HIGH POINT - Mr. Lawrence A. Metcalfe, Sr. age 89, of High Point died July 12, 2010, at High Point Regional Hospital.
Mr. Metcalfe was born Feb. 6, 1921, in Weaverville, NC to Walter and Mary Etta Hensley Metcalfe. He served during World War II in the U.S. Army Air Corp as an Instructor for Fighter Pilots. Mr. Metcalfe was a sales representative for five major midwestern veneer mills. He grew up and was baptized in First Baptist Church, later joined Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, and was presently a member of Emerywood Baptist Church. He was an avid golfer and was a devoted active member of the YMCA for fifty years.
Mr. Metcalfe was preceded in death by a step-son, John Warner Stell in 2004, and three sisters; Frances Quigley, Pauline Metcalfe, and Blanche Barrett, and six brothers: Walter, Guss, Frazier, Arnold, Arthur, and Gary Metcalfe. His first marriage was to Martha Ramsey of Sherman, Texas. He then married Betty Lou Warner who preceded him in death in 1991. In February, 1999 he married Mary Lou Culler, who survives of the residence.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters:
Melinda Ramsey Phillips and husband Jay of Durango, Colorado; and Marcella Metcalfe Wiard and husband Ted of Taos, New Mexico; one son, Lawrence A. Metcalfe, Jr. of High Point and one step-daughter; Anna Laurance (Candy)
Shivers and husband Al of Asheville, and one step-son, David C. Snider and wife Stephanie of High Point. Mr. Metcalfe has seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
High Point Enterprise (NC) - Thursday, July 15, 2010
HIGH POINT - Mr. Lawrence A. Metcalfe, Sr. age 89, of High Point died July 12, 2010, at High Point Regional Hospital.
Mr. Metcalfe was born Feb. 6, 1921, in Weaverville, NC to Walter and Mary Etta Hensley Metcalfe. He served during World War II in the U.S. Army Air Corp as an Instructor for Fighter Pilots. Mr. Metcalfe was a sales representative for five major midwestern veneer mills. He grew up and was baptized in First Baptist Church, later joined Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, and was presently a member of Emerywood Baptist Church. He was an avid golfer and was a devoted active member of the YMCA for fifty years.
Mr. Metcalfe was preceded in death by a step-son, John Warner Stell in 2004, and three sisters; Frances Quigley, Pauline Metcalfe, and Blanche Barrett, and six brothers: Walter, Guss, Frazier, Arnold, Arthur, and Gary Metcalfe. His first marriage was to Martha Ramsey of Sherman, Texas. He then married Betty Lou Warner who preceded him in death in 1991. In February, 1999 he married Mary Lou Culler, who survives of the residence.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters:
Melinda Ramsey Phillips and husband Jay of Durango, Colorado; and Marcella Metcalfe Wiard and husband Ted of Taos, New Mexico; one son, Lawrence A. Metcalfe, Jr. of High Point and one step-daughter; Anna Laurance (Candy)
Shivers and husband Al of Asheville, and one step-son, David C. Snider and wife Stephanie of High Point. Mr. Metcalfe has seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
High Point Enterprise (NC) - Thursday, July 15, 2010
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