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ALICE T. BOWERS
COOLEEMEE — Mrs. Alice
Turrentine Bowers, 80. I Church
St., died suddenly Friday, June 26.
at her home.
Funeral services vyerc Saturday at
First Baptist Church" of Coolcemce
by the Rev. Larry Allen. Burial was
in Rowan Memorial Rark.
Mrs. Bowers was bom in Davic
County, daughter of the late Am
brose Ed^tard and Minnie Baker
Turrentine. She was a member of
First Baptist Church of Coolecmcc.
She was preceded in death by her
husband. Overt W. Bowers, in 1983.
Surviving are five daughters. Mrs.
Tom (Nancy) Daniels and Mrs.
Nelson (Sandra) Sammons, both of
Cooleemee, Mrs. Bob (Janet)
Snyder, Qeveland. N.C.. Mrs.
Jerry (Maty Alice) Bailey, Rt. 6,
Salisbury, and Mrs. James
(Virginia) Eddings, CJiina Grove;
three sons, Vemon Edward Bowers,
Winston-Salem, Hayden (Tag)
Bowers, Mocksville, and Norman
Bowers. Cooleemee; 20 grand
children and 16 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two
sons, Charles Herbert Bowers and
Edgar Lee Bowers.
v/ RAYMOND ELLIS
Raymond Ellis, 91, of Route 3,
Mocksville, died June 24 at the
Salisbury VA Medical Center.
The funeral was held Friday at
Eaton's Funeral Home Chapel with
the Rev. Jack Luther officiating.
Burial was in Comatzer United
Methodist Church cemetery with
military graveside rites conducted by
the llth District Memorial Honor
Guard Veterans of Foreign War.
Bom March 6, 18%, in Nottoway
County, Va., a son of the late Jo.seph
and Pattie Wingo Ellis, he had
retired from Young Furniture Co.
He was a member of Comatzer
United Methodist (Thurch and a
veteran of World War I.
His first wife, Mary Carter Ellis,
died in 1%8. His second wife, Alice
Blake Ellis, died in 1971.
Survivors include his third wife,
Josephine Ritchie Ellis; a step
daughter, Judy Gillespie of Feirum,
Va.; a stepson, David Ritchie Jr. of
Route 6, Mocksville; and nine ]
step-grandchildren. i \
HAROLD GRIFFIN SR.
Harold Craven Griffin Sr.. 73,
died at his home in Laiirinburg June
28.
A graveside service was held
Tuesday in Rose Ometery in
Mocksville, conducted by the Rev.
Don Davis.
Bom Sept. 27, 1913, he was a son
of the late Jessie Baxter and Jannie
Craven Griffin.
Survivors include one son, Harold
Craven Griffin Jr. of Jacksonville,
Fla.; one .sister. Jesse Griffin of
Laurmburg; and two grandchildren.
. / INEZ HOWELL
CLEMMONS - Inez Mae Coble^
Howell, 60, of 3S6S MiddlebrooK
Drive, died June 25 at Forsyth
Memorial Hospital in
Winston-Salem.
The funeral was Sund^ at Vadkin
Valley Bapti.st Church in Davic
County with the Rev. Leon Wood
officiating. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Bom Dec. 24, 1926, in Hanes, a
daughter of Blanch Wood Coble
Boughman of Winston-Salem and
the late James Coble, .she was retired
from Hanes Narrow Fabrics.
Her husband, Thomas H. Howell,
died in 1974. A son, Jerry Lee
Howell, died in 1986.
Survivors, in addition to her
mother, include two daughters,
Geraldine Diompson ofFarmington
and Vickie Pankau of Ormond
Beach. Fla.; five sons, Thomas H.
Howell Jr. of Advance, Robert
Howell of Winston-Salem, Richard
and Douglas Howell, both of Clem-
mons, and Kenneth Howell of Or
mond Beach; a sister, Frances
Bodenhiemer of Asheville; two
brothers, Paul and Harold Coble,
both of High Point; eight grand
children; and five step-
grandchildren.
v/ JUNIOR E. KIMBRELL
CLEMMONS - Mr. Junior Ed
ward Kimbiell, 74, of 354 Hampton
Road, died Monday.
He was bom Dec. 5,1912 in Fort
Mill, S.C. to Jim and Annie Mad-
dox Kimbrell; He spent mo.st of his
life in Davidson County.
He served in the U.S. Army dur
ing World War II and retired from
Gravley Tractor Co.
Surviving arc four sons, James E.
ICin}bre[l^ Route 8, Mocksville;
Danid-'M. and Douglas Kimbrell, of
Han^oii Road, Clemmons; and Lec
lUinwII of Advance; and four
grandchildren.
Funeral .services will be held at 11
a.m. Thursday at Hayworth-Miller
Silas Creek Chapel. Burial will be
in Centenary United Methodist
Church cemetery.
The family were to receive friends
at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday.
ADAM D. MATTHEWS
YADKINVILLE - Adam Dale
Matthews. 4-monlh-nld .son <if
Richard and Connie Hendrix Mat
thews, died June 25 at his home.
Surviving are his father and
mother, of Harrison Ave.; two
sisters, Mindy Lou and Cindy
Michele Matthews, both of the
home; and his grandparents, Mrs.
Bertha Matthews, Yadkinville. and
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Hendrix.
Advance.
Funeral services were Saturday at
Sugartown Baptist Church by the
Rev. W.B. Brawley. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
ptember 24, 1967.
vivors include his sccondjvife,
Stella^aity White, Modcavtlle; onedaughter ^Mfs»,R^Gr'(Ufenda) Sapp,
Rt. 5, Mock>*Mts,onc son, Joe
White, RK^. Mocfevjllc; one
grandjefi; one stepgrandsbic one
step^eat-grand.son; one brof ^
_rame White, Rt. 5, Mocksville;
and several nieces and nephew.s.
