Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameNorman Grey Frick 
Birth6 May 1926, Rowan County, NC
Death18 Nov 2006, Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial21 Nov 2006, Liberty UMC Cemetery, Liberty, Rowan County, NC
FatherChalmers Gideon “C.G.” Frick (1882-1972)
MotherMary Christina Eagle (1886-1929)
Spouses
Birth6 Jan 1934, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Death16 Feb 2012, Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial18 Feb 2012, Liberty UMC Cemetery, Liberty, Rowan County, NC
FatherQuincy Adam Maness (1886-1952)
MotherGeorgia Mae Brown (1891-1958)
Marriage17 Jan 1952, Gold Hill Methodist Church parsonage, Gold Hill, NC
ChildrenChristina Jeanette (1952-)
Jeffrey Grey (Died as Infant) (1954-1955)
Tad Grey (1956-2013)
Roger (1958-)
Andrew “Andy“ (1960-)
Notes for Norman Grey Frick
Norman Grey Frick
SALISBURY - Norman Grey Frick, 80, of Salisbury, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Frick was born May 6, 1926, in Rowan County, a son of the late C. G. Frick and Mary Christina Eagle Frick. He graduated from Rockwell High School in 1943. Mr. Frick was owner and operator of The Furniture Hall, later changed to Frick's Furniture Hall, from 1948 to his retirement in 1983.
He was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church, where he was active in all phases of church work. He was a member of the Keller Memorial Masonic Lodge 657 in Rockwell and had been active in the Republican Party. He loved cooking and fishing.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in World War II from 1943-1946. He also served in the Korean Conflict as a Marine Reserve.
Mr. Frick is preceded in death by a son, Jeffrey Grey Frick, on March 28, 1955.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie G. Maness Frick, whom he married Jan. 17, 1952; sons Roger Frick and wife Avis, Andrew Frick and wife Machelle, and Tad Frick, all of Salisbury; daughter Ms. Christina Frick of Greensboro; and sisters Gertrude F. Misenheimer of Charleston, S.C., and Nellie F. Thompson of Lakeland, Fla. Also surviving are 11 grandchildren and four Great grandchildren.
Service: The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Park Avenue United Methodist Church, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Anna Lee Allen, pastor. The body will lie in-state 30 minutes prior to the service. Burial will be at the Liberty United Methodist Church Cemetery, Gold Hill.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at Powles Funeral Home from 6-8 tonight and at the residence the remainder of the time.
Memorials: Memorials may be sent to Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 500 Park Ave., Salisbury, NC 28144.
Powles Funeral Home is assisting the Frick family.
Salisbury Post, 20 Nov 2006
(Errors corrected by Nelson Page)
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Graduated Rockwell High School 1943
Norman went to Raleigh on Monday 24 April 1944 to join the US Marine Corps.
Owner - The Furniture Hall/Frick's Furniture Hall, East Innes St, Salisbury, NC, 1948-1983
Learned in conversation with Norman on 7 July 1996 (by Nelson Page):
In the late 1930's Franklin and Mamie Page lived in a duplex at 213 South Lee Street in Salisbury. Jack and Nelle Thompson lived in the other unit. C. G. Frick was running a wholesale produce business on East Council Street. He slept in his office through the week and went home to Liberty only on week-ends. When Mamie and Franklin moved to the Fred Frick house on highway 52 in 1939, C. G. decided to move into the vacated unit. Therefore, Gertrude and Norman lived in Salisbury for a year.
Norman did not want to attend A. T. Allen School where he would not know anyone. One of the teachers at Morgan School in Liberty lived in Salisbury. During the 1939-1940 school year, Norman walked to the East Innes Street – Long Street intersection where he was picked up by that teacher for the daily trip to Liberty. (I think that C. G. was beaten and robbed during the time of Salisbury residency, and this brought about the return to Liberty. This is a matter needing clarification.)
