Haithcox, Iva Mae

Iva Mae Haithcox Arey.

Class of 1916

Birth: 21 Dec 1894, Iredell County, North Carolina
Death: 25 Aug 1997, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina

Parents:
Charles Albert Haithcox (1856-1947)
Hattie Elizabeth Early Haithcox (1863-1947)

Siblings:
James Edward Haithcox (1890-1943)
Henry Linton Haithcox (1892-1988)
Charles Avery Haithcox (1897-1967)

Spouses:
John Rufus Baker (1893-1927); Marriage: 29 Jan 1920, Forsyth County, North Carolina
Cager Parx Barringer (1894-1966); Marriage: 13 May 1931, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
John Alfred Arey (1880-1953); Marriage: 16 Aug 1951, Rowan County, North Carolina

Children:
Janet Elizabeth Baker Clark (1923-2010)
William Madison Baker (1925-2011)
Robert Davis Barringer (1933-2015)

Burial: St. Michaels Cemetery, Troutman, Iredell County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #114234200.

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The Sentinel (Winston-Salem, NC), 31 Jul 1931

Mrs. Mae Haithcox Baker Becomes Bride of Cager Parx Barringer, of Salisbury

Of interest to friends of the contracting party was the marriage of Mrs. Mae Haithcox Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Haithcox, of Troutman, and Cager Parx Barringer, of Salisbury, Thursday afternoon.

The wedding was solemnized on the beautiful and capacious lawn of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Baker, who reside on the Lexington Road, with Rev. L. P. Smith, pastor of the East Fourth street Baptist Church officiating.

Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Barringer left by motor of Western North Carolina and after August 10, will be at home to their friends in Salisbury where Mr. Barringer is engaged in the practice of law.

Announcements reading as follows have been issued; “Mr. and Mrs. Charels A. Haithcox announce the marriage of their daughter, Mae Haithcox Baker, to Cager Parx Barringer, which was solemnized Thursday July 30, Winston-Salem. At home after August 10, Salisbury.”

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The Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC), 27 Aug 1997, p. 2C.

Mae H. Arey, 102

The funeral will be Friday Mae Haithcox Arey, 102, Salisbury, who died Monday (Aug. 25, 1997) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after six days of serious illness.

Born Dec 21, 1894, in Iredell County, Mrs. Arey was a daughter of the late Charles A. and Hattie Early Haithcox. She was educated at Mont Amoena Normal School in Mount Pleasant. Employed by R. J. Reynolds, Winston-Salem, in her early life, she was later a homemaker. She was the oldest member of Haven Lutheran Church and attended regularly, rarely missing Sunday school or church from the time she moved here 67 years ago until after her 102nd birthday.

She published a book of poetry when she was 94 years old – and continued to write long after that.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, John R. Baker, C. P. Barringer, and John Arey.

Survivors include sons William M. Baker, Salisbury, and Robert D. Barringer, Wilson; daughter Janet Baker Clark, St. Mary’s, Ga.; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Services: 4 p.m. Friday, Haven Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Ronald W. Fink. Private burial at St. Michael’s Cemetery, Troutman.

Visitation: 12:30-2 p.m. Friday, Lyerly Funeral Home.

Memorials: Haven Lutheran Church, 207 W. Harrison St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

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The Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC), 23 Dec 1994, p. 4.