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SI'BNCER — The I'uncrul service
for Carl Leruy Powell was held
Monday at Lyerly Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Joe King,
pastor of Trinity Baptist Church,
officiating.
Burial followed in Rowan
Memorial Rtrk.
Powell, 75, of 116 E. Jefferson
St., died June 27 at his residence. He
had been in declining health for three
years and seriously ill fw one week.
Born Feb. 26, 1912, in Clark
County, Miss., he was a son of the
late Henry and Mary Moffett
Powell. Educated in the Clark Coun
ty schools, he had retired from
Southern Railway Co., where he had
worked as p^finer for 28 years. He
was a Baptist and a member of
Spencer Moose Lodge and the
BARE.
A son, James Henry Powell, died
in 1976.
Survivots include his wife, Lois
Robinson Powell, whom he married
Aug. 3, 1935; a son, Gary Leroy
Powell of Spencer; three daughters.
Sherry P. Lewis of Lynchbiirg, Va.,Frances P. Goodmw o^Spencer and, Gloria P. West of jjwk^ville; two
sisters, Mitmie of Spencerand Ruth Reece>^7ackson, Miss.;
13 grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
BEGLAll CLANTON WHITE
SUMTER, S.C. - Mrs. Beulah
Clanton White, 72, formerly of
Winston-Salem, died June 24 at
Cypress Nursing Center in Sumter,
S.C.
She was born February 24, 1915,
in Alexander County to the late John
Ciscero and Lizzie Artemus Pearson
Clanton. Mrs. White was a member
of Salcm Baptist Church in Winston-
Salem. She was formerly a cafeteria
manager for R.J. Reynolds Tobac
co Co.
Mrs. White was the widow of
Fletcher A. White, who died
December 25, 1982.
Surviving are three sons: Ronald
G. White of Winston-Salem; Jim
White of Sumter, S.C.; and Larry
White of Norfolk, Va.; two
daughters, Mrs. Vickie Shumate of
Greeneville, Tenn. and Mrs. Nancy
Johnston of Williamsburg, Va.;
seven grandchildren and a sister,
Mrs. Mayzo Bowles of Hiddenite.
Funeral services were held Mon
day in Salem Baptist Church. Burial
followed the service in Oaklawn
Memorial Gardens in
Winston-Salem.
The family requests that
memorials be made to the Salem
Baptist Church iMssion Fund.
/ WILLIE A. WHITE
Mr. Willie Asbury White, 85, Rt.
2, Mocksville, died June 18 at
Meadowbrook Manor inClcmmons,
where he had been a resident for on
ly two days.
Funeral services were Saturday at
Wesley Chapel United Methodist
Church by Rev. Bentiy Bearden,Rev. Jim l^ns and Rev. Jesse Tart.
Burial was in the church cemetery.The family requests that any
memorials be made to Wesley
Chapel United Methodist Church,Route 8, Mocksville, N.C. 27028,
or Mf. Olive United Methodist
Church', Route 5, Mocksville, N.C.
27028.
Mr. White was bora in Davie
County to the late Beriy and Min
nie Smith White. He was a retired
dairy farmer and a member of
Wesley Chapel United Methodist
Church. His fi rst wife, Mary Sain
White, preceded hira in death on
September 24, 1967.
Survivors include his second wife,
Stella Baity White. Mocksville; onedaughter, Mrs. R.G. (Glenda) ^pp,
Rt. 5, Mocksville; one son, Joe
White, Rt. 5, Mocksville; one
grandson; one stepgrandson; one
stepgreat-grandson; one brother,Lonnic y^ite, Rt. 5, Mocksville;and several ni^^es i^d nephews.
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/ TERRY M. CARTER
The funeral for Terry Michael
Carter was held Tuesd^ at Eaton's
'^Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
Ron Honeycutt ofnciating. Burial
was in Legion Memorial Park in
Coolcemee.
Carter, 22. of Route 4.
Mocksvillc, died Sunday from in
juries sustained in an automobile
accident.
Born June 21, 1965, in Davie
County, he was a son of Robert L.
Carter Sr. and Joyce McSwain, both
of Route 4. He was enployed with
C.S. Masonry and Sandblasting Co.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, include a sister. Dawn
Hamilton of Route 4; a N-other, Jim
my Carter of Route 7; his step
mother, Pamela Carter of Route 4;
a stepbrother, Dennis Rjqr Whitaker
of Route 7;
His patemal grandfather, Paul
Carter of Mocksville; his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James
McSwain of Coolcemee; and a
great-grandmother, Lola Link of
Mocksvillc.
LUVENA HOWARD GANDEE
WOODLEAF — Luvena Howard
Gandee, 75, of Route I, Woodleaf
died June 30 at her home.
Funeral services were held July 2
at the graveside in Farmington
cemetery Rev. David Henry.
Mrs. Gandee was bom in Merkel,
Tx. to the late Felix and Dovie
Howard Howard and was a
homemaker. Her husband, Billy Ed
ward Gandee died Aug. 16, 1967.
She was also preceded in death by
a son, Ronald Gandee in 1983.
Survivors include a daughter in
law, Mrs. Brenda Gandee of Route
2, Cleveland and two grandsons.
/DAN THCXHAS HENDERSON
SALISBURY — Mr. Dan Thomas
Henderson, 68, of423-D Ave., died
July 5 at N.C. Baptist Hospital in
Winston-Salem.
Services were held Tuesday at
Somerset Memorial Chapel. Burial
was in U.S. National Cemetery in
Salisbury.
Mr. Henderson was bom in
Henderson County. He served in the
U.S. Army during World War 11. He
was a retii^ radio engineer for N.C.
Highway F^trol where he retired
after 35 yeais. He was past secretary
and president of the state A.T.C.O.
and a member of the Harold D. Jar-
rett Post 342 where he was past com
mander. He was also a member of
the VFW Post 3006 and the 40 &
8th.
He is survived by his wife, Mary
Jo Roberts Henderson, of the home;
one son, Dan T. Henderson Jr., of
Mocksville; and two grandchildren.
Memorial may be made to the
American Diabetes Association,
Rowan County Chapter, in care of
Rowan Business Forms, P.O. Box
1269, SalJ^ry, N.C. 28144.
y ESTHER O. H. JAMES
Mrs. Esther O. Hellaid James, 80,
of Route 4, Mocksville died July I,
at the Meadowbrook Manor in
Clemmons.
Funeral services were held Satur
day in the Turrentine Baptist Church
with the Rev. Charles Heslcy and
Rev. E.M. James officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. James was bom Sept. 6,
1906 in Davie County to the late
Charles Marion and Elizabeth
Ridenhour Hcllard and was retired
from the Monlcigh Garment Com
pany. She was a member of the Tur
rentine Baptist Church.
Survivois include her husband,
Enos R. "Dink" James of the home;
one son, Otis James of Route 4,
McKksviile; three sisters, Mary
Thomas of Phoenix, Ariz., Mable
Hancock of Durham, and Alma
Snead of Cooleemee and one
brother, Monroe Hcllard of
Cooleemee..
/ JUNIOR E> JnMBRELL
Junior Edwv^imbreir, 74, 354
Hampton Rd^^j^Xmmons, died June
29 at his horiie.
He was bom January 5, 1912, in
Fort Mill, S.C., to Jim and Annie
Moddox Kimbrell. He spent most of
his life in Davidson County. He
.served in the U.S. Army during
World War 11. His wife, Daisy
Hayes Kimbrell, died in 1970. He
was retired from Gravely Tractor
Co.
Surviving are four sons. James E.
Kimbrell, Rt. 8, Mocksville, Daniel
M. and Douglas Kimbrell, both of
Hampton Rd., Clemmons and Lee
Kimbrell, Advance; four grand
children, James Adnes Kimbrell,
Richard Edward Kimbrell and
Katherine Marie Kimbrell, all of
Mocksville and Crystal Jaye Kim
brell, Advance and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held July 2
at Haywoith-Miller Silas Creek
Chapel by the Rev. Frank Jarvis and
the Rev. Donald Fundeiburk. Burial
was in Centenary United Methodist
Church cemetery in Davidson
County.
The family requests memorials be
made to Hospice of Davidson
County.
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J.C. McCullough, 83. of 811 S.
Main St., Mocksville, died
Saturday.
The funeral was held Monday at
Eton's Funeral Chapel, conducted
by the Rev. Bennie Bearden and the
Rev. J.C. Lane. Burial was in the
Concord United Methodist Church
cemetery.
Born May 6. 1904, in Davie
County, he was retired from the
sampler rtuan of Heritage Furniture
Co. He was a member of Concord
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Alice
Berrier McCullough; one daughter,
Mrs. Howard (Tilthia) Hanes of 815
S. Main St.; three half brothers,
Wade Nail, Grady Nail and Paul
Nail, all of Mocksville and two
grandsons.
Memorials may be made to Con
cord United Methodist Church in
care of Jane Crotts, Treasurer, Rt.
7, Bo>r230, Mocksville.
V • ROBERT L. PRESLAR
Mr. Robert Lee Preslar, 81, of
444 Sanford Ave., Mocksville died
late Monday evening at the Ruther-
fordton Nursing Home in
Rutherfordton.
Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m. Thuisday at Batons Funeral
Chapel by Rev. Paul Riggs. Burial
will be in Rose Cemetery.
The family were to receive friends
from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home.
Mr. Preslar was bom May 26,
1906 in Caldwell County to the late
Daniel Webster and Maude Hudson
Preslar and was a retired furniture
worker. He was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include his wife, Dovie
Preslar of the home, two sons,
Ronald and Randall Preslar, both of
Dobson, two grandsons, and one
sister, Mrs. Pauline Triplette of
Lenior.
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/ I ROY E. WILSON
COOLEEMEE — Roy Edward
Wilson, 62, of Cooleemec, died Ju
ly 3 at Davie County Hospital in
Mocksville, affer being in declining
health for 18 months.
The funeral was held Monday at
Friendship Baptist Church with the
Rev. J.R. Samuel ofTieiating. Burial
\trSs in the church cemetery.
Bo/n-Npv. 15, 1924, in Davie
County i^a .son of the late Charlie and
Eth^, wler Wil.son, he was educated
in.ihe®avie County .schools and was
employed by Celanese Fiber Opera
tions. He was a member of Friend-
.ship Baptist Church where he was a
member of the Deacon and Trustee
boards and a Sunday school teacher.
He was a veteran of World War 11.
Survivois include his wife. Jessie
Mae Woods Wilson; six daughters,
Mary Haidgrovc of Columbus,
Ohio, Mac Frances Waldon of
Lindenwold, N.J., Ethel Peebles of
Woodleaf, Phyllis Stockton of
Durham, Donna Cuthbertson of
Salisbury and Teresa Wilson of the
home; three brothers, Benjamin
Wilson of Mocksville and Lonnie
and John B. Wilson, both of
Cooleemee; two sisters, Mary Lee
Baker of Statesville and Mildred
Phifer of Mocksville; and eight
grandchildren.
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DAVIE COUNTY EN'IERFRISE RECORD, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1987-
Obituaries
/ Juhiiiiic A. Carson
' SALISBURY — Johnnie Aduni .