Prior to the move to town, Norman had been given a kid billy goat which he named Napoleon. Napoleon grew up around Norman's dog, Shotty, and they got along fine. Norman built a cart for Napoleon to pull. This wasn't very successful except he could lead Napoleon and cart to Morgan School where upon release Napoleon would pull the cart home.
Napoleon developed an unpleasant odor, and one of Norman's friends told him that his dad said the solution was to have Napoleon castrated, a job his dad would do for 10¢. When three black men from Livingstone College were visiting C. G. and sitting with him on the screened back porch, all wearing suits and ties, the time seemed right. The conversation went something like this after Norman and friend entered the porch.
CG: Now Norman Grey, what do you want?
Norman: I need a dime.
CG, leaning forward in his chair with hands on his knees in a pose sufficiently dignified for a father-son talk about money in the presence of distinguished guests: Now Norman Grey, why do you need a dime.
Norman: To have Napoleon castrated so he won't stink so much.
CG, after setting a world's record for removal of coin from pants pocket while staying seated: Here, here, now you run along and don't bother us any more.
The move to Salisbury raised the question of what to do with Napoleon and Shotty. Fred Frick took Shotty, but he became dangerous for biting people, and Fred had him shot. C. G. had a solution for the Napoleon problem: mutton. (The term is not appropriate, but that was the term used.) He found someone to do the job, and Norman vividly recalls his Dad coming in with a wash pan containing Napoleon ready for cooking. He had no enthusiasm for those meals.
During his last year of high school Norman's only money was the $8.00 per month he made driving a school bus.
Norman made staff sergeant in the Marine Corp so fast that he encountered hostility or non-acceptance from other sergeants because he was so young. He did not frequent the sergeant's club because of the reaction he would get there.
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Norman was with his brother, Fred, in Hickory when his father was beaten and robbed (about 1940). At that time C. G. Frick's wholesale produce business was doing very well. His warehouse was located on East Council Street in Salisbury. C. G. was supplying produce to most of the grocery stores in Salisbury and Albemarle.
The robbery occurred on a Saturday afternoon. C. G. was taken to a banana treatment room in the basement, beaten with a hammer, and left there. Some folks looking for C. G. and finding the business open but him not there, went across the street to a grocery store operated by a Mr. Lash, a black man. He had seen C. G. at his business not long before, and told the seekers that he should be there somewhere. They returned, went to the basement, and on opening the banana room found C. G. unconscious at the door where he had crawled and passed out. A lengthy stay at Lowey Hospital in Salisbury followed.
Salisbury Post account of robbery:
http://lavonpage.com/family/external/robbery/robbery.pdf
SALISBURY - Norman Grey Frick, 80, of Salisbury, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Frick was born May 6, 1926, in Rowan County, a son of the late C. G. Frick and Mary Christina Eagle Frick. He graduated from Rockwell High School in 1943. Mr. Frick was owner and operator of The Furniture Hall, later changed to Frick's Furniture Hall, from 1948 to his retirement in 1983.
He was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church, where he was active in all phases of church work. He was a member of the Keller Memorial Masonic Lodge 657 in Rockwell and had been active in the Republican Party. He loved cooking and fishing.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in World War II from 1943-1946. He also served in the Korean Conflict as a Marine Reserve.
Mr. Frick is preceded in death by a son, Jeffrey Grey Frick, on March 28, 1955.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie G. Maness Frick, whom he married Jan. 17, 1952; sons Roger Frick and wife Avis, Andrew Frick and wife Machelle, and Tad Frick, all of Salisbury; daughter Ms. Christina Frick of Greensboro; and sisters Gertrude F. Misenheimer of Charleston, S.C., and Nellie F. Thompson of Lakeland, Fla. Also surviving are 11 grandchildren and four Great grandchildren.
Service: The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Park Avenue United Methodist Church, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Anna Lee Allen, pastor. The body will lie in-state 30 minutes prior to the service. Burial will be at the Liberty United Methodist Church Cemetery, Gold Hill.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at Powles Funeral Home from 6-8 tonight and at the residence the remainder of the time.
Memorials: Memorials may be sent to Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 500 Park Ave., Salisbury, NC 28144.
