Cecil James Squires

Cecil James Squires
GREENSBORO -- Mr. Squires, age 90, of 3114 Farmington Drive, died Thursday, June 24, 2004 at Moses Cone Hospital.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 28, 2004 at West Market Street United Methodist Church in Greensboro, of which he was a member, with Reverend Dr. Davis David Melton officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Reidsville with military gravesite rites.
Mr. Squires was born in Ossippee, NC on May 26, 1914 to the late Walter James Squires and Donna Stovall Squires. He graduated from NC State University in 1938 with a degree in Textile Engineering. He was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 until 1945, having served in both the Pacific and Atlantic Theatres. Mr. Squires was a Commander of the 42nd Rainbow Division Headquarter Company in Europe. He was a member of the Gate City Lions Club. He was also a member of the West Market Street United Methodist Church choir and a past member of the Fieldcrest Quartet of Eden. They performed during the 1950's around the southeast and on WFMY-TV in Greensboro. Mr. Squires retired in 1979 as an executive manager from Cone Mills White Oak plant. After his retirement he spent the next decade working with International Executives Service Corp, traveling to Central and South America, Europe and Asia to assist third world countries in new methods of textile manufacturing. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Harold Squires and Merrit Squires. He was a man who truly walked with God.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Sylvia Cochran Squires; four children, Ken Squires and his wife, Peggy of Greensboro, Gerlad Squires of Mobile, Alabama, Janice Lloyd and her husband, David of Greensboro, and James Squires and his wife, Jenna of Greensboro; one sister, Ruth Minter of Eden; two brothers, Ervin Squires of Kingwood, Texans, and Daniel Squires of Eden; seven grandchildren, Gerald Squires, II, Susan Holderfield, Michael Squires, Richard Toliver, Joelle Squires, Jenelle Squires, and James Squires, II; four great-grandchildren, Brad Holderfield, Matthew Holderfield, Geofrey Squires, and Caleb Wright; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Sunday, June 27, 2004 at Forbis & Dick Funeral Service, 1118 North Elm Street in Greensboro.
Memorials may be made to West Market Street United Methodist Church, 302 West Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27401.
Forbis & Dick Funeral Home is serving the family.