Class of 1917

Birth: 17 May 1899, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death: 7 Sep 1982, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Parents:
Augustus Newberry James (1874-1951)
Bessie K. Misenheimer (1876-1939)

Spouse: Otis Reahl Lail (1893-1969)
Marriage: 8 Oct 1929, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Siblings:
Rosa Allen James (1900-1987)
Ruth Virginia James (1902-1995)
Crawford Franklin James (1905-1984)
Alice Denning James Crews (1910-1994)
Margaret McCoy James Furr (1913-1961)
Miriam Sherrill James Sims (1913-1999)

Step-son:
Otis Reahl Lail, Jr.

Burial: Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Source: www.findagrave.com, # 158889767.

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The Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC), 26 Sep 1929, p. 7.

WEDDING INVITATIONS RECEIVED HERE

Invitations have been received here to the wedding of Miss Helen Blanton James and Otis Reahl Lail on Tuesday morning, October 8, at 10 o’clock, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Newberry James on South Main street, Mount Pleasant, N. C.

Miss James was supervisor of music in the Salisbury schools the past two years and made many friends in the city.

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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), 9 Sep 1982, p. 12A.

HELEN J. LAIL

MOUNT PLEASANT – Mrs. Helen James Lail, 83, retired music teacher, died Tuesday. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at United Methodist Church.

Survivors are brother, Frank James; sisters, Mrs. Miriam Sims of Norwood, Mrs. Alice Crews of Hickory, Miss Ruth James, Miss Rosa James; stepson, Otis Lail Jr. of Farnham, Va. Gordon-Peninger is in charge.

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The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), 9 Sep 1982, p. 3C.

HELEN J. LAIL

MOUNT PLEASANT – Mrs. Helen James Lail, 83, formerly of Raleigh, died Tuesday. Funeral is 11 a.m. today, Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. Burial, church cemetery.

Surviving: stepson, Otis Lail Jr. of Farnham, Va.; brother, C. Frank James of Mount Pleasant; sisters, Miss Ruth James, Miss Rosa James, both of Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Miriam Sims of Norwood, Mrs. Alice Crews of Hickory.

Arrangements by Gordon-Peninger Funeral Home.