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DEATHS AND
Funeral Services for Mrs. i
Georgia Cooke Gant worp con. I
ducted on Saturday, Dec. 19,
1970 at 4:00 P.M. at Trinity
A.M.E. Zion Church with the
Rev. Cecil Bishop, pastor, officiating.
Mrs. Gant, a daughter of Jerre
L. Cooke and the late Mrs. Clara
Goddette Cooke, was born in
Wilson, N. C. and departed this
life Dec. 16, 1970 in Greensboro,
N. C.
She received a BS degree from
Shaw University, and a degree
in Elementary Education from
A. and T. State University, and
began her teaching career in
Sept. 1939 in Craven County,
worked in Wilson County four
years, at Livingstone College
one year and then came to the'
Guilford County School System
and the Greensboyo City System.
Although in declining health
for several years, she continued
to teach and retired in 1968
from the Greensboro City School
System. j
She was a member of Trinity
A.M.E. Zion Church, a member
of the Mother's Guild of the
Church; and in earlier years had
done extensive church work with
her musician father in Wilson,
N. C.; also a member of Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority, Happy Hour
Bridge Club, Azalea Garden
Club, N. C. Teachers' Assoc iaFuneral
services for Miss
Mamie C. Taylor of Brown
Summit who died Sunday at L.
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Richardson Memorial Hospital
after a lengthy Illness were held
2:00 P.M. Thursday from the
Locust Grove Baptist Church.
Burial followed in the church
cemetery.
She was a life long resident I
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Teachers' Association.
Survivors are her husband
George W. Gant, sons George
A. and Garry Gant, and a daugh-1
ter Miss Gratia Gant, her father j
Jerre L. Cooke, Sr., of Wilson,
two brothers Henderson J.
Cooke of Washington, D. C. and
Edwin D. Cooke, Sr., of E. j
Orange, N. J., and two sisters'
Mrs. Annie Dickens of Wilson
and Mrs. Eunice Fleming of
Washington, D. C.
Smith Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
of Guilford County and a re-'
tired teacher of the Guilford
County Schools. i
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Annie Taylor Buffaloe oi
Greensboro, N. C., and Mrs.
Marjorie A. Brooks of Lumberton,
N. C.; three foster daughters,
Mrs. Agnes Slade Ashe of
Reidsville, N. C, Mrs. Ernestine
Sapp Allen of Greensboro, N.C.
and Mrs. Corado Massey Spruill
of Flint, Michigan.
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Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MR. RORrnT unae
Mr. Robert Moss, age 64 diec
Thursday, Dec. 25th following
a brief illness. He lived at 111 i
S. Luther St.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, Dec. 31st, 2:30 P.M.,
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed in Piedmont
Memorial Park.
There are no immediate survivors.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
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Veterans' Corner
Editor's Note: Below are au
moritative answers by the Veterans
Administration to some
of the many current questions
from former servicemen and
their families. Further information
on veterans benefits may
be obtained at any VA office.
Q ? I attend school under
the G.I. Bill, and my wife has
given birth to a son. How do I
notify VA of this additional dependent?
A ? Forward immediately to
your VA regional office a copy
of the child's birth certificate
Write your VA file number on
the document and attach a note
stating that you are training
under the G.I. Bill.
Q ? I am a reservist and
have been on active duty for
the past six months. Will my
Servicemen's Group Life Insurance
protect me during the
120-day period immediately fol
lowing separation from six-!
months' military obligation.
A ? Yes.
Q ? When did the current
G.I. educational" bill take ef-1
feet?
A ? While the present G.I.:
Bill became law in June 1966,
it covers veterans who served
alter January 31, 1955.
<5 ? I am a 19-year-old college
student who draws a death
pension from VA. When I marry
will my pension be discontinued?
A ? Yes. Pension is not paid
to a child after marriage.
Q ? A service-connected injury
left me permanently and
totally disabled. Will my children
receive VA educational assistance
while in high school?
A ? No. Under this program,
the law prohibits payment for
a regular mgr. scnooi education,
unless the child has a mental or
physical disability.
