Baxter Freeze

Baxter Freeze
HIGH POINT -- Mr. Freeze, 83, died Monday, December 15, 2003, after a brief illness, at his home at River Landing at Sandy Ridge. He was born on May 31, 1920.
He was a native of High Point and in 1995 retired after 52 years as Chairman of Commonwealth Hosiery Mills, Inc. in Randleman, NC. A graduate of Woodberry Forest School '38' and Davidson College '42', he served in World War II as a First Lieutenant in Ordnance AMMO Joe Company 'D' in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany. A member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church since 1953, he served on the vestry and as Senior Warden. He also enjoyed his involvement with the Boy Scouts through the Uwharrie Council, his relationship as a founding director and director emeritus at Culp, Inc., and his involvement in the development of Willow Creek.
Survivors are his wife, Anne Carter Freeze of River Landing at Sandy Ridge; a daughter, Anne Hollingsworth Freeze Kirby of Eutawville, SC; two sons, B. Parks Freeze, Jr. and his wife Jane of High Point, and John Edwin Carter Freeze and his wife Jodi of Orange Park, FL; 8 grandchildren, Baxter Parks Freeze, III of Athens, GA, Michelle Maynard and husband John Harris of High Point, Abigail and husband David Shean of Thomasville, Anne Hollingsworth Kirby and Mary Pendarvis Kirby of Eutawville, SC, John Edwin Freeze and Christopher Robert Freeze of Cary, NC, and Allie Elizabeth Freeze of Orange Park, FL; and three great grandchildren, Alexander Dean Connette, Amanda Gail Connette and Tyler Benjamin Shean, all of Thomasville.
Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in High Point by Dr. Glenn Busch. Inurnment will be in the church columbarium. A visitation is scheduled from 7 until 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Sechrest Funeral Home on East Lexington Avenue.
Memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer's Association, Piedmont Chapter or to St. Mary's designated for the Columbarium renovation.