Watauga County NcArchives Obituaries.....Mast , Sr., James B. 1969
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Watauga Democrat
from the Watauga Democrat, Thursday, February 13, 1969, page two

Obituary: James B. Mast, Sr. - Retired Merchant

   James B. Mast, Sr., of Route 1, Vilas, died 8 o'clock Thursday afternoon at 
his home following a heart attack.  He was 67 years old.

   He was reared in Watauga County, the son of the late Newton and Addie 
Horton Mast.

   In 1929 he took over his father's business as a general merchant at Mast 
until his retirement in 1966.  He was a member of Henson's Chapel United 
Methodist Church.

   Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Myrtle Herring Mast, formerly of Wilmington; 
a son, James B. Mast, Jr., of Clemmons, athletic director of West Forsyth Sr. 
High School; a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Nifong of Pfafftown; a sister, Mrs. 
Maude Mast Casey of Cycle; and two grandchildren, Deborah Ann Nifong and 
Jeffrey David Nifong.

   The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Cove Creek Baptist 
Church.  Officiating were the Rev. Charles Ginn, pastor of Cove Creek Baptist 
Church and the Rev. William Grant, pastor of Henson's Chapel United Methodist 
Church.  Interment was in Cove Creek Cemetery.  

   Out of town friends and relatives who attended the funeral were: Mr. and 
Mrs. Glenn A. Herring, Wilmington; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stallings, Smithfield; Mr. 
J. E. Bradshaw, Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Blankenship and Wayne, 
Boiling Springs; Mr. Blankenship, Asheville; Mrs. Roland Davis, Kinston; Mr. 
Greer Glenn, Smithfield; Mr. and Mrs. John Summers, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Summers, 
Mr. Leo Summers, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Myers, Mrs. Paul Pardue, Mr. and Mrs. Claud 
Roberts, Miss Nola Howard, Rev. Vaughn Brown, all of Cycle; Mr. and Mrs. Frank 
Robinson, Mrs. Robert Russell, Winston-Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Binkley, Mr. 
and Mrs. Harold Simpson, Lewisville; Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Allred, Mr. Mark 
Southern, Mr Harold Southern, Clemmons; Mrs. George Saintsing, Lexington; Mr. 
Grady Tester, Lenoir, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin, Mr. John Lasley, Pfafftown; 
Mrs. Alliene Nifong, Thomasville; Mr. and Mrs. Loy A. Williams, Greensboro; 
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Dickins, Jr. of Winston-Salem.



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