john robert poindexter
John Robert Poindexter, 78, of
Breckenridge, Mich., Route 2, died t 11:55 a.m. yesterday at a
Winston-Salem hospital. He had been Il for nine days.
Mr. Poindexter was born Sept. 7, 1877, in East Bend, son of Sam- el and Sarah Smitherman Poindexter. He spent his boyhood in East Bend and then moved to Illinois.. He moved from there to Michigan in 1917. He lived in Michigan until last May when he moved back to East Bend.
In Breckenridge he was a well-known farmer and a member of the Methodist Church.
He was married June 13, 1902, to Miss Mattie Lee Bean. She died May 21, 1955.
Surviving are two sons, Earl and Fred Poindexter of Breckenridge, Route 2; three daughters, Mrs. John Baldwin and Mrs. Charles Matthews of Breckenridge, Mrs. Roy Chenoweth of Saginaw, Mich.; 11 grandchildren; seven great- grandchildren; one brother, Will Poindexter of Clemmons, Route 1; and four sisters, Mrs. Ephram Da- vis of Pfafftown, Mrs. Kate Ring of East Bend, Miss Ada Poindex- ter of East Bend, Mrs. P. W. Long of Jonesville, Route 1.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Vogler's Chapel by the Rev. O. E. Merritt. The body will be sent to Michigan for burial.
Mr. Poindexter was born Sept. 7, 1877, in East Bend, son of Sam- el and Sarah Smitherman Poindexter. He spent his boyhood in East Bend and then moved to Illinois.. He moved from there to Michigan in 1917. He lived in Michigan until last May when he moved back to East Bend.
In Breckenridge he was a well-known farmer and a member of the Methodist Church.
He was married June 13, 1902, to Miss Mattie Lee Bean. She died May 21, 1955.
Surviving are two sons, Earl and Fred Poindexter of Breckenridge, Route 2; three daughters, Mrs. John Baldwin and Mrs. Charles Matthews of Breckenridge, Mrs. Roy Chenoweth of Saginaw, Mich.; 11 grandchildren; seven great- grandchildren; one brother, Will Poindexter of Clemmons, Route 1; and four sisters, Mrs. Ephram Da- vis of Pfafftown, Mrs. Kate Ring of East Bend, Miss Ada Poindex- ter of East Bend, Mrs. P. W. Long of Jonesville, Route 1.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Vogler's Chapel by the Rev. O. E. Merritt. The body will be sent to Michigan for burial.