He was a manager at the Avalon Mill in Avalon, N.C. in Rockingham County.
Several of the mills' overseers including Sherman Reynolds, Edgar Hege, and George and Emmett Suttenfield remained inside the mill trying everything they could to save it and anyone who had been left behind. Soon, fire had seized the mens escape route, but with aid of a fire ladder they were able to escape. Everyone got out alive.
Sherman was on the Avalon Baseball Team.
After the Avalon Mill burned down, Sherman worked at Washington Mill in Mayodan, N.C.
Name: John Sherman Reynolds
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 07 May 1967
Event Place: Mayodan, Rockingham, North Carolina
Burial Date: 08 May 1967
Burial Place: Mayodan, N.C.
Cemetery: Moravian Ch.
Residence Place: Mayodan, Rockingham, North Carolina
Address: 805 W. Main St.
Gender: Male
Age: 81
Marital Status: Married
Race : W
Occupation: Washington Mill
Birth Date: 08 Oct 1885
Birthplace: Va.
Father's Name: Samuel Reynolds
Mother's Name: Nannie Cobler
Spouse's Name: Fairy Smith Reynolds
He was a manager at the Avalon Mill in Avalon, N.C. in Rockingham County.
Several of the mills' overseers including Sherman Reynolds, Edgar Hege, and George and Emmett Suttenfield remained inside the mill trying everything they could to save it and anyone who had been left behind. Soon, fire had seized the mens escape route, but with aid of a fire ladder they were able to escape. Everyone got out alive.
Sherman was on the Avalon Baseball Team.
After the Avalon Mill burned down, Sherman worked at Washington Mill in Mayodan, N.C.
Name: John Sherman Reynolds
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 07 May 1967
Event Place: Mayodan, Rockingham, North Carolina
Burial Date: 08 May 1967
Burial Place: Mayodan, N.C.
Cemetery: Moravian Ch.
Residence Place: Mayodan, Rockingham, North Carolina
Address: 805 W. Main St.
Gender: Male
Age: 81
Marital Status: Married
Race : W
Occupation: Washington Mill
Birth Date: 08 Oct 1885
Birthplace: Va.
Father's Name: Samuel Reynolds
Mother's Name: Nannie Cobler
Spouse's Name: Fairy Smith Reynolds
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