Dr. Jean Conyers Ervin
Jean Conyers Ervin
Morganton, N.C. -- Dr. Ervin, 97, died on Saturday, September 16, 2006, in her home at 500 Lenoir Rd. Born on June 15, 1909, she was the fifth daughter and tenth child of Samuel James Ervin and his wife Laura Theresa Powe.
Dr. Ervin attended the public schools of Morganton graduating from Morganton High School in 1926.
She was graduated from Converse College in Spartanburg, SC with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930, received a certificate for special training to teach the deaf from the North Carolina School for the Deaf in 1931, and received a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University Teachers College in 1942.
She studied at Northwestern University and the University of Utah. In 1950, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.
In later years, to keep abreast professionally, she participated in a number of short courses at the University of Miami School of Medicine, the University of Virginia, the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, Missouri, and Richmond Professional Institute in Richmond, VA.
For ten years beginning in 1931, Dr. Ervin taught in state residential schools for the deaf in North Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and New Jersey.
She then transferred to university teaching. After teaching at the University of Missouri, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Connecticut, she supervised the speech program in the Arlington, VA public schools for ten years before returning to university teaching at the University of Virginia.
She also taught evening classes at George Washington University and summer school at Connecticut Teachers College in New Haven and at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC.
After retiring in 1976, Dr. Ervin returned to Morganton and lived in the family home built by her father. She displayed her remarkable energy by participating extensively in community affairs.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Quaker Meadows Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Burke County Historical Society. In collaboration with her lifelong friend Marjorie Miller Triebert, she co-edited 'The Heritage of Burke County.' This book was sponsored and copyrighted by the Burke County Historical Society in 1981.
The North Carolina Collections of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published her speech 'The Sam Ervin I Know,' which she delivered at the banquet in Chapel Hill at which the North Caroliniana Society bestowed its award on her brother. As an octogenarian, she wrote and published her autobiography, 'The Youngest of Ten.' Later, she and Joan L. Cannon assembled and edited 'Down Memory Lane,' a book containing early memories of residents of Grace Ridge.
Dr. Ervin was the moving spirit in planning a retirement home for the aging in Morganton, and was chairman of the Board of Residential Retirement Center, Inc., a non-profit corporation engaged in the building of Mountain House Retirement Residences, now Grace Ridge Retirement Center.
She was awarded a certificate by Volunteer Burke and WMNC-WQXX Radio Stations as 'An Individual Community Leader' for 'outstanding accomplishments and community involvement' in appreciation for her work on the retirement community project. Governor James B. Hunt presented her a special certificate and pin honoring her volunteer work in community affairs. She was also honored as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Morganton for her outstanding public service.
In addition to her parents, Dr. Ervin was preceded in death by her sisters and brothers, Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall, Catharine Ellerbe Ervin, Margaret Tate Ervin, Edward Powe Ervin, Samuel James Ervin Jr., Hugh Tate Ervin, Joseph Wilson Ervin, Eunice Worth Ervin, and John Witherspoon Ervin. She was also preceded in death by three nephews: Dr. James King Hall, Jr. of Staunton, VA, Dorman Thompson Hall of Richmond, VA, and Samuel James Ervin, III. of Morganton.
Dr. Ervin is survived by her nephews, Samuel Ervin Hall of Richmond, VA, Hugh Tate Ervin, Jr. and John W. Ervin, Jr. of Morganton and nieces, Leslie Ervin Hansler of Pennington, NJ, Laura Ervin Smith and Dorothy K. Ervin of Morganton. She is also survived by 22 great nieces and nephews and 41 great-great nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Michael Bailey will conduct the service. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parlor. Prior to the service, family members will attend a private burial service at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Structure Preservation Fund of First Presbyterian Church, 100 Silver Creek Rd., Morganton, NC 28655; the Scholarship Fund at Grace Ridge Retirement Center, 500 Lenoir Rd., Morganton; Burke Hospice & Palliative Care, 1721 Enon Rd., Valdese, NC 28690.
Published in the Charlotte Observer on 9/18/2006.