Carson, 48. of Raleigh, a Conner
residcnl of Salisbury, died July 10
ai his home.
The bcKiy was lo remain ul Noble
and Kclsey f-uncrat Home pending
eoniplciion of funeral arrangements.
The family was to be at the home of
a brollier, Kiehard A. "Lucky" Car
son of U.S. 601, Mocksville.
Born Jan. 18, 1939, in Davic
County, he was a sun of the lute
Adam C. and Mary Chunn Carson.
Educated in the Davie County
schools, he attended A&T Slate
University and was a graduate of
IBM ScluHil in Charlotte and Rowan
Technical College.
A North Carolina-licensed air con
ditioning iuid refrigeration techni
cian, he was employed by Food Lion
in Raleigh as area supervisor of the
maintenance depurtmeni. He was a
member of New Bethel Baptist
Church in M(x;ksvillc and Mount
Zion Masonic Lodge 10. He was a
U.S. Army veteran of the Korean
War.
Survivors include anollk^r brother,
A. Lincoln Carsoji of y/ulcrbury.
Conn.; and two Elizabeth
Feamstcr of Salis^iy and Audrey
Tctteway of Wate^iy. Conn.
^ Ola Davis Cauble
A grave.side service for Ola Davis
Cauble was held July 11 at Rose
Cemetery in Mocksville.
Born March 31, 1895, in Davic
County, she was a daughter of the
late Wiliiiun McClean and Sophia
Angcll Davis. Retired as a beauti
cian, she was a member ot the First
Baptist CImrch of Charlotte.
Her husband, Walter S. Cauble,
died Oct. 20, 1960.
Survivors include a brother, San-
ford R. Davis of Albemarle; and
several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Cauble, 99, of Kingsdaie
Manor, Luniberttm, formerly ol
Charlotte, died July 6 at
Soulhcaslem General Ht)spital in
Lumberlon alter being in declining
health for a number of years.
Howard T. Clement
' HIGH POINT - Howard Tatt
Clement, 78, of 2306 Dallas Ave.,
a Rowan Couitty native, died Sun
day in High Point Regional Hospital
after being in declining health for
three monllis.
The funeral was Tuesday at
SechresI Funeral Home Chapel.
1302 E. Lexington Avc.. conducted
by the Rev. William J. Campbell.
Burial was in Floral Garden Park
Cemetery.
Memorials ntay be made to First
Reformed United Church of Christ,
901 English Road. High Point, N.C.
27260, or to the charity of the
donor's choice.
Born Nov. 1, 1908, lie was a son
of the late John and Maggie Lou
Young Clement. A resident of High
Point for 58 years, he was a retired
owner and operator of Nibbs
Baii>ccue.
He was a member of First
Reformed United Church of Christ
and a former member of the High
Point Fire Department for 18 years.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys
Leonard Clement, whom he married
Oct. 29, 1929; a daughter, Mrs.
Charlie (Delores) Williard of
Greensboro; a son, Richard H. Cle
ment of High Point; a sister, Mrs.
Charlie (Jctlie) Forsler of Salisbury;
Two half sisters, Mrs. Raymond
(Bertie) Morgan of Salisbury and
Mrs. Hubert (Catherine) Call of
Mocksville; a bruUier, Keid Clement
of Salisbury; three half brothers,
Charles and Wall Herion, both of
Salisbury; and AI Herion of Madison
Heights, Va.; and four
grandchildmn.
Ben B. Childers
Mr. Ben Brewer Childers, 51,
Route 2, Mix:ksvillc, died late Sun
day night at Duvie Couitty Hospital.
Funeral services were to be at 4
p.m. Wednesday at Eaton's Funeral
Cha|>el by Rev. Benny Bearden.
Burial was to be in Concord United
Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Childers was born in Chad-
bourn to Stanley and Mildred
Brewer Childers. He was a home
builder contractor and was a memlwr
of Concttrd United Methodist
Church.
Surviving, in additton to his
parents of Route 6, Mocksville. are
his wife, Nancy Hoffman Childers,
of the home; two daughters, Mona
Wallace, Route 2, Mocksville, and
Lisa Beane, Route 3, Mocksville;
three grandsons, James, Benjamin
and Bucky; and one brother, Joe
Childers. Los Angeles, Calif.
'^Rodney R. Davis
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Rodney Kay
Davis, 31, of
509 Westwin
Drive, died Ju- i
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He was born ]
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County to Kai- i
neth Wayne
Davis and
Jessica D. Sheilds. He was a
graduate of Parkland High Sehoul,
1974. He attended the University of
North Carolina at Ashevillc. He
served four years in the U.S. Air
Force.
Survivors include: his mother,
Jessica D. Shields, and his step
father, Joe R. Shields, both of Ad
vance; his father, Kenneth W.
Davis, Picr.son, Fla.; two brothers,
Curtis Van Davis and Kenneth
Rayvan Davis, both of Winsion-
Salcm; one stepbrother, Clay
Shields, Wtnslon-Salem; one sister,
Jcscinda W. Allard, Wiislon-Salem;
one stepsister, Jody Shields,
Winslon-Sulcm; a half sister, Cara
Davis. Pierson, Fla.; his grand
mothers, lib Burger, Winslon-
Salcm and Irene Atkins,
Kcrnersville; and his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. T.R. Davis of Sardis,
Ga.
Memorial services weie Sunday at
Calvary Moiavian Churdi by the Rt.
Rev. James C. Hughes and tlie Rev.
John D. Rights.
The family requests that, in lieu of
Bowers, memorials be made to
Calvary Moravian Church.
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f Allen Leroy Denney, 47, of Route
7, died early July 8 at his home after
an extended illness.
