in charge of
graveside services and served m
pailbcarors.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 8,1951 - Page 1
Tragic Auto Accident Claima
Life Of Lawrence E. Hutchens
Sill
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LAWRENCE E. HUTCHINS
Bora la Yadfcln
Attorney Hutchins was born in
Yodkin County July 29. 1923.
son of Robort L. and Ruby WooL
on Hutchins. Ho wu oducnted in
the schools at Yadkinvllle and
was graduated from University
of North Carolina with a B.S.
degree. Fololwing hia graduation
from the Uninversity of North
(GantJjuied m Pagt 1)
Accident Occurs Near
Winston-Salem; Enroute
To Home in Yadkin
Lawrence Edgnr Hutchens, 28,
prominent young attorney of
MocksviUc, was killed corly Sun*
day morning when his car wreck-
ed on Robin Huod Road, about 12
miles out of the city of Winston-
Salem. Mr. Hutchens was en-
• route to his home in Yadkinvllle
after leaving o friend, Jack
Kelly, in Winston-Salem. They
hod attended a March of Dimes
dance in Lexington.
The 1949 Chevrolet, in which
Mr., Hutchens was travelling
alone at the time of the accident,
turned over twice. The State
Highway Patrol reported that ap
parently it was out of control for
about 40 feet.
Patrolman E. L. Smith said Mr.
Hutchens' car touched the right
shoulder of the roe<k skidded
back across the highway, nicked
the left shoulder, went into an
other skid, and then started roIL
ing.
The officer said the car appar
ently was traveling "pretty fast**
But he didn't think Mr. Hutch
ens had gone to sleep.
8kM Marks
"The skid marks indicate he
was awake and trying to fight
the car back Into the road," he
said.
Mr. Hutchens' body was found
beside the wrecked cor by Joe
H. Parker of Yadkinville, who
was on his way to work in Wln-
ston-Salcm. That was ot 7:20 a.
m. Mr. Hutchens opporcntly hod
been dead fur oumc time.
His wrist watch had bccil
ripped from his arm and loy 180
feet from where the car slopped.
Its works were torn from the case,
but was still running several
hours later.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 8,1951 - Page 8
MOBB ABOUT
Lawrence E. Hutchens
Carolina he served during World
War II as a lieutenant in the U.
8. Navy. Fololwing his discharge
he entered Duke University school
of Law, were he graduated in
1949 with an LL.D., and returned
to his home here in Yadkinville.
He opened law oflccs in Mocks-
ville last January and immediately
became octlve in civic affairs of
this community. Ho aided in the
organization of the Davie County
Young democratic Ciub and was
elected prosidcnt. He was a mem
ber of 'the Mocksville Junior
Chombcr of Commerce and the
local American Legion Post.
Active In Polltlai
Maintaining his home in Yad
kinville and his law offices in
Mocksville, Mr. Hutchens was ac
tive in politics in both counties.
Last May ho was elected chairman
of the Yadkin County Executive
Commtttec. He was olso attor
ney for the Yadkin Vnlley Tele
phone Membership Corporotion.
He is survived by his mother
and one brother, Robert L. Hutch
ens, Jr., of Yadkinville.
Flineral services wore held at
2:30 p.m. Tuesday In the Yadkin
ville Baptist Church of which he
was a member. The Rev. E. W.
McMurray ondthe' Rev. J. P. Da
vis officiated.
Active pallbearers were L. F.
William's, Jack Kelly. H. W. Mock-
te, Jr.. Woodruw Wilson, M. H.
Murray and George Hendrtx.
Honorary pallbearers were mem
bers of - the Yadkin and Davie
Couty Bar Associations.
Burial was In the Harmony
Grove Cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, February 14,1951 - Page 4
Mrs. A. C. Skinner
I Mrs. A. C. Skinner, 4I» a ntccc
of Mrs. Qucon Dcss Kcnncn, of
. Fnrininuton, died nt her homo at
f Corpus Chrlsti, Tcxns, on Ian. 28,
. foilowlnR a long illness. FuoomI
. services were held in that city on;
• Inn. 30th. Mrs. Skinner was be*'
. fore marriage Miss Dorothea Nor*
. ringtoni of Anderson, Ind. She
• lived with hcrnunt, Mrs. Kcnncn,
(or many years. She graduated
from Mocksvillc High School, and
attended Snicni CoDuge, Indiana
Central University, ond graduated
at W. C., U. N. C., Greensboro.
She was a member of the Farm*
Ington school faculty for several
jycoTS. Mrs. Skinner had many
friends In Farmlngton and Mocks*
ville who were saddened by news
of her death.
C. E. Eaircloth
Cfarence E Falrcloth, 71, re
tired rural mail carri..r of Advance,
died at his home on Feb. 4th.
He had been crtticallv ill for
three months and in declining
health for thrac veiirs.
He lived In Davie County his
entire life and was a member of
the Masonic Lodge.
Survivors arc his wife, two
daughters, Mrs. J. C. Carter and
Miss Pansy Falrcloth of Winston*
Salcm, two sons, \V. C. Fnlreloth
of Winston-Salcin and Robert
Falrcloth of Reldsville; one broth
er, H. E. Faircloth of Winston*
S.-ilcm; and two sisters, Mrs. C. W.
Hall and Miss Grace Falrcloth of
Advance.
Funeral servlccH were held ni
2:30 p. m., on Monday of Jasr
week a c Advance Methodist
Church, with Rev. R. I. Starling
and Rev. Bob Vnrner in charge,
and the bodv laid to rest in the
church ccmeterv with Masonic
honors.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 15,1951 - Page 1
ADVANCE MAN
HANGS SELF
PquI Campbell, 28, colored, of
Advance, Route 2, was /uund
dancjlilng from a tree near his
homo Monday morning. The
death woa pronounced os o clear
cose of suicide by County Cor-
oncnr O. V. Oreend.
Campbell, a rock-lath contract
or, hod been missing from home
since Sunday. His wife and fom-
ily deported for church around
10 a.m. Sunday morning. They
did hot return until lote that af
ternoon. Campt)cll ^os reported
OS missing to the Sheriffs de
partment Sunday night. Sheriff
G. Alex Tucker, Deputy Ransom
Cook, ond others seorched for the
missing mon by use of flashlight.
With the coming of daylight, the
t>ody was found in o wooded area
near Campbell's home by a 14-
year-old boy who directed Sher
iff Tucker and Cook to the scene
early Monday morning.
Campbell had climbed a tree,
tied the rope around his neek,
ond around a limb estimated to
be 14 feet off the ground, ond
jumped. His feet wore about four
feet off the ground.
Ko reason could be offered for
the oct As far as it is known,
Campbell made no statement or
left any note giving reason for
this action.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, February 21,1951 — Page 4
y\filliam Cope
William Clarence Cope, 48. of
Linwood. Route 1, died Feb. 12th
in a Salisbury hospital.
Born In Davic County Jan. 8,
1903, he was the son of Mrs. Leila
Myers Cope who survives, and
Jake Cope. In addition to his
I mother, he is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Salllc Craver Cope; three
step.hildrcn, etsht brothers and
• three sisters.
Funvral services were conduct*
ttd at 11 a., m., Wednesdat at
Chiirchland Primitive Baptist
Church bv Elder I. A. Flaci; and
the Rev. John PIcss. Burial was
Jn the church cemetery.
Frank Poteet,
J. Prnnklin Poteet, 88. retired
farmer, diad Thursday at his
home near Cool Spriucs. He Is
survived by his wife, the iormcr
Mrs. Mollic Jones, ot Mocksvllle.
Funem! services were held at the
Filch Creek Presbyterian Church
Friday at 3 p. m., and the body
laid to rest in the church ceme*'
tcry with Masonic honors.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 22,1951 - Page 1
Miss Margaret R. Bell
Passes Away Wednesday
'Mtffl Mtfffarai Rutherford
Bell, retired school teacher,
pasMd awajr In the Rowan Me>
morial Hospital i(<Kind 11 a.m.
Wednesday mornlnff. She had
been seriowily HI since Febru*
ary 13.
She was the daufhter of the
late Dr. Marshall T. Bell and
Ellia Martin Dell of Mocks-
vllle.
Snrvlvors Include one sister,
Mrs. Maxcey L. John of Lanr-
tnihurt, N. C.; foar alcceo, and
OM nephew.
At press time, fwieral: ar-.
ffanfenento were Ineonplete.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 22,1951 - Page 4
Funeral services were held at
the North Coolccmce Baptist
Church at 3:30 p, m. Tuesday.
Rev. Charles S. Youn{; and Rev.
J. H. Gross conducted the funeral
services. Burial fotlovvcd in the
Liberty Methodist Church ceme
tery, Rt. 4, Mocksviilc.
In addition to the widow, ho is
survived by six sons, James and
Sherman of Coolccmcc, J. P. and
Baxter of Rl, 4, MocksviUc, Tur
ner of the home and Baxter Greg
ory of the United States Air
Force in Japan; four daughters,
Mrs. L. C. Dcdmon, Rt. 4, Mocks-
villu; Mrs. Claudo Thompson of
Cooloemce; Mrs. Tom Thompson
of Hillsboro;* Mrs. Roy Evcrhort
of Hnncs, N. C.; two brothers.
Wiley Gregory of Grecnfeboro
and Pink Gregory of North
Wilkcsboro: one sister, Miss
Mondy Gregory of Greensboro;
19 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
M. H. Gregory, 72
Passes Away
M. H. Gregory, 72, of the Pincy
Ridge section, Rt. 4, Mocksvlilo,
died at Rowan Memorial Hos
pital In Salisbury at 1:45 a. m..
Sundoy, following a heart attack
Saturday afternoon. .
He Was bom In Wilkcs County
'.n Februory. l'878. the son of the |
late Thomas and Sollic Shoppard
Gregory. He wos married to Miss
Hnttic Copley in 1699. He made
his home In the Plncy Ridge sec
tion of Davic County the past 37
years and worked ot the Irwin
Cotton Mills In Coolccmcc until
his heoUh foiled recently. He had
bccn> in fairly good health until
stricken with the heart attack
Saturday.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, February 22,1951 - Page 5
J. Franklin Pot^t
Retired Farmer, Dies
J. Franklin Potcct, 88, retired
farmer, died Thursday at his home
in the Cool Spring community.
He had been III for three weeks.
Mr. Potcet was a Mason and
was a member of Fifth Creek
Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Mrs. Mollie Holman Jones
of Davie County. His first wife
the former Miss Minnie Mcacham,
died in 1940.
Funeral services were conduc'
ted at 3 p.m., Friday at,Fifth
Greek-Presbyterian-Churchr-Bur-
ial, with Masonic honors was in
the church cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, March 1,1951 - Page 3
99-YEAR.OLD
WOMAN DIES
Miss Martha Jnnc Glasscock,
00, one of Davio County's oldest
women, died at 3:30 p.m. Sun
day at thchomc of a sister, Mrs.
James H. Brown, Mocksville, R.
2.
Miss Glasscock had been in de
clining health for several years.
Her condition was critical for
three weeks.
She was born In Davic County
July 28, 1851, daughter of Thorn-
OS B. and Mary Ellen Anderson
Glasscock.
Survivlngs ore two sisters, Mrs.
Jnmcs H. Brown and Miss Cor
nelia Glasscock, both of the
home.
Funeral services wore held at
2 p.m. Tuesdcy at Union Chapel
Methodist Church. The Rev. W.
A. Anderson and the Rev. H. D.
Jcsup officiated. Burial was In
the church cemetery.
MRS, J. S. DANIEL
RITES HELD MONDAY
Mrs. Thirza McCullough Daniel,
Gl, died at her home, 326 South
Main Street, Mocksville, at 2 p.
m. Saturday. She had been in
declining health for some time
but died unexpectedly.
Born in Davic County May 14,
1886, she wos a daughter 6f the
late Cicoi'o and Alice Lewder Mc
Cullough. She was morrlcd Dec. ,3
1012, Co John S. Daniel, who died
Oct. 23, 1041. She was a member
of Liberty Methodist Church.
Surviving arc seven sons, Har
old Daniel of Winston • Salcm,
John, Fronk, Fred and Douglas
Daniel of the home ,nnd Bill and
Jack Daniel of Mocksville; three
daughters, Mrs. Lucicn Eaton of
Albcmorlc, Mrs. Robert Caldwell
of WInnsboro, S. C., and Mrs.
Donald Riddle of Advance, Route
1: two brothers, C. C. and G. G.
McCullough of Mocksville, Route
4; four grandchildren and a num
ber of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Liberty Methodist Church
at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. A.
J. Cox, the Rev. G. W. Fink and
the Rev, J. P. Davis. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joe Davis,
Ervin Davis, Benny Daniel, Bob
by McCullough, Bill McCullough
and Lowery McCullough.
Cathy Gail Whitaker
Funeral Held Monday
Cathy Gail Whittakcr, two-
month-old daughter of Charlie
ond Eloiso Moose Whlttaker,
Mocksville, Route 1, died in a
Winston-Salom hospital Saturday
where she had been a patient for
two weeks.
Services were held ot 2 p.m.
Monday at Liberty Baptist
Church, with the pastor, the Rev.
Tommio Luffman officiating.
Survivors include the parents,
one brother, the maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T| M.
Moose, Harmony,. Route 2, and
the paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Steve WhUtokcr of
Mocksville, Route 2.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, March 1,1951 - Page 3
John C. Jones, 80,
Passes Saturday
John C. Jonea, 80. of Mocks*
vlllo, Route 1. died at 3:20 p.m.
Saturday at his home. He hod been
in poor health for two years but
had been seriously ill for only two
days.
l!c was the son of Ellsha and
Lydia Wood Jones. ,
Surviving are his wife, the
former Miss Betty Beck; four
sons, Sanford Jones of Ohio,
Prank Jones of Mocksvilc, Route
%
2, Tom Jones of East Bend, ond
Sherman Jones of Mocksville;
five daughters, Mrs. B. L. Reid
of Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Sonny
Cranfill of Mocksville, Mrs. Dall
as Cronfill and Mrs. Lester Booo
of Mocksville, Route 2, and Miss
Annie Jones of Kannnpolls; three
brothers, G. K. Jonc.s of Mocks*
villc, Route 1. Henry Jones of
Leakavilic ond N. C. Jones of
Thomasvllle; 23 grandchildren and
14 grcot-grondchiidrcn.
Funeral services were conduct*
ed at 11 a.m. Monday at Chestnut
Grove Methodist Church by the
Rev. James H. Groce and the Rev.
William Anderson. Burial was In
the church cemetery.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, March 1, 1951 - Page 4
Mrs. Nancy Etta Branch.
Passes In Morganton
Mrs. Nancy Etta Branch, 60,
wife of Baldus Branch, died Fri*
day morning at her- home, 419
Bethel road, Morgantonv following
un illness of abuut six months.
Mrs. Branch was a native of Ire-
dell county.
Funeral services were held at
9 p.m. Sunday at th» First Res*
byterian church. Dutlal was ia
Forest Hill cemetefp. n
In addition to dier husband
Mrs. Branch is aorvived by two
daughters and oM.soa, Bl J.
Branch of ModtsviUa; 14 grand-
children and 11 great-graeddtil*
dran.
Mrs. Sam Barney,
42, of Coolemee
Mrs. San\ Barney, 42, died of
a cerebral livmorrage ot her
home, 13 Vndkin Street, Coulee-
mee, at 4 p.m. Thursday follow-
Ing an Illness of six weeks.
She was born in Yodkin Coun
ty Jan. 13, 1909, a daughter of
the late I. S. and Alice Fryc
Melton, and was married to Mr.