Jean Conyers Ervin
Morganton, N.C. -- Dr. Ervin, 97, died on Saturday, September 16, 2006, in her home at 500 Lenoir Rd. Born on June 15, 1909, she was the fifth daughter and tenth child of Samuel James Ervin and his wife Laura Theresa Powe.
Dr. Ervin attended the public schools of Morganton graduating from Morganton High School in 1926.
She was graduated from Converse College in Spartanburg, SC with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930, received a certificate for special training to teach the deaf from the North Carolina School for the Deaf in 1931, and received a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University Teachers College in 1942.
She studied at Northwestern University and the University of Utah. In 1950, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.
In later years, to keep abreast professionally, she participated in a number of short courses at the University of Miami School of Medicine, the University of Virginia, the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, Missouri, and Richmond Professional Institute in Richmond, VA.
For ten years beginning in 1931, Dr. Ervin taught in state residential schools for the deaf in North Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and New Jersey.
She then transferred to university teaching. After teaching at the University of Missouri, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Connecticut, she supervised the speech program in the Arlington, VA public schools for ten years before returning to university teaching at the University of Virginia.
She also taught evening classes at George Washington University and summer school at Connecticut Teachers College in New Haven and at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC.
After retiring in 1976, Dr. Ervin returned to Morganton and lived in the family home built by her father. She displayed her remarkable energy by participating extensively in community affairs.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Quaker Meadows Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Burke County Historical Society. In collaboration with her lifelong friend Marjorie Miller Triebert, she co-edited 'The Heritage of Burke County.' This book was sponsored and copyrighted by the Burke County Historical Society in 1981.
The North Carolina Collections of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published her speech 'The Sam Ervin I Know,' which she delivered at the banquet in Chapel Hill at which the North Caroliniana Society bestowed its award on her brother. As an octogenarian, she wrote and published her autobiography, 'The Youngest of Ten.' Later, she and Joan L. Cannon assembled and edited 'Down Memory Lane,' a book containing early memories of residents of Grace Ridge.
Dr. Ervin was the moving spirit in planning a retirement home for the aging in Morganton, and was chairman of the Board of Residential Retirement Center, Inc., a non-profit corporation engaged in the building of Mountain House Retirement Residences, now Grace Ridge Retirement Center.
She was awarded a certificate by Volunteer Burke and WMNC-WQXX Radio Stations as 'An Individual Community Leader' for 'outstanding accomplishments and community involvement' in appreciation for her work on the retirement community project. Governor James B. Hunt presented her a special certificate and pin honoring her volunteer work in community affairs. She was also honored as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Morganton for her outstanding public service.
In addition to her parents, Dr. Ervin was preceded in death by her sisters and brothers, Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall, Catharine Ellerbe Ervin, Margaret Tate Ervin, Edward Powe Ervin, Samuel James Ervin Jr., Hugh Tate Ervin, Joseph Wilson Ervin, Eunice Worth Ervin, and John Witherspoon Ervin. She was also preceded in death by three nephews: Dr. James King Hall, Jr. of Staunton, VA, Dorman Thompson Hall of Richmond, VA, and Samuel James Ervin, III. of Morganton.
Dr. Ervin is survived by her nephews, Samuel Ervin Hall of Richmond, VA, Hugh Tate Ervin, Jr. and John W. Ervin, Jr. of Morganton and nieces, Leslie Ervin Hansler of Pennington, NJ, Laura Ervin Smith and Dorothy K. Ervin of Morganton. She is also survived by 22 great nieces and nephews and 41 great-great nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Michael Bailey will conduct the service. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parlor. Prior to the service, family members will attend a private burial service at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Structure Preservation Fund of First Presbyterian Church, 100 Silver Creek Rd., Morganton, NC 28655; the Scholarship Fund at Grace Ridge Retirement Center, 500 Lenoir Rd., Morganton; Burke Hospice & Palliative Care, 1721 Enon Rd., Valdese, NC 28690.
Published in the Charlotte Observer on 9/18/2006.
Dr. Jean Conyers Ervin
Jean Conyers Ervin
Morganton, N.C. -- Dr. Ervin, 97, died on Saturday, September 16, 2006, in her home at 500 Lenoir Rd. Born on June 15, 1909, she was the fifth daughter and tenth child of Samuel James Ervin and his wife Laura Theresa Powe.
Dr. Ervin attended the public schools of Morganton graduating from Morganton High School in 1926.
She was graduated from Converse College in Spartanburg, SC with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930, received a certificate for special training to teach the deaf from the North Carolina School for the Deaf in 1931, and received a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University Teachers College in 1942.
She studied at Northwestern University and the University of Utah. In 1950, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.
In later years, to keep abreast professionally, she participated in a number of short courses at the University of Miami School of Medicine, the University of Virginia, the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, Missouri, and Richmond Professional Institute in Richmond, VA.
For ten years beginning in 1931, Dr. Ervin taught in state residential schools for the deaf in North Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and New Jersey.
She then transferred to university teaching. After teaching at the University of Missouri, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Connecticut, she supervised the speech program in the Arlington, VA public schools for ten years before returning to university teaching at the University of Virginia.
She also taught evening classes at George Washington University and summer school at Connecticut Teachers College in New Haven and at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC.
After retiring in 1976, Dr. Ervin returned to Morganton and lived in the family home built by her father. She displayed her remarkable energy by participating extensively in community affairs.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Quaker Meadows Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Burke County Historical Society. In collaboration with her lifelong friend Marjorie Miller Triebert, she co-edited 'The Heritage of Burke County.' This book was sponsored and copyrighted by the Burke County Historical Society in 1981.
The North Carolina Collections of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published her speech 'The Sam Ervin I Know,' which she delivered at the banquet in Chapel Hill at which the North Caroliniana Society bestowed its award on her brother. As an octogenarian, she wrote and published her autobiography, 'The Youngest of Ten.' Later, she and Joan L. Cannon assembled and edited 'Down Memory Lane,' a book containing early memories of residents of Grace Ridge.
Dr. Ervin was the moving spirit in planning a retirement home for the aging in Morganton, and was chairman of the Board of Residential Retirement Center, Inc., a non-profit corporation engaged in the building of Mountain House Retirement Residences, now Grace Ridge Retirement Center.
She was awarded a certificate by Volunteer Burke and WMNC-WQXX Radio Stations as 'An Individual Community Leader' for 'outstanding accomplishments and community involvement' in appreciation for her work on the retirement community project. Governor James B. Hunt presented her a special certificate and pin honoring her volunteer work in community affairs. She was also honored as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Morganton for her outstanding public service.
In addition to her parents, Dr. Ervin was preceded in death by her sisters and brothers, Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall, Catharine Ellerbe Ervin, Margaret Tate Ervin, Edward Powe Ervin, Samuel James Ervin Jr., Hugh Tate Ervin, Joseph Wilson Ervin, Eunice Worth Ervin, and John Witherspoon Ervin. She was also preceded in death by three nephews: Dr. James King Hall, Jr. of Staunton, VA, Dorman Thompson Hall of Richmond, VA, and Samuel James Ervin, III. of Morganton.
Dr. Ervin is survived by her nephews, Samuel Ervin Hall of Richmond, VA, Hugh Tate Ervin, Jr. and John W. Ervin, Jr. of Morganton and nieces, Leslie Ervin Hansler of Pennington, NJ, Laura Ervin Smith and Dorothy K. Ervin of Morganton. She is also survived by 22 great nieces and nephews and 41 great-great nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Michael Bailey will conduct the service. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parlor. Prior to the service, family members will attend a private burial service at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Structure Preservation Fund of First Presbyterian Church, 100 Silver Creek Rd., Morganton, NC 28655; the Scholarship Fund at Grace Ridge Retirement Center, 500 Lenoir Rd., Morganton; Burke Hospice & Palliative Care, 1721 Enon Rd., Valdese, NC 28690.
Published in the Charlotte Observer on 9/18/2006.