The funenil was held July 10 in the
Summersctt Memorial Chapel with
the Rev. John Jiedrick, interim
minister of Rowan Christian
Church, officiating. Burial was in
the National Cemetery of Salisbury,
with graveside rites conducted by the
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Mrs. Roscoe Flinchum and Mrs.
Elwood Simmoas. Both of Walnut
Cove, Mrs. Bess Flinchum, Dan'bury, and Mrs. W.B. Koontx,
Mocksville; one brother, HardinEast, Danbury; 21 grandchildren
and 20 great-grandchildren.Funeral services were Saturday atNel.son Funeral Home Chapel byRev. Norman Clark and Rev. Gor
don Schrum. Burial was in Lawson-villc Church of God Cemetery.owan County Veterans Council.Bom Mvch 8, 1940, in Rossy G.F. *Pete' Forrcst Sr.County, Ohio, he was a son of Ray Mmond Arthur Denney ofClearwatcr,
Fla., and Helen McCabe Griffin of
Columbus. Ohio. Educated in the
Columbus schools and at Rowan
Technical Cbllege, he was manager
of Louisville Cement Co. for 15
years before his retirement.
A member of Rowan Christian
Church and VFW Post 3006, he was
a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Marine
Corps, having served during the
Vietnam War.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, include his wife, Sasan Fen
ny Denney, whom he married
March 27, 1959; a son, Michael
Allen Denney of the home; fi ve
daughters, Kelly and Sharon Den
ney, both of the home, Mrs. Larry
(Terry) Privette of Cooleemce, Mrs.
Curtis (Faith) Foreman of Granite
Quarry and CHana Pate of Salisbury;
His stepmother, Vivian Denney of
CIcarwater, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Dick
(Gail) Shaffer of Tampa, Ra.; a half
sister, Paula Baldwin of Palm Har
bor, Fla.; a stepsister, Mrs. Rogers
(Pam) Mays of Reynoldburg, Ohio;
and four grandchildren.
r. Garland Franklin "Pete"
Forre.st, Sr., 70, Route 1,
Mocksville, died July 10 at Da vie
County Hospital.
Funeral services were Sunday at
Eaton's Funeral Home Chapel by
Wayne Hendrix. Military graveside
services were held in Louisville, Ky.
Tuesday.Mr. Forrest was bom April 7,
1917, in Davidson County to the late
George Franklin and Lizzie Barnes
Forrest. He was retired from Snells
Artificial Limb Co. His fi rst wife.
Alberta Fisher Forrest, died in 1966.
Survivors include his semnd wife,Peggy Green Forrest, of the home;
three sons, David and Garland F.
Forrest, Jr., both of Louisville, Ky.
and Edward Forrcst, Statesville; one
stepson, Joe Everette, Mocksville;three daughters, Sharon Ann Carby,
Lorraine Sanders and Elaine Peltire,all of Louisville, Ky.; two brothers,
James Forrest, Lewisville and Abe
Forrest, Lexington; two sisters, AnnEvans and Elizabeth "Lib" Mas.sey,
both of Mocksville and 18
grandchildren.Joseph B.East
/ /DANBURY - Mr. Joseph (Joe) oBenjamin East, 69, of Route 2, Ger-v/'^LizZie MaSOIl
Hbnton, died July 9 at Forsyth
Hospital. He was bom in Stokes
County to Mickey and Dora Booth
East. Mr. East was a retired farmer
and was a member of Lawsonville
Church of God.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mahala Collins East of the home;
five daughters, Mrs. Rosa Lee
McHone, Lawsonville, Mrs. John
H. (Katherine) McHone and Mrs.
Gumey (Linda) Smith, both of Dan-
bury, Mrs. Novella Harrison, King,
and Mrs. Bailey (Alpha Jean)
Woods, Walnut Cove; two sons,
Clarence East and Rufftis J. East,
both of Walnut Cove; four sisters.
HIGH POINT - Lizzie Winford
Mason, 86, of 1209 Terrell Drive,
died Friday afternoon at High Point
Regional Hospital.
The funeral was Monday at New
Bethel Baptist (Thurch. Burial was in
Jamestown.
Bom in Davie County, she was a
daughter of the late Alex and Belle
Boulin Winford. She was a resident
of High Point for 40 years.
Her hu^and, the Rev. D.D.
Mason, died Oct. 22, 1976.
She was a member of New Bethel
Baptist Church, where she was
honored as mother of the church.
She was" a member of the Rowan
Baptist A.ssociation.
Survivors include six dauighters,
Gennellia Hunter of the home,
Virginia Watson and Wyvonnia
Abies, both of High Point, Edna
Allen of Mocksville, Oydie Mason
of Atlanta, and Elizabeth Booc of
New York City;
Four sons, Dennis D. Mason Jr.
of Long Island, N.Y.; James Mason
of Freeport, Long Island. N.Y., and
the Rev. John Mason and Peter
Mason, both of High Point; twosisters. Edna Mason of Washington,
D.C.. and Fairley Scott of Winstoh-
Salem; 19 grandchildren; and 11
great-grandchildren.
/John B. Miller
. CLEVELAND - John Baxter
Miller, 58, of RoQt&2,''died unexpectedly at 10:l^a.ifn. Monday atRowan Memoti^J^bspital.
The funeral -^s to te held at 11
a.m. Wednesday in the Summersett
Memorial Chapel, conducted by the
Rev. Arnold Bell, pastor of
Cleveland Baptist Church. Burial
was to be in Cleveland Baptist
Church cemetery.
Bom Mj^ 1, 1929, in Rowan
County, he was a son of the late
George Love and Sarah Ann Miller
Miller. Educated in the Cleveland
schools, he was employed by North
Carolina Finishing Co., Dye House
2, for 19 years. He was a member
of Cleveland BaptLst (Tturch.
