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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of a heart attack. In the Army since World War I, he was in command of the 22nd Detachment, School Troops, Infantry School at the time of his death.
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Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
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Image Source: Charlotte High School 1920
p.2Death occurred in the month of April.Rev. Floyd was one of the founders of the Normal School at Elizabethtown, NC.
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Will open a preparatory school in Charlotte opposite WW Long`s on Main or Tryon. Class will run through April.
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash south of Midland AAF Bombardier school in March, 1943.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
May 22, 1990 Rev. George Battle visited a Charlotte-Mecklenburg student who had been hurt in a school bus wreck. A long-time school board member, Battle served as head of that board for many years while he continued to lead Gethsemane AME Zion Church.
John Taylor Williams (1859-1924), the man who would become an educator, physician, businessman and diplomat, was born in Cumberland County, N.C., the son of free blacks during the time of slavery.
Notes: Date of death is listed as July (?) 1880.`Formerly with Burwell's School in Charlotte,N.C. Later at Peace Institute in Raleigh,N.C.Age at Death: Place of Death: Richmond,VASource: Source Date: 7/30/1880
Notes: Associated with the Reverend R. Burwell & Sons School in Charlotte and Peace Institute in Raleigh.Age at Death: 72Place of Death: Richmond, VASource: Source Date: 7/30/1880
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His funeral was held at the Douglas and Sing Chapel on 12-19-1944. Burial was at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, NC.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Harding High School Yearbook 1946
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was lost over Europe and given up for dead. His name is listed on the Honor Roll at St. Peters Episcopal Church in Charlotte.
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Image Source: Central High School yearbook-1941
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was listed as Missing in his school newsletter, The Alumni Review in 10/1944. He was listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor List as killed in service.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Dorothy Counts (b. 1942) was the daughter of a Johnson C. Smith University professor.
Bonnie Ethel Cone (June 22, 1907 – March 8, 2003) is best known as the driving force behind the development of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Cone, the daughter of C.J. and Addie Harter Cone, was born in Lodge, South Carolina.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Accidentally killed at Camp Hood where he was attending anti-tank school. Memorial services held Feb 16, 1943 at Chadwick Baptist Church.Funeral services at Hovis Chapel. Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Age at Death: 26
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His remains were found near Neuville in 1966, when they were building a school. He was originally thought to be a Dutch national, and was later confirmed an American soldier. He was then re-buried in Ardeness.
Ephraim Brevard (17??-1781) was one of the original signers of the Meckenburg Declaration of Independence. Dr. Brevard was one of this area's first physicians. He was born in Maryland and moved at a young age with his family to North Carolina.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: In his autobiography, Evangelist Billy Graham wrote that during his youth, Julian was his best friend. He met his wife at Central High School and married her at Buckingham Air Force Base in Florida in May 1943.