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2 Honiec Rev Columbus C Honeycutt, 85-year-old minister of Jo cust, died sud y of an apparent heart attack Wednesday at 7: 15 p m at his home in Locust Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p m at the First Baptist Church of Locust of which he was a member A son, Rev E J Honeycutt of j Albemarle, will officiate, assitecl by Rev E W Pate Burial will be in the church cemetery The following grandsons will erve as active pallbearers: Gene Honeycutt, Darrell Barbee, Keith Almond Bobby Wayne Honeycutt, Sherill Honeycutt, and William Allred Ministers attending the services will be honorary pallbearers The body will be taken from Hartsell Funeral Home in Albemarle to the Honeycutt home in Locust at 2 p m Saturday to remain until taken to the church for the rites The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home in Albemarle from 7 p m to 9 p m Friday A native Stanly County man, Mr Honeycutt was educated at the old Big Lick Academy and Wingate College Prior to his retirement in 1959 he had rved as active pastor 18 B tist Churches in Stanly, and Cabarrus s supply pastor Counties, as for others He had lived in Locust since his retirement Also, Mr Honeycutt was a retired rural mail carrier, having carried the mail on Route 1, Stanfield for 34 years He was twice married, first to the former Miss Bessie Mae F urr, who preceded him in death, and secondly to the former Miss Lula Hatley, who survives Also surviving are four sons, Rev E J Honeycutt and Clyde of Albemarle, Loys C of Locust, and Melvin of Denton; one daughter, Mrs Coy Barbee of Monroe; one step daughter, Mrs Kenneth Rowland of Route 1, Mt Pleasant; two stepsons, Claude Hatley and Grover Hatley of Route 1, Stanfield; 10 grandchildren; seven great - grandchildren; and seven step - grandchildren Afermar{;-- ;-anly News & Press 1i-Afitft't!W5 JOUmal Apex News- Herald As heboro: Randolph Gde Asheboro: Courier-Tribune Ashe ville News Ayden Tribune Be lmont Banner Bessemer City Record Benson Review Black Mountain News Brevard: Transylvama tt1; : es Bryson City: Smoky M Boone: Watauga Oemorat Burgaw: Pender Chronicle J z C c t, BaMin er ALBEMARLE- Rev Co lumbus C Honeycutt, t 85di;ia tist minister of Locus ' bis 7:15 pm Wednesda y at oorative of StMU6ldeotyLi: was educated at ate College Academy and mg t 1959 Prior to his retiremen m he served as pastor of 18 1tist churches in Sbly' rooi and Ca!barrus counties, as 'a1"e J ing for others He so as supp Y al il carrier for was a rur ma Route 1, 34 yea['s, carrymg Stanfield ill be 2 pm sunfuneral w b of day at First BaptiStb 0 son Locust conducted Y E J Honeycutt of Albe--' R ev ted by Rev E W marle, asss "' in the Pate Bunal will church cemetery d wife : Surviving a['e his secon Lula Hatley Honeycutt, Mrs E J a'lld Clyde four sons, Rev Lo s Honeycutt of Albemarle, d M! lc HOl!leycutt of LQCust an : Honeycutt of Denton; onet vm Co Ba['bee o daughter, Mrs sp-daughter, :nrnne,owl and of Route t Plea alilt; two step-sons, taud Hatley an _<::-rir r Bat ley of Route 1, Sua111ue JP- Shelby Star R rd a Landmark Statesville eco Tarboro Southerner Thomasville Times Tryon Bulletin Washington Daily News Wilmington Star Wilmington News w 1mington Star- News Wlson Daily Times Wins t on-salem Journal Win ston-salem Sent inel Norf olk: Va, Pilot -JAN

3 HSTORY OF CANTON BAPTST CHURCH J (i) 11 ;(C,, " W Stanley Some wanted ng Those who ice wanted him t majority ree After some lizing the two the progress of resigned He, ng in Morgan lly called back :als ' ' Rev C C Honeycutt and wife, Bessie May Honeycutt

4 "' o, -- : 12 "HSTORY OF CANTON BAPTST CHURCH),J W!{l, _ Martin L Dorton, the eighteenth pastor, served three years with moderate success The Canton members are like sheep They can be lead but not driven Some thought he wanted to exercise too much authority over the church So his resignation was gladly accepted But be it said to his' honor that during his twelve years at West Albemarle Baptist Church he was very successful The twentieth pastor, Z W Rotan, was a good singer and preached well for a young man n less than a year after he came to Canton, a call to a more promising church was extended to him; so he resigned Columbus Croson Honeycutt, 21st pastor, preached practical sermons and enjoyed helping in the song service When he began at Canton Church, there were two factions in the church, but time, his kindness, prayers and sermons almost, if not entirely, healed the trouble He has by this chu Lick and Cc / has served ciplined) az peeped in, preaches l nine living, This But he diec Young Men' w, He fosters education Five of hi;: children receive d college degrees His son Everette is a Baptist preacher and is pastor of Centerview Baptist Church', Stanly Association Most of his pastorates have been rather long-nine years at Canton and at Plyler seventeen years His success as a minister has been partly due to his loyal wife, Bessie May, whom eve:ryone loved This_ was shown by the large crowd that attended her funeral Though 72 he is still i'n the harness with his second wife, Lula, also a faithful helper in church work! Occasionally he assists in funerals here,, r On January 1, 1947 took up the work as pastor of Canton Church am glad to say a word of greeting to every member of the church appreciate the honor of being your humble pastor as my predecessors were noble leaders We owe them a heavy debt of gratitude t is my aim to the best of my ability, time and energy to carry on the good work begun by them appreciate all the cooperation _ t is my hope that the work of the Kingdom may come in s uch a way that we will know what Christ m eant when he prayed that his followers might be one in him" Faithfully yours, 0 H BOLCH, Pastor Rev Bolch takes a great delight in visiting the sick and those in need of financial help He often requests the church to help needy families to which the members respond ch eerfully He could aptly be called a "welfare pastor" He is to be commended for having no "pets" in the church-treats a ll the same He is now moderator of the Stanly Baptist Association His wife Ruby is a faithful helper in church activities She teaches the old ladies' Sunday school class and is church organist Their only child, Oscar H Bolch, Jr, is a senior in Endy High School They live in the parsonage near the church house For many years at this church Rev William Bangle Almond, familiarly known as "Uncle Bill", was both organist, choir leader, Sunday School Superintendent and teacher and now teaches when his health permits Pastor Osc

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