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Benjamin Dawson Heath Jr.

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Benjamin Dawson Heath Jr.

Birth
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Death
21 Jan 1947 (aged 48)
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
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Funeral services for Benjamin Dawson Heath Jr., 48, of Winston-Salem, formerly of Charlotte, who died yesterday morning in a hospital in Winston-Salem, were scheduled for 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at Myers Park Methodist Church. Rev. J. M. Huggin, the pastor, will officiate, and interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were to be Duncan P. Tillett, George Crouch, A. Lloyd Goode, B. S. Howell, Mebane Long, Victor Shaw, Ed Reid, and George M. Ivey. Honorary pallbearers were to be Charles E. Lambeth, J. Caldwell McDonald, Sam McDonald, Frank Shannonhouse, Robert Woods, A. B. Craddock, J. S. Crosland, Dr. Andrew Blair, Dr. Thomas Sparrow, R. L. Goode, J. J. Akers, W. Frank Dowd, Ralph Holt of Burlington, R. T. Perkins of Baltimore, W. P. Warner of Greensboro, R. B. Newton of Danville, Va., W. Y. Bickett of Raleigh, and H. K. Skinner of Sumter, S. C.

Mr. Heath suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last Thursday and never regained consciousness. He was born June 11, 1898, in Charlotte, the oldest son of the late B. D. Heath, one of the city's leading manufacturers and at one time president of the Charlotte National Bank. He attended the schools in Charlotte and Porter Military Academy at Charleston, S. C. Upon graduation at that institution he enlisted in the naval aviation forces in World War I. After his war service he entered Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta.

AUTO BUSINESS
Upon returning to Charlotte he entered the automobile business and soon became one of the city's best known dealers, and when he moved to Winston-Salem it was to accept a large dealership in that city.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Shelton Heath; a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Heath, III; a daughter, Miss Ruth Shelton Heath; a grandson, Benjamin Dawson Heath IV; his mother, Mrs. B. D. Heath, all of Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs. Bennett Heath Alexander of Charlotte and Mrs. Alton Slingerland of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; four brothers, Wesley T. Heath, F. Jackson Heath, and M. Lee Heath of Charlotte; a half brother, Gilbert Heath of Chester, S. C.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Charles DePas Jones, Mrs. J. Renwick Wilkes, and Mrs. J. C. Montgomery, all of Charlotte.

The Charlotte News
Charlotte, NC
Wednesday, January 22, 1947
Funeral services for Benjamin Dawson Heath Jr., 48, of Winston-Salem, formerly of Charlotte, who died yesterday morning in a hospital in Winston-Salem, were scheduled for 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at Myers Park Methodist Church. Rev. J. M. Huggin, the pastor, will officiate, and interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were to be Duncan P. Tillett, George Crouch, A. Lloyd Goode, B. S. Howell, Mebane Long, Victor Shaw, Ed Reid, and George M. Ivey. Honorary pallbearers were to be Charles E. Lambeth, J. Caldwell McDonald, Sam McDonald, Frank Shannonhouse, Robert Woods, A. B. Craddock, J. S. Crosland, Dr. Andrew Blair, Dr. Thomas Sparrow, R. L. Goode, J. J. Akers, W. Frank Dowd, Ralph Holt of Burlington, R. T. Perkins of Baltimore, W. P. Warner of Greensboro, R. B. Newton of Danville, Va., W. Y. Bickett of Raleigh, and H. K. Skinner of Sumter, S. C.

Mr. Heath suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last Thursday and never regained consciousness. He was born June 11, 1898, in Charlotte, the oldest son of the late B. D. Heath, one of the city's leading manufacturers and at one time president of the Charlotte National Bank. He attended the schools in Charlotte and Porter Military Academy at Charleston, S. C. Upon graduation at that institution he enlisted in the naval aviation forces in World War I. After his war service he entered Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta.

AUTO BUSINESS
Upon returning to Charlotte he entered the automobile business and soon became one of the city's best known dealers, and when he moved to Winston-Salem it was to accept a large dealership in that city.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Shelton Heath; a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Heath, III; a daughter, Miss Ruth Shelton Heath; a grandson, Benjamin Dawson Heath IV; his mother, Mrs. B. D. Heath, all of Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs. Bennett Heath Alexander of Charlotte and Mrs. Alton Slingerland of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; four brothers, Wesley T. Heath, F. Jackson Heath, and M. Lee Heath of Charlotte; a half brother, Gilbert Heath of Chester, S. C.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Charles DePas Jones, Mrs. J. Renwick Wilkes, and Mrs. J. C. Montgomery, all of Charlotte.

The Charlotte News
Charlotte, NC
Wednesday, January 22, 1947


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60169804/benjamin_dawson-heath: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Dawson Heath Jr. (11 Jun 1898–21 Jan 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60169804, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by DSM (contributor 46945108).