Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthSep 6, 1916, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Mr. Gordon W. Clapp,241
DeathMar 11, 2005, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Mr. Gordon W. Clapp
BurialBrick Reformed UCC “Old Brick Church”, 3699 Brick Church Rd, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Mr. Gordon W. Clapp
OccupationRetired Farmer & Employee Of Farmers Tobacco Warehouse3, Mr. Gordon W. Clapp
ReligionMember Of Brick Reformed United Church Of Christ3, Mr. Gordon W. Clapp
FatherWilliam Tubal CLAPP (1887-1973)
MotherKatie Lillian JOBE (1891-1979)
Spouses
BirthSep 27, 1918, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Mrs. Ruth W. Clapp,241
DeathJan 6, 1999, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Mrs. Ruth W. Clapp
BurialBrick Reformed UCC “Old Brick Church”, 3699 Brick Church Rd, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Mrs. Ruth W. Clapp
OccupationBeautician3, Mrs. Ruth W. Clapp
ReligionMember Of Brick Reformed United Church Of Christ3, Mrs. Ruth W. Clapp
MotherEmma Maude FOSTER (1882-1956)
ChildrenLinda
 Samuel Gordon (1955-2018)
Obituary Online notes for Gordon Woodrow CLAPP
3/12/2005

Mr. Gordon  W. Clapp 

    WHITSETT — Mr. Gordon  W. Clapp , 88, of 6569 Foster Road, died at 2 a.m. Friday, March 11, 2005, at Clapp’s  Nursing Center after five years of declining health and five days critical.

    A native of Guilford County, he was the husband of the late Ruth W. Clapp , and the son of the late William Tubal Clapp  and Katie Jobe Clapp .

He was a retired farmer and a former employee of the Farmer’s Tobacco Warehouse in Burlington. He was a member of Brick Reformed United Church of Christ, and served the church in various capacities.

    Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Linda Clapp  Greeson and husband, Claude, of Burlington; a son, Mr. Samuel G. Clapp  and wife, Susan, of Whitsett; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

    The funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 13, 2005, at Brick Reformed United Church of Christ by the Rev. Jon Bailey and Dr. Emmett Floyd. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

    The family will receive friends at the Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington from 6 to 8 this evening.
    The family would like to thank the entire staff of Clapp’s  Nursing Center for their loving care and concern for their father over the last five years.

    Memorials may be made to Brick Church Memorial Endowment Fund or Building Fund, P.O. Box 27, Whitsett, N.C. 27377.
    Condolences may be sent to the family at info@richandthompson.com 3, Mr. Gordon W. Clapp

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GORDON W. CLAPP
03-12-2005


WHITSETT— Mr. Gordon W. Clapp, 88, of 6569 Foster Road, died at 2 a.m. on Friday, March 11, 2005, at Clapp's Nursing Center, after five years, five days critical illness.

The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Brick Reformed United Church of Christ, conducted by the Rev. Jon Bailey and Dr. Emmett Floyd. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Born in Guilford College, he was the son of the late William Tubal Clapp and the late Katie Jobe Clapp.

He was a retired farmer and former employee of the Farmer's Tobacco Warehouse in Burlington. He was a member of Brick Reformed United Church of Christ, where he served the church in various capacities.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth W. Clapp.

He is survived by daughter Mrs. Linda Clapp Greeson and husband Claud of Burlington; son Mr. Samuel G. Clapp and wife Susan of Whitsett; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington.

Memorials may be made to Brick Church Memorial Endowment Fund or Building Fund, P.O. Box 27, Whitsett, NC 27377.

The family would like to thank the entire staff of Clapp's Nursing Center for their loving care and concern for their father over the last five years.

Condolences may be sent to the family at info@richandthompson.com 54, GORDON W. CLAPP
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