Obituaries Aug. 2, 1944 - Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC MRS. H. F. STARR [formerly Clara Bell Wilson Pace of Salisbury, NC] Funeral for Mrs. H. F. Starr, 85, who died at her home in Pleasant Garden yesterday morning after an illness of two years [heart trouble--bap], will be held today at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Garden Methodist Church with Rev. T. F. Higgins, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Alamance Presbyterian Church cemetery. The body will remain at Hanes Funeral home until an hour before the funeral and will then be carried to the church. [Clara Bell Wilson Pace was the widow of John Fletcher Pace Police Chief of Salisbury, who died in 1901, and the mother of my grandfather Charles W. Pace. In 1904 she remarried to Henry Franklin Starr, and in 1910 they were living in Salisbury. When he recame a minister, they left Salisbury for other parts of NC. In 1920 he was a minister in Stanley Co., NC, Ridenhour township. In 1930 they were in Fentress twnship, Guilford Co., NC] A native of Salisbury, Mrs. Starr has lived in Pleasant Garden for the past 18 years. She was a member of the Pleasant Garden Methodist church. Surviving are her husband, Rev. H. F. Starr, retired Methodist minister of the western North Carolina conference; one son, Charles W. Pace, Bluefield, W. Va.; one step-son, Dr. H. F. Starr, Sedgefield, and three step-daughters, Mrs. A. H. Masters, and Mrs. J. R. Burch, Greensboro, and Mrs. Victor McAdams, Denver Colo. [Clara Bell Wilson was born in 1857-58 in Salisbury NC; she was the daughter of William M. Wilson and Caroline Earnhardt --tied to Schmidt line. Caroline Earnhardt later married a Burgess upon the death of W. M. Wilson in 1864.} Feb. 24, 1946 Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC (with photo--elderly) DEATH CLAIMS REV. H. F. STARR Retired Minister To be Buried Today Rev. Henry Franklin Starr, 89, retired Methodist minister of the Pleasant Garden community, died at 4 p.m. yesterday at Wesley Long hospital after a long illness [heart trouble & pneumonia--bap] Prior to his retirement in 1926, Rev. Mr. Starr held many charges in the Western North Carolina Methodist conference, including those at Ruffin, Albemarle, Coleridge, and other churches in the Western North Carolina Methodist conference. Following his retirement, it was his custom to occupy the pulpit at Pleasant Garden Methodist church, of which he was a member, on each birthday, through his 89th last April. His first wife, Mrs. Annie Young Starr, died in 1901, and he later married Mrs. Clara Pace, who died in 1944. [She had been the widow of John Fletcher Pace of Salisbury, whose father was Abner Pace originally from Guilford Co., NC.] Surviving are three daughters Mrs. A. H. Masters, and Mrs. J. R. Burch, Greensboro, and Mrs. Victor McAdams, Denver Colo.; one son Dr. Frank Starr, Greensboro [MD who signed death certificate], nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral will be conducted at Pleasant Garden Methodist Church at 3 p.m. today by Rev. R. A. Hunter, pastor, and Rev. T. F. Higgins, pastor of Muir's Chapel Methodist Church, and Dr. W. A. Lambeth, Greensboro district superintendent of the Methodist church, conducted the service. . Burial will be in Alamance Presbyterian Church cemetery. The body will remain at Hanes Funeral home until one hour prior to the service. I was surprised that he became a minister so late in life (after 1910) and retired in 1926. Maybe he was a part-time minister early in his ministry Rev. H. F. Starr was the son of Daniel Starr (Born: Abt 1820 in Guilford Co, NC ) and Sarah M. "Sally" Low (Born about 1830 in Guilford Co, NC) The father of Daniel Starr was Abner Starr. Betty Pace - [email protected]