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Cornelia Hatchett
High Point
Mrs. Cornelia C. Hatchett died Dec. 30, 2000.
Hargett Funeral Service of High Point is in charge of arrangements.
June Hedrick
Zebulon
Mrs. June York Hedrick, 69, of 13430 N.C. 96, died Dec. 31, 2000, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
She was born in Alamance County, a daughter of Rezzie A. and Gertie Smith York, who both preceded her in death.
Surviving are her husband of 53 years, Dr. Carl J. Hedrick; a son, Larry Curtis Hedrick of Florida; two grandchildren, Amy Suzanne Hedrick of Montana and David Curtis Hedrick of Raleigh; and an adopted daughter, Laura Ann Hunt of Henderson.
Funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Corinth Baptist Church by the Rev. Carl J. Hedrick. Graveside service will be 3 p.m. Wednesday in Floral Garden Park Cemetery in High Point. Visitation will be 7-9 tonight at Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell, and other times at the residence.
Flowers accepted or memorials may be directed to Corinth Baptist Church, 13450 N.C. 96, Zebulon, N.C. 27597.
Jack Leonard
Winston-Salem
Jack William Leonard, 69, of 1672 Disher Road, Midway Community, died Jan. 1, 2001, at Forsyth Medical Center.
He was born Sept. 7, 1931, in Davidson County, a son of Henry Earl and Daisy Burkhart Leonard. He was a lifelong resident of Davidson County. He was employed as a brick mason for Frank L. Bloom Construction Co. for more than 40 years. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church, where he was a member of the church Sunday school class. He and his wife provided a home for foster children from 1966 until 1985. On Sept. 4, 1950, he married Miss Bonnie Gammons, who survives of the home.
Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Allen (Linda) Hamilton of Thomasville, Mrs. Walter (Sandra) Stanley and Mrs. Tim (Teresa) Beane, both of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. Martin (Dawn) Bundy of High Point; four sisters, Mrs. Terry (Jane) Fox of Linwood, Mrs. Jerry (Gail) Gurley of Lexington, Mrs. Louise Stewart of Rockwell, and Mrs. Bill (Judy) Stroupe of Winston-Salem; a brother, Early Leonard of Winston-Salem; and six grandchildren.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Victory Baptist Church by the Rev. Phillip R. Morrow. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville until placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service. Visitation will be 7 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home and other times at the residence.
Memorials may be directed to Victory Baptist Church, c/o Mrs. Kathleen Westmoreland, 485 Kanoy Road, Thomasville, N.C. 27360.
Cager Little Sr.
High Point
Cager Little Sr., 80, died Dec. 27, 2000.
Funeral will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church, Hilltop Street. Visitation will be noon Wednesday at the church.
Hunter-Swittenburg Funeral Home of Thomasville, is in charge of arrangements.
Joseph London
High Point
Joseph London died Dec. 28, 2000.
Hargett Funeral Service of High Point is in charge of arrangements.
John McBrayer
Mooresboro
John Z. McBrayer, 84, of Cleveland Pines Nursing Center, formerly of Mooresboro, died Jan. 1, 2001, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of Robert Will and Beuna Packard McBrayer, who both preceded in death. He retired from J.P. Stevens, where he served as office manager for 33 years. He was a member of Sandy Run Baptist Church, where he was a former deacon. He was married to Mildred Williams McBrayer, who also preceded him in death.
He served on the advisory board at Gardner-Webb University. He was a graduate of Elon College and was a life term member of the alumni board. He taught and coached at Polkville High School before entering the service. He served in World War II in China with the 14th Air Force, known as the Flying Tigers, as a B24 Pilot. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was a member and former president of the Shelby Lions Club and was named “Lion of the Year.” He received the “Jaycee Young Man of the Year” award in 1944.
Surviving are a daughter, Carole M. Allen and her husband, Donald, of Shelby; a son, Dean McBrayer and his wife, Elaine B., of Jamestown; two granddaughters, Michelle L. Allen of Shelby and Laura A. McBrayer of Jamestown; two grandsons, Jeff Allen of Shelby and Ryan McBrayer of Jamestown; and a very special friend, Margaret McSwain of Swainsville.
Funeral will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sandy Run Baptist Church by the Rev. Tim Hendrick. Burial will be in Cleveland Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8:30 tonight at Cleveland Funeral Service, Shelby.
Memorials may be directed to Cleveland Pines Nursing Center Solarium Fund, 1404 N. Lafayette Street, Shelby; Sandy Run Baptist Church Fellowship Hall Building Fund, 217 E. Church St., Mooresboro, N.C. 28114 or to Carole Allen, 2601 Spring Valley Terrace, Shelby.
