Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthDec 14, 1913, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina [8431]
DeathJul 27, 2007 [8431]
BurialCane Creek Monthly Meeting, 719 W Greensboro Chapel Hill Road, Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina [8431]
OccupationTeacher, Principal [8431]
EducationThomasville High School 1931, Masters Degree UNC-CH [8431]
Spouses
DeathNov 19, 2002, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina [8427]
BurialStony Creek Presbyterian Church, 2140 Stoney Creek Church Rd, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina [8427]
OccupationRetired From Alamance Burlington School System As Secretary For 43 Years. [8427]
EducationGraduate Of Altamahaw-Ossipee, Attended UNC-G And Elon College. [8427]
Father“Rosser” Rosse Loy WALKER (1889-1954)
MotherBlanche C. BURTON (1891-1975)
MarriageDec 23, 1990 [8431]
Obituary Online notes for “Al” Algernon Mark PRIMM Sr.
7/29/2007
Algernon Mark Primm Sr.
BURLINGTON — Longtime educator Algernon Mark Primm Sr., known as "Al" or "A.M." to his many friends, passed away on July 27, 2007, at the age of 93 after a period of failing health and a prolonged battle with Parkinson’s disease.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Algernon Archie Primm and Nellie Gray Choplin Primm ; two brothers, Richard Wesley Primm and Cletus Primm ; and two sisters, Ruth Kearns and Cleo Green. He was also preceded in death by his loving wife of 46 years, Sarah Thompson Holman Primm and his devoted second wife of almost 13 years, Jean Walker Sadler Primm .
Survivors include his daughter, Caroline Baker of Advance, her husband Brodie, as well as his son, A. Mark Primm Jr. of Mebane, and one sister Gibby Primm-Welch. Also surviving are three grandsons, Kevin Baker of Advance and his wife Melissa, Dr. Brian Baker of Advance and his wife, Marci, and Algernon Mark Primm III (Trey) and his wife Laura of Elon. Great-grandchildren include Heather Fritz, Debbie-Claire Rice, Brandon Baker, and Algernon Mark Primm IV.
He is also survived by Peggy Sadler Vaughn, Pat Sadler Williams, and Jan Sadler Shepard, the children of his second wife, and their husbands and children who formed a large and loving step-family after his marriage to Jean Sadler on Dec. 23, 1990. Born on Dec. 14, 1913, in High Point, Al Primm moved to Thomasville with his parents as a young man and graduated in 1931 from Thomasville High School. He began attending High Point College that same year, triple majoring and graduating with an A.B. degree in 1935. He would later complete a Master’s Degree at UNC-Chapel Hill and an advanced certificate from UNC-G.
Primm began his teaching career in 1937 and would teach continuously until his retirement in 1984, stopping only to join the U.S. Maritime Service during World War II.
During that 47-year span, he would serve as principal of New Market School in Sophia, principal of Sylvan School in Snow Camp for 19 years, assistant principal of Southern Alamance High School for one year, principal of Elon College High School for one year, and principal of Western Alamance High School for 22 years. After his retirement from full-time teaching he ran for political office, winning two terms on the Alamance County School Board from 1986 until 1994 and served as vice-chair during that time.
During his distinguished career in education, Primm was selected as N.C. Principal of the Year in 1973, and given a special award in 1991 by the North Carolina High School Athletics Association. After his retirement, the Alamance County School System named both the Western Alamance High School football stadium and the Mid-State Conference Sportsmanship award in his honor. He taught, among other things, English, French, and History and coached baseball, and both boys and girls basketball. During his career, Primm awarded more than 5,000 diplomas, and taught countless students, an achievement that prompted the Elon College Town Board of Aldermen to declare Dec. 11, 1990, Al Primm Day in the town of Elon College.
