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James Edwin Alderman

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James Edwin Alderman

Birth
Mingo, Sampson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
15 Feb 1947 (aged 79)
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Obituary from Greensboro Daily News, February 16, 1947

J.E. ALDERMAN DIES; RITES HERE

James Edwin Alderman, 79, father of Mrs. Antoinette Merrell, Greensboro, and former local resident, died at 1:10 p.m. yesterday at his home in Gastonia following a heart attach and illness of weeks.

Graveside service will be held at Green Hilly Cemetery here at 3 p.m. Monday. Funeral will be conducted at East Baptist Church, Gastonia, at 4 p.m. today.

A native of Sampson County, Alderman moved to Greensboro in 1901 and for 26 years was accountant with Lindley Nurseries, Inc. he retired in 1927 and moved to Gastonia, where he spent his time growing flowers and shrubs. A charter member of Forest Avenue Baptist Church (now College Park), he was a deacon in East Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, the former Lou Garwood; four daughters, Mrs. Merrell, Mrs. W.A. Parker and Mrs. Roger P. Marshall, both of Raleigh, and Miss Alice Alderman, Gastonia; four grandchildren; one brother, Jacob Alderman, Chapel Hill, and one sister, Mrs. Lily Mitchell, Richmond, Va.

Obituary from Greensboro Daily News, February 16, 1947

J.E. ALDERMAN DIES; RITES HERE

James Edwin Alderman, 79, father of Mrs. Antoinette Merrell, Greensboro, and former local resident, died at 1:10 p.m. yesterday at his home in Gastonia following a heart attach and illness of weeks.

Graveside service will be held at Green Hilly Cemetery here at 3 p.m. Monday. Funeral will be conducted at East Baptist Church, Gastonia, at 4 p.m. today.

A native of Sampson County, Alderman moved to Greensboro in 1901 and for 26 years was accountant with Lindley Nurseries, Inc. he retired in 1927 and moved to Gastonia, where he spent his time growing flowers and shrubs. A charter member of Forest Avenue Baptist Church (now College Park), he was a deacon in East Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, the former Lou Garwood; four daughters, Mrs. Merrell, Mrs. W.A. Parker and Mrs. Roger P. Marshall, both of Raleigh, and Miss Alice Alderman, Gastonia; four grandchildren; one brother, Jacob Alderman, Chapel Hill, and one sister, Mrs. Lily Mitchell, Richmond, Va.



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