Jean Conyers Ervin
Morganton, N.C. -- Dr. Ervin, 97, died on Saturday, September 16, 2006, in her home at 500 Lenoir Rd. Born on June 15, 1909, she was the fifth daughter and tenth child of Samuel James Ervin and his wife Laura Theresa Powe.
Dr. Ervin attended the public schools of Morganton graduating from Morganton High School in 1926.
She was graduated from Converse College in Spartanburg, SC with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930, received a certificate for special training to teach the deaf from the North Carolina School for the Deaf in 1931, and received a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University Teachers College in 1942.
She studied at Northwestern University and the University of Utah. In 1950, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.
In later years, to keep abreast professionally, she participated in a number of short courses at the University of Miami School of Medicine, the University of Virginia, the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, Missouri, and Richmond Professional Institute in Richmond, VA.
For ten years beginning in 1931, Dr. Ervin taught in state residential schools for the deaf in North Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and New Jersey.
She then transferred to university teaching. After teaching at the University of Missouri, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Connecticut, she supervised the speech program in the Arlington, VA public schools for ten years before returning to university teaching at the University of Virginia.
She also taught evening classes at George Washington University and summer school at Connecticut Teachers College in New Haven and at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC.
After retiring in 1976, Dr. Ervin returned to Morganton and lived in the family home built by her father. She displayed her remarkable energy by participating extensively in community affairs.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Quaker Meadows Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Burke County Historical Society. In collaboration with her lifelong friend Marjorie Miller Triebert, she co-edited 'The Heritage of Burke County.' This book was sponsored and copyrighted by the Burke County Historical Society in 1981.
The North Carolina Collections of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published her speech 'The Sam Ervin I Know,' which she delivered at the banquet in Chapel Hill at which the North Caroliniana Society bestowed its award on her brother. As an octogenarian, she wrote and published her autobiography, 'The Youngest of Ten.' Later, she and Joan L. Cannon assembled and edited 'Down Memory Lane,' a book containing early memories of residents of Grace Ridge.
Dr. Ervin was the moving spirit in planning a retirement home for the aging in Morganton, and was chairman of the Board of Residential Retirement Center, Inc., a non-profit corporation engaged in the building of Mountain House Retirement Residences, now Grace Ridge Retirement Center.
She was awarded a certificate by Volunteer Burke and WMNC-WQXX Radio Stations as 'An Individual Community Leader' for 'outstanding accomplishments and community involvement' in appreciation for her work on the retirement community project. Governor James B. Hunt presented her a special certificate and pin honoring her volunteer work in community affairs. She was also honored as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Morganton for her outstanding public service.
In addition to her parents, Dr. Ervin was preceded in death by her sisters and brothers, Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall, Catharine Ellerbe Ervin, Margaret Tate Ervin, Edward Powe Ervin, Samuel James Ervin Jr., Hugh Tate Ervin, Joseph Wilson Ervin, Eunice Worth Ervin, and John Witherspoon Ervin. She was also preceded in death by three nephews: Dr. James King Hall, Jr. of Staunton, VA, Dorman Thompson Hall of Richmond, VA, and Samuel James Ervin, III. of Morganton.
Dr. Ervin is survived by her nephews, Samuel Ervin Hall of Richmond, VA, Hugh Tate Ervin, Jr. and John W. Ervin, Jr. of Morganton and nieces, Leslie Ervin Hansler of Pennington, NJ, Laura Ervin Smith and Dorothy K. Ervin of Morganton. She is also survived by 22 great nieces and nephews and 41 great-great nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Michael Bailey will conduct the service. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parlor. Prior to the service, family members will attend a private burial service at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Structure Preservation Fund of First Presbyterian Church, 100 Silver Creek Rd., Morganton, NC 28655; the Scholarship Fund at Grace Ridge Retirement Center, 500 Lenoir Rd., Morganton; Burke Hospice & Palliative Care, 1721 Enon Rd., Valdese, NC 28690.
Published in the Charlotte Observer on 9/18/2006.
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