Survivors include his wife, Estelle
M. Miller; four sons, Johnny Ray,
Jimmie and Wesley Miller, all of
Cleveland, and Richard Miller of
Bear Poplar; two daughters, Julia
Hellard of Mocksville and Carolyn
Dale of Cleveland; two sisters. Pearl
Bamhardt of Cleveland and Ruby
Shinn of Mount Ulla; and six
grandchildfcn.
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' Harold Jameii Morton, 74, of
Route I, UnwiHHl, foriucriy of
Cuolccmee, died Monday, June 29,
at the Hilltop Retd Hume In
Liiiwood.
He was born Sept. 9, 1912, in
Davie County to the late Culpcpper
and Cora Benson Morton. He was
educated in llie Coolcemec schools
and was a retired barber from
Kannapolis.
He was a Metliodist.
Graveside services were held at 3
p.m. Thursday, July 2, at Liberty
United Methodist Church Cemetery
in Davie County with the Rev. Wade
Childers, pastor of Cuoleemee
United Methodist Church,
officiating.
Jie was preceded in death by his
wife, Willie Livengood Morton, on
Jan. 5, 1977.
Survivors include: one sun,
Donald Morton of Kannapolis: three
brothers, Walter Morton, Los
Angeles, Calif., Robert Morton of
Prospect, Ore., and Lawrence Mor
ton of Asheville: one sister. Miss
Jackie Mutton of Cooleemee; and
three grandchildren.
Mcmoriuls may be made to
Cooleemee United Methodist
Church.
J Carl L. Potts
I WOODLEAF - Carl Luther
Potts, 83, of Wo^eaf, died at his
home early JwJIQv
The funeni was held Sunday at
Eaton's FupcraJ Home Chapel in
Mocksville, conducted by the Rev.
Ron Honeycutt, the Rev. D.C.
Sullivan and the Rev. Sam Carter.
Burial was in Woodleaf United
Methodist Church cemetery.
Bom Sept. 21, 19(0, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
James L. and Laura Alice Foster
Potts. Retired from Burlington
Mills, he was a member of
Jerusalem Baptist Church, Route 4,
Mocksville.
Survivors include his wile,
Frances Swicegood Potts; a
daughter, Judy Potts Webb of Route
1; a son. Homer Wayne Potts of
Route 1; a sister, Mabel McCaskill
of Carthage; two brothers, William
Potts ofSaiuee, S.C., and Harry F.
PolU of Houston, Texas; seven
grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
- Jesse Morgan
Route 5,
Mocksville. died
Tuesday night,
July 7, at Forsyth
Memorial
Hospital in
Winston-Salem.
The funeral was
held at 3:30 p.m. July 9 at Eaton's
Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by
the Rev. James Webb. Burial was in
the Union CTiapel United Methodist
Church centtery.
Pallbearers were grandchildren —
David Potts, Gene Potts, Jesse Potts,
Marvin Potts, Bucky Potts, Kris
Potts and Qarence Pous.
Born July 19, 1903, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
Jackson and Liza Ann Sheets Polts.
He was a retired merchant.
A son, Edward Potts, died in
1967.
Survivors include: his wife, Mae
Anderson Potts; three daughters.
Ruby Overcash of Statesville, Dot
Westmoreland of Mocksville and
Pauline Mixle of Yadkinville; three
sons, Arthur Potts of Vadkinvillc, Burial was inl
James Pottsof Route 6, Mocksville,' jn Salisbury,
and Clarence Potts of Mocksville: 26 Miss Wol
grandchildren; and 23 Cooleemee U
great-grandchildren. Fraiice.s Becl
y/^ , retired I'rom I
Leroy Rankiii Jr. she was a m
Miss Wof
c D. Sloan
' The funeral for Eric Dcwaync
Sloan was held fucsday with Iniriai
in GakwtKHl Cemetery in SaliNbury.
Sloan, 22, of 268 Milling Road,
was dead on arrival at 8:50 p.m. Fii
day at D.tvie County Hospital.
Born May 8, 1965, in Charlotte,
lie was a son of Ermine Sloan Jet-
fcries of Sevierville, Tenn. He at
tended West Rowan High School
and was employed by 'Ihoniasviile
Furiiitiirc Industries in niomasville.
His stepfather, John Jefferics,
preceded him in death.
SurvivoRi include his wife. Karen
Stockton Sloan of Ctxilcemee; a son,
Kendrick Lawrence ofTarboro; a
sister, Jacqueline Jefferics of
Mocksville; a maternal grand
mother, Ida Sloan of Salisbury; and
a paternal grandmother, Geneva Jef
ferics of Woodleaf-
Mamie E. Wofford
COOLEEMEE — Miss Mamie
Elizabeth Wofford, 73, 41 Davie
St., died July 10 at her home.
Funeral services were Sunday at
Eaton's Funeral Chapel in
MrKksvillc by Rev. Larry Allen.
Burial was in Rowan Memorial Park
ford was born in
Cooleemee to (he late Jesse and
Frances Beck WoffonJ. She was
retired from Burlington industries.
She was a member of Cooleemee
CLEVELAND — Leroy W.' First Baptist Church.
Kankin Jr., 54, of Route 2, died Ju-1 Survivtirs include one sister, Mrs.
ly 10 at the VA Medical Center in, Margaret Royster, Mocksville, and
Durham. He had been in declining brothers. James Wofford,
health for 10 years. CtHileemecaiid Lawrence Wofford,
Rankin was born July 2, 1933, in Raleigh.
Rowan County. the son of Leroy W.
and Lucille Cowan Runkin. He at
tended R.A. Clement High School.