Always athletic, Primm served as a lifeguard in his early years and was a state collegiate doubles finalist with partner Van Stringfield while playing on the varsity tennis team at High Point College. He also played semi-pro league tennis and rallied with the likes of Wimbledon champion Vic Seixias. He continued playing tennis until leg injuries forced him to quit in his early 60s. At that time, he began playing golf, partially in order to spend more time with his family, many of whom play as well. He continued playing golf past his 92nd birthday and was a regular on the Alamance Senior Golf Association Plus 50s golf circuit until his late 80s.
A patriotic member of what has been called the "greatest generation" Al went to war in 1943. When the Navy would not accept him due to his age, he walked across the street and enlisted at the U.S. Maritime Service recruiting station. For more than two years, he served as a gunner on the British-built troopship HMS Exchequer. During the Battle of the Atlantic, the Exchequer came under submarine attack on numerous occasions, but God spared Al and his ship and he survived to deliver troops to "Bloody Omaha" beach under the guns of the Battleship Texas. He later went ashore where he further perfected his already fluent knowledge of the French language.
A firm believer in the biblical adage that "faith without works is dead" Primm served in many civic organizations including Altamahaw-Ossipee Civitan Club which named him a life Civitan, the Boy Scouts of America, where he served as a troopmaster, field executive, and scout director for many years, Meals-on-Wheels, the Elon College Exchange Club, Elon Community Church, the Cane Creek Quarterly Meeting where he served as Clerk of the Quarterly Meeting Western Quarter, and Stony Creek Presbyterian Church.
Primm traveled widely during his retirement, visiting, among other places, England, France, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hawaii, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, and much of Canada and the United States.
Al’s family would like to thank Alma Wood and Frances Harvey for their kindness and support while he lived and the Pavilion staff at Bermuda Village for their loving care and attention.
Al will be buried next to his wife, Sarah, at Cane Creek Friends Meeting in Snow Camp. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Cane Creek Friends Meeting Scholarship Fund, 719 West Greensboro-Chapel Hill Rd., Snow Camp, N.C. 27349 or to the church or charity of the givers choice.
The funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2007, at Cane Creek Friends Meeting in Snow Camp.
The family will receive friends at the Rich and Thompson Mortuary in Burlington on Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Condolences may be sent to info@richandthompson.com [8431]
Algernon Mark Primm Sr.
BURLINGTON — Longtime educator Algernon Mark Primm Sr., known as "Al" or "A.M." to his many friends, passed away on July 27, 2007, at the age of 93 after a period of failing health and a prolonged battle with Parkinson’s disease.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Algernon Archie Primm and Nellie Gray Choplin Primm ; two brothers, Richard Wesley Primm and Cletus Primm ; and two sisters, Ruth Kearns and Cleo Green. He was also preceded in death by his loving wife of 46 years, Sarah Thompson Holman Primm and his devoted second wife of almost 13 years, Jean Walker Sadler Primm .
Survivors include his daughter, Caroline Baker of Advance, her husband Brodie, as well as his son, A. Mark Primm Jr. of Mebane, and one sister Gibby Primm-Welch. Also surviving are three grandsons, Kevin Baker of Advance and his wife Melissa, Dr. Brian Baker of Advance and his wife, Marci, and Algernon Mark Primm III (Trey) and his wife Laura of Elon. Great-grandchildren include Heather Fritz, Debbie-Claire Rice, Brandon Baker, and Algernon Mark Primm IV.
He is also survived by Peggy Sadler Vaughn, Pat Sadler Williams, and Jan Sadler Shepard, the children of his second wife, and their husbands and children who formed a large and loving step-family after his marriage to Jean Sadler on Dec. 23, 1990. Born on Dec. 14, 1913, in High Point, Al Primm moved to Thomasville with his parents as a young man and graduated in 1931 from Thomasville High School. He began attending High Point College that same year, triple majoring and graduating with an A.B. degree in 1935. He would later complete a Master’s Degree at UNC-Chapel Hill and an advanced certificate from UNC-G.
Primm began his teaching career in 1937 and would teach continuously until his retirement in 1984, stopping only to join the U.S. Maritime Service during World War II.
