lula mae (smitherman) pegram
Mrs. Lula
Smitherman Pegram, 101, of Wesleyan-Arms Manor, and formerly of 507
Ferndale Drive, died Jan. 19, 1997, at the High Point Regional
Hospital. The funeral will be in the High Point Friends Meeting House
11 a.m. Wednesday, officiated by Dr. David Kingrey and the Rev. Victor
Murchison. Internment will be in the Meeting House Columbarium. Mrs.
Pegram was born in East Bend on July 4, 1895, a daughter of William A.
and Sarah Melinda Joyner Smitherman. She was married to R. B. Pegram,
who died June 1, 1991.. She and her family moved from North Carolina to
Mooresville, Indiana, then later to Haviland, Kansas, where she
graduated from Friends Academy. She was an alumna of Friends
University, Wichita, Kansas; Indiana State Normal, Tera Haute, Indiana;
Mrs. Baker's Teacher's College, Indianapolis, Indiana; Woman's College,
UNC, Greensboro; and Asheville State Normal, Asheville. She taught
school in Mooresville, Indiana, and for a period in Aurora, Colorado,
in a one room school house, where she taught all grades. She returned
to North Carolina in the early 1900's to teach in the High Point City
School system. She was a member of the High Point Central Friends
Church, where she was active in the Elizabeth Frye class, and the
Elizabeth Sykes circle. She taught Sunday school for many years. She
was a member of the High Point Little Theatre and was a former member
of the High Point Woman's Club. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs.
Marjorie Lee Beck of Orlando, F la., Mrs. Dorothy Faye Culler of High
Point, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Walker of Burlington, and Mrs. Betty Jean
Herring of Boulder, Colorado; 11 grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren.