THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, September 19, 1974

 

Mrs. Virginia B. High, 83, a former long-time resident of Bunnell, passed away Monday, Sept. 16, 1974, at the Collingswood Nursing Home, Rockville, Md. of a stroke.

Mrs. High had been in ill health for the past two years during which time she was in the nursing home.

She was a Flagler County resident for 45 years having moved to Flagler Beach from Miami in 1925.

Mrs. High was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Bunnell, was postmistress of Bunnell from May 1954 to September 1955.

Mrs. High, the daughter of the late Dr. Henry C. Brannon, was born in Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 22, 1892, and came to Florida with her family at the turn of the century.

In 1905, she lived in Seabreeze, and a few years later moved to Palatka where she was a high school classmate of the late Tom Holden.

In 1912, she became a Western Union telegraph operator and was assigned to various cities in Florida including DeLand and Tarpon Springs.

Her husband, Joseph B. High, Sr. passed away in June 1945, and survivors include her son, J .B. High of Alexandria, Va., and a niece, Mrs. Ray G. Wood, of Brunswick, Ga.

Funeral Services were Monday in Vienna, Va. and graveside services will be tomorrow at the Arco Cemetery, Brunswick, Ga.

The family suggests any memorials be to the Bunnell Methodist Building Fund.