Barney on Sept. 23, 1923. She
hud lived in Coolccmcc 28 years.
Surviving the the husband; one
son, Fred Bnrncy of the homo;
two daughters, Betty Sue Bar
ney of the home and Mrs. Dili
Shoaf of Coolccmcc: three broth
ers, Venn Melton of Winston-Sa*
Icm anil Richard and Will Mel
ton of Advance; two sisters, Mrs.
B. T. Stout ond Mrs. W. T. Stout
of Winston-Salcm, and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held ot
the Church of God in North Cool-
eemce at 2 p.m. Saturday. Ser
vices were conducted by Mrs.
Fred Davis of Landis. Burial was
in Woodland Cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, March 7,1951 — Page 4
' Miss Jane Glassciock
Miss Martha lane Glnsscock, 99
one of Davie County's oldest
'women, died at 3:30 p. m.« Feb.
2S, at the home of a sister, Mrs.
James H. Brown, Mocksvillc, R. 2.
Miss Glasscock had been In dc*
dining health for several years,
Her condition was critical 'for
three weeks
I She was born In Davie County
July 28, 1831, daughter of Thomas
B. and Mary Ellen Anderson
Glnsscock.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
James H. Brown and Miss Cor*
nclia Glasscock, both of the home.
Funeral services were held at 2 \
p. m., Tuesday at Union Chapel
Methodist Church. Rev. WllUnm*
Anderson and Rev. H. D. Tcssup |
ofEciatcd. Burial was 1 n t h c
church cemetery. i
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, March 8,1951 - Page 1
Miss Julia Foalar
Pastes Away Tuesday
Mitf Julia Poiter, dau^ter of
the late Jay and Nola Gibaoo
Foatar, -pimd away Tueaday
mortUnff. March 9, at City Hoo-
pltal, Winston-Salem. She hod
been ill for a month.
V Funeral' services will be held
Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Salem
Methodist Church In Davie Coun
ty .
Miss Foster was a member of
the Mocksvillc Baptist Church and
resided at the old ^Foster ances
tral home, Mocksvillc, Route 1.
She is survived by two broth
ers, Berry Jay Foster, Jr., of the
home and Dr. John W. Foster of
Winston-Salem; one sister, Mrs.
Frank Stroud, Jr., of Mocksville;
and three nieces, Mrs. Eugene
Slate, Nola and Elizabeth Foster
all of Winston-Salem.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, March 14,1951 — Page 4
Miss Julia Foster
This cndre comnninicv was sad
dened last Tuesday by tlic death
of Miss Julia Foster, of Mocks-
vilic, Route !, which occurred at
a Winston-Salem hospitai nt 9:00
o'clock Tuesday morning. She had
been ill for the past month.
Miss Foster was a daiighrcr of
the late Berry Jay and Nola Gib
son Foster. She nttcndcd Mitch
ell College and the Nortli Caro
lina College for Women ot Greens*
boro. Miss Poster was a member
of the Mock^vlKc Baptist Church,
the Order of the Eastern Star at
Mocksvillc, and Camel Shrine No.
5, Winston-Saiem.
Surviving arc two brothers, Dr.
John W, Foster, of Winston-Sai
em, and Bcrr^' Jay Foster, of the
home; a sister, Mrs. Frank Stroud,
Jr.,'of Mockfivilie, and three niec
es, Mrs. Htigene Sinrc and Noln >
and Elizabeth Fosccr, all of Wins-
ton-Salem, and nn aunt, Mrs. Fan
ny Foster Koontz, of Mocksvillo,
Route I. I
Ful^Sl^t services were conduct
ed «tt 3 p. m. Tiuirsdny at Salem
Methodist Church with Rev. M.
G. Ecvin and Rev. J. F. Duvla of
ficiating, and the budv laid to rest
in the church ceim tery. |
The death of this Christian lady
has brought sadness to the entire
community where she s^'^cnt u
long and useful life. She will be,
sadly missed. The many beuut!-
fu! floral tributes which covered
thegfitve, attested the high re'ecm
In which she was held.
Mrs, Sallie Burton
Mrs. Sally Click Burton, 87, of
Hickory, Route 4, died at the
home She had been in dcclin-'
Ing health for the last four years.
Bom In Davie county, the decc.ia-
ed, a daughter of the late Michael
and Millie Snyder Click, is sur
vived by her husband, James Fass
Burton, three daughters, three
sons, 12 grandchildren and eight
' great grandchildren. Funeral scr-
j vices were conducted in the chapel
' of thc-Hickorv Fuucral home at 2 ' p'nrk cemetery near Hickory, Mr.
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, nnd Mrs. Burton were Married In
Burial was In Catawba Memorial Dovlc County, Dec. 12, 1689.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, March 15,1951 - Page 8
Mrs. Peacock
Dies Sunday
Mrs. Will P. Peacock died ot
1:40 Sunday afternoon at her
holnc at County Line, Davic coun
ty. She had been in failine.health
for acveral montha and hod been
criticoUy ill since Saturday morn-
Mrs. Peacock was born Janu-
ary 21, 1874, the former Mary
Alice West, daughter of John
West and Mrs. Rebecca Dayvault
West of Davie County. She was
marri^ to W. F. Peacock 45
years ago and they had made
their home in the County Lino
community since. Surviving arc
her husband, two children, R. L.
Peacock of East Spencer ond Mrs.
Hoy McDanict of Mocksviilc, Rt.
1. Two brothers , and one sister,
Leo West ond C. M. West of Rt.
i; Mocksviilc ond Mrs. R. P. Wil-
tioms of Cleveland, Rt. I. There
ore eight grandchildren.
Mrs. Peacock wos a life-long
member ot the Salcm Methodist
church and funeral: services were
held from that church at 11 a.m.
Tuesday morning with the Rev.
Waugh Jessup and Rev. G. W.
Fink in charge. Interment was In
the church • cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, March 21,1951 - Page 4
Mrs, Wfill Peacock
Mrs. Alice Peacock, 74. wife of
Will F. Peacock of Cou.ity Line,
died March lUh ac her home
after an illness of one day.
Surviving arc her husband; one
sottt R. L. Peacock of Spencer; a
daughter, Mrs. Ray McDanicls of
Mocksvillc, Route <;cwo brothers
and one sister.
Funeral services were UAd at
11 a. m., last Tuesday at Snicm
Methodist Church.
Mrs. W. £ Watt
Mrs, Cora IJamcs Wall, 80, died
at 12:25 a. m., March 12 ac the
home of n daughter, Mrs. F. R.
Bcauchamp, Advance. Route 1.
She had been ill for some time
and in serious condition about
two weeks.
Mrs. Wall was the daughter of
J. B. and Mary Coon Ijamcs and
was a native of Mocksville. She
was the widow of W. E. Wall.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. R. P. Boger of Mocksville,
Mrs. T. L. Baker, of Mocksville,
Mrs. F. R. Be.iuchamp, Advance,
Route I, and Mrs. R. 3. Shcek,
.Winston-S.ilem, and two sons, C.
W. Wall of Advance and R.
• Waif of Clemmons.
Funeral services were held at 3
■p. m., Tuesday at Oak '"irovcMethodist Church with Rev.
W. Turner and Rev. H. D.i jegsup officlat'n.:. Burial'was In
• tlie church cemetery.
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, March 21, 1951 - Page 5
y. A. Swicegood
V. A. Swiccgood, 52, well-known
citizen of Jerusalem Township,
died at Rowan Memorial Hospital
early Friday morning, following along illness. Mr. Swicegood held
a position with Young Novelty
Co., in this city, until nU health
failed. He had many friends in
this city who were saddened byhis death.
Surviving are the wife, five sons
and three daughters* Three of the
sons are in. the Armed Forces.
Two brothers, one sister and aev
eral grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at 3 p. m., at Concord Me
thodist Church with Rev. George
W. Fink officiating, and the body
laid to rest in the Calvary Baptist
Church cemetery, near Salisbury,
To the bemaved family The ReJcord extends heartfelt sympathy
in tills great bereavement.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, March 22,1951 - Page 2
V. A. SWICEGOOD
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Vun A Swicegood, 52, o( Route
4, Mocksville, died Friday inorn-|
Ing ot 8:15 a.m. at Rowan Mem>!
orial Hospital after a critical ill-[
nc8S of four weeks. He had been'
in declining health for two years.'
Mr. Swlcegood was a farmer
and he had also engaged In tex
tile work. A member of Concord
5fcthodlst Church In Davle Coun
ty, he was a member of the stew
ards ot the church and ot the
building committee. Until his
health failed he was a member
of the Council of Youth Fellow
ship,
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Annie Gullctt of Ro
wan County; five sons, Van 3.
Swlcegood) Jr., stationed In Aus
tralia with the U. S. Army, Floyd
and Hubert Swlcegood, with Ihe
U. S. Army in Washington, D. C.,
James Swlcegood of Wlnston-Sa-
lem and Joe Swicegood td the
home, three daughters, Mrs.
Johnnie D. Davis of Mocksville,
Mrs. Hubert L. Foster of Coolee-
{mec, and Fayo Swlcegood of the
I home, six grandchildren, six
I brothers, M. R. Swicegood aaxd J.
' L. Swicegood of Mocksville, L. F.
' Swlcegood, K. A. Swiccfood,
Samuel Swlcegood, and C. B.
Swicegood all of Statesvillo. and
one sister, Mrs. Sam Barnhardt
of Lexington.
Funeral services were held at
a o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Concord Methodist Church. Ser
vices were conducted by the p;,3-
tor, Rev. G. W. Fink, assisted by
Rev. Clyde W. Fogner. Interment
was In Calvnry BapttstChurch Ui
I Rowan County.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, March 22,1951 - Page 3
MRS. SHAW
DIES AT 75
Mrs. Ccnith Dyson Shnw, 75,
wlfo of Morion Shaw of Har
mony, Route 2, died at her home
Friday after an illness of several
years. She had been seriously ill
2:30 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. J. G.
Allgood, the Rev. J. M. Blnklcy
and the Rev. Roy Grant offlcited.
Burial Was In the Rocky Springs
Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
Marion Shaw; and eight children
R, E. Shaw of Winston-Salcm,
for two weeks.
She was the daughter ot Alvln
and Martha Dyson of Davie
County, but she hod lived most
of her life in the Rocky Springs
community.
Funeral services were held at
Rocky Springs Baptist Church at
Mrs. J. J. Ovcrcosh, AustiniShaw
and Glen ^haw of Hormony, Mrs.
A. J. Simon of -Harmony, Route
2, Aivin Shaw of tl)c home, Mrs.
Herman Show of Houstonville,
and Mrs. H. A. Shaw of Statesvillo,
two brothers, Noah Dyson of
Mocksville and Bob Dyson of
Montana; a sister, Miss Jeanne
Dyson; 23 grandchildren and two
gccat-grandchitdrcn.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, March 22,1951 - Page 7
Mrs. W. E. Wall ^
Passes Monday
Mrs. Cora Lcc Ijamcs Wall. 80,
died at 12:25 Monday, March 12,
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. P.
, R. Beauchamp, Route 1, Advance.
She had been 111 for some time,
seriously ill for two weeks.
Mrs. Woll was the daughter of
J. B. and Mary Coon Ijames, a
native of Mocksville, and the wid*
ow of the late W. E, Wall.
Survivors are four doughters,
Mis. R. p. Bogcr of Mocksville;
Mrs. T. L. Bokcr of Winston-Sa-
lem; -Mrs. F. R. Beauchamp of
Advance and Mrs. R. B. Shook of
Wiiiston<Salem: two sons, C. W.j
Wall of Advance, and J. R. Wall'
of Clemmons.
Funeral services were held at
S p4n. Tuesday ot Oak Grove
Methodist Chxirch of which she
was a member. The Rev. George
Bruner and the Rev. Mr. Jessup
cobducted the lervice. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, March 28,1951 - Page 4
r, W. Graham ;
Thomas William Graham, 74.
retired lumber dealer, died Wed
nesday at his home on Mocksvillc,
Route 2.
A native of Virginia, he hadI lived here the past 19 years.
Surviving arc his wife, the form-
jcr Norma Graham of the home;
one daugiiter. Miss Louise Gra
ham of the home; one sister, Mrs
Demnris Lowrancc of Tolliver.
Funeral scrvleei were held at 2
p. m., Friday at Valley HomcBap*
cist Church, near Boone.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery* '
M.F.Nichoh
• M. F. NicholH, 74i retired farm
er, died suddenly at his home on
Route 3, ue 4:30 p. m. Tliursdny-
He had been In hilling health for
the past four years. He died of a
heart attack suffered while walk
ing in his yard. Mr. NIcluJs ivft.4
a native of this county, and wna n
member .of Union Chapel Metho
dist Church.
Survlvinc arc the wife, one son,
Roy Nichols, of Route 3; three
daiighcers, Mrs. VV. B. Builev and
Mrs, W. 1- McClamrock, of U. 3,
and Mrs. M. R. Raker, Advance, i
R, I; one sister, Mrs. H. H. Mor-
l4ensen, Orlando, FIn.t nine grand
children, three tireiit-gmndchiidfen
Funeral services were held at 3
p, m. Soturduv nc Union phnpcl
Methodise Church, with Rev. W.
C. Andereon ofHclatlng, and the
body laid to rest in the church
cemetery.' ' .
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, March 29, 1951 - Page 2
M. F. NICHOLS
RETIRED FARMER
M. P. Nichols, 73, retired form
er, died unexpectedly at his home
on MocksvlUc Route 3, at 4:30 p.
m. Thursday.
He had been in failing health
for the post four years. He died
of a heart attack suffered while
walking on the lawn of his home.
Mr. Nichols, a native of Davie
County, was the son of Benjomio
and Ann Latham Nichols. He
was married Feb. 3,1897, to Lula
Boger, also of Davie County^ Ue
was a member of the Union Chap
el Methodist Church near Mocks-
ville.
Survivors Include the wife, one
son, Roy Nichols of Mocksvillo,
Route 3; three daughters, Mrs.
W.'b. Bailey and Mrs. W. L. Mc-
Clamrock of Mocksvllle, Route
3, and Mrs. M. R. Baker of Ad
vance, Route 1; one sister, Mrs.
H. H. Mortenson of Orlando,,
Fla., nine grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Funeral; services were held at
3 p.m. Saturday at Union Chapel
Methodist Church. Burial was in
; the church cemetery.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, March 29, 1951 - Page 3
T. W. Graham^ 74,
Mocksville, Route 2
Thomas William Grahom, 74,
retired lumber dealer, died at
12:30 a.m. Wednesdoy at his home
on Route 2, Mocksville.
A native of Virginia, he had
lived here the past 19 years. He
was a son of DaoU^ aaA SiBle
Jones Grahamu
Surviving aer ^ wifit; the
former Normot Gtaham;. okc
daughter, Miss Louisa Graftn of
the honie; one sister^ Mrs. Dkmacis
Lowroncc of ToUiver; one grand-
daughter.
Funeral acrvlces were ReM at
2 p.m. Friday at Valley Home
Baptist Church, near Boons.. Bup«
ial was in the church cemetery.'
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, March 29,1951 - Page 6
G. B. FOSTER
RITES SUNDAY
G. B. Fosetcr of 1426 East
Twenty-Fourth St., Winston-Sa-
lem, machinist with R. J. Rey
nolds Tobacco Company for the
past 19 years, died at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday at his home.
He had been in declining
health for four years and se
riously ill for five weeks.
Mr. Foster was born May 28,
1886, in Mocksvillo, the son of
Albert ond Alice Lconord Fos
ter. He spent his early life In
Dovic County, moving to Win
ston-Salcm in 1910.
A member of Centenary Meth
odist Church, Mr. Foster also
belonged to the Men's Bible
Class. He was married In 1916 to
Bessie H. Hampton, who survives.
Survivors Include the widow,
two daughters, Miss Mildred
Foster of Winston - Salcm, ond
Mrs. Dcwcy Queen of Falls
Church, Va.; one grandson; five
brothers, Samuel L., E. P. ond
Crulg A. Foster, all of Mpcks-
ville, W. B. and J. E. Foster of
Winston-Snlcm: and two sisters,
Mrs. C. C. Poolc of Lexington
and Mrs', W. G. Suin of Mocks
ville.
Funerol services were held at
4 p.m. Sunday at Voglcr's Chapel.
Dr. Mork Depp and the Rev. H.
P. Myers, Jr., officiated. Burial
was in Forsylh Mcmoriol Park
and nephews were pallbcorers.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, April 4,1951 - Page 4
H'. S. Hendricks
William Stevens Hendricks, 76,
retired furniture worker, died at
7:30 0. m., March 26th, at his
home here.
Surviving 'ar<i the wife, Mrs.
Mary Lou Jones Headrlckt: Itvo
sons, Paul Hendricks of Mocks*
^lle, Duke Hendricks ofGcorsia.
R. G. Hendricks of LcxlnBton, S.
T. Hendricks of Charlotci^ and
Frank Hciidrlcks of the U. S.
"Army, Korea; twodauRhtcrs, Mrs.
0. T. lonca and Mrs. Troy Van-I
Zandt. ol Wlnsron'Salem: two'
'brothers. John Hendricks of
Advance, Route I; and Q. M.
Hendricks of Hamlet; 13 grand*,
children and one grcaograndchild. I
Puiteral services were conducted
at the home at Z p. m., Wednes
day by the Rev. A. J. Cox. Burial
was in th. Rose Cemetcrv> i
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, April 4,1951 - Page 5
! G. B. Foster
'0..D. Foster of Winston*Salem,
I died at his home, March Z4th. '
I Mr. Foster was bom May Zdth.
' 1666. in Mocksville, the son *-of
Albert and Alice Leonard Foster.
He spent his early life it\ Davie
Countv, moving to Wlnston-Sa*
lem In 1910. ... 1
Surviyors ineludc the widow,
two daughter, Miss Mildren Fost*
er of Winston-Salem and Mrs.
Dcwcy Queen of Falls Church,
Va., five brothers; Samuel L., E.
P., and Cralg A. Foster, allvof
Mockavllle, W. B. and J. E. Foster
of Winiton*Salem; and two sisters,
Mrs^ & C. Poofe of Lexington and
Mrs. W. G. Sain of Mocksville.
Funeral services were held at 4
p. m., March 25th, at VoelePi
Ch^l. Dr* Mark Depp and Rev.
H. P. Myers, Jr.. officiated. Bu*
rial* was in Forayth Memorial park.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 5,1951 - Page 8
Rev. D. A. deUejr
Dies In Elldn
The Rev. Dtnict Attcn Oakley/
80, paitor of Oakytew Methodilat
Chtireb, High Foinf^ died early
Sunday morning at Hugh Chat*
ham Blemorial Hdgpltai at BIkln.
Surviving m the widow, the
farmer Bliii Beple Speaeer; two
daughtera, Ifiaa Clarenee Oak*
ley of Elkia and Mlaa Raehel
Oakley of ISgh Foint; five aona^
Paul and Cbartai Oakley of Le*
aoir, gamea Oakley of Heverly,
N. J., the Rev. Robert Oakley of
High Point, and the Rev. John
Oakl^ of Farmington; aeven
grandchildren and three hrotherai
Fhneral servicea were held at
2:30 pjn. Monday at Oakview
Methodiat church, High Point.
Burial waa In Oakwood Ceme
tery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, April 11,1951 - Page 4
Mrs. G, T Sprinkle
Mrs« Miiitiu C. Spt'inkhr, 76, of
Yadkinville. Route 3, died ot 3:45'
p. m., Tuesdiiv, nt the homo of
her Jauuhcer, Mrs. N. F. Holdeit,
In Winston'Salein.
She hiui been in 111 health fur
a year, serious for three weeks.
Mrs. Sprinkle was burn In D.avlc
County on Feb. 23, 1876. Most
of her life spent In Yndkin Coun*
tv, where she was a member uf
Cro^ Ronds D'ptist Church.
On Jan. 20, 1901, .she wns nmr*
fled to GcufKC T. S|)rlnkle. Mc
survives.
Otiicr survivors Include three
daughters, Mrs. Holden of WinS'
con'Salem, Mrs. M. D. Martin of
Mocksvltle aiul Mrs. Clyde Shore
of Yadkinville; one son, John T.
Sprinkle of Snllsbury; 12 gr.and-
children and one grea.'grandchild;
and three sisters, Mrs. N.C. Cran*
fill and Mrs. Frank Martin of Yod'
kinvillc. Route 3, and Mnt. lohn
B. Hampton of Brooks Cross
Roads.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p. m., Thursilay at Cross
Roads Baptist Churclt. Rev. A.
C. Cheshire. Rev. R. B. Adams
and Rev. W. N. Brookslrirc ofH-
elated. Burial wa.s in the church
cemetery.
C. h. Summers
Curtis Hobfion SiimmerN, 5 j of
Mocksville died of pneumonia at
i2 noon Wednesday at Ms home.
He had been III for only n few
days.
Born in Dnvic County In i999
he was thcson of Thomas L Sum*
mcrs aitd the lare Liizulia Crntts
Summers. Mc lived in Mocks*
ville his entire l-fe atid was an cm-
ployeec of Mocksville Motor Co,
Survivl «g are the father and two
sist rs, Mrs. Paul Htndrick of
Mocksville and Mrs. Mlllnrd Har*
man of Mocksville.
Funeral services were conduct*
ed at 3:30 p. m., Thursday at
Walker Fiincmi Home bvRi v A.
1* Cox* Burled W5»s ii) Smith
Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Robertson
Mrs. Maggie Robertson, 77, died
nt her home In Advance Thurs
day of pneumonia.
Surviving arc three sons, A. D.
and W. H. Robertson. Adv.ancc,
and R. L. Robertson, of Mocks
ville, Route 3; two daughters, Mrs.
Susie Thomas, PfafFcown, R. I,
and Mrs. Nettle Tucker, Advance,
Funeral services were held at 3
p. m.i Saturday at Advance Me*
chodlst Church, with Rev. I. R.
Starling and Kcv. Oscar HarU-
men officiating, and the body laid
to rest in the church cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, April 11,1951 - Page 4
Mrs, H. C. Sprinkle
Mrs. H. C. Sprinkle, 76, one of
Mocksville's best known and be*
loved women, died unexpeccedlv
flt her home on Salisbury streec
Sunday morning ac 11 o'clock, fob
lowinc a three day Illness. Her
death brought sadness to a host
of friends chrouahout this entire
community.
Surviving are the husband, Rev.
H. C. Sprinkle; three sons, Thos.
W. Sprinkle, of High Poinr; Dr.
Henry Sprinkle, New York City,
ond William V. Sprinkle, Durham;
two brothers, William Call, Seb
ma, N. C., and S. M. Call, of this
city; two sisters, Mrs. James H.
Thompson and Miss Martha Call,
oft^dscky.
j Funqral services were held at 4
p. m., Monday at the hom^i with
^ her pastor, Rev. A. I. Cox ofliciac-
j log, and the body laid to rest in
Rose cemetery.
Mrs. Sprinkle wos a native of
Mocksviile, a daughter of the late
Mr. and MiS. S. M. Call, und a
member of die Methodist Church.
To the bereaved family The Re
cord extends deep sympathy In
the passing of this good woman.
She will be .sadly missed. The
j community has been blessed by
her long and useful life.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 12,1951 - Page 3
Mn. Robertson
Dies In Advance
Mra. Maggie Cozens Robertson,
77, of Advance died Thursday of
pneumonia. She had been ill for
several years.
Born in Advance Dec. 27, 1^74,
she was.the daughter of W. W.
Cozens and Mattie Jane Spears
Cozens. She had lived there all
of her life.
She was married to Thomas
Robertson, former of Advance,
kho died several years ago.
Surviving are three sons. An*
derson D. and William Henry
Robertson of Advance and Rob
ert Lee Robertson of Mocksville,
Route 3; two daughters, Mrs. Sus
ie R. Thonui of Pfalftown, Rt.
1, and Mrs. Nettie R. Tucker of
Advance; several grandchildren
and several great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p.m. Saturday ot the home
and at 3 p.m. at Advance Metho
dist Church. The Rev. R. J. Star
ling, pastor of the church, and
Rev. Oscar Hardmon of Winston-
Salcm, conducted the service.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 12,1951 - Page 4
Mrs. Winslow Dnun
Dies In Claremont ..
Mrs. Wlnslow Drum. 79, died
Sunday evening at her home in
the Balls Creek section, Clare
mont, Route 1. Funeral sorvleos
were Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at
Mountain Vjew Methodist church
on the Bails Creek' charge. Born
January 30, 1872, the daughter of
the late Asbury Mace and Polly
Bollinger Mace of Burke county.
"TVIrs. Drum is survived by her
husband, four sons,, three daugh
ters, including Mrs. M. H. Murr
ay of Mocksville; -one brother,
and 21 grandchildren. ,
• j
Final Rites Held
For Mrs. Sprinkle
f^ineral services for Mrs. Mattie
C. Sprinkle of Route 3, Yadkln-
vUle, who died Tuesday at the
home of her daugliter Mrs. N. F.
Holden, on South Main Street in
Winston-Salcm, were conducted
Thursday at Cross Roads Baptist
Church. The Rev. A. C. Cheshire,
the Rev. R. E. Adams and the Rev.
N. ^ookshire officiated. Burial
.wi/s. ini^^e church cemetery.
'• Mrs.''''Sprinkle, althou^ born
in Oavie County, had spent the
most of her life lii Yadkin Coun
ty, where she was a member of
Cross Roads Baptist Church.
Survivors are her husband,
George T. Sprinkle, three daugh
ters,, Mrs. Hotdcn of Winston-
Salcm, Mrs. M. D. Martin of
Mocksville, and Mrs. Clyde Shore
of Yadkinvillc; a son, John T.
Sprinkle of Salisbury; 12 grand
children and one grobt-grand-
child; and three sisters, Mrs. N.
C. Cranfill and Mrs. Frank Mar
tin of Route 3, Yodkinvillc, and
Mrs. John B. Hampton of Brooks
Cross Roads.
Pallbearers were Francis Mar
tin, Harold Martin, Paul Barron,
Mervin Barron, Clyde Essie and
William Essie.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 12,1951 - Page 7
Final Rites Thursday
For C. H. Summers
Curtis Hobson Summers, 51, of
Mocksvillc died of pneumonia at
12 noon Wednesday at his home.
He hod been ill for only a few
days.
Born in Dovic County in 1899
he was the son of Thomas L.
Summers and the late Luzella
Crotts Summers. He lived in
Uocksville his. entire life and
was an employee of l^ocksvillc
Motor Comj>any.
Surviving the the father and
two sisters, Mrs. Paul Hendricks
of Mocksville and Mrs. Millard
Harmon of Mocksville.
fWiera) services were conduct*
ed at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Walk
er Funeral Home by the Rev. A.
J. Cox. Burial was in Smith Grove
Methodist Church Cemetery.
Palibearers were Atlas Smoot,
Evcrette Dwiggins, Grant Wag
oner, Sam Waters, James Owens
and Judd Bailey. |
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 12,1951 - Page 8
Lonnie Gray Call
Dies In Charlotte
Lonnic Gray Call, 34, of Chor*
lottc, native of Davlc County,
died at 7:40 p.m. Sunday In a
Charlotte hospital.
He was the son of W. E. ond
Bessie Horn Campbell of Mocks-
ville. He spent most of his life
in Davie County, moving to
Charlotte about a year ago.
Surviving in addition to the
.parents are the widow, Mrs.
Hazel Sheek Call; two sons and
three daughters of the home;
two half brothers Everett Horn
of Newport News, Va., and Har
ry Lee Call of Mocksville; and
two half sisters, Misses Alice and
•19 Alw C«n 9l Moeksville,
A brief lervlee was held at the
home in Charlotte at 11 a.m.,
following which funeral services
were conducted at 2 p.m. at the
Mocksville. Baptist church. The
Rev. J. P. Davis, pastor of the
church, officiated. Burial was in
Rose Cemetery.
Bio - Obituaries - 4/12/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, April 18,1951 - Page 4
Sam E. Cartner
Samuel Elijah Cartner, 45, died
in the Baptise Itospita!- in Wins-
ton-Salcm, April
Mr. Cartner bmlce his Icjt some
*5 months .«go.and for six month's |
he was underVhospital treatment;
in Salisbury. Ho returned homcl
and obout-lQ cjoy^ agq.entered the ^
Baptist hoipltal rh Winaton-Saicm
for some special treatment.
He was sou of J. W. Cartner
ofMocksville and the late Mrs.'
Cartner. He was engaged In farm*
ing.
In addition to his father, he is
survived by his wife. • the former.
Miss Willie Munday. b v .two
daughters. Misses Louise and .Ca-
rotyn Cartner. at fho home; two
brothers and one sister^ Hubert
Cartner of Winstpn'Salem, Glenn
Cartner, of Concord, Mrs. W. L.
W. L Davis, of Kannapofls.
Funeral services were-held at II '
o'clock Wednesday morning from
Bethel Methodist church, and in*
cermcnt was in-the church ccmc'
tcry. Rev. William Anderson and
Rev. Foster Lbftin conducted'.thc.
service. ' *- •
Lonnk Gray Call
Lonnie Gray Call, 34, of Cliaf
lotte, native of Davle County, died
at 7t40.p.tm;.^^pril 6th, in a Cliaf'
lotte hospital. '
I He was the soh'O'f W^ETCall and
Bessie. Horn GatApbelV.df
vlllc. He spent most of his life
in Davie Countv..mo!ring to Char
lotte about a yeaf'ag'd.
Surviving in addition to the par
ents arc the widow, Mrs. Hazel
Sheck Call; two sons and 'three
duughivrs of the humc; twu half
brother, Everetr Horn ofNewport
News Vn., and Harry Lee Call, of
Mocksvlllc, and two half sisters.
Misses Alice and Jo Ann. Call of
Mocksvjlllc.^ n
A briel service vias hHd a< the
home,in Charlotte at 11 a. m.,.
Tuesday and the hody brought Co
the First Baptist Church in Mocks-
vlllc.
Funer8l;0<(Hrlces were conduct:
ed at the cliiirch at 2 p. nu, by
Rev. |. P. Davjs. Burial, was ,in
R'isc C^'mcterv.
Bio — Obituaries — 4/18/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 19,1951 - Page 6
S. E. GARTNER, 46,
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Samuel Elijah Gartner, 46, Da-
vie County farmer, died Monday
at a Winston-Salem hospital.
He suffered a broken leg 15
months ago, from which he nev
er recovered. He entered the
hospital 18 days ago for special
treatment His death came un
expectedly following a heart at-
ladt.
