Sam Theo High

Sam Theo HIGH, son of William Palmer HIGH and Geneva TINSLEY , was born on 5 Oct 1902, died on 17 Aug 1973 in Spartanburg South Carolina at age 70, and was buried in First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg, Spartanburg South Carolina. In 1930 he was renting a house and working for a road construction company. The 1930 census states that he was not a veteran. In 1940 he was renting a house on west Henry St. doing government road construction. Sam married Bessie TURNER , daughter of William Richard TURNER and Sarah Ann COWARD , about 1922. Bessie was born on 22 Sep 1900 in North Carolina, died on 4 Sep 1985 in California at age 84, and was buried in First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg, Spartanburg South Carolina. They had five children: Louise, William Sammy, Henry Harold, Bonnie Jean, and Donald Gray.