~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Gleaner - June 22, 1916 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. David A. White of Mebane Killed in Auto Wreck Sunday. The death of Mr. David A. White Sunday in an auto wreck was a shock to his friends throughout the county. He and a party of friends were returning in an automobile from a church in Hawfields, some four miles south of Mebane. He was accompanied by Miss Mary Hooker of Durham who sustained three broken ribs and a severe bruise on her back, and Mr. McCoy Patton and Miss Margaret Darby of Maryland who were thrown out and sustained only slight injuries. In attempting to dodge a bad place in the road the car skidded and turned turtle. Mr. White was caught by the heavy car and crushed about the breast. He lived only about twenty minutes after the accident. Mr. White was a son of the late Mr. Stephen A. White, one of the country's most prominent citizens during his lifetime. He was in his 56th year. Over thirty years ago he and his brother W. E. White, started a lumber business and soon thereafter founded the White Furniture Co., which has grown to be one of the largest furniture factories in the South, as well as one of the best known this side of Grand Rapids. No citizen has done more for the growth of the town than "Dave" White. He was full of vim and push all the time and enthusiastic in whatever he engaged. He was loyal to his town, his friends and his church. The burial took place in the cemetery at Mebane on Monday afternoon and was attended by a large number of friends and relatives. Besides his aged mother, there survive three brothers, William E. White, S. Arthur White, and J. Sam White, all of Mebane; two sister, Mrs. Charles Millender of Asheville, and Mrs. W. A. Murray of Mebane. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. B. R. Sellars, Prominent Citizen and Business Man, Dead. The county has sustained a distinct loss in the death of Benjamin Rainey Sellars, who passed away at his home in Burlington Tuesday p.m. about 8 o'clock. For some months his health had not been very good. Sunday night he was stricken with paralysis and never rallied. The funeral was conducted from the Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock By his Pastor, Rev. B Melver, in the presence of a large concourse of friends, and the interment was in Pine Hill Cemetery. Mr. Sellars was the eldest son of the late Dr. B. A. Sellars and was 61 years of age. He was born near Long's Mills, Randolph county. He is survived by his aged mother, his widow, who was Miss Fannie Cheek of Orange county, three children - one boy and two girls, six brothers and four sisters, as follows: Thomas L., D. Ernest, Charles V. Walter R., of Burlington; Fred Sellars of Kansas; John Sellars of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Mary Walker, Mrs. J. H. Brooks of Burlington; Mrs. Eliza White near Mebane; Mrs. H. H. Jordan of Gastonia. More than thirty years ago Mr. Sellars and his father established the mercantile firm of B. A. Sellars & Son and ever since he has been the judicious business man that has made the house the leading dry goods house of this county. Mr. Sellars for many years has been prominent in the business life of Burlington and has helped to direct the business of some of the strongest institutions of this town. He was at one time a member of the Board of County Commissioners and at the time of his death was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the City Graded School [end]