Mr. Gartner, a native of Davie
County, was a son of J. W. Cart"
ner and the late Mrs. MoUie
Martin Gartner. In aditlon to his
father, he is survived by his wife,
the former Miis Willie Munday;
two daughters, Misses Louise and
Carolyn Gartner of the home; two
brothers and one isster, Hubert
Gartner of Winston-Salcm, Glenn
H. Gartner of Concord and Mrs.
W. L. Davis of Kannapolis.
Funeral services were held at
11 a.m. last Wednesday at Bethel
Methodist Church near Mocks-
viUe.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 19,1951 - Page 8
Mrs. Leia Ridenhour
Dies Monday At Home
Mrs. Lola Jane Ridenhour, 70,
widow of G. A. Ridenhour, died
at 1 p.m. Monday at her home,
Mocksville, Route 3, alter an ill
ness of one year.
Surviving arc two sons, Clar
ence L. Ridenhour of Winston-
Salem and Wade Ridenhour of
Wake Forest; one daughter, Mrs.
Robert Snider of Mocksville; and
three sisters. •
IHmeral services were held
Wednesday alternoon at the Lib
erty Methodist Church.
Bio - Obituaries - 4/19/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, April 25,1951 - Page 4
Mrs. S. B. Hall
Mrs. Valera lustice Hall, 56,
wife of Siacy B. Hall, local drug
^8t, died at 5 o'clock Friday mom-
Ing at a Salisbury hospital, follow*
log a^short llJnASj. She had been
a resident of Mocksyllle 22 years.
Surviving are the parents, her
husband, one son, Robert Hall, of
Mocksvillcj a granddaughter, two
sl.tters, Mrs. Herbert Fender, Flor
ence, Ala., and Miss Edna Justice,
Candler; five brothers, T. T. Jus*
ticc, Pnscagoula, Miss.; Gordon G.
Justice, Aberdeen, Wash.; Fred
Justice. Tonawanda, N. Y.; Mark
Justice. MandcviUc, La., and Watt
Justice, Condlcr.
Funeral services were held at
Mocksville Baptist Church at 3:30
p. m. Saturday, with her pastor.
Rev. J. P. Davis officiating, assist
ed by Rev. E W, Turner and Rev.
A. J. Cox, and the body laid to
rest in Rose cemetery.
The death of Mrs. Hall was a
severe shock to her many friends
throughout this community. To
the bereaved family The Record
Joins a host of friends in extend
ing sincere sympathy in this great
bereavement.
Wrs. Ridenhour
Mrs. Lcla Jane Ridenhour, 70
years old, dtod suddenly April
16th, at her home in die Smith's
Grove section. The funeral ser
vices were held at 3 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon from Liberty
Methodist church, and interment
was in the church cemetcrv.
Mrs. RidenhouPs husband
Oeofge A. Ridenhour. died In
June 1945. She is survived by
three children: Mrs. Robert Snid
er at the home. Wake H. Riden
hour of Wako Forest atid Clarence
L. Ridenhour of Winston-Salem.
There are three sisters surviving.
Mrs. L C. Deadmon, Mrs. C C.
McCullough and Mrs. J. S« Wag
ner all of Mocksville, route 4.
Tlicre are 24 grandchildren.
George Minor
Gee. W. Minor, 78, died at hts
home ncfar Fork Thursday. Hehod.
been In bad health three years.
Surviving arc the wife, seven
Bons^ two daughters and 19 grand
children.
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m., Saturday at Fork Baptist
Churchy with Rev.' E W. Tun»cr,
Rev. J. M. Haves, and Rev. Mr.
Tcnncry officiating, and the body
laid tp.rcst In the church cemetery.
John R. Brown
Funeral services for John R.
Brown, 83, who died Thursday at
I the County Home, were held at
Rocky Springs Baptist Church at
2:30 p. m. Saturday. Rev. J. G.
Allgood officiated, and the body
laid CO rest in the church ceme- •
eery. Pour nlccM survive. |
Bio - Obituaries - 4/25/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, April 25, 1951 — Page 4
John M. Poplin
John M. PopUn, 59. well-known
citizen of Route 3, died nr Row*
on Memorial Koapitnl Insc Wed*
needav evening nt 8:10 o'clock,
following a two day lllncsa. Death
resulted from a heart attack.
Surviving arc the wife, one ion,
Oscar four dnughteri, Mrs.
Thomas Turrentine, Mrs. M D,
Hcthcock, Misses Kathleen and
Marie Puplln, all of Route 3} two
brothers, Ed Poplin, of Route 3,
and James Poplin, of Roanoke,
Va.. and one sister, Mrs. Spcnccr
Summers, of Route 3.
Funeral services were held at 3
p. m., Pridflv at Detliel Methodise
Church of which he was a metn*
ber with Rev. William Andcnon,
Rev. Foster Loflin and Rev. P. A.
Wright ofnciaiinQ, and the foody
laid CO rest in the church ccrne*
lery.
Mr. Poplin was born in Davie
County, where he spenc his- en*
eire life, He has opernced o ihoo
repair shop in Mocksvidc since
early manhood.
' John Poplin had many friends
throughout (his entire sectioni
who were saddened bv his de.it.i.
The Record extends sympnthv to
the bereaved ones in this sad hour.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 26,1951 - Page 1
Final Rites For
John M. Poplin,59
services for John Mc-
Corklc Poplin, 59, of Mocksvillc,
Poutc 3. owner and operator of
the Poplin Shoe Shop here, were
held nt 3 p.m. Friday at.Bethel
Methodist Church.
The Rev.. Mr. Anderson, the
Rev. Mr. "Whight and the Rev. F.
-RT^iofltn-officralcdT-BuriohwasTW
the church cemetery. Pollbearers
were AUon Howard, Abe How
ard, Jim Frank Sain, Arnlc Fos
ter, Norman Lcnch and Henry
Sparks.
Mr. Poplin died nl 8:25 p. m.
April 18 ht a Salisbury hospital
after a brief illness.
Ho was born In Dnvic County^
son of James and Carolyn Gen
tle Poplin. Ho was well known
here in business circles.
ROBERT p. IRELAND
PASSES SUDDENLY
Funeral .services for Robert P.
Ireland, 05, farmer of Mocksvillc,
Route 2, were held at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday nt Liberty Baptist
Church by the Rev. T. M. Luff-
man.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery. Pallbearers" were Dallas
Hutchens, Doward ^cnvis, Eskcr
Shinnutt, W. L. Wnllnco, Roy
Gi'ucc and Blalno Green.
Mr. Ireland died unexpectedly
Monday at his home.
So nof William and Elizabeth
lrcluhd',nio*Tpchrius
in the Clarksvillc community.
Surviving arc the widow, Mrs.
Lola Summers Poplin; four daugh
ters, Misses Knthcrinc and Mario
Poplin of the homo, Mrs. M. D.
Hatchcock and Mrs. Tom Turrcn-
tinc of Mocksvillc, Route 3; one
son, Oscar Leo Poplin of Mocks-
vUlo, Route 3; two brothers, Ed
'PupirnnifMutitsviiiu:RDtiiTf-3;'ana
Jim Poplin of Roanoke, Va.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Emma Banner Ireland; two
i^sons, James Ireland of Lexing-
iton, Route 2, .and Paul Ireland
i of Mocksvillc, Route 2; one
daughter, Mrs. Walter Myers of
Mocksvillc, Route 2; two sisters,
Mr.s. Ethel Brow nof MocksviUc,
Route 2, and Mrs. Cary Groce of
Mocksvillc; two brothers, Char
lie Ireland and J. Ireland of
MocksviUc. Route 2; four grand
children; and several nieces and
nepliews.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 26, 1951 - Page 1
Mrs. W. F. Martin
Dies At Home
Mrs. Minnie Wall Martin, 71,
wife of W. F. Martin, died at her
home in Mocksville, Tuesday
morning, April 24, nt 9 a.m., after
an illness of several months. She
was critically ill for eight weeks.
Mrs. Martin was born in Orangc-
burg, S. C„ on Aug. 11, 1080, the
daughter of the late Montrovilo
and Sara Sain Wall. She lived
in Orangcburg until her marr
iage on July 20, 1003.
In oddltion to her husband, Mrs.
Martin is survived by one son,
Walter E. Martin of Sumtcr, S.
C..and Mocksville; three daugh-
tors, Mrs. P. W. Donnelly of Snlis-
bury, Miss Janic Martin and Mrs.
W. L. Moore of Mocksville; two
sisters, Mrs. J. L. Post of Tow.son,
Md., and Ui\ W. E. Tillct of Con-
garie, S. C.; 3 grandchildren and
.several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will bo con
ducted by the Rev. W. A. Andor-
son and the Rev. A. J. Co.x Thurs
day afternoon at 3 p.m. at Bethel
Methodist Church, of which Mrs.
Martin was a member. Interment
will bo in the church coinelory.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 26,1951 - Page 1
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD SATURDAY.
FOR MRS. HALL
Mrs. Valeria Justice llnll, 56,
wiCc of Stacy B. Hull, local drugg
ist. died ut 5 p.m. Friday ut n
Salisbury Hospital, following o
short jUncKS.
Mrs. Hull was born ol Cand-
lor i Buncombe County on Jan.
10, 1893. Ihc daughter of Robert
V. and Clara Morgan Justice. She
hod bee na resident of MOCksvllIc
for 22 years.
Surviving are her parents, her
iiusband; a son, Robert B. Hall
of Mocksvillc; a granddaughter;
two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Poi\-
dcr of Florence, Ala., and Mis.s
Ednti Justice of Candler; five
brothers, T. T. justice of Pas-
cagoula, Miss., Gbrdon G. Ju^r
, t. I • • *
tico of Aberdeen, Wash., Fred
Justice of Tonawanda, N.. Y.,
jMork Justice of ^Mandcville, La.,
und Watt justice of Candler.
Funeral, sorvipcs were conduct*
cd at. MocksvlUe-Baptist church
at 3:30 p.m. Saturday by the Re.v.
J. P. Dav)s, the Rev. E. W. Turn
er and the ilcv. A. J. Cox. Burial
was in Rose Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Spurgcon An
derson, R. P. Martin, Charles
Porthing, Floyd Naylor, Robert
Dwiggins and Graham Madison.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, April 26,1951 - Page 3
G. W. Minor, 78,
Passes Friday
George W. Minor, 78, farmer,
died athis home, Advance, Route
1, Fork DapUst Church commun
ity, at 12 noon April 19. He had
been in declining health for
three years, but died unexpect
edly.
Born March 25, 1869, in Davie
Countyi he was tho son of Zcr-
roll and Amy Hendrlx Minor. He
was a member ot Fork Baptist
Church.
On Dec. 27, 1899, he was mar
rled to Miss Betty Zimmerman,
who survives, with two daugh
tors, Mrs. C. V. Williams of
Wlnston-Saletn, and Mrs. D, E.
Whitehcad of Ramscur; seven
sons, M. C. Minor of Mount Airy,
T. J. Minor of Advance, Route 1,
M. J. Minor of Charlotte and
G. Y., L. G., S. R., and K, O.
Minor of Winston-Salem; and 19
grandchildren.
Funeral services were hold ot
Folk Baptist Church at 2 p.m.
Friday by tho Uov. Mr. Tinnory,
the Rev. E. W. Turner and the
Rev. J. M. Hayes.
Pallbearers wore Louis Zimm-
ormon, James Zimmcrmon, El
mer Zimmerman, John Tnlbcrl,
Sam Tnlbort, and Jim Sullivan,
uU nephews, Otlicr nephews wcro
honorary pallboavora.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
COOLEEMEE JOURNAL, Thursday, April 26,1951
Mrs. Hall, 56,
Of Mocksville
.Mr.-. M.-iKt;. lij.M,
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11
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John M. Poplin, 59,
Dies Wednesday
-fohii M. Poplin, rj1>, wull-
Idiim'ii uillicci) of MocltSviUo,
Huiitc J{| ill. Uo^Viiii Jle-
nu'riol ilospitiil Iri-sl Weilnc.s-
i!:iy cvoniiij; at F}:10 o'clock,
fii||iiwlii4( il two <l:»y lllnc.sis.
Death Tc.-iultcil from n heart
iillaeL
Hui'viviiiir ui'o 111-' wife, run:
i=on, O.iL'iir Lcci fvui daiiKh-
lei'.-i, Mr.^. TlxiinaH 'i'urren-
tiiK'i Mrs, M. D. llfilhoock,
.Mis.sc.s Kiitlilueu anil Mariri
l'<>|il:ii, all of lloiitc •(; Moehs-
vilic: t'lVo biTilliiirs, Kil Pop
lin. of iioiile Timl Jaiai'.-i
Paplsii, of UoHUokc, Vu., ami
lino ;ii .riir, Mr.-i. .Sjiciiecr Sum
mers, ui' Himlo
I'tiimral .Mervice.5 were hcW
III •'! p, m-, Frithi.',' at JJetliel
Methuilisi Cliureli of wiiieh
hi! was a niemhci' with Pev.
tVillliini Ajulcr.soii, Kcv. Pos*
ter ixifllit iiiul I'cv. F. A.
U'riuhl offieSulirir. ami lite
liiidy lahl lo I'ei.t in the elitircli
.'omolery.
.Mr. Poplin Whs liOrn ill
ihwio (.'mmty, '.vhc're he .speiil
Isi.s entire life, ilo lias nperal-
!i| n kIioi! repair .-iluip in
.Muoksviliu luuco 'larly niHU-
lood.
Rites Held {■or
H. F. Bowden, 69
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yi'ar- iifi', v.'i.-'.'i l i- i lii -.'-ii
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a mi'inljcr of Smilh tlrnvr
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||oii]ier, Wtn.-tl-ii'ii-Siiloni, a li >1
Mv.h. p. H. Hid'liii aii.l .Mv.-'. r.
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Bio - Obituaries - 4/26/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
COOLEEMEE JOURNAL, Thursday, April 26,1951
Mary Ella Smith Simpson
Mother Of Former
Cooleeniee Woman
Dies In Concord
t-'niii'r.il si-rvicL'H I'ljj' .Mrs.
..M:ijy I'IIji Sjiiilti 8ii>i|i.sMii. tf l,
V. klitv.' nt S<-|liMtci Shii|K-|i:ii).
iiKvltiri' III" Mrn. Wiiller ("Jriu-iu'
fnrt(i«'r)y of (.'onleC'liicc diett
'rm-Hil.iy ill ilii' CDjicorrl X«rs-
iii;' llijiii! ill tVinfonI, N'.
of llir infiniiiticH of nco. will
'•r ivMiiliK'lod 'nun.-idi.y iiflir-
it'iiTi ill :5 itV!«iirt: fniDi ilio
(Viili'iik- I'lcHli.vii'ifiiii ohiiroh
ill Ctli'sU-r colilily.
Tlir riiiiiisur. Iho Ui^v. T. K.
(irii-r, .lifl Ijo in cl;.ni/o of llio
n ..TVin !. 'I'ho ktidy, »i')iU-|i ii;
:.l li;. I ri'ii'n Fiiiioi'iil liM.'iii! in
t'lir^li-r, will Ijo tiiki'i) In IIh'
rlmi\'li ;il I o'l'look on 'riiurs'
ijiiy, will-re i< will nniiiiiii uii-
III llie liniir nf ihi! M'jeiri!.
The iiiti.Tmi III will fnlltiiv in
I he Ivpii^ei'iiiil ceinohii'y ii;
Winii.-ihiiiii.
Mi'.-i. Simfirfnn IV.i;: iUI.-ilivv
of Kiiiifielii nniiiiy, Ja-iii}: :i
<liiiU!hloi' nf *Jii* liiti' Williiuii
A Sinilii :i.n«l I lie l;ile iMr:%
Mitryniv* .Mi-rnliy f^inilli.
