Orange County NcArchives Obituaries.....Buckner, Carey Edward 1944 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jacqueline Wilkerson jgwilkerson@earthlink.net April 16, 2007, 8:31 pm The News, Hillsboro, N.C., Thursday, October 5, 1944 Carey Edward Buckner died at Duke Hospital. He was 45 and history instructor at the University of North Carolina. He was awaiting a physical checkup at the doctor's office when he collapsed. An abdominal hemorrhage attributed to his death. He taught 8 years in Durham High School. He served as principal of Burlington High School for four years starting in 1931. He became dean of Brevard College in 1935 and worked there for seven years. In 1942 & 1943 he was principal of Chapel Hill High School and became a member of the university faculty in 1944. Survivors: Wife: Bess Reap Buckner One Daughter: Miss Beth Buckner Two Sons: Bobby and Edward Buckner all of Chapel Hill He was born and raised near Asheville and a member of Chapel Hill Methodist Church. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/orange/obits/b/buckner600gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb