Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthApr 7, 1917, Guilford County, North Carolina [8743], [8745]
DeathAug 31, 2000, Dorthea Dix Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina [8743]
BurialFriedens Lutheran Church, 6001 NC Highway 61 North, Gibsonville, North Carolina [8743], [18], [281]
OccupationRetired Farmer [8743]
FatherGus Rufus APPLE (1873-1959)
MotherAnnie P. SHEPHERD (1883-1971)
Spouses
BirthSep 6, 1917, Guilford County, North Carolina [8742], [8739]
DeathApr 21, 1995, Guilford County, North Carolina [8742], [8739]
BurialFriedens Lutheran Church, 6001 NC Highway 61 North, Gibsonville, North Carolina [8742], [8739], [18]
FatherJoseph Washington BARBER (1886-1976)
MotherBertha M. CROUSE (1885-1972)
ChildrenBarbara (-<2026)
 Edwin Gale (1947-2026)
Obituary Online notes for Clyde Edwin APPLE
9/2/2000

Mr. Clyde Edwin Apple

ELON COLLEGE — Mr. Clyde Edwin Apple, 83, of 5617 Baldwin Road, died at 10:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2000, at Dorthea Dix Hospital in Raleigh after an illness of 18 months, one week critical.

A native of Guilford County, he was the husband of the late Mrs. Oleta Barber Apple and the son of Mr. Gus R. Apple and Mrs. Annie Shepherd Apple, both deceased.

He was a retired farmer and a member of Friedens Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Friedens Volunteer Fire Department.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Barbara A. Clark of Burlington; a son, Mr. Edwin G. Apple of McLeansville; a sister, Mrs. Blanche A. Kirkman of Cartersville, Ga.; a brother, Dr. J.L. Apple of Raleigh; two grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and six great-stepgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Lula A. Summers, a brother, Mr. Ervin G. Apple, and two half brothers, Mr. Arlie Apple and Mr. Floyd Apple.

The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Friedens Lutheran Church by the Rev. Richard Rhoades, pastor. The body will be placed in the church one hour before the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will be at the Rich and Thompson Mortuary in Burlington from 7 to 9 this evening.

Memorials may be made to the Cemetery Fund of Friedens Lutheran Church, 6001 N.C. 61 North, Gibsonville, N.C.

27249 or to the Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Research, c/o Duke University, Office of Gift Records, 614 Chapel Drive Annex, Box 90581, Durham, N.C. 27708-0581. [8743]
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