N]:" I".i-.s i ili.ieii|i-i| ill ilie
.-tfllonl.-; <il' J*:iii'fii-lil cniiiily.
i'l-kir i.> yoiiijf to ilw <'nii-
i nril N'msiiiy iionie. .Mim. ^iim)»-
::o,-i hiul niiuie In-r lioriK' with
Iff oiii, T, Ktiwiird H.ini|"i0.ti
of Uii.iihuijr, Jlnu-ii.. 1.
Mrs. Martin, 70,
.\|i 1. Sini|i.^nii is .e,irvivi.\i
I'V fniir liuujriKt-rii: ^li';^ WVii-
ler T. <:iv.,-5i:; nf Arli:i-/io!i,
; .Mrr. [Jolieri [.. Irniiu! of
Toinfl, X. .1,; .ill'.--. (;i-nrj.rn fi.
Ilnllir I-!' rii'.'.usi;i i ll.inl. .S".
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Uiihliiji i'. Il'iiile I; l.e.^lii.-
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I■'ihirniii.-i. ;ii il Kivh'.
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l:li liil'i'l "it thiil Ijliito h "if tlio
.-ni.iil. I'.iiiiil"'.
Mi'.s. .Minnie Will, .Mnitifi.
70. ivifi* of U'. F. -Mmtill, diril
111 her iin.'iie oil Norlh .M.ifn
Sireel, JIfn'lrs%-i||e, here ot !'
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oils! ilhie:-:2 ill' Ml-iVHlVill IJIinilil.i.
i^lie w;n evtliejilly lit for ;ili>.ii)|
ei'/ii'. v.-i'iili:'.
liovii ill Oriiiiyehnri-r, H. I!..
.\-.|0||."'l II, 1!^."0l, .she tt ':is ll'U!
r.niirliler of Ihe liile Alotilse-
vilUi iiiiil finriih Kliii.iiliotli Sriln
\V:-.ll. She wiis tiiaeriiiil July
;;ii. nyi-'i, to 31r. .Miii'lin, iiinl
innei-il lo MoeliAvllle.
.Mr.;. Miiniii Wii.s :i innnitier
OS licriiiil MelhoiliHl Clmrrh.
.Mni-k-ivilte, lirnitc! Jk
Survlvini! oi'e the hnskiiKli
mil.! Sim, Walter Iv. Marlin of
.MiM-k.-ivillii finil SuiiiU'i', S. C'.;
three (liLiij|;]iioi'!i, Mrii. Paul
Ihiiiiielly of Sali.^ilim'y, Miss
■Jiiiiii! Martin of the home iind
Mr;;-. L. Moore Jr. of
Miii-k.-ivi]k'; tw<> .si.sior.-t,
J. li. Uasn of Towson, Mil.,
iiiiit Mrs. W. K. Tillcy nf Fin;-
yaiee, ."S, C.; 'hn't.' yr;iiiil-
eiiLluioii; iind .sevenil siu'ee.;
iiiKl ne|ilH'\v.;.
Fiiner.-il .-lerviees wtiv helil
ill. p. in. Thill'.': I lay al. iteltiel
.Melhoiliiil riniri h h.v ll.e II<-v.
A. <"n.\ Jiiul llie lie'.'. iV. .\.
.•\n<ti'V.-<-i>n. IJnrial wim in Ilic
I Imri'li eeniftt-ry.
Robert P. Irelaii(j,
.Near Moclisville iLrj
i-"inii r.ij -1 ri i-.- for I:"iIk-i-i
I'. Iii l.iinl. fiiinii'i' nf
.i|>"i li."'.i!|i'. iJout".' 'i. Wi ll- In-Ill
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l .ili'-r'y lh;pll::l rlilireh h.;
1 .11' Ki".. T. .'I. I.ii rf-'fiiiii, ]):i-•
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;-i.!i i!' u i."! F.l;:-:-.-
Ii. I II Jr-'|: II.'. ill- "(n-l I III:: ell-
lii" till ill till- <'liiil-;-villi.'
< i -ii.iimiiiiy.
J-'.ir'.'l'. ini-: i.i".' hi-; '.vIlV-.
.'•Ir.-. Sunriii. Ihiiiiie) li ihii'iiS:
IWv" .-na.-. .I.llll",',-" li'rhilKl of
' hi-xiiielcii, IJoiile y. :inil l'iu:l
' Ireliii'd i"l" .Mi-i k.svtjh-, ]'n-.i",t'
i; iiIji! iliinj'l.lt'i'. .Mrs. WuHee
• .Myei'.- of .Mnrk,-;'. ille. itmite J:
lui.i .'"isler.':, Mrs. Mlliel Itvown
of .\|ill'li;:'"i!li'. Ui'llll iiail
Mr-'. Ciiiy limee nf .Morh.<-
'.lllr; I'.M- J-.'o'.tu'i Fi'iiii'j-."
1; I hii.il .mil .1. Iirli'.ml of
•M".; I: •'.'illi . It-nil I 'i ; foiiv
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Bio — Obituaries — 4/26/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, May 2,1951 - Page 4
H. F. Bowden
Henrv Fries Bowden* 69« died ^
'at his home In this eitv April 22,
following nlong illness. He was'
born in Davl^ County* where he
spent his entire life. He was a
son of Mr* and Mrs. S. W. Bow'
den* and was a dairyman and far*
mer on Route 2 until he retired
and moved to Mocksville four
years ago. Ho was a member of
Smith Grove Methodist Church.
On Oct. 13* 1911* Mr. Bowden
married Miss Matcic Burner* who
sundvc^.
Other survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Hoopcri
Winston-Salcm; Mrs. R. R. Red
den and Mrs. Robah Smith* both
c of Mocksville. R. 3; seven grand-
t children; his stepmother, Mrs. S.
W. Bowden, Advance, R. 1, dnd
two brothers* Grady Bowden, of
e SummcrBcId, and R. S« Bowden.
s Danville, Va.
Robert Ireland
FuncrnI services for Robert P.
Ireland, 65, a farmer on Route 2,
Mocksville, were held at 2:30 p.
m., last Tuesday at Liberty Bap'
tisr Church, with Rev. T. M. Luff;
man ofHclating. Burial was in the
church cemetery. Mr. Ireland
.died April 23* at his home,
j Surviving arc his wife* Mrs. Em
ma Ireland; two sons, one daugh
ter* two sisters* two brothers and
(four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
Monday of last week at 2:30 p. m.
at Macedonia Moravian Chiirch,
with Rev. J. G. Bruncr and Rev.
J. P. Davis officlnting, and the
body laid to rest In the church
cemetery.'
Mr. Bowden had many friends
in this city an I throughout the
county who were saddened by his
death. To the bcicaved family
The Record extends sincere sym
pathy in this sad hour.
Geo. G. Poole
Geo. G. Poolc, 75. of Salisbury,
famiHarlv" known by thousands
as "Lord SaUsbui^',"on account of
his fantastic wearing apparel, died
at the Mocksville Nursing Home
at 11: 0 p. m. Thursday. He had
been a patient here since FebrU'
arr. Funeral and burial s.'rvices
took place at Salisbury Saturday.
A great character has been called
ro ihat bourne from which no
traveler returns.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, May 2,1951 - Page 4
Mrs. Crenshaw
Mrs, G« A. Crenshawi 11, died
at her home on South Main itrecc
at 3 o'clock Thursday morninB,
following an illness of six months.
Surviving arc the husband and
two sonSf C. R. CrcnshnWi of this
dtVi and H. W. Crenshaw, of Ron*
nokc, Va.; one brother, three sis^
tors and one grandson.
Funeral services were held nc
the homd at 2:30 p. m. Friday
with Rev. A. J. Cox officiating,
and the body laid to rest in Rose
cemetery.
. Mr. and Mrs. Crenshaw moved
to Mocksville about four years
ago, and made many friends who
were saddened by the death of
this good woman. The Record
extends sincere sympathy to the
bereaved husband and sons in
this gre.at bereatTment.
Mrs. W. F. Martin'
Mrs. Minnie Wall Martin, 70,
wife of W. F. Mnrtin, died at her
home in this ciiv last Tuesday
morning,'following n long illness.
Surviving arc the husband; one
son, Walter E, Martin, Sumtcr,
S. C.; three daughters, Mrs. Paul
Doniteilyi Snilsburv; Miss Janlo
Martin, of the home, and Mrs. W,
L. Moore, of this cUy; uvo sisters,
and three grandchildren.
Funeral services wete held at 3
p. m. Thursday at Bethel Metho
dist Church, with Rev. A. J. Cox
and Rev- William Anderson offi
ciating, and the body laid ro njsc
in tlie church cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, May 3,1951 - Page 1
George Grace Poole
XORD SALISBURY' I
DIES IN LOCAL
NURSING HOME
The man who lived to make
people Inugh, George Grace Foole,
more fnmiUarly known at "Lord
Salisbury." died last Thursday
night at the MocksvlUc Nursing
Home on Wilkcsboro Street.
' His family acceded to his wish
to lie in state for two days at
the Peeler l^mcral Home in Sal*
isbury. At U o.m. Saturday he
went intestate, clad in a loud
gray suit with white pin stripe,
yellow sports shirt and full blue
tie. The casket was of two col
ors, a rich wine—symbolic of
joy _ symbolic of the life of
George Grace Poole. The inside
of the cosket was eggshell.
Lord Salisbury left an admon
ishment for those who come to
SCO him: "Como not in sorrow.
'CO0K uL lilU t WOnclTOus
raiment. Smile and turn away."
U was reported more than 10,000
came by to see him during these
two days.
After lying in state for 48 hours
the funeral rites for the man who
made the undisputed claim to
the title of the "X^oudcst Dressed
Critter ih Christendom" was held
at 11 a.m. Monday at Peelers
Funeral Chapel.
The services were conducted
by the Rev. P. D. Brown of Salis
bury, ossifitcd by the Rev. Vance
Daniels of King's Mountain. Bur
ial was in the Chestnut Hill Ceme
tery.
Two years ago he prepared his
epitaph and gave it to a reporter
on the Salisbury Post The text
was:
"George Grace Poole. Bom
July 25, 1875. Died . Boys
have a good time, but watch your
step. Be as good as 3|ou can be
cause life on this earth is very
short."
After being a familiar figure
around Salisbury for many years^
Lord Salisbury came to the Mocks-
ville Nursing Home early this
year. He was 75 years old.
Bio - Obituaries - 5/3/1951 DAViE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, May 3,1951 - Page 3
Mrs. G. A. Crenshaw
Passes Thursday
Mrs. Goorgta Wampler Cren
shaw, 77, died about 3 a.m. Thurs
day at her borne here after a six
month illness.
She was bom in Smythc Coun
ty, Va., Nov. 13, 1873. She was
a daughter of the late Steven
A. and Margaret Boyd Wampler.
She taught school in Smythc
County for 20 years.
Mrs. Cronshow married Gray
Allen Crenshaw March 7, 1900.
' They lived In Virginia until 1946,
when they moved here.
Survivors include her husband;
two sons, C. R. Crenshaw, Mocks-
ville, ond Henry W. Crenshaw,
Roanoke, Va.; a brother, J. Al
bert Wampler, Lexington; three
sisters, Mrs, C. A. Hicks and Mrs.
Mnrgnvet Davidson, both of
Quany, Va., and Mrs. F. M. Wor-
ley, Saitvillc, Va., and one grand-
•child.
FiinpraT services wore conduct
ed at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the home
by the Rev. A. J. Cox and the Rev.
J. P. Davis] Burial was in Rose
cemetery.
Bio - Obituaries - 5/3/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, May 9,1951 - Page 4
J. H, Dwiggins
. John H. Dwitigins, 90, died at
his home near Center Thursday at
noon followini; a tew hours ' ill-
. ncss. He wos a lifc'long mstdcnt
. Davie County.
I. Surviving arc five sons, L, R.,j I. M., R. T» and J. Lee Dwigains,
? ,of Winston'Salem, and Lonnic M.
I Dwiseins, of this city; one dauch-
tcr, Mrs. H. S« Walker, Winston*
® Salcm; 11 crandchildrcn and four
i) grcot-Rrandchildrcn; one brother,
li W»F. Dwiggins, of Mocksvillc,
and one sister, Mrs. James Pow
ell, of Route 1.
Funeral services were held at 4
p, m., Friday at Center Methodist
Church with Rev. G. W. Fink.
Rev. William Anderson and Rev.
O. L. Ruth officiating, and the
r. body laid to rest in the. church
'. cemetery. Pallbearers were Mar*
r shall Dwiggins, William Powell,IGradv Cartncr, Fred Walker and
Albert and Sanders McAllister.
W. J. Overcash
Graveside services for William
J. Overcash, 79, of Route 4, were
held at Liberty Methodist Church
cemetery Friday at 3 p. m., with
Rev. G. W. Fink officiating. Mr.
Overcash died in a Camp Butncr
hospital Thursday. Surviving arc
the wife and one daughter.
Bio - Obituaries - 5/9/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, May 10,1951 - Page 6
J. H. Dwiggfins,
Age 90, Of Center
John H. Dwiggins, 90, retired
farmer, died at his home In the
Center Church community at 12:>
15 p.m. Thursday following a few
hours of serious illness. He bad
been In declining health for a
year.
Mr. Dwiggins, a llfcdong resi
dent of the Center Church section,
was the son of James and Sarah
Leach Dwiggins.
Surviving ore five sons. L. R.
J. M., R. T., and J. Lee Dwigg
ins of Winston-Salcm and L. M.
Dwiggins of Mocksvillo: one
daughter. Mrs. H. S. Walker of
Mocksviilc; U grandchildren;
four great - grandchildren; one
brother, W. L. Dwiggins of Mocks-
viltc; and one sister, Mrs. James
Powell of Mocksvillo, Roulc 1.
Funeral; services were held at
4 p.m. Friday at Center Metho
dist Church wltli the Rev. G. W.,
Fink, the Rev. Wlllintn Andorjjon
and the Hov. O. L. Rutli In charge.
Burial was in the churcli ceme
tery.
Pallbearers wore Marshall
Dwiggins William Powell, Grndy
Gartner, Fred Walker and Albert
and Sanders McAllister.
Final Rites Friday For
W. J. Overcash, Age 79
William Joseph Overcash, 19,
of Mocksvillc, Route 4, died in a
hospital Qt Camp Dutner Thurs
day morning after an Extended
illness.
He was the son of Thomas and
Jane Fryc Overcash. Surviving
aro his wife and one daughter,
Mrs. Lizzie Griffin of Mocksville,
Route 4.
Graveside services were con
ducted at 3 p.m. Friday at the
Liberty Methodist Church cem
etery. The Rev, G. W, Fink of
ficiated.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, May 10,1951 - Page 8
Dr. Edward L. Evans
Rites Held Wednesday
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon ot 3 p.m.
at the Second Presbyterian church
for Dr. Edward L. Evans, 09, who
died at his homo Saturday after
noon after a long Illness. Rev.
R. A. Massey had charge of the
service and interment was in the
church cemetery. Mosonic rites
were conducted at the grovcside
service.
Mr. Evans was born in Durham
May 10, 18B3. In 1037 he moved
to Mocksvillc after hovlng prac
ticed Chiropody Intlcw York for
25 years. In Mocksville he was
employed at the Hanea Chair it
Furniture Company.
I He was married in 1917 to Miss
I Amanda Pctticord, who survives
him. At the time of his death he
was worshipful master of Corin-
thlon Masonic Lodge No. 17. antf
wns ti 32nd degree Mason. Dr.
Evans wns active in all phases of
church work and had taught a
Sunday School class at tho Prison
Camp for the past eight years.
Pallbearers wore B. T. Will
iams, Ilcrbcrt Crawford. Nat Dal-
ton, Odell Drown, Roy Halrston,
and Clyde Studcvnnt.
