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Attended 1924-1925, Sophomore
Birth: 10 May 1908, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death: 17 Feb 1968, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina
Parents:
Henry Walter Harkey (1876-1965)
Carrie Alice Barrier Harkey (1879-1957)
Siblings:
Stella Mae Harkey Beaver (1896-1958)
Margie Alice Harkey Smith (1902-1956)
George Lawson Harkey (1905-1995)
Lex Henry Harkey (1911-1980)
Fred Hue Harkey (1918-1976)
Spouse: Claude Havis McDonald (1902-1948)
Marriage: 29 Oct 1930, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Children:
Allen Woodford McDonald
Claude Havis McDonald, Jr.
Burial: Mount Olive Lutheran Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #34685795
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Miscellaneous
Attended elementary grades at Moose School in Mount Pleasant.
Member of Mount Olive Lutheran Church Luther League (1922)
The Charlotte Sanatorium operated from 1907 to 1942. It was a general, 100-bed hospital, privately owned by thirty local doctors. The hospital was located in Charlotte on the southeast corner of Seventh and Church Streets. In May 1920, the hospital established the School of Nursing with only three ladies in the freshman class. Virgie was one of nineteen students who graduated in May of 1929 (Charlotte Observer, 19 May 1929, section 2, page 1).
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The Charlotte News (Charlotte, NC), 2 Nov 1930, p. 3-B
Miss Virginia Harkey Is Wed to C. H. McDonald
A wedding of interest to the friends was that of Miss Virgie Elizabeth Harkey and Claude Havis McDonald, which was solemnized on Wednesday evening, October 29th, at 6 o’clock in the Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Gold Hill.
Rev. W. H. Dutton, pastor of the bride officiated, using the impressive ring ceremony. The church was decorated in a profusion of flowers and potted plants and lighted by white tapers.
The bride was becomingly attired in a dress of brown velvet with accessories to match. Her corsage was of sweetheart roses and lillies of the valley. She was given in marriage by her father, Mr. H. W. Harkey. Lex Harkey, brother of the bride, accompanied the bridegroom as best man.
Preceding the ceremony, the sister of the bride, Miss Margie Harkey, sang, accompanied at the organ by Miss Ethel Barrier.
Mrs. Zeb C. Strawn, sister of the bridegroom, was matron of honor. She wore a charming costume of green and carried yellow chrysanthemums. The flower girls, Mary Alice Beaver and Mary Francis Harkey, nieces of the bride, were dressed in yellow and carried baskets of yellow flowers.
Mrs. McDonald is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Harkey, of Gold Hill, N. C. She received her education at Mount [sic] Amoena Seminary, Mt. Pleasant, N. C., and is a graduate nurse of the Charlotte Sanatorium.
Mr. McDonald is the son of Mrs. Margie McDonald, of this city, and is at present in the service of the United States Navy.
Following the ceremony an informal reception was given at the home of the bride. After the reception, Mr. and Mrs. McDonald left for a motor trip to Washington.
Many friends and relatives from Charlotte and Salisbury attended the wedding.
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The Daily Independent (Kannapoilis, NC), 18 Feb 1968, p. 6.
Mrs. McDonald
MT. PLEASANT – Mrs. Vergie Elizabeth Harkey McDonald, 59, died Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Womack Hospital, Fayetteville. She had been in declining health several years and seriously ill three months.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church and burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Curtis Wise, pastor, will officiate.
The body will lie in state at the church 30 minutes prior to the service. The family will receive friends at Gordon-Peninger Funeral Home today from 7 to 9 p.m.
Mrs. McDonald was a registered nurse and was a graduate of Charlotte Memorial School of Nursing. She was born May 10, 1908 in Cabarrus County, daughter of the late Henry Walter Harkey and Mrs. Carrie Alice Barrier Harkey.
Her residence was at Concord, Rt. 3.
Surviving are two sons, Sgt. C. Havis McDonald of the U. S. Army and Allen W. McDonald of Concord Rt. 3; three brothers, George L. Harkey of Salisbury, Lex H. and Fred H. Harkey of Gold Hill.
Her husband, the late Claude H. McDonald, died in 1948. Two sisters also preceded her in death.
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Kannapolis Daily Independent (Kannapolis, NC), 19 Feb 1960, pp. 1, 5.
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