During that 47-year span, he would serve as principal of New Market School in Sophia, principal of Sylvan School in Snow Camp for 19 years, assistant principal of Southern Alamance High School for one year, principal of Elon College High School for one year, and principal of Western Alamance High School for 22 years. After his retirement from full-time teaching he ran for political office, winning two terms on the Alamance County School Board from 1986 until 1994 and served as vice-chair during that time.
During his distinguished career in education, Primm was selected as N.C. Principal of the Year in 1973, and given a special award in 1991 by the North Carolina High School Athletics Association. After his retirement, the Alamance County School System named both the Western Alamance High School football stadium and the Mid-State Conference Sportsmanship award in his honor. He taught, among other things, English, French, and History and coached baseball, and both boys and girls basketball. During his career, Primm awarded more than 5,000 diplomas, and taught countless students, an achievement that prompted the Elon College Town Board of Aldermen to declare Dec. 11, 1990, Al Primm Day in the town of Elon College.
Always athletic, Primm served as a lifeguard in his early years and was a state collegiate doubles finalist with partner Van Stringfield while playing on the varsity tennis team at High Point College. He also played semi-pro league tennis and rallied with the likes of Wimbledon champion Vic Seixias. He continued playing tennis until leg injuries forced him to quit in his early 60s. At that time, he began playing golf, partially in order to spend more time with his family, many of whom play as well. He continued playing golf past his 92nd birthday and was a regular on the Alamance Senior Golf Association Plus 50s golf circuit until his late 80s.
A patriotic member of what has been called the "greatest generation" Al went to war in 1943. When the Navy would not accept him due to his age, he walked across the street and enlisted at the U.S. Maritime Service recruiting station. For more than two years, he served as a gunner on the British-built troopship HMS Exchequer. During the Battle of the Atlantic, the Exchequer came under submarine attack on numerous occasions, but God spared Al and his ship and he survived to deliver troops to "Bloody Omaha" beach under the guns of the Battleship Texas. He later went ashore where he further perfected his already fluent knowledge of the French language.
A firm believer in the biblical adage that "faith without works is dead" Primm served in many civic organizations including Altamahaw-Ossipee Civitan Club which named him a life Civitan, the Boy Scouts of America, where he served as a troopmaster, field executive, and scout director for many years, Meals-on-Wheels, the Elon College Exchange Club, Elon Community Church, the Cane Creek Quarterly Meeting where he served as Clerk of the Quarterly Meeting Western Quarter, and Stony Creek Presbyterian Church.
Primm traveled widely during his retirement, visiting, among other places, England, France, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hawaii, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, and much of Canada and the United States.
Al’s family would like to thank Alma Wood and Frances Harvey for their kindness and support while he lived and the Pavilion staff at Bermuda Village for their loving care and attention.
Al will be buried next to his wife, Sarah, at Cane Creek Friends Meeting in Snow Camp. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Cane Creek Friends Meeting Scholarship Fund, 719 West Greensboro-Chapel Hill Rd., Snow Camp, N.C. 27349 or to the church or charity of the givers choice.
The funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2007, at Cane Creek Friends Meeting in Snow Camp.
The family will receive friends at the Rich and Thompson Mortuary in Burlington on Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Condolences may be sent to info@richandthompson.com [8431]
Obituary Online notes for Jean Grey (Spouse 1)
Mrs. Jean Walker Sadler Primm
BURLINGTON — Mrs. Jean Walker Sadler Primm, 80, of 955
Stoney Creek Church Road, Burlington, died Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at Duke University Medical Center.
Mrs. Primm was born April 24, 1922, in Alamance County, to the late Blanche Burton Walker and the late Rosser Loy Walker. She was wife of the late Samuel B. Sadler and Algernon M. Primm Sr., who survives. Mrs. Primm graduated from Altamahaw Ossipee School and attended UNC-G and Elon College. She was school secretary for 43 years at Altamahaw Ossipee and Western High School. She was a lifelong member of Stony Creek Presbyterian Church — longest living membership (since 1933). She was a Sunday School Teacher, Deacon, Former President of the Women of the Church, Elder, and member of Salem Presbytery HungerCommittee. Mrs. Primm was a former member and President of Beta Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association, member of the Board of Directors of Alamance Executive Club, a member of Altamahaw Ossipee Civitan Club and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. She was a member of Alamance-Burlington Retired School Personnel, and a participant in Alamance Health Service Heart Track. Mrs. Primm was awarded Life Membership in Presbyterian Women in May of 2002 and was chosen as one of eight Outstanding Elder Citizens in Salem Presbytery in October of 2002.
Mrs. Primm is survived by her husband, Algernon M. Primm Sr. of the home; daughters, Peggy Sadler Vaughn and husband Lee Vaughn, Patricia Sadler Williams and husband Leland Williams, Janice Sadler Shepherd and husband John Shepherd, all of Burlington; stepchildren, Caroline Primm Baker of Bermuda Run, N.C. and A. Mark Primm Jr. of Mebane; sister, Nancy Walker Kistler of Mebane; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and three stepgrandchildren.
The funeral will be held Thursday, November 21 st at 11 o’clock in the morning at Stony Creek Presbyterian Church, conducted by Rev. Rick Wurst.
The visitation will be held at Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington from 5 o’clock in the evening until 7 o’clock in the evening on Wednesday, November 20 th, and at other times at the home at 955 Stoney Creek Church Road. The casket will be placed in the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to the Building Fund at Stoney Creek Presbyterian Church, 2140 Stoney Creek Church Road, Burlington, N.C. 27217. [8427]
BURLINGTON — Mrs. Jean Walker Sadler Primm, 80, of 955
Stoney Creek Church Road, Burlington, died Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at Duke University Medical Center.
Mrs. Primm was born April 24, 1922, in Alamance County, to the late Blanche Burton Walker and the late Rosser Loy Walker. She was wife of the late Samuel B. Sadler and Algernon M. Primm Sr., who survives. Mrs. Primm graduated from Altamahaw Ossipee School and attended UNC-G and Elon College. She was school secretary for 43 years at Altamahaw Ossipee and Western High School. She was a lifelong member of Stony Creek Presbyterian Church — longest living membership (since 1933). She was a Sunday School Teacher, Deacon, Former President of the Women of the Church, Elder, and member of Salem Presbytery HungerCommittee. Mrs. Primm was a former member and President of Beta Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association, member of the Board of Directors of Alamance Executive Club, a member of Altamahaw Ossipee Civitan Club and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. She was a member of Alamance-Burlington Retired School Personnel, and a participant in Alamance Health Service Heart Track. Mrs. Primm was awarded Life Membership in Presbyterian Women in May of 2002 and was chosen as one of eight Outstanding Elder Citizens in Salem Presbytery in October of 2002.
Mrs. Primm is survived by her husband, Algernon M. Primm Sr. of the home; daughters, Peggy Sadler Vaughn and husband Lee Vaughn, Patricia Sadler Williams and husband Leland Williams, Janice Sadler Shepherd and husband John Shepherd, all of Burlington; stepchildren, Caroline Primm Baker of Bermuda Run, N.C. and A. Mark Primm Jr. of Mebane; sister, Nancy Walker Kistler of Mebane; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and three stepgrandchildren.
The funeral will be held Thursday, November 21 st at 11 o’clock in the morning at Stony Creek Presbyterian Church, conducted by Rev. Rick Wurst.
The visitation will be held at Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington from 5 o’clock in the evening until 7 o’clock in the evening on Wednesday, November 20 th, and at other times at the home at 955 Stoney Creek Church Road. The casket will be placed in the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to the Building Fund at Stoney Creek Presbyterian Church, 2140 Stoney Creek Church Road, Burlington, N.C. 27217. [8427]