Arnold Payne
Thomasville
Arnold Junior Payne, 76, of 307 Spring St., died Jan. 1, 2001, at High Point Regional Hospital.
Funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at J.C. Green & Sons Chapel. Visitation will be 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.
Adrian Shuford Jr.
Conover
Adrian Shuford Jr., industrialist, philanthropist dies
CONOVER – Adrian Lafayette Shuford Jr., 90, a governmental official, industrialist and philanthropist cited as one of North Carolina’s distinguished leaders of the 20th Century died Dec. 30, 2000.
The lifelong Conover resident died at Abernethy Center Newton nursing facilities of the United Church Retirement Homes Inc., where he had been a patient for several days. His death followed several months of declining health.
Born in Hickory on Dec. 23, 1910, a son of Adrian Lafayette Shuford and Annie Warlick Shuford, who both preceded him in death, he moved to Conover with his family while still an infant. On June 16, 1932, he married the former Dorothy Cilley, who preceded him in death in 1984 after 52 years of marriage. He and the present Mrs. Shuford were married July 28, 1985.
With a career of both business, public service, educational, religious and civic activism lasting nearly seven decades, Shuford became a statewide figure of prominence while serving as a state senator. A lifelong Democrat, he was elected to two terms in the Senate in the 1960s. During that period he was chairman of the committee of higher education and helped spearhead the expansion of the University of North Carolina system.
On Monday, North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt issued a tribute to Shuford: “I am sad to learn of the death of my friend Adrian Shuford. Senator Shuford was an exceptional leader of North Carolina and a true gentleman.
“Much of North Carolina’s progress today in education and economic development has come because of his leadership in the state Senate. I am grateful for his life and extend my deepest sympathy to his family.”
In January 1937, he was sworn in as mayor of Conover and served until April of that year when he resigned to take a seat on the Catawba County Board of Commissioners. During his years on the county’s governing board, he served as its chairman.
About his involvement in governmental affairs, Shuford once commented, “Government is people and if we’re not interested in our fellow man, what right do we have to be here? We get out of life what we put into it.”
At the time of his death, he was trustee emeritus of Catawba College, which is affiliated with his religious denomination. First elected to the board of trustees in 1944, he served as secretary of that board and served as its chairman 26 years, from 1951 to 1977. Catawba College honored him with a doctor of humanitarian service degree for his outstanding leadership. In addition, the performing arts center on that campus was named for him and his wife.
In his native community, Shuford was honored in September 1999 by the city of Conover by the establishment of the Adrian L. Shuford Jr. Conover Citizenship Award for recognition of extraordinary citizenship. He was cited for his business career in the community in the manufacturing of socks and gloves and in banking, his devotion to Trinity Church and the Reformed Church denomination and his contributions toward creation of the municipality’s downtown park and nearby “town center” sites which Mayor Bruce Eckard said gave the residents a “place of identity.”
“Most of all,” Eckard stated, “he has given of his time and talents, without expectation of reward, without ostentation, with fairness and compassion for the benefit of thousands, all in the best tradition of Christian service to community.”
Shuford was recognized as having been the instigator of the founding more than 30 years ago of what is today the YMCA of Catawba Valley. He gave the property that is now the site of the Adrian L. Shuford Jr. YMCA Conover branch, established the YMCA endowment fund and was the first president of the local YMCA.
Born into a pioneer family engaged in industry and commerce in Catawba County, he returned to Conover in 1932 after his education at Cornell University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He became associated with the textile industry as president of Conover Knitting Mill and secretary of Warlong Glove Co., family businesses. Later he was a director of Riegel Textile Corp. and was a director of the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association and chairman of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers.
During those years, he flew his own plane around the country gathering orders for socks and gloves.
While a young man, Shuford was associated with Conover’s first bank, Citizens Bank. He became president of Shuford National Bank and was a director of its successor, First National Bank of Catawba County, which merged with First Union.
During World War II, he left Conover from 1943 to 1945 to serve as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy.
In 1959, he established Jackson Buff Corp., which manufactured buffing and abrasive equipment, by buying several buffing equipment businesses around the country and moving them to Conover. He became associated in 1965 with the German-based Klingspor family by purchasing their equipment and obtaining the sole North American rights for Klingspor’s coated abrasive belts and cutoff wheels. This relationship continued until 1981 when Klingspor opened its own operation in the United States. Shuford sold Jackson Buff about the same time.
When Newton-Conover Rotary Club was established in 1949, Shuford became its first president and continued as an active member until his death. He also served as president of the Blowing Rock Country Club, where he maintained a second residence in the resort community and was instrumental in saving the club’s golf course from development interests.