Bio - Obituaries — 5/10/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, May 16,1951 — Page 4
Sammy Watts
Dies of Polio
Sammy Watis, 4-ycar>old son of-
Mr. and Mrs. George Watts* olj
Norfolk, Va., died Tuesday nlghtj^
of polio. Funeral and burial ser
vices took place at Norfolk Thurs
day morning. Those from here
attending the funeral were W. E, j
Smith and daughter, Miss Ooro- a
thy, and sons Grant and George!'
Smith. Mrs. Watts was a former'
Iresidcnt of Davle County, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E, Smith,
of Route ].
C. G. Lanktord
Funeral services for C. G. Lank-
ford, 28, of Wlnston-Salcm, form
erly of near Red/and, were held
at Bethlehem Methodist Church
at 3;30 p. m. Friday, with Rev. E.
T. Sims and Rev. Bruce Roberts
bfii^cing, and the body laid <0
Vest in the church cemetery. Mr.
Lankford was killed In a trailer-
'•truck wreck in South Carolina on
May 8. Surviving are the wife
and three children.
Edward Evans
Dr. Edward Evans, 68, well-
known colored citizen of Mocks-
ville, died May 5ch, at his home
on Lejcingcon street, following a
long Illness. Funeral services were
held at the Second Presbyterian
Church on Wednesdiiy afternoon,
with Rev. Robert Masscy, h i s
pastor officiating. The body was
(aid to rest with Masonic honors
in the Presbyterian cemetery*
Surviving is the wife.
Bio - Obituaries - 5/16/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Mrs. John F. Martin,
Mocksville, Route 2
Mrs. John P. Mnrtin, 50, o(
Mocksvillcc. Route 2, died uncx*
pcctcdly nt 4 p.m. Sunday at a >
Salisbury Hospital. She had been
in declining health for the past
10 years.
Born April 19, 1901, in Yadkin
County, Mrs. Martin was the 11
daughter of Joe and Bell Myers >
Allgood. She was married Sept.
20, 1020 to John F. Mnrtin,
Mrs. Martin had lived in the
Mocksville community nil her life
and was a member of the Cross
Roads Boptist Church, ^
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, May 17,1951 - Page 1
Surviving the the husband, the
mother, five daughters, Mrs. Clyde
Stcclmon of Kannnpolis, Mrs. WH*
liom Hilton of High Point, Mrs.
Jack Barnes of Maracay, Vents
zucla, Mrs. R. P. Martin, Jr., ot
Mocksville and Miss Mary MarUn
of the home; three sons Itofcr
Mortin of Kannapolla, Fred Mar
tin of Brunswick, Q&„ and Paul
Mortin of the homo; one brother,
Howard Allgood of High Point:
three sisters, Mrs. Hugh Latham
of Mocksville, Mrs. Poul Todd of
Wlnston-Snlcm ond Mrs. Wllllnm
Selfilcr of High Point; two half-
sisters. Mrs. H. C. Dinklns of High
Point ond Mrs."Grovor wisnon oi
Lewlsville; and six grandchild
ren.
The body will remain at^fackic
and Hinshaw FuncrntiHomc until
funeral arrangements are made
ponding the arrival of the daugh
ter from Venezuela.
|samuel'Ray*Watts11
ons OP pouo
Samuel Ray Wattle age 4,
youngest eon of Mr 4U)d Mrs.
George Watta of Norfolk, Va.,
died May 8 following an attack
of infantile paralysis. Mr*. Watta
is the former Eva Mae Smith of
Mocksville, Route 2.
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MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, May 17,1951 - Pages 1 & 8
G. C. Lankford
Former Davie Resident
Loses Life In Accident
A former Davie County resi
dent, G. C. Lankford; met his
death lost week In South Caro
lina when his truck plunged in
to a lake.
Lankford, driving a Roadway
Express Truck, was on his way
from Atlanta to Winston-Salem
when his big tractor - trailer
crashed into the railing of a
bridge near Greenwood, 8. C
knocked off 200 feet of tiding
and lost its troctor.'
The tractor was hauled up
later from 30 feet of water, but
the body was not recovered until
about 1 p.m., when a sheriffs
deputy found It with a dragline.
(CMliaaeg m Pago I)
MORE ABOITT
Former Davie Resident
The accident occurcd around 10:30
p.m. May 8, j
Several sources roporlcd that
Mr. Lankford wos believed to|
have been killed when the truck |
hit the bridge, before he fell into
the water.
Gruydon Cornell Lankford, age
20, was living In Winston-Salcm.
He wos bom in Wilko.-; County,
son of R. T. and Luln Ellcdgc
Lonkford. Ho spent his eorly
lite in Wllkos ond Davie Coun
ties and was educated ot the
Smith Grove School ond Mocks
ville High School.
Bio - Obituaries - 5/17/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, May 17,1951 - Page 4
Mrs. Hilton, 43,
Advance, Route 1
Mrs. EUcn Howard Hilton, 43,
of the Mock's Methodist Church
community, Advance, Route 1,
died une.xpectedly at 6:15 p. ni.
Sunday at a Winston-Salcm hos
pital. She had been ill for two
weeks.
Born Sept. 24, 1007 In Davic
County, she was the daughter of
J. H. and Martha Rebecca A)-
Ion Howard. She lived all her
life in Davie County and was o
member of the Bethlehem Meth-
odHt Church.
Surviving arc the husband,
Phillip E. Hilton; three sons,
X. A. and Lawrence HlUon of
Winston - Salcm and Eddie Hil
ton of the home; four daugh
ters, Mrs.4Mary Myers and Mrs.
Dorifi Mock of Advance, Route
1, Miss Patsy Hilton and Miss
Jessie Hilton of tiic home; five
stepsons, Robah and Ralph Hil
ton of Washington, Bruce and
Lester Hilton of Davio County,
and William Hilton of Hender
son; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Ev
elyn Smith of Mocksvillc; and
three grandchildren.
'I'lie body was taken to Uie huinu
Monday aftcrl
funeral soi^^ic]
sccond^fu^Pij
at the Bctl
Church at 3
the ciiurch cet
Bio - Obituaries — 5/17/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, May 23,1951 - Page 4
Mrs. John Martin
Mrs* John Marcm. S0» o( near
Counncv. dM May 13ih» nta Sal-
isburv hospiut. She had been in
declining hcalch for the past ten
years Surviving are (he husband,
five daughcere, among thcin Mrs*
ItP* Martin, Jr., of this city, three
eons, one brother and three sisters.
Funeral and buriai services were
held at Courtney Baptist Church
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
. with Rev. A* C Cheshire and
Rev. El W. Turner, of this cltv,
and the bodv laid to rest in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. l^illiams
Mrs. Knthryn Williams, 75,died
in the Mocksville Nursing Home
Monday, May I4ih, Mrs. Williams
was a native of South Carolina,
but had made her home with a
daughter in Statesvllle until she
come here about a month ago.
Funeral services were held at
the Presbyterian church in North
Augusta, S. C, Wednesday, and
the body laid to rest in the church
cemetery. One son, a sister and
one brother survives.
Mrs. Ellen Hilton
Mrs, Ellen Hilton, 43, of the
Mock's Methodist Church com
munity, died unexpectedly at 0:15
p, m., May 13 at a Wlnston-Salcm |
hospital. She had been ill for two!
weeks. i
Survivors arc the husband,
Phillip E. Hilton: three sons, tour
daughters, one stepdaughter, three
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
Setblehcm Methodist Church at
3 D. m., May 15th Burial was in
the church cemetery, '
A. £ H'flgner
Alfred Eugene Wagner, 65, of
Mocksville, Route 2, died unex*
pectedlyofa heart attack about
4:30 p. m., Wednesday while driv
ing n truck on the Mocksville
Yadkinville Highway.
He was connected with die
Rural Electrification Assoclan here
for (he past five years. He re
tired March i9 because of poor
health.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
WilUc Mae Williams Wagner;
two sons, Odell Wagner of Mocks
vlllc and Harding F. Wagner of
Taylorsville, one daughter, Mrs.
Will Furches of Mocksville, Route
2; two brothers, Louie and J* S.
Wagoiter of Mocksville, Route 4:
two sisters, Mrs. Louis Ellis of
Cooleemec and Mrs. Charlie Barn
ey of Hanes; six'grandchildren;
and several neiccs and nephews.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Turrentine Baptist Church.
Mocksville, at 2:30 p. m., Fridav
by Rev. F. R. Loflln. Rev. Wa^l
Hutchins and Rev. William And
erson. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Bio — Obituaries — 5/23/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, May 24,1951 - Page 3
SANFORD JONES, 5&,
FORMERLY OF DA VIE
Sanford Jones. 58. former na
tive ol Davic County, died sudden
ly nt his home in Ironton, Ohio,
with a heart attack on May 13.
Ho was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John C. Jones of Mocksvlllc, Rt.
2.
Hs is survived by his wife ond
six children; five sisters, Mrs.
Sonny Cranfiil of Mocksvlllc, Mrs.
Lester Booc of MocksvUlc, Routo
2, Mrs. Culbcrt Thomas of Kanno-
polis, and Mrs. Maude Held of
Grccnvilic, S. C.; three brothers,
Sherman Jones of Mocksvillc,
Frank Jones of Routo 2, ond Tim
Jones of East Bend.
Rtnoffil services were conduct- i
cd Tupsdny. May IS. at his homo
in Ohio.
A. E. WAGNER, 65,
AT WHEEL OF TRUCK
Alfred Eugene Wogncr, 05, of
Mocksvlllc, Routo 2, died unex
pectedly of a heart ottack about
4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10,
while driving a truck down tho
MocksvlUc-Yadklnvlllc Highway.
Ho was concctcd with the Ru
ral Electrification Association for
the past five years. He retired
March IS because of poor healti\.
Son of the late Franklin and Sa
rah Jnnc McCullough Wagner, he
was born In Davic County, Feb.
12, 188G.
Surviving arc his wife, Mrs.
Willio Mac WiUlnms Wogner;
two sons, Odell Wogner of Mocks-
vllle and Harding F. Wagner of
Tuyiorsvillc; one daughter, Mrs.
Will Furchcs of Mocksvillc, Route
2; two brotltcrs, Louie and J. C.
(Bud) Wagner of Mocksvillc,
Route 4; two sisters, Mrs. Louis
Ellis of Coolccmcc and Mrs. Char
lie Barney of Hancs; six grand
children; ond several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services wore conduct
ed ot Turrcntlne Baptist Church,
Mocksvillc, Route 4, nt 2:30 p.m.
May 18, by the Rev. F. R. Loftin,
the Rev. Wade Hutchcns and the
; Rev. William Anderson, Burial
was in tho church cemetery.
Nephews were pallbearers.
Bio - Obituaries — 5/24/1951 DAViE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
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o MRS. W. F. STEED
RED SPRINGS. May 27.—Airs, Ada
Belts Steed, 90, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. B. Ashley, near Red
Springs this morning. She was the widow
of W. F. Steed of Maxton and daughtw
of the late J. J. Befls and Ann Hill Belts
of Asheboro, Mrs.,' Steed was a charter
member of the a. PaiA's Methodist
church of Maxton. i^neral services will
be held at the home of Mri. Ashley, with
whom she had lived for il years, Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock conducted by
her pastor. Rev. H. G. Cuthrell. assisted
by Rev. G. S. Eubanks, pastor of the
I Trinity Methodist church of Red Springs.
I Interment will be in the Maxton ceme
tery. She is survived by her daughter,
a sister, four grandchildren, and a great-
grandson. ^. .
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DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, May 30,1951 - Page 4
Mrs. Cheshier
Mrs. W. L. CheshicTf 66# ft na
tive of (his county# but who has
lived in Harmony and Sallsburv
tor the past 30 years# died at Row
an Memorial Hospital last Wed*
nesday. Funeral and burial ser
vices were held at Harmony Me
thodise Church at 3 p# m. Friday.
Among the survivors are one sis
ter# Mrs* B. F. Tutterow# of near
Center; three brothers, T. A. and
H. F. Blackwclder# of Mocksville,
and W. L, Blackwclder# of High
Point. Her husband died several
years ago.
Bio - Obituaries - 5/30/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, May 31,1951 - Page 3
Filial Rites Held Friday
For Mrs. W. L. Cheshier
Mrs. W. L. Cheshier, 66, died at
5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Rowan
Memorial Hospital at Salisbury,
following a few days* illness.
Mrs. Cheshier lived in Harmony
for 25 or 30 years, but had made
her home in Salisbury for the
past three years.
The body was taken to her
former home in Harmony. Funeral
services were conducted at Har
mony Methodist Church at 3 p.m.
Friday by the Rev. M. L. Fisher
and the Rev. E. V. Cullu. Burial
was in the Harmony Cemetery.
Mrs. Cheshier was born in Da-
vie County, a daughter of Y. W.
Blackwcldcr and Mrs. Molly
Blackwclder.
She Is survived by three daugh-
tors, Mrs. Bill Cheshier o£ Har
mony, Mrs. Ethel Turner of
Greensboro and Mrs. R. S. Lowe
of Salisbury: one sister, Mrs. B.
F. Tultcrow of MocksvlUc; and
three brothers, L. W. Blackwcl
dcr of High Point and T. A. and
H. F. Blackwelder of Moeksvillc.
Her husband ^ied scveroi years
ago.
Bio — Obituaries — 5/31/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, June 6,1951 — Page 4
Fred Blackwood
Fred Blackwood, 43. was drown
ed in the Yadkin River Friday
night about 10 o'clock, when a
bjat he and two companions were
fishing from, turned over*
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 3 p. m., at Coolccmcc Me
thodise Church, with Rev. F. H.
Shinn, Rev. G. L. Roystct and
Rev. J. W. Klein ofiiciatinR, and
the body laid to rest in Rowati
Memorial Park, at Franklin.
Surviving nrc the wife, two sons
and two daughters, two brothers
aud three sisters.
Capt. Harlman
A message was received here
Saturday afternoon saving that
Capt. Guy Harcm.in, 69, a native!
of Farmington, died suddenly at
1 p. m. Saturday at Miami, F(a.
Among the survivors arc the wife,
one brother,.George Hartman, of
this city, and two sisters.
Bio - Obituaries - 6/6/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 7,1951 - Page 1
Fe.BlACKWOOD
DROWNS IN RIVER
The Yadkin River cloimcd the
life lost Fridoy night oC Fred
Biackwood, 41, of Coolccmec. He
pump station in the Big River,
tributary to the Yadkin in Davio
County, about 10 p.m. and his
body wos recovered n short time
later. .
Mr. Biaekwood was in a boat
with A. M. Stout and James W.
Snider of Dovio County. They
wcro gigging for frogs when the
boat overturned.
A boat containing J. C. Leab,
M. C. Beaver and Jerry Shank,
all of Solisbury, was neorby. They
heard the cries for assistance and
went ao the site where ,the boat
had overturned. They were able
to help Stojat and- Snider, but
Biaekwood had already gone ua>
der and hia body was recovered
shortly thereafter.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday at the Cooleemee
Methodist Church. Rev.. F. H.
Shinn, Rev. O. L. Royster and
Rev. J. W. Klein officiated. Bur
ial followed In the Rowan Memor
ial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Biaekwood was assistant
overseer in the Erwin Mills Co.,
where he had been employed for
the past 27 year*.
He waa bonl in Bavie County
on August 22, 1907, son of the
late D, O. Biaekwood and Mary
Cartner Biaekwood.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Elllln Burg; two
sons, Flake of the home and
l. Fred L. Biaekwood, Jr., of Cool
eemee;' two daughters, Betty Sue
Biaekwood of the home and Mrs.
Floyd Foster of Cooleemee; two
e brothers, Roy Biaekwood of
t Cooleemee and Carl Biaekwood
of' 'Weodieal;~thrce"sister8,'' Mrs:
. Walton Bogcr of Cooleemee, Mrs.
y T. H. Grooms of Rocky Mount
y| and Mrs. T. C. Mcdlwaine of Le-
I noir; and- one granddiild.
CAPTAIN HARTMAN. '
HONORED veteran]
BURIED WEDNESDAY
Captain Guy LaFayctto Hart*
man, 68, Davio County native and
holder of the Congressional Med
al of Honor, was buried with
full military honors at 1 p.m.
Wednesday at the National Cem
etery at Arlington, Va,
Captain Hartman died Satur
day afternoon en route to a
Lakeland, Fla., hospital from his
home nt Miami Beadi.
He served with the Army in
France and Germany during
World War I and was honored
both the^ FVench and United
States Governments.
He retired in 1995. Since then
he has made his home in Flor
ida.
Surviving are his wife, a daugh
ter, Mrs. W. T. Carpenter of
Rtt|berfordion; two sisters, Mrs.
WiUiam Scholtes of Winston-
Salem and Bilni. Nell H. Lashl^
of fhrmington; a brother, George
A. Hartman of Mockaville, and
three grandchildren.
Bio - Obituaries - 6/7/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, June 13,1951 - Page 4
Mrs, R,D, Jenkins
Funeral services for Mrs. R. D.
Jenkins, 65. of this city, who died
at Rowan Memorial Hospital on
June 2nd, followirig a month's ill
ness, were held at the Methodist
Church at 3 p. m., Monday of lasi
week, with Rev. A. j. Cox officl'
aCtng, and the body laid to rest in
Rose cemetery. Surviving are the
husband, two sons and one dau-
gStcr, one brother, one sister and
three grandchildren.
John B, Holloway
iohn.B. Hollowiiy, of Binghani
street, died Friday night nc Rowan
Mcmorinl Hospital.
Survivtne arc the wife, three
sons, Elmer and Ralph, of Mocks-
ville; Sam, of Jackson, Tenn.; tu n
daughters, Mrs. foseph MoreHeld,
Mocksville; Mrs. Edward Phelps,
Housconville; one brother and two
sisters.
Funeral services were held at 3
p. m, Sunday at Fairvlcw Baptise
(Church. Surrv county, with Rev.
George Lomax ofBciarlng, and the
body laid to rest in the church
cemetery.
Bio — Obituaries — 6/13/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 14,1951 - Page 1
Walter T. Presnell
WRECK INJURIES
FATAL TO YOUTH
Walter T. Prcsncll, 19, of Rt.
4, MocksviUe, who was Injured
In an automobile accident about
midnight Wednesday, June 6,
died Thursday, ''June 7, at the
Rowan Memorial Hospital.
The acctdcnt occurcd on the
Woodlcaf-Barber Rood. His com
panion, William David Brown,
also of Mocksvillc, Rt. 4, remains
In a serious condition at the hos
pital.
The Investigating highway'pa
trolman said the car, traveling at
a high rate of speed, turned over
three times. The vehicle rolled
about 250 feet after it turned over
the first time. Prcsncll was
thrown 75 feet from the wrecked
'42 model Ford.
No other vehicle was Involved
In the accident. Due to the un
conscious condition of the two
men, investigating officers could
not immediately determine which
of the two boys were at the
wheel.
An employee of the Dixie Fur-
%
niture Company of Lexington.
Presnell is survived by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Wes
ley Prcsncll of Route 4. Mocks
villc; seven brothers, Forest B.
of Mountain Park. Earl, Clifford,
Junior and Ray, oil of the home,
Edward of Route 2, Winston-Sa-
Icm and .Dan of Mocksvillo, Rt.
I; throe sisters, Mrs. Nornntjm
Recce of Bccch Crock and Mrs.
James Head and Mrs. James Lang
ford of Coolccmcc.
Funeral services were hold
• Saturday at the Bccch Valley
Baptist Church of Beech Creek.
The rites were conducted by Rev.
Ed Farthing. Burial was In the
Harmony Ccmolcry.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 14,1951 - Page 1
Mrs. R. D. W. Connon
Former Davie Native,
Dies In Her Sleep.
Mrs. Robert D. W. Connor, 71,
widow of Dr. Connor, disting
uished University of North Caro
lina historian and former United
States Archivist, died in her sleep
of a cerebral hemorragc at
Myrtle OcAch, S. C., Sunday night.
Mrs. Connor left Chapel Hill
Sunday morning with Mrs. Stan-
Icy Dicks for n vb«it.at the bench
cottage of Mrs. William B. Drokc
of Raleigh.
Funerol services were held
Wcdncsdoy at the Chapel Hill
Episcopal Church. Burial was in
the Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Survivors Include Mrs. J. Frank
Clement and Mrs. Edward W.
Crow of Mccksvillc, sisters; ond
two brothers, P. Frank Hones,
Wolkcrtown, and Spcnccr B.
Hanes, Winston-Salcm.
A popular resident of Chapel ;
Hill for many years, Mrs. Conn-';
or was the former Miss Sadie j
Hancs of Mocksvillc, where shci i
was born Oct. 28, 1879. . I
She graduated from the Wom-;
an'a College in Greensboro In the'
class of 1698, and in 1002 she
married Dr. Connor, then a fell-!
ow teacher in Winston • Sa]cm.|
From Winston-Salcm she moved
to Oxford and then to Wilming
ton whore Dr. Connor was osso-
ciiitcd with the schuuls.
From 1904 to 1D21 Mrs. Conn-
or lived in Rnloi whore Dr.
Connor had organized the State
Historical Commission of which
he wos (he first secretary. The
Connors moved to Chnpcl Hill inj
1021 when he was appointed
Kenan Professor of History and.
later Burton Crnigc Professor of.
History and Jurisprudence. {
Long a leader in social activ
ities in Chapel Hill, Mrs. Con
or was also popular in Washing
ton, D. C., during their sojurn
there from 1934 to 1941, when Dr.
Connor was United States Ar*
chivist.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 14,1951 - Page 3
John B. Holloway
Rites Held Sunday
Funeral services were held Sun
day for John B. Hotioway, 50, of
•Mncksvillcrwho-died'Irra -Sails"-
bury hospital, at 11 p.m. Friday
after having been critically ill for
one wcelc. Rev. George Lomax
conducted the service at the
Pleasant View Bapitist Church
and interment was In the church
cemetery.
Born June 28, 1900, in Surry
County, he wos the son of Manuel
and' Ann Harris Holloway. He
lived in Surry County most of
his life, moving to Davie County
seven years ago. Ho was employ
ed by Hanea Chair and Novelty
Company^
Surviving are his wife, the for-
rner Miss Phoebe Hanes;' three
sons, Elmer Holloway and Ralphi
Holloway, both of Mocksville,!
and Sam Holloway of Jackson,'
Tenn.; two daughters, Mrs. Jo-j
scph Morefield of Mocksville, and
Mrs. Edward Felts of Hampton-
ville; one brother, Frank Hollo
way of Pilot Mountain; two sist
ers, Mrs. Hattle Powell of Browiw
Summit and Mrs. Lonnle Trlp-
Ictt of Thurmond: six grandchil
dren and a number of nieces and
nephews.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 14,1951 - Page 4
WrR. Carter, 83,
Advance, Route 2
William Radford Carter. QJ, of(
Rt. 2, Advance, died at 5:30 p.in.1
Sunday nt Rowan Memorial Hos-|
pital. j
Born Dec. 10, 1867, in Oavie
County, he was the son of Ab-
ram and Emily Hcndrix Carter.
He was a farmer in the Fork sec
tion. He was a member of (he
Fork Baptist Church for 46 years.
Mr. Carter was married twice.
His first wife, Mrs. Laura Fran
cos Stewart Carter, died in 1937.
She was the mother of a sur
viving son, Ernest, of Rt. 3,
Mocksvillc, and a daughter, Mrs.
Lindsay Lupcr of Rt. 2, Advance.
He was married again In 1937 to
Mrs. Henry Rattz, who also sur
vives.
Othur survivors include a
brother, Joe, of Mocksvillc, and a
sister, Mrs. Frances Siddcn of Rt.
2, Adv.incc. seven grandchildren
and eight grcat-grandchildrcn.
Fbnerol services v/erc held at
the Fork Baptist church at 2:30
p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. L.
{M. Toncry and Rev. Wade Hut-
I hhons in charge. Burial was in
I the church cemetery.
Mrs. J. Frank Forrest,
Mocksville, Route 4
Mrs. Effic Jane, Forrest, 76. of
Mocksvillc, Route 4, died about
10 a.m. Sunday at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Roy Sayne, 1517
South Hawthorne Road, Winston-
Salcm.
Mrs. Forrest had lived with
her daughter approximately six
months before her death.
She was born in Davic County
May 17, 1675, and was a daugh
ter of the late Williom D,. and
Margaret Vcach Foster. She
married J. Frank Forcrst Feb. 6,
1900. Ho died Aug. 15, 1937.
Survivors include two sons,
Joe and Willie Forrest, both of
Mocksville, Route 4; four daugh-
JiJa»-Mrfl.-lahn-HflU7, Mrs, D- F-
Barney ond Mrs. Sayne, both of
Winston-Salcm; two sisters, Mrs.
L. F. Waggoner, Mocksvillc, Route
4, and Mrs. H. M. Dcadmon,
Franklin; 12 grandchildren and
11 great-grandchildren.
The body was returned to Mrs.
Sayne's home where short (un*l
era) services were conducted at
1:30 p.m. Tuesday, with other
services being conducted at 3 p.m
at Turrcntine Baptist Church,
Mocksvillc, Route 4, by the Rev.
E. F. Eagle and the Rev. E. W.
Turner.
Burial was in the church cem
etery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 14,1951 - Page 4
ADVANCE NATIVE
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Charlie Lewis Hege, 60, of Ad->;
Vance, died Monday^ night at Da*
vis Hospital, Statcsville, at 9:15
o'clock.
Born March 11, 1891 in Davle
County, he was the son of Alex
and Sarah Mock Hege. He lived
in Advance alt of his life, and
was a farmer.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ella Smith Hege; three sons,
Charlie, Jr., of Advance, Clint L.,
of Norllno, Bobby C., of the home;
three daughters, Mrs. W. N.
Jones of Rt. 3, Mocksville, Mrs. C.
T. Hupp, Jr., of Mocksville, ond
Sarah, of the home; two brothers,
John D., of Salisbury. Will, of
Wlnston-Salem; a sister, Mrs. J.
F. Martin, of Dunn; five grand-
children.
Funeral services were ^eld at
the home Wednesday at 3:30. This
was followed by a longer service
at 4 at the Fulton Methodist
Church with the Rev. J. L. SUr-
ting and Rev. George Bruner in
charge. Burial was In the church
cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, June 20,1951 - Page 4
drs, J. F, Forrest
b/its, Effie Jane Forrest. 76.
i/c(i!uvilie, Route 4, died June
30ch, at the home of a daughteri
Mrs. Roy Sayne, Wlnston'Salcm.
She was born in Davie County
May 17i 1875 and was a dauBhccr
of thejaee William D. a .d Mar
garet Veach Foster. She married
J. Frank Forrest Feb. 6, 1900. He
died Aug. 15. 1937. I
Survivors include two sons', Joe
and Willie Forrest, both of Mocks-!
vUle, Route 4; four daughters, Mrs.'
Arthur Smoot and Mrs. John
Ratts, both of Mocksvlllu. Route 4,
and Mrs. D. F. Barney and Mrs. i
Sayne both of Winstun-Saiem;
two sisters, Mrs. L. F. Waggoner,
Mocksvllle» Route 4t and Mrs. H.|
M. Deadmon, Franklin, \Z grand
children) and 11 great-grandchild
sen.
Funeral services were conduct,
ed Tuesday, at3 p. m.« at Turrcn*
tine Baptist Church, by Rev. E.
W« Turner. Burtal was in the
church cemetery.
C. L Hege
Charlie IauIs Hege, 60, fanner
of Advance, died June ,11th In a
Stacesville hospital. He had been
111 one week. «
He was bom in Advance, and
lived there all his life. He was
married in i9i2 to Miss Ella Smith
who survives. i
Other survivors are; three sons.
Charlie Louis Hege, ]r,, of Ad
vance, Clint L. Hege of Norlina,
and Bobby C. Hege of thc^home.
three daughters, Mrs. W, N. .Tones
Jr., of Mocksvllle. Route 3. Mrs.
Charles T. Hupp, Jr., of Mocks-
ville and Miss Sarah Hege of the
home; two brothers. John D. Hcgc
of Salisbury and Wiiliam Hege of
Winston-Salem; one sister, Mrs.
J. F. Marten of Dunn.
Funeral services were held Wed.
ncsdav at 3:30 p. m., at the home
and at 4 p. m., at Fulton Metho
dist Church bv Rev. J. L. Starling
and Rev. George Bruner.
D. £. Seamon
D. E. Seamon, a native of Davic
County, who has been living in
Jacksonville. Fla,. died In chat cltv
on June 6th. Funerlal and burial
service took place In lacksonvillc
on June 9th. Surviving are tho
wife and one daughter, of Jack
sonville two brothers, W. S. Sea.
mon. or near County Line, and
Walter Seamon, of Rowan coun-
tv; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Ebhart.
of Kannapolis, and Mrs. Richard
Hood, of near Salisburv.
|Mr$. Ernest Lapish
i Mr«. Kroest tapiih, 79. died Friday at
the home of her dasghtef. Mre. Cart Bo
lter. at FsrmlnSton. fnltowlng a long 111-
ors«. Her ha«band died two years ago.
I Survivtns. in addition to h«r daugtit r,
ere three ions. William, of Route 3; JobM.
or Winatnn.Salem, and Charles, of the
Ihnmn: tbVessUters. Mri. Witl Boger and
Mra Esfle McDanlel. of Advance, and
Mra. Soot Andersoo. of High PoIdl
Funeral services were held at Ceater
Methodlet Church Sundav aflemooD at 9
o'clock, with R«v, Geo. Braoer. Rev Clar
ence Shore, and Rev. Tborman Howell of
ficiating. and the body laid to rest In ibr
diurob cemetery.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DA VIE RECORD, Wednesday, June 20,1951 — Page 5
H'. R, Carter ^
William Radford Carter, 83,
died June 10 at a Salisbury hospi*
tnl a^er having been in. declining
health for some time but serious-
ly ill for only a few hourOi
Bom Dec* 19, 1867, In the Fork
Church community o f Davic
County, he was the son of Abram
and Emily Hendrix Carter. He
was a liredonR resident of that
community and had been a mem
ber of Fork Baptist Church for 45
years*
Surviving arc his wife; one son
Bmest Carter of Mocksvillc* Route
3; one daughter Mrs. Lindsay Lu
per of Advance. Route 2; one
brother, Joe Carter of Mocksvillc;
one sister, Mrs. Prances Siddcn
of Advance, Route 2; seven grand
children. eight great-grandchild
ren, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2:30 p. m., at Fork Baptist
Church by Rev* L. M. Tennery
and Rev. Wade Hutchins. Burial
was in tne church cemetery*
il^rs. Sadie Connor
Mrs. Robert D. W. Connor, 71,
widow of Dr. Connor; distinguish
ed University of North Carolina
historian and former United Stat
es Archivist, died in her sleep of
a cerebral hemorhage at Myrtle
Beach, S* C., Sunday night June
10th.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday at the Chapel Hill Episco
pal Church. Burial was in the
Chape! Hill cemetery.
