E.G. "Everett" McQueen
died about 2002 Age:
~ 89
E.G. "Everett" McQueen
died about 2002 Age:
~ 89
E.G. "Everett" McQueen a retired hosiery salesman was originally
from Pacolet, South Carolina and later moving to High Point, NC. He was the SC
State Checker Champ for 15 straight years and won the Virginia State Open
several times. He was age 69 at the 1982 Southeastern in Sanford, NC and at that
time still living in Pacolet, SC. (Article)
Everett moved to High Point, NC in the early 90's to be closer to family. (Article)
He was know for quoting his statistics about the complexity of checker
positions and the billions of moves involved in forming them. (Article)
Everett was also a checker mentor to Larry Michael and help him gain
knowledge and develope
game skills.
E.G. McQueen's estate sold off the massive and near mint
condition checker library in June, 2015. Chuck Ketchie from
Charlotte who has the bulk of library stored in a climate controlled storage
unit and wants to find them a good home. Some of the earliest books went
back before 1900, a complete set of Elam’s Encyclopedias as well as many
others His phone number is
704-516-5287. There are 4 or 5 boxes of them.
July 7, 1984 Sanford News-Herald - Checker players eye state titles - Picture of
Everett