He helped numerous young people by giving scholarships for their higher education. He was the second president of the former Eastern Catawba County United Way and served on the board of trustees of the Catawba County Library.
Several weeks ago, two rooms, the security office and the director’s office, at the Salvation Army campus in Hickory were named in honor of Shuford as a result of a gift made in his honor to the Salvation Army Homeless Shelter Capital Campaign by Peggy and Pope Shuford of Hickory and their family; Jim and Josie Shuford, Dorothy and Cliff Lanier and Stephenson Pope Shuford.
A spokesman for Catawba College, Dr. Gary R. Freeze, who is writing a two-volume history of Catawba County, commented that Shuford realized that a college’s role is more than to educate, saying Shuford’s concept is that “a college should be an integral part of a cultural community.” He noted that Shuford’s mother had been a graduate of Catawba when it was located in Newton, where the college was founded.
He also was a supporter of Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, where he served on the development board and was active in fund-raising roles. He also supported Catawba Valley Community College.
A supporter of the performing arts and other cultural pursuits, Shuford accompanied his second wife, the former Dorothy Lewis-Griffith, a concert pianist, on her international trips for her public appearances. An amateur singer himself, he contributed to the arts both locally and afar. He was Catawba County’s fund-raiser for the North Carolina School of the Arts, as well as for North Carolina Public Television. He also served on the board of the Western Piedmont Symphony.
At Trinity Church, he served on all the boards and committees, including being superintendent of the church school and serving as an elder for many years.
Continuing his statement about Shuford, Freeze added, “He is the embodiment in Catawba County of mindfulness of heritage that was often impetus for the way in which he approached community service.”
Two of his final public appearances were in November when he attended a concert by his wife and other musicians in his honor as a benefit for Newton-Conover Civic and Performance Place in Newton and to receive the region’s Outstanding Philanthropist 2000 Award from Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Surviving with his wife are: a son, Adrian L. Shuford III of Newtown; a daughter, Dorothy Anna Shuford of Newton; three sisters, Betty Shuford Yount of Winston-Salem, Mary Shuford Palmer of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Annie Shuford McBride of Laurinburg; a brother, Dr. Wade Henry Shuford of Atlanta; a stepdaughter, Dorothy Griffith of Banner Elk; and two stepgrandchildren, Cole and Locke Curtis.
Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity United Church of Christ in Conover.
The last rites for Shuford will be led by his pastor, the Rev. Carroll Bartholomew, the Rev. Kenneth Clapp, chaplain and senior vice president of Catawba College, Salisbury, where Shuford was longtime chairman of the board of trustees and a major benefactor.
Visitation will be 5-7 tonight at the residence, 609 First Avenue Place, Northeast, Conover.
Memorials may be directed to Trinity Church, 217 Second Ave. NE, Conover 28613; the YMCA of Catawba Valley, P.O. Box 280, Conover, N.C. 28613; or Catawba College, 2300 W. Innes St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
Janet Caughman
High Point
Mrs. Janet Caughman, 91, of the Presbyterian Home died Jan. 1, 2001, at High Point Regional Hospital.
She was born Sept. 6, 1909, in Rock Hill, S.C., a daughter of John James and Jessie Lillian Dunlap. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and taught school prior to her marriage. She was a member of Daughters of the American Colonists, Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Huguenot Society of North Carolina. She was a homemaker and an active member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church for many years prior to joining First Presbyterian Church. On June 11, 1930, she married Nesbit Harper Caughman, who preceded her in death Nov. 15, 1977.
Surviving are a daughter, Patricia Caughman Covington and her husband, Phillip, of Greensboro; two sons, Nesbit “Bill” Harper Caughman Jr. and his wife, Gerry, of Wethersfield, Conn., and James Franklin Caughman and his wife, Edith “Dede,” of Atlanta; a brother, William Robert Dunlap of Rock Hill; seven grandchildren, David Caughman of Woodstock, Ga., Deborah Hans of Berlin, Conn., John Caughman of Amston, Conn., Stephen Covington of Atlanta, Elizabeth Carlson of Greensboro, Lauren Caughman and Betsy Caughman, both of Atlanta; and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Lisa M. Mullen. Burial will be in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The body will be at Sechrest Funeral Home, E. Lexington Avenue.
Pallbearers will be Christopher Hans, Russell L. Mendenhall, David W. Caughman, John S. Caughman, Richard E. Hans, Stephen P. Covington, C. Fred Carlson and Thomas Charping.
Memorials may be directed to the Presbyterian Home, 201 High Point-Greensboro Road, High Point, N.C. 27260; First Presbyterian Church, 918 N. Main St., High Point, N.C. 27262 or to Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 1401 Heathcliff Road, High Point, N.C. 27262,
