Wednesday, April 30

Charles Wesley Corder, 95, Passes

HIGH POINT-Charles Wesley Corder, 95 of High Point passed Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at High Point Regional Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 1, 2008 in the Chapel of Cumby Family Funeral Service; Reverend David Keith and Reverend Mike Briles officiating. Interment will follow at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Born on April 4, 1913 in Surry County, NC to Albert and Tabitha Corder. On April 19, 1939 he married the former Virginia Carter who preceded him in death on March 18, 2002. Preceded in death by his parents, three sisters; Hattie Dale, Grace Ellington and Amelia White and one brother, William Corder. Surviving is one daughter, Brenda (Jim) Waters of Greensboro, NC; three grandchildren, Reverend Michael (Mary Anne) Briles of Indian Trail, NC, Frank (Denise) Briles of Henderson, NC and Heather (Tony) McCorquodale of Ramseur, NC; four great-grandchildren, Colby, Wesley, Shannon & Rebekah and five step great-grandchildren. -Cumby

Sunday, April 27

BIN Info To Remain on Rootsweb

The BIN has made a decision regarding our information on Rootsweb.com. After careful review of the situation and weighing our options, we have decided to continue to post our genealogy information on Rootsweb.

"The Generations Network" owns Rootsweb.com and has transplanted RW with Ancestry.com, a paid service. TGN is the parent company of both networks and as many of you know, Rootsweb has been free for many years. Tim Sullivan, CEO of TGN, stated the only reason behind the move is that users of each of the two main websites will be better served if they have access to the best services available on both. "Simply stated, we want to introduce more Ancestry.com users to RootsWeb and vice versa," Sullivan insists. TGN also announced earlier that banners would be placed on Rootsweb and that information on the site would become property of TGN. The Briles Information Network places it's GEDCOM on Rootsweb so people will have access to our genealogy information. There is nothing to own regarding vital facts and family history, only the way you present it and in a specific format you create your files. Sullivan also stated that access to Rootsweb will always be free!

We believe genealogical information and family history should be free and open to everyone. Rootsweb has been free for years and until TGN requires a fee for viewing our files, we feel the massive visitors to Rootsweb outweighs the banners. If, in the near future,TGN requires paid membership or a fee to access genealogical information on Rootsweb, we will revisit this issue and remove our files from their server.

Friday, April 11

Death Notice: Shirley Mae Voyles Adams

CORYDON-Shirley Mae Voyles Adams, 65, passed Saturday, April 5, 2008, at Lincoln Hills Health Care Center in New Albany. Born June 5, 1942, in Harrison County, daughter of the late Charles Woodrow Voyles and Gertie B. Briles Martin. Preceded in death by her parents, by a stepfather, Bob Martin; a son, Frankie Lee Adams; and a sister, Carol Jean Wiseman. Survivors include four sons, Robert Lewis Voyles of Corydon, William Manford Adams of Albuquerque, N.M., Charles Edward Adams of Louisville and Jeffery Wayne Adams of Elizabeth; a daughter, Sheila Denise Adams of Corydon; a sister, Sue O. McDaniels of Pinellas Park, Fla.; her companion of 16 years, Richard Adthingy of Louisville; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.-Corydon Democrat-Funeral is Beanblossom-Cesar Funeral Home in Corydon