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JANUARY 1, 1971
GREENSBORO- CI
HOLIDAY ACCIDEB
MRS. FANCHON B. MORGAN
Mrs. Fanchon Bullard Mor- i
gan, 49, of 1500 Salem Street,
Greensboro, N. C., died Saturday,
Dec. 26, 1970 at Park View
Hospital in Rocky Mount, N.C.
from injuries sustained in an
automobile accident Sunday,
Dec. 6, 1970 in Rocky Mount.
A memorial service was held l
for Mrs. Morgan Tuesday, Dec. i
29, at Brown's Funeral Home.
The Rev. J. R. McKinney, her
hometown minister, delivered i
the eulogy. Final funeral ser- i
vices were held in her home
town church in Elberton, Ga.,
Wednesday, Dec. 30th, followed
by burial in the family plot in
Elberton. Mr. B. T. McCallum,
a school administrator and a
long time friend of the family,
read the scripture and offered ,
a wonderful inspirational prayer
during the services at Geensboro.
Mrs. Morgan was a native oi
Elberton, Ga. but had made her
home in Greensboro for the past 1
24 years. She was a graduate of '
A ~. l m c a _ a _ t ? ; - a? a
.n.. ctuu x. otaie university anu
was a teacher in the Nash
County School System.
Surviving are daughter, Mrs. I
Fanchonette Chapelle Morgan ;
Davis of Greensboro; sisters,
Mrs. Laura J. Thorpe and Miss 1
Nancy L. Bullard of Rocky 1
Mount, N. C.; brother, Rufus
C. Bullard of Elberton, Ga. and
a host of relatives and friends.
McDANIEL AND !
PLAY THE LONG
By Richard E. Moore
Mrs. Jean MeDaniel exhibits '
a kind of faith that at times is
even frightening to herself.
I try to carry on," she said, ,
"because I know I'm the only ]
one who can take care of my; j
children. I guess it's the faith
my husband has in me to do |
what I have to do under the j
circumstances." ,
Attractiv- Mrs. MeDaniel is t
one of three Greensboro wives,
whose husbands are currently (
prisoners of war in Southeast .
Asia. She and her husband, Air
Force Capt. Norman MeDaniel, ,
are A. and T. graduates. ,
Also playing the long waiting .
f'a've is Mrs. SThirley C. Brown, ,
' rrently enrolled at A. and T.
'for husband, Air Force Capt.
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The family of the deceased
gratefully acknowledge the many
kind expressions of love and
sympathy shown them during
their hours of bereavement.
MRS. E LOUISE E. WARREN
Mrs. Elouise Elizabeth Pleasant
Warren, age 46, of 151<
Cunningham St. was pronounced
dead upon arrival to Moses
H. Cone Memorial Hospital from
injuries received in an automobile
accident on Dec. 24, 1970
it Cone Boulevard and Yanceyville
Road.
Funeral services were held
Monday, Dec. 28, 1970 at 3:00
P.M. at Bass Chapel United
Methodist Church. Burial followed
in the church cemetery.
The Rev. W. R. Royster. castor.
Dfficiated.
Survivors arc: her husband,
Mr. Hampton Warren of the
home; one stepdaughter, Miss
Brenda Walker of High Point,
N. C.; Miss Irene Pleasant of
Greensboro, N. C.; three brothers,
Marcellus and Willie Pleasant,
both of Greensboro, N. C.,
and Houston Pleasant of New
Brunswick, N. J.; one half Drother,
Mr. Norman Gorrell of
Sedalia, N. C.; one step-son, Mr.
Franklin Warren of Greensboro,
N. C.; four grandchildren,
three nieces, and a host of relatives
and friends.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
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WAITING GAME
Earl C. Brown has been reported
missing in Laos.
Except for a taped message
monitored and recorded frbm
Radio Hanoi by a CBS newsnan
last December, Mrs. McDaniel
has not heard her husband's
voice since July 20, 1966.
Her only other contact with
lim has been six or seven brief
etters (usually five or six lines)
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But Mrs. McDaniel's animated
:onversation belies her unforunate
circumstances.
"I guess I really don't know
vhat kind of power I have been
;oing on," she said with a smile.
After a while, it's all kind of
/ague."
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