THURSDAY, MAY 25. 1967
OBITUARIES
CPL. JAMES RAY
Services for Cpl. James Leo
nard Ray, 25, who was killed in
Vietnam May 16. were hetd at
2:30 p. m. Wednesday in Bow
ditch Union Church at Micaville.
The Rev. Sam Moore and the
Rev. Roscoe Br'ggs officiated.
Burial were in Carroway Ceme
tery. Graveside military r.tes
were conducted by a detachment
from Fort Jackson, S. C., who
served as pallbearers.
He was a graduate of Yancey
Hgh School and had been in
m litary service since Septem
ber 1969.
Surviv ng are the widow, Mrs.
Shirley Wheeler Ray of Spruce
P ne; the mother, Mrs. James
Ray of Micav He; two sisters,
Mrs. Robert Hall of Middletown,
Cinn. and Mrs. Bob Ingram of
Spruce Pine; three brothers,
Dan, Lloyd and Phillip Ray, all
of Micaville; and the grandmo
ther, Mrs. John Ray of Micaville
JEFFERY HAROLD KING
Jeffery Harold King, three
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy K ng of Burnsville Rt. 4,
died at 11:55 p. m. Friday in an
Asheville hospital after a six
months illness.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are two sisters, Tammy
and Vanessa, both of the home; >
and the grandparents, Mr. and
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Mrs. Trey King of Burnsville
Rt. 4, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant
McCurry of Burnsville.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p. m. Sunday <n Elk
Shoal Union Church. The Rev.
Niram Philips off*c ! ated and
burial was in King Cemetery.
MRS. LAURA FOX
Mrs. Laura Fox, 83, of Bald
Creek, died Thursday. May 18th,
n Yancey Hosptal, after a long
illness. She was the widow of
the late John S. Fox, who died
in 1949.
She is survived by five daugh
ters, Mrs. A. F. Carr, Mrs. Ray
Robertson, Mrs. Otis Proff tt
of Bald Creek, Mrs. Bill Mcln
tosh of Alexandria, Va., and
Mrs. C. D. Lloyd of West Palm
Beach, Fla.; five sons, Love, Ja
mes, and Ralph of Burnsville,
Russell of Utica, Mich, and Will
iam L. Fox of Bald Creek; one
s ster, Mrs. Pansy Allen of Hil
debran, N. C.; one brother,
Frank Phipps of Jonesboro,
Tenn.; 24 grandchildren and 29
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2:30 p. m. at Bald
Creek Methodist Church. The
Rev. Thomas Weeks off elated.
Burial was in Holcombe Ceme
tery.
Grandsons acted as pallbear
ers.
CARL RIDDLE
Carl Riddle, 68, of Burnsville,
died at 4:40 a. m. in a local
hospital after an illness of six
months.
Mr. Riddle, who had been in
the shoe repair business in the
Burnsville area 45 years, was
a son of the late John A. and
Augusta Oil is Riddle. He was a
native of Mitchell County.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mary Gouge R'ddle; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Bruce Byrd of Fort
Walton Beach. Fla., and Mrs.
Earl Blankenship of Asheville;
two sons, Jack of Titusville. Fla.
and Ben L. Riddle of Asheville;
two brothers, J. W. and Ernest
R ddle of Spruce Pine; and nine
grandchildren.
Funeral services’ were held
at 3 p. m. Monday in the chapel
of Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home. The Rev. Lee Talmadge
offeiated and burial was in Aca
demy Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Ed Hensley.
Joe Freeman, Bradley Shuford,
Roy Ray and Glenn and Jake
McMahan.
OLIVER PETERSON
Oliver
Horton Hill section of Yancey
County, died at 5 p. m. Friday
at the home of a daughter. Mrs.
Fult Bennett, after an illness of
several years.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Mr. Peterson was a retired
employe of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad.
Surviv.ng, in addition to Mrs.
Bennett, are five other daugh
ters, Mrs. Gaither Renfro of
Green Mountain, Mrs. P. P. Pra
ther of Greenwood, S. C.. Mrs.
Bill Furches of Jonesboro, Tenn.
Mrs. Clinton Reed of Elizabeth
ton, Tenn., and Mrs. Raymond
Constable of Akron, Ohio; two
sons, Geater and France Peter
son, both of Erwin, Tenn.; a bro
ther, Ben Peterson of Baltimore;
37 grandchildren, 77 great-grand
chldren and five great-great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in South
Bend Free Will Bapt’st Church.
The Revs. CharHe Miller, Calvin
Barnett and Frances Radford
officiated and burial was in
Peterson Cemetery.
# Pallbearers were Joe, Ike and
Fred Peterson, Clesen Letter
man, Howard Beam and Voyd
McCurry.
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Thanks
We wish to express our sin
cere thanks to everyone for
their many acts of kindness dur
ing the illness and death of our
loved one.
Mrs. Carl Riddle and Family
Home Ext.
Class To /Root
The Burnsville Home Exten
s;on Club will meet Thursday
afternoon, the 25th, at 2:20 with
Mrs. C. O. Ellis.
Notice
French Broad Electric Mem
bership Corporation will be clos
ed Tuesday, May 30th, for Mem
orial Day. ' r
Clinic Postponed
The clinic scheduled to be
held in the Burnsville Health
Center Monday, the 29th, has
been postponed, due to the fact
that Mrs. Ballard will be work
ing at the Glaucoma Clinic in
Spruce Pine on that day.
"Poppy Day”
Let us remind you again of
"Poppy Day”, which will be ob
served nationwide on Saturday,
the 27th. The Ladies’ Auxiliary
of the Earl Horton Post will be
on the streets of Burnsville aH
d*>v Saturdav to receive your
money in exchange for a poppy
bv disabled veterans. This
money will be used to' a ! d disab
led veterans and the ; r families.
Let’s be generous in our g'fts to
these men who have done so
much for us.