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J. Douglas McCune
Asheboro - J. Douglas McCune, 68, died May 18, 2000.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at St. John's Lutheran Church. Visitation will be 7-8:30 tonight at Ridge Funeral Home.
Reba Simpson
High Point - Mrs. Reba Southerland Simpson, 90, formerly of Guyer St. and High Point Manor, died May 19, 2000, at the Human Service Alliance of Winston-Salem.
She was born March 2, 1910, in Duplin County, a daughter of William Ashe and Isla Turner Southerland. She was a resident of High Point the majority of her life, having moved here from Fayetteville. She was a graduate of James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing as a registered nurse. She retired in 1974 as a private duty nurse with Presbyterian Home. She was a member of the Eastern Star, Chapter #106, and First Baptist Church of High Point. On March 29, 1940, she married Curon R. 'C.R.' Simpson, who preceded her in death. She also was preceded in death by a son, Lewis David Simpson; three sisters and two brothers.
Surviving are a son, Norman Reece Simpson of Hickory; and a grandson, Atticus Justin Simpson of Greensboro.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Sechrest Chapel, East Lexington Avenue, by the Rev. Bill Slater. Burial will be in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 p.m. until the hour of service Sunday at the funeral home
Memorials may be directed to First Baptist Church, 405 N. Main St., High Point, N.C. 27260 or to Hospice of the Piedmont, 1801 Westchester Drive, High Point, N.C. 27262.
Benjamin Skeen
Thomasville - Benjamin Skeen, 42, of 802 Davidson St. died May 14, 2000, at his residence.
Funeral will be 2:30 p.m. today at Refreshing Springs Christian Center, Memorial Park Drive. Visitation will be 30 minutes prior to the service today.
S.E. Thomas Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Holland Sloop
High Point - Holland Eugene Sloop, 88, of 1504 Conventry Road died May 17, 2000, at High Point Regional Hospital.
He was born Jan. 7, 1912, in High Point, a son of James Alvin and Loudema Daniels Sloop, who both preceded him in death. He joined the High Point Fire Department in 1939 and retired with the rank of captain in 1971. He founded Sloop Fire Extinguisher Co. in 1950 and retired in 1978. He was a Mason and a devoted lifelong member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and a member of the Men's Bible Class. He married the former Eva Davis, also who preceded him in death in 1981. He later married the former Leona Hill Ritchie, who survives of the residence. He also was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Sloop Atkins and Frances Sloop Hearne and a brother, Kermit B. Sloop.
Also surviving are two sons, Larry Eugene Sloop and his wife, Mary Lynn, of Winston-Salem and Ronald Kent Sloop and his wife, Pam, of High Point; a stepson, Church Ritchie and his wife, Tully, of High Point; seven grandchildren, Wendy Jordan and her husband, Jeff, of The Woodlands, Texas, Kevin Eugene Sloop and his wife, Sherry, of Longwood Fla., Kim Mathai and her husband, Michael, of High Point, Dr. Sue Sloop of Atlanta, Robert Holland Sloop and Jacob Davis Sloop, both of High Point and Mark Ritchie and his wife, Traci, of Greensboro; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, James R. Sloop and his wife, Helen, of High Point; three sisters, Louella Wagner and her husband, Harry and Dolly Morgan and her husband, Roger, all of High Point, and Edna Echols of Archdale.
Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church by the Rev. John L. Petry III. Visitation will be Sunday after the memorial service at the church.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the High Point Fire Department and the Men's Bible Class of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and are requested to be at the church at 1:40 p.m. Sunday.
Memorials may be directed to the Compassion Fund or the Music Fund of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 1401 Heathcliff Road, High Point, N.C. 27262.
Cumby Family Funeral Service, High Point, is in charge of arrangements.
M. Williams
Thomasville - Mrs. Modestine Delores James Williams, 64, of 809 Bowerwood Drive died May 18, 2000, at Duke University Medical Center.
Funeral will be 4:30 p.m. Monday at Brown New Calvary Baptist Church. Visitation will be 30 minutes prior to the service Monday.
S.E. Thomas Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