Survitors Include Mrs. T. Frank
Clement and Mrs. E. W. Crow
of Mocksvillc, sisters; and two
brothers P. Frank Hancs, Walker-
town. and Spencer B. Hanes
Winston-Salem.
A popular resident of 'Chapel
Hill for many years. Mrs. Connor
was the former Miss Sadie Hancs
of Mocksvillc where she was born
Oct. 28. 1879.
William A. Plott
William A. Plott, 89. a native of
Davie County, but who has been
living in California for about .43
years, died In Ontario, Calif., May
30th. Fiincral and burial took
place June Ist at Ontario. Surviv
ing are two sons, Wiley Plottj
Route 3. and Roy Plott, of Cana,
R. X; two . sisters, Mrs. Clarisia
Bowdcn, and Mrs. John .^^ddle,
of Advance. R. 1, and onebrother
Tom Plott, of R. 3.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, June 20,1951 - Page 4
ihs. J. F. Forrest
tAts, Effie Jane Forrest. 76,
Moiiksville, Route 4» died June
30ch, at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Roy Sayne, Wlnston-Salcm.
She was born in Davie County
May I7i 1875 and wos a daughrer
of thejate SVililam D. a .d Mar
garet Veach Foster. She married
J. Frank Forrest Feb. 6, 1900. He
died Aug. 15, 1937. I
Survivors include two sons', Joe
tad Willie Forrest, both of Mocks-!
tUle, Route 4; four daughters, Mrs.'
Arthur Smcot and Mrs. John
Ram, both of Mocksviile, Route 4,
and Mrs. D. F. Barney and Mrs,!
Sayne both of Winstun-Saiem;
two sisters, Mrs. L. F. Waggoner,
Mocksviile, Route 4i and Mrs. H.l
M. Deadmon, Franklin, 12 grand-
chlldfeni and 11 greac-grandchild
rcn.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday, at 3 p. tn., at Turrcn-
tine Baptist Church, by Rev. B*
W* Turner, Bunal was in the
church cexnetery.
C. L Hege
Charlie Louis Hege, 60, farmer
of Advance, died June .11 th In a
StatesviKc hospital. He had been
III one week. «
He \vns bom in Advance, and
lived there all his life. He was
married in i9»2 to Miss Ella Smith
who survives. i
Other survivors are: three sons,
Charlie Louis Hcgc, Jr., of Ad
vance. Clint L. Hege of Norlina,
and Bobby C. Hege of the'^homc.
three daughters, Mrs. W. N. Jones
Jr., of Mocksviile, Route 3, Mrs.
Charles T. Hupp, Jr., of Mocks
viile and Miss Sarah Hege of the
home; two brothers. John D. Hcgc
of Salisbury and William Hege of
Winston-Salcm; one sister, Mrs.
J. F. Marton of Dunn,
Funeral services were held Wed.
nesdav at 3:30 p, m., at the home
and at 4 p. m„ at Fulton Metho
dist Church bv Rev. J. L. Starling
and Rev. George Bruner.
D, £. Seaman
D. B. Seamon, a native of Davic
County, who has been living in
Jacksonville, Fla., died in that citr
on June 6th. Funcrial andburUl
service took place in lacksonvlllc
on June 9th. Surviving are the
wife and one daughter, of Jack-
aonvillej two brothers, W. S. Sea-
mon, of near County Line, and
Walter Seamon, of Rowan coun-
tv; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Ebhait.
of Kannapotis, and Mrs. Richard
Hood, of near Sallsburv.
\Mrs. Ernest Lapish
I Mrs. Ernest Lapish, 70. died Friday at
the home of her daaghier. Mra. Carl Bo*
der. ot Formlntfton, fflllowlnit a long lit-
opss. Her hoibond dUd two years aga
I Syrvtvtns. In addition to har dstight r.
ore three ions, William, of Route 3; John,
of WlnatoA-Salatn. and Charles, of the
I bnme: three sisters. Mrs. Will Boger and
Mra Essie McDsnlel, of Advance, aod
Mra. Soot Anderuo. of High Polat
Funeral eervlces were held at Center
Methodist Church Sundsv efloraeon et 9
o'clock, with Rsv. Geo, Braner, Rev Clar
ence Shore, and Rev. Tborroan Howell of-
flclailng, end the body laid to rest In the!
cburob cametenr.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, June 20,1951 ~ Page 5
Vf , R, Carter ^
William Radford Carter, 83.
died June 10 at a Sallaburv hospl*
tal after having been In. declining
health for some time but serious-
Iv ill for nnlv a few hours*
Bom Dec. 19, 1867, in i^c Fork
Church community o f Davlc
County, he was the son of Abram
and Emily Hcndrlx Carter. He
was a liredong resident of that
communiev and had been a mem
ber of Fork Baptist Church for 45
years.
Surviving arc his wife; one son
Ernest Carter of Mocksville. Route
3; one daughter Mrs. Lindsay Lu
per of Advance. Route 2; one
brother, Joe Carter of Mocksville;
one sister, Mrs. Frances Sidden
of Advance, Route 2; seven grand
children, eight great-grandchild
ren, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2;30 p, m., at Fork Baptist
Church by Rev. L. M. Tennerv
and Rev. Wade Hutchins. Burial
was in tne church cemetery.
il^rs, Sadie Connor
Mrs. Robert D. W. Connor, 71,
widow of Dr. Connor; distinguish
ed Unlvcrsltv of North Carolina
historian and former United Stat
es Archivist, died in her sleep of
a cerebral hemorhage at Myrtle
Beach, S. C., Sunday night June
lOtlV.
Funeral services were held Wcd-
nesdav at the Chapel Hill Episco
pal church. Burial was in the
Chape! Hill ccmcrcry.
Survicors include Mrs. J. Frank
Clement and Mrs. E. W. Crow
of Mocksville, sisters; and two
brochers P. Frank Hanes, Walker-
town. and Spencer B. Hanes
Winston-Salcm.
A popular resident of 'Chapel
Hill for many years, Mrs. Connor
was the former Miss Sadie Hanes
of Mocksville where she was bom
Oct. 28. 1879.
William A. Plott
William A, Plott, 89, a native of
Davie County, but who has beenliving in California for about ,43
years, died In Ontario, Calif., May
30th. Fiiocral and burial rook
place June Ist at Ontario. Survlv^Ing are two sons, Wiley Plott, of
Route 3, and Roy Plott, of Cana,
R. I; two . sisters, Mrs. Clarisia
Dowden, and Mrs. John .Riddle,
of Advance, R. 1, and onebrothet
Tom Plott, of R. 3-
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 21,1951 - Page 6
Mrs. Lapish Rites '
Are Held Sunday
Funeral scrvicss for Mrs. Albu
Ii'cnio May XtipUh,'70, who died
ut her daughter's home in Farm-
Ington Friday morning, were held
there at 2:45 p.m. Sunday ond at
3:30 p.m. In Center Methodist
Church.
Officiating were the Rev. Clar
ence Shore, the Rev. Thomas
HowoU and the Rev. J. G. Bruncr.
Pnlihcarcrs were J. W. Bogo^, Tom
Bogor, Floyd Leach, Brady Lcach,
Charles Anderson and Milton
Anderson.
Mrs. Lapish was born in 1872,
a duuglttor of Zenith Wilson and
Mar>''BcU'y Hondrl.x Lcnch. Her
husband, Ernest Lnpisli. died two
years nga.
Surviving in addition to her
daughter, are three sons, Will-
jam Lapish of Mocksville, Route
3, Charles Lapish of the home,
John David Lopish of Winston-
Salcm; three sisters. Mrs. Will
Boger of Advance, Mrs. Essie Mc
Donald of Advance and Mrs. Spot
Anderson of High Point.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE RECORD, Wednesday, June 27, 1951 - Page 4
Dr, T, r. Watkins
Dr. Thos. T. Watkins. 82, died
his home at CIcmmons Thurs
day momingi death resulting from
a stroke. He had been in declin
ing health for several years.
Dr. Watkins practiced medicine
at Advance for 24 years, and was
Dgvie County coroner for several
years. He moved to CIcmmons
in 1928.
Funeral services wcrc^ held at
2t30 p; m. Satu.day at CIcmmons
Baptist Churchf and the body laid
to rcse in the church ccmccerv.
Surviving arc two dnughccrSt a
iiater and one brother.
Dr. Watkins had many friends
in Davie County who were sad
dened by news ol his death*
Mrs, Julia Martin
Mrs. Julia Ann Martin, 61. died
at her home in Coolcemce Tues
day nighc. She had been ill for
some time.
Surviving ate four sons, three
daughters, a brother, a sister. 1!
grandchildren; and several nelccs
and nephews.
Funeral services were he d at 4
p. m.» Friday at North Coolecmee
Baptist Church. Rev. 0. S. Young
and Rev. J. H. Grocc were in
charge of the services. Burial was
in Liberty Methodist Church'
cemetery.
Dies at 102
John McCrorv Martfn, 102, Da-
vie County's oldest citizen, died
last Wednesday at the home of a
niece. Miss Cl.ira Martin, near
Smith Grove.
Mr. Martin was born April 14,
1849, and spent his entire life in
Davic Connty. He was 12 years
old at the outbreak of the war be
tween the States.
Mr. Martin was court crier for
about 20 years for the superior
courts of this county, and was
one of the county's leading Re
publicans He was a farmer and
carpenter until he lost his sight a-
bouv 12 years ago. He made his
home with his niece for the past
30 years.
Mr. Martin was a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Giles Martin.
He was married to Miss Emma
Williams, who died in 1919.
During early manhood Mr. Mar
tin united with Smith Grove Me
thodist Church, and served as a
steward tor many years* tie was
active in church work until strick
en with blindness.
Surviving arc three nieces, Miss
Clara Martin, of DavIc; Mrs. £. C.
Hamrick and Mrs. M. B. Dull, of
Winston-Salem; a foster daughter,
Mrs. )* B. Cundid, of Hanes; and
a foster son, Frank Walker, of
Thomasvilie.
Funeral services were held at
Smith Grove Methodist Church
at 2:30 p. m. Friday, with Rev.
Bruce Roberts* Rev. Geo.ge Brun-
cr and Rev. John Oakley olHciat-
ing, and the body laid to rest in
the church cemeterv.
The death of this aged citizen
has brought sadness to a host of
friends in the community where
he spent a long and useful life of
more than tOO years.
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MGCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 28,1951 - Page 3
'MrsvMartin, 61,-
Dies Tuesday
Mrs. JuUa Ann Martin, 61,
died at her home in Coolcemce,
Tuesday night, June 19. She had
been ill for some time.
She was the daughter of the
late William and Fannle Walls
Blalock, and was born May 30,
1890, in Davte County.
For the post 27 years, she had
been employed in Erwin Mills
at Coolcemce.'
She was married to Jess A.
Martin, who died in 1923.
Surviving arc four sons. Grimes
and Ruben Martin, both of the
homOi^Lpyvrence ^Martin of_ Dur-_^
ham and William A. Martin of
Mocksvllle; three daughters, Mrs.
Mamie Martin of Coolcemee, Mrs.
Dorothy Oraughon of Mocksvllle
and Mrs. Annie Lcc Burgess of
Coolcemee; a brother, W. B. Bla
lock of Coolcemee; a sister, Mrs.
Ninn B. Canada of Salisbury; IL
grandchildren; and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services wore held at
4 p.m., Friday at North Coolee-
mee Baptist Church. The Rev. C.
S. Young and the Rev. J. G.
Groce were In charge of the ser
vices. Burial was In Liberty Meth
odist Church cemetery.
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 28,1951 - Page 4
Oldest Davie Resident,
John M. Martin,
Dies at Age 102
John McCrory Martin, 102, Da-
vie County's oldest resident, died
June 20 at the home of o niccc,
Miss Clara Martin of Mocksvilic,
Route 3.
I Mr. Martin was born April 14,
1840, in Davie County. He was
too young by u year or two to
ficrve in the War Between the
States.
'• For many years, he was court
crier for scsions of circuit courts
here .and served under sovoral
sheriffs. In the Smith Grove
Community, where he lived most
of his life, he was outstanding
lor nia political ociivrrtCSt HC
was a staunch Republican.
A carpenter and farmer, he
was active until 12 years ago,
when he became blind.
He hod made his home with
his niece for the past 30 years.
Mr. Martin was a son of the
late Giles and Mahetabte Well-
man Martin. He married Miss
Emma Williams, who died on
Dec. 29, 1019.
During early manhood,. Mr.
Martin Joined Smith Grove Meth
odist Church. He served as stew
ard there for a number of years,
was a member of the Men's Bible
class and remained active in
church affairs until he became
blind.
Surviving are three nieces.
Miss Clara Martin, Mrs. E. C.
Hammrlck and Mrs. M. B. Dull,
both of Winston-Salem; a foster
daughter, Mrs. J. B. Cundiff of
Hanes; and a foster son, Frank
Walker of Thomasvite.
Funeral services were held at
Smith Grove Methodist Church
at 2:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev.
Bruce Roberts, the Rev. George
Bruncr and the Rev. John Oak
ley wore in charge of the ser
vices. Burial was in the church
cemetcry.N
Bio — Obituaries — 6/28/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
MOCKSVILLE ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 28,1951 - Page 4
DAVIE MAN
FOUND DEAD
James Rufus Graves, 71, of Mocks*
viUe, Route 2, was found dead in
his barn early Monday.
He was found hanging from a
rafter in his bam at 1 a.m., by C.
F. Leach, huibaHT of Graves'
niece. Leach had waked up short,
ly after 12:30 a.m., and became
n worried when he found Graves
e missing from the house. A search
was started and the man. was
found in the barn.
Dr. W. M. Long said Graves
died of strangulation.
Graves had farmed in his native
Davie County all his life and had
been in poor health for the past
two'months.
Surviving are Mrs. Bowles and
seven nieces and nephews.
He was bom Aug. 0,1079, son of
George and, Elizafaeth White
Graves, he was living with Mrs.
Mamie Bowles ,a half sister, at
the time of his death.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p.m., Tuesday at Chestnut
Grove Methodist Church, Mocks*
ville, Route 2. The Rev. William
Anderson officiated.
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Mrs. Mary C. Smith
Morganton, Route 4
Mrs. Mary C. Smith, 82, of
Route 4, Morgonlon, died Tues
day morning at her liomc after
au illness of approximately two
years. She was tl^e mother of Miss
Ruth Smith, manager of the Wal
lace Store in this city.
Funerdt. services were held at
a home church, near Morganton,
at 2 p.m., Wednesday.
Mrs, T. L. Swicegood,
Age 7G, of Coolecniec
Mrs. Gertrude Duln Swlcegood,
70, wife' of Tlmmas Leo Swlce
good, died at Coolccmcc. She had
been in declining health for sev
eral years.
Mrs. Siwcegood was born In
Dnvic County Nov. 4.1874, daugh
ter of Sidney A. and Janic Foster
Dula. She spent her entire life
in Davlc County.
SuK'ivlng arc the husband;;
I three sisters, Mrs. R. L. Swink of
' Coolccmcc, Misses Minnie and
Janie Dula of the home.
Funomli services were held at
4 p.m. at Coolccmcc Methodist
Church. The Rev. Mr. Shinn of
ficiated. Burial was in Salisbury
Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were William Gales,
Robert Hoylo, L. D. Driver, Paul
Booc, Frank Seders and Fred
HcIIard.
Bio - Obituaries — 6/28/1951 DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA