Class of 1927

Birth: 19 Jul 1909, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death: 11 Oct 1998, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina

Parents:
James Calvin Isenhour (1876-1915)
Lucy Adeline Lentz Isenhour (1881-1970)

Siblings:
Doris Thelma Isenhour Melchor (1906-1982)
Egbert Glen Isenhour (1911-1982)
Margie Evelyn Isenhour Freeze (1914-1997)

Spouses:
Ira Alexander Corl (1902-1972), married 5 Oct 1933
Rev. Walter Nicholas Yount, Sr. (1905-1996), married 11 Oct 1986

Children:
Larry Dan Corl (1934-2020)

Burial: St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gold Hill Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #29776096.

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Courtesy of Ben Callahan.

Jessie Ruth Isenhour was born in Township #7, Cabarrus Co. NC on 19 Jul 1909, the daughter of James C. Isenhour and Lucy Adeline Lentz. Through her mother’s family she was the ggg-grand-daughter of Rev. Adolphus Nussman.

Jesse attended the Nussman School, a one-room schoolhouse in Township #7, and she graduated from Mont Amoena Female Seminary in Mt. Pleasant, NC in 1927. Jessie taught school at the Nussman School in 1927-1927, the year before it was closed.  She proceeded to receive a teaching certificate from Appalachian State Teacher’s College in Boone, NC and taught elementary school in Rowan County for 35 years.

Jesse married Ira Alexander Corl in Cabarrus Co. NC on 5 Oct 1933. She and Ira had one son, Larry Dan Corl.

Ira Corl died in 1972 and Jessie married Rev. Walter N. Yount in Cabarrus County in 1996.  Rev. Yount graduated from Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute in 1926.

“Miss Jessie” was a lifelong member of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Cabarrus County.  Her great-grand-father, Solomon Nussman, was one of the founders of the church and her Isenhour ancestors were members of the first congregation in 1837.

At the time of her death on 11 Oct 2007 (age 98), she was the oldest living member of the St. Stephen’s congregation. Jessie and her first husband, Ira Corl, are buried at the St. Stephen’s Cemetery.

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News and Record (Greensboro, NC), 15 Oct 1933, p. B3.

Of interest to the friends of both the bride and bridegroom is the announcement of the marriage of Miss Jessie Isenhour and Ira A. Corl. The ceremony was performed Thursday evening by the bride’s pastor, Rev. W. H. Dutton, in St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. J. C. Isenhour, of Cabarrus county. Mr. Corl is connected with the American Ice and Fuel company, in Concord, where the couple will make their future home.

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Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, NC), 24 Aug 1956, p. 32.

ASTC Hears Coltrane At Finals

BOONE, Aug. 23 – David S. Coltrane of Raleigh, assistant director of the North Carolina budget, spoke at the graduating exercises at Appalachian State Teachers College here tonight…

…Eighty-nine students received the Bachelor of Science degrees tonight… Graduating with honors were the following:…

…Cum laude – Jessie Isenhour Corl, Gold Hill;

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The Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC), 12 Oct 1986, p. 5B.

Yount-Corl

Jessie Ruth Isenhour Corl and Rev. Walter N. Yount were married Saturday at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Gold Hill. The Rev. Bill Duncan and the Rev. John D. Boyd, Jr. officiated at the 3 p.m. ceremony, which was followed by a reception at Calvary Lutheran Church, Concord.

The bride was given in marriage by her son, Larry Corl. Carolyn B. Corl was matron of honor. Lucille Barringer was a bridesmaid.

Walter N. Yount Jr. and Philip C. Yount were groomsmen. Joe Freeze, Kenny Isenhour, E.R. McKay and Raymond Turner were ushers.

Michael Corl was an acolyte. Carol Mayne was crucifer.

The bird, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Calvin Isenhour, is a graduate of Mont Amoena Seminary and Appalachian State University. She taught school in Cabarrus and Rowan counties before her retirement.

The bridegroom, son of the late Rev. J. Alonzo and Sarah Miller Yount, is a graduate of Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, Lenoir-Rhyne College and the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. He received an honorary doctor of divinity degree in 1983 from Lenoir-Rhyne College. A retired Lutheran minister, he has served parishes in Rural Hall, Crouse and Asheboro, as well as Calvary Church in Concord.

After a wedding trip to the North Carolina mountains, the couple will live in Concord.

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The Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC), 13 Oct 2007, p. 2C.

Jessie I. Corl Yount

SALISBURY – Jessie Isenhour Corl Yount, 98, died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, at Autumn Care of Salisbury. She had been in declining health for four years and seriously ill for months.

Jessie was born July 19, 1909, in Cabarrus County, the daughter of the late John Calvin and Lucy Lentz Isenhour. She attended Cabarrus County Schools. She received her teaching certificate from Appalachian State Teachers College and retired after 35 years as an elementary school teacher in Rowan County.

A lifelong member of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Jessie was active in all phases of her church. She was a life member of the WELCA, a Sunday School teacher for many years, a Choir member and a pianist for church services.

In addition to her parents, Jessie was preceded in death by her first husband, Ira Alexander Corl; her second husband Rev. Dr. Walter Yount; brother E. Glenn Isenhour; and two sisters, Doris Melchor and Margie Freeze.

She is survived by son Larry Dan Corl and Linda; grandson Michael Larry Corl and wife Nikki; stepson Philip Yount; and a number of nieces and nephews. She recently became the proud great-grandmother of 5-week-old twin girls, Alexandra Elizabeth and Ava Nikkolette.

Jessie had a love for life, her family, her friends and her church. She was an advocate of youth and education.

Service: The Funeral Service will be held at St. Stephens Lutheran Church Sunday at 3 p.m. conducted by Rev. Constance Garrett, pastor. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Memorials: Memorials may be made to St. Stephens Lutheran Church, Hut Renovation Fund, 4401 St. Stephens Church Road, Gold Hill, NC 28071.

Powles Funeral Home of Rockwell is serving the Yount family. Online condolences may be made to http://www.powlesfuneralhome.com.

Special thanks to Pastor Garrett, and Jessie’s church family for their continued support through her years of declining health.