Obit: Marshall – James Hershel Sprinkle Jr., 82, of Skyway Drive, died unexpectedly Monday in route to an Asheville hospital. He was co-owner of Sprinkle-Shelton Co., wholesale grocers of Marshall, an elder and former Sunday School Superintendent of Marshall Presbyterian Church. At the time of his death, he was treasurer of French Broad Electric Membership Co-op, a member of French Broad Lodge No. 292, A. F. & A. M., and the Marshall Chamber of Commerce.
He served in the N.C. House of Representatives in 1933-1935. He was a Madison County Commissioner in 1950, the chairman of Madison County chapter of the American Red Cross during World War II. He was an Army veteran of World War I and attended Mars Hill and Wake Forest Colleges.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Stella Shelton Sprinkle; a son, J.H. Sprinkle Jr. of Marshall; two sisters, Mrs. E.W. Wilson of Bald Creek and Miss Pauline Sprinkle of Charlotte; a brother, A.F. Sprinkle of Asheville; and three grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Marshall Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Arthur F. Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Pritchard Cemetery. Pallbearers will be T.F. Emmett, Fred Sams, Hollis and Fain Sprinkle, and Ronald Wilson. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Bowman—Duckett Funeral Home, where the body will remain until the service hour.
Contributor: Mike Gahagan (48045332)
He served in the N.C. House of Representatives in 1933-1935. He was a Madison County Commissioner in 1950, the chairman of Madison County chapter of the American Red Cross during World War II. He was an Army veteran of World War I and attended Mars Hill and Wake Forest Colleges.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Stella Shelton Sprinkle; a son, J.H. Sprinkle Jr. of Marshall; two sisters, Mrs. E.W. Wilson of Bald Creek and Miss Pauline Sprinkle of Charlotte; a brother, A.F. Sprinkle of Asheville; and three grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Marshall Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Arthur F. Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Pritchard Cemetery. Pallbearers will be T.F. Emmett, Fred Sams, Hollis and Fain Sprinkle, and Ronald Wilson. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Bowman—Duckett Funeral Home, where the body will remain until the service hour.
Contributor: Mike Gahagan (48045332)
Obit: Marshall – James Hershel Sprinkle Jr., 82, of Skyway Drive, died unexpectedly Monday in route to an Asheville hospital. He was co-owner of Sprinkle-Shelton Co., wholesale grocers of Marshall, an elder and former Sunday School Superintendent of Marshall Presbyterian Church. At the time of his death, he was treasurer of French Broad Electric Membership Co-op, a member of French Broad Lodge No. 292, A. F. & A. M., and the Marshall Chamber of Commerce.
He served in the N.C. House of Representatives in 1933-1935. He was a Madison County Commissioner in 1950, the chairman of Madison County chapter of the American Red Cross during World War II. He was an Army veteran of World War I and attended Mars Hill and Wake Forest Colleges.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Stella Shelton Sprinkle; a son, J.H. Sprinkle Jr. of Marshall; two sisters, Mrs. E.W. Wilson of Bald Creek and Miss Pauline Sprinkle of Charlotte; a brother, A.F. Sprinkle of Asheville; and three grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Marshall Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Arthur F. Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Pritchard Cemetery. Pallbearers will be T.F. Emmett, Fred Sams, Hollis and Fain Sprinkle, and Ronald Wilson. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Bowman—Duckett Funeral Home, where the body will remain until the service hour.
Contributor: Mike Gahagan (48045332)
He served in the N.C. House of Representatives in 1933-1935. He was a Madison County Commissioner in 1950, the chairman of Madison County chapter of the American Red Cross during World War II. He was an Army veteran of World War I and attended Mars Hill and Wake Forest Colleges.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Stella Shelton Sprinkle; a son, J.H. Sprinkle Jr. of Marshall; two sisters, Mrs. E.W. Wilson of Bald Creek and Miss Pauline Sprinkle of Charlotte; a brother, A.F. Sprinkle of Asheville; and three grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Marshall Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Arthur F. Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Pritchard Cemetery. Pallbearers will be T.F. Emmett, Fred Sams, Hollis and Fain Sprinkle, and Ronald Wilson. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Bowman—Duckett Funeral Home, where the body will remain until the service hour.
Contributor: Mike Gahagan (48045332)
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