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VOL. 27, NQ. 48 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1968 PRICE 10 CENTS
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR
MR. ELBE AT BRADY
Funeral services were con
ducted for Mr. Elbert Jerry
Brady of Rt. 4, Asheboro, N. C.,
on Sunday, Sept. 15, 1968 at
2:00 p. m. at Piney Ridge Meth
odist Church, Piney Ridge, N.
C. Rev. G. L. Warren officiated.
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Mr. Brady was a native far
mer of the Stouts Chapel com
munity. He is survived- by his
wife, S daughters, 10 sons and
29 grandchildren.
Hargett Funeral Service of
Asheboro, N. C., funeral director
la charge.
BUI. OEOROE WILLIAM
GREENE UI
George William Greene III,
formerly of 907 Bennett Street,
died Sunday, Sept. 15, 1968, at
the Veterans Administration
Hospital, Durham, N. C. He was
better known as "Long Daddy"
Greene while playing football
and basketball at Shaw and A.
& T. universities.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 12:00 noon at the First
United Church of Christ, Ra
leigh, with interment in the
National Cemetery following
military rites. The body is at
the Raleigh Funeral Home, Ra
leigh. N. C.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Launa Hargett Greene of
_ Greensboro; one son, Brian
Hargett Greene of Greensboro;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Greene, Jr. of Ra
leigh; several aunts and uncles.
Courtesy of Hargett Funeral
Home.
MR. JAMES HOPKINS
Mr. James Hopkins, age 49,
of 530 Douglas Street was killed
Sunday, Sept. 15, 1968.
Funeral services will be held
at 3:00 p. m. Saturday at Me
morial Chapel with the pastor
of the Gethsemane Baptist
Church, Rev. W. M. Hall, offici
ating. Burial will follow in the
Chapel Hill Methodist Church
cemetery.
The family will meet their
friends at Hargett Funeral
Rome on Friday night from 7 to
# p. m.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MISS BEN IT A ANITA
MILLER
Miss Benita A. Miller, age 13,
Lincoln junior High School
student, died Sept. 14 following
a biiei iliness at L. Richardson
Memorial Hospital. She lived at
d?y Burbank Street. Funeral
service was held Monday, Sept.
16, 4.00 p. m., Brown's Funeral
Home Chapel. Rev. Otis L.
Hairston, pastor of Shiloh Bap
tist Church, officiated. Burial
followed in Maplewood Ceme
tery. The body remained at the
funeral home until the hour of
service.
Survivors include her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller; six
sisters, Misses Barbara, Ruth,
Brenda, Reneta, Debra and
Vanessa Miller; three brothers,
Samuel, Jr., Dwight and Regi
nald Miller, all of the home.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. EVELYN JACKSON
SIMPSON
Funeral arrangements are in
complete for Mrs. Evelyn Jack
son Simpson of 1319 Payne
Street who died Monday morn
ing, Sept. 16, 1968 at her home.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangement!.
Funeral service for Miss |
Geneva Joyce Holmes was con
ducted on Tuesday, Sept. 17,
1968 at 4:00 p. m. at St. Mat- i
thews United Methodist Church
Rev. J. B. Bethea, pastor, offi
ciated.
Miss Holmes died on the
moining of Sept. 14 at the
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hos
pital following a critical illness
oi over a month.
Born on Sept. 4, 1905 in Guil
ford County, she was the onl;.
child of Mrs. Lillie Holmes, now
Mrs. Lillie Austin and the late
Neil Holmes. Miss Holmes re
ceived her early education in
t e Greensboro community. In
1930, she earned the A.B. de
gree in history from Howard
University in Washington, D. C.
At Columbia University in New
York City, she earned in 1949
the M.A. degree in personnel
guidance.
At the time of her death, Miss
Holmes held the position of As
sistant Professor of history and
Advisor to foreign students at
the A&T State University. Pre
viously, she had served either as
a dormitory counselor or as a
dean of women at Bennett -Col
lege, Florida A&M University
In Mcmoriam
M.SS GENEVA JOYCE
HOLMES
and Fayetteville State Teachers
College. Her teaching experi
ence started at Reidsville, N. C.
where she taught history at the
high school level.
Although Miss Holmes fol
lowed her careers largely in
North Carolina, she traveled
widely to foreign lands. During
World War II, she served as a
Red Cross Officer. In this posi
tion, she traveled extensively in
Europe. In the late 1940's, on a
Fullbright Fellowship, she
taught history at a girls' school
in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West
Africa for two years.
Shortly before her death, Miss
Holmes was the recipient of two
honors: she was invited to at
tend and to participate in tae
twentieth anniversary of the
annual conference of the Na
tional Association of Foreign
Student Affairs held at San
Francisco and Honolulu, Ha
waii on April 30-May 7. In ad
dition, she was the recipient of
a faculty fellowship award
which allowed her to study at
an institute of international
studies during June and July,
1958. This institute was held at
San Salvador of the Republic
of El Salvador, Central Amer
ica. Here Miss Holmes studied
for approximately six weeks.
Because of illness, Miss Holmes
returned one week earlier from
this institute to the United
States.
Besides following a busy ca
reer Miss Holmes was actively
identified with the Methodist
Church. She was a member of
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The Webbs Golden Wedding
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Anniversary
Many out-of-town guests
joined relatives, friends and
community folk Sunday, Sept.
1, 1968, from 5 to 7 o'clock at
the home of the Webbs in Se
delia, N. C., to honor them on
their golden wedding anniver
sary.
Hosts, all from out-of-town,
were the honored couple's four
sons and daughters-in-law: Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Webb, Jr., of
Rome, N. Y., Dr. and Mrs. B 1
leigh C. Webb of Greensboro,
N. C., Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Webb of Raleigh, N. C. and Mr.
and Mrs. Reginald Webb ol
Washington, D. C. The hosts
were also joined by the eight
grandchildren of the honorees.
Presiding at the refreshment
table, which was beautifully
decorated with golden candle
sticks and floral arrangements,
were the four daughters-in-law
assistea by two teen-age grand
daughters, Kay Webb, daughter
ri Mr. and Mrs. Harold Webb
and Kathy Webb, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Burleigh C. Webb.
Assisting the hosts were Mes
riames Mable Pattishual and
Ruth Smith who registered the
guests at the door; Mesdames
Jeanne L. Rudd and Esther T.
Custer who presided at the gift
table.
The honored couple were
married fifty years ago on Sept.
11, but the reception was held
on Mrs. Webb's birthday which
was Sept. 1.
In addition to rearing and ed
ucating their four sons, both Mr.
and Mrs. Webb have given
many years to public service.
Mrs. Webb, who attended Pal- ,
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