Powles Funeral Home is assisting the Frick family.
Salisbury Post, 20 Nov 2006
(Errors corrected by Nelson Page)
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Graduated Rockwell High School 1943
Norman went to Raleigh on Monday 24 April 1944 to join the US Marine Corps.
Owner - The Furniture Hall/Frick's Furniture Hall, East Innes St, Salisbury, NC, 1948-1983
Learned in conversation with Norman on 7 July 1996 (by Nelson Page):
In the late 1930's Franklin and Mamie Page lived in a duplex at 213 South Lee Street in Salisbury. Jack and Nelle Thompson lived in the other unit. C. G. Frick was running a wholesale produce business on East Council Street. He slept in his office through the week and went home to Liberty only on week-ends. When Mamie and Franklin moved to the Fred Frick house on highway 52 in 1939, C. G. decided to move into the vacated unit. Therefore, Gertrude and Norman lived in Salisbury for a year.
Norman did not want to attend A. T. Allen School where he would not know anyone. One of the teachers at Morgan School in Liberty lived in Salisbury. During the 1939-1940 school year, Norman walked to the East Innes Street – Long Street intersection where he was picked up by that teacher for the daily trip to Liberty. (I think that C. G. was beaten and robbed during the time of Salisbury residency, and this brought about the return to Liberty. This is a matter needing clarification.)
Prior to the move to town, Norman had been given a kid billy goat which he named Napoleon. Napoleon grew up around Norman's dog, Shotty, and they got along fine. Norman built a cart for Napoleon to pull. This wasn't very successful except he could lead Napoleon and cart to Morgan School where upon release Napoleon would pull the cart home.
Napoleon developed an unpleasant odor, and one of Norman's friends told him that his dad said the solution was to have Napoleon castrated, a job his dad would do for 10¢. When three black men from Livingstone College were visiting C. G. and sitting with him on the screened back porch, all wearing suits and ties, the time seemed right. The conversation went something like this after Norman and friend entered the porch.
CG: Now Norman Grey, what do you want?
Norman: I need a dime.
CG, leaning forward in his chair with hands on his knees in a pose sufficiently dignified for a father-son talk about money in the presence of distinguished guests: Now Norman Grey, why do you need a dime.
Norman: To have Napoleon castrated so he won't stink so much.
CG, after setting a world's record for removal of coin from pants pocket while staying seated: Here, here, now you run along and don't bother us any more.
The move to Salisbury raised the question of what to do with Napoleon and Shotty. Fred Frick took Shotty, but he became dangerous for biting people, and Fred had him shot. C. G. had a solution for the Napoleon problem: mutton. (The term is not appropriate, but that was the term used.) He found someone to do the job, and Norman vividly recalls his Dad coming in with a wash pan containing Napoleon ready for cooking. He had no enthusiasm for those meals.
During his last year of high school Norman's only money was the $8.00 per month he made driving a school bus.
Norman made staff sergeant in the Marine Corp so fast that he encountered hostility or non-acceptance from other sergeants because he was so young. He did not frequent the sergeant's club because of the reaction he would get there.
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Norman was with his brother, Fred, in Hickory when his father was beaten and robbed (about 1940). At that time C. G. Frick's wholesale produce business was doing very well. His warehouse was located on East Council Street in Salisbury. C. G. was supplying produce to most of the grocery stores in Salisbury and Albemarle.
The robbery occurred on a Saturday afternoon. C. G. was taken to a banana treatment room in the basement, beaten with a hammer, and left there. Some folks looking for C. G. and finding the business open but him not there, went across the street to a grocery store operated by a Mr. Lash, a black man. He had seen C. G. at his business not long before, and told the seekers that he should be there somewhere. They returned, went to the basement, and on opening the banana room found C. G. unconscious at the door where he had crawled and passed out. A lengthy stay at Lowey Hospital in Salisbury followed.
Salisbury Post account of robbery:
http://lavonpage.com/family/external/robbery/robbery.pdf