He was lust employed with
Chemspun Spinning Mill,
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Survivors include u daughter, Lisa
N. Gailher, Mocksville; four
brothers, Gary B. Rankin of
Woodleaf, Dale L. Rankin of
Charlotte and Cornelius A. and
William L. Rankin, both of the
home; a sister, Gail M. Rankin; and
two grandchildren.
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Davie County Hospital after being in
declining health.
The funeral was Thursday, July
16, at Hulon's Funeral Home
Chapel, ciHiducled by the Rev.
Wayne Draughn. Burial was in
Union Chapel United Methodist
church cemetery.
Bom March 28, 1930, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
Willie Sam and Ola Taylor Jones.
He was an employee of Crown
Wood Products Inc.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley
Wall Jones; four daughters, Angela
Dawn Jones of the home, Ellie Bob-
bitt of Route 3, and Pamela Wise and
Mary Hatley, both of Route 7; four
sons, Kelvin and Keith Jones, both
of Route 7, William B. Jones Jr. of
Route 2 and Randy Jones of Faith;
two brothers. William R. Jones of
Advance and John Frank Jones of
Route 3; and 10 grandchildren.
Anderson D. Robertson
Mr. Anderson Drew Robertson,
72, of Route 3, Mocksville, died Ju
ly 16 at Veterans Medical Center in
Salisbury.
Funeral services were Saturday at
Advance United Methodist Church
by Rev. Tom McLean. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Robertson waibiwn'in Davie
County, son of the IfibHbmmy and
Maggie Cozen Rob^ijson.
He was retired" iroin Burlington
Furniture Company of Lexington,
and was a member of Advance
United Methodist Church. He was a
veteran of World War H. ^
Surviving arc his wife, BarlenLouiviviiig arc ms wue, i^arienf
airston Russell Sr., 76, of 2200
23rd St. NEand 822 N. Ridge Ave.,
died July 13 at Forsyth Hospital
following an extended illness.
He was horn in Davie County and
moved to Winston Salem at the age
of 10, where he was adopted by
Charles and Mary R. Russell. He
was a lifelong member of St. James
A.M.E. Church, where he served as
a trustec-at-large.
Mr. Russell was graduated with
honors from Johnson C. Smith
University and later received a
degree in Mortuary Science from
University of Minnesota. He was
owner and operator of Russell
Funeral Home since 1939.
He was a member of Omega Psi
Phi fraternuy, Bivouac Lodge No.
503, Sethos Temple No. 170 and
King Solomon's Coasistory No. 64.
He was a member of the YMCA and
the NAACP.
Mr. Rusivll entered polities in
1961 when he was elected Alderman
of the South Third Ward. He serv
ed eight years as mayor pro tem.
During the time he served on the
Board of Aldermen, he also served
four years as a member of the ci
ty/county school board. He was a
member of the Council of Govern
ments; member of the Governor's
Good Neighbor Council; member of
the Board of Directors of Experi
ment in Selt-Keliance; member of
the Civil Defense Advisory Council;
member of the Greater Winston-
Salem Chamber of Commerce and
former Trustee of Kitzell College.
Mr. Russell was listed in Who's
Who in the South and Southwest
from 1965 to 1977 and in the Inter
national Directory of Biography inui oiugrapnj
Carter Robertson; one daughter and Epgland, from 1969
son-in-law, Diane and Walter invited by PresidentJFranklin Hacken, Rt. 3, Mocksville;
two grandsons. Randy and Tony
Hackett, Rt. 3, Mocksvflle; and one
brother. Robert Lee Robertson, Rt.
3, Mocksville.
ohn F. Kennedy and President Lyn
don Johnson to participate in the
White House Conference.
He is survived by his wife, Flor-
rie Sitgravcs Russell, of the home;
seven daughters, Charlene R.
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Cynthia F. Russell and Carmen R.
Bonham, all of Winston-Solem,
Carolyn R. Webster, Washington,
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Ga., and Sandra Murdoch,
Charlotte; five sons, Carl Matthews,
Carl H. Russell, Jr., Edward B.
Russell, Christopher W. Russell and
Cedric L. Russell, all of Winston-
Salem; one foster son, Keith R.
Bowman, Winston-Salem; one
brother, Willie G. Woodruff, Pitt
sburgh, Pa.; many devoted friends,
including Sarah Miller, Willie Fair,
Roger Lucas, Gregory Cain, Rodney
Carpenter, Rick Higginbotham and
John Miles, all of Winston-Salem;
30 grandchildren; five great
grandchildren; three daughters-in-
law, four sons-in-law, and a host of
other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were Friday at
St. James A.M.E. Chutvh with Rev.
Sheridan Knight officiating. Rev.
Philip R. Cousin, Jr. delivered the
eulogy. Burial followed in
Evergreen Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family re
quests that memorials be made to St.
James A.M.E. Church Building
Fund.
^ady F. Young
^YADK1NV1LI.E - Brady F.
Young, 86, of Route 2, Huntsville
community, died July Hal Forsyth
Memorial Hospital in Winston-
Salem after an extended illness.
The funeral was held Saturday at
Tabernacle United Chuich of Christ
in Yadkin County, conducted by the
Rev. William Vanderburg. Burial
was ill the church cemetery.
Born Sept. 10, 1900, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
Crawford and Anna Grant Young.
A retired fanner, he was a member
of Tabernacle United Church of
Christ.
His wife, Minnie Martin Young,
died Jan. 21, 1984.
Survivois include two daughters,
Connie Campbell of Route 2, Ad
vance and Rosa Hawkins of
Lewisville; three sons, Brady E.
Young of Yadkinville, Ernest Young
of Mocksville and Marvin Young of
Atlanta; a Ivother, Hampton Young
of Lexington; 30 grandchildren; ^and
44 great-g^dchlldren. - — *
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James O. Bowden
» James Oscar Bowden, 75, of
Route 6, Mocksville, died Sunday
morning at Davie County Hospital.
The funeral was held Tuesday at
Eaton's Funeral Home Chapel with
the Rev. Elmer Day officiating.
Burial was in Westlawn Gardens of
Memory in Clemmons.
Born in Forsyth County, he was
a son of the late John W. and Nancy
Elizabeth Stillie Bowden. Retired
from Reynolds Tobacco Co., he was
a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Nor-
ma Reavis Bowden; two daughters,
Linda Roy of Greenville and Judy
Jordan of Advance; four sons,
Roger, Johnny, Jerry and James
Bowden Jr., all of Route 6; three
sisters, Ola Farrington of
Greensboro, Agnes Caudle of
Rcidsville and Edna Shouse of Ger-
mantown; two brotheis, E.C. and
J.W. Bowden, both of Germantown:and a granddaughter. ^
Pauline Craig
• COOLEEMEE — A memorial
service for Pauline Craig, 74, of St.
Petersburg, Fla., a Cooleemee
native, was held Sunday at the
Cooleemee First Baptist Church con
ducted by the Rev. Larry Allen,
pastor.
Mrs. Craig died June 24 at St. An
thony's Hospital in St. Petersburg
after being in declining health for
five years and seriously ill for two
days. Burial was in Royal Palms
Cemetery in St. Petersburg.
Survivors include three sisters,
Mrs. LesterSmith of Spencer. Mrs.
Grimes Parker of Cooleemee and
Mrs. Carl Frazier of Norfolk, Va.;
four nephews; and three pieces.
Guthrie W. Colvard
LANDIS — The Rev. Guthrie
William Colvard, 75, of 611 W.
Rice St.. interim pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church at Ellis Crossroads in
Salisbury, cfied July 16 at his home
from an apparent heart attack.
A memorial service was held
Saturday at Calvary Ba{4tst Church
with the Rev. Kenneth R. Bragg,
director of nra-ssions with the Rowan
Baptist Association, and the Rev.
Don McNair, pastor of Rrst Baptist
, Church, Kannapolis, officiating.
Memorials may he made to
Bowman Gray School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Bom Aug. 18, 1911, in Caldwell
County, a son of the late Charles and
Lillie Jenkins Colvard, he received
a master's degree from Elon Col
lege. He also studied at Southern
Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky.,
and Emory University in Atlanta.
A retired Baptist minister, he had
served as interim pastor for First
Baptist Church in Cooleemee and at
North Main Baptist Church in
Salisbury.
Survivors include his wife, Swan-
nie Smith Colvard; two daughters,
Gail Lcfevre of Femandina Beach,
Fla., and Ruth Watson of Bridge-
water, Va.; three brotheis, Ray Col
vard of San Diego, Calif., Claude
Colvard of Kannapolis and Glenn
Colvard of Conway, S.C.; a sister,
Blanche Sox of Hudson; and two
grandchildren.
Odell G. Cuthrell
WlNSTON-SALEM — Mr. Odell
G. Cuthrell, 68, 2508 Patterson
Ave., was bom in Davidson Coun
ty April 29,1919, to the late George
and Alice D. Cuthrell. He died July
17. , ...
Mr. Cuthrell attended Goodwill
Baptist Church and was a mem^r
of the Senior Choir. He married
Miss Beulah Thomas on November
29, 1939.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Beulah T. Cuthrell, of the home; two
brothers, Carl Cuthrell, Welcome
and George Cuthrell Sr., Midway;
three sisters, Mrs. Ethel King,
Detroit, Midi., Miss Edith Cuthrell,
Winston-Salem and Mrs. Juanita
Brown, Mocksville; two brothers-in-
law; nine sisters-in-law; his step
father. Joe Carter, York, Pa.; one
uncle, Charlie Cuthrell, Winston-
Salem and a host of nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were Monday at
Goodwill Baptist Church by Rev.
R.Q. Allen. Burial was in the church
cemetery. .
Tom* Ellenburg
SALISBURY — Ralph Robinson
"Tom" Ellenburg, 66, of Route 7,
Mount Hope Church Road, died
Sunday in the Salisbury VA Medical
Center after being in dcdining health
for four years and seriously ill for
a month.
The ftineral was held Tuesday in
the Lyerly Rinettil Chapel with the
Rev. Clemens Russell officiating.
Burial was in the National Cemetery
of Salisbury with military rites con
ducted by the Rowan County
Veterans Council.
Bo'm^M^ch 14, 1921, in Davie
County .-he was a son rrf the late Joy
Cypil»^ Hester Robinson Ellen-
burg<^nmcated in the Davie Coun-
^ schoois, he had served 22 years
ih the United States Army during
World War n and the Korean con
flict. After his retirement from the
service, he was a carpenter. He was
a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Betty
Shuping Ellenburg; two sons, David
J. and Ralph E. "Butch" Ellenburg,
both of Rockwell; a stepdaughter,
Betty Propst of Salisbury; two
brothers, Joe Ellenburg of Salisbury
and John Ellenburg of Lexington;
Six sisters, Magdelinc Horton,
Celia Copl^, Sadie Burkhart and
Teny Davis, all of Salisbury,
Beatrice Shore of Mocksville and
Ruby Nicols of Melbourne, Fla.;
two grandchildren; four step-
grandchildren; and two
step-great-grandchildren.
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Boslian, 84, of Route 3, died Mon
day at Lake Norman Regional
Medical Center.
The funeral was to be at 3 p.m.
Wcdnc.sday at Prospect Presbyterian
Church, conducted by Dr. Stephen
Hundley, ptistor. Burial was to he in
the church cemetery.
Born Feb. 17. 1903, in Rowan
County, .she was a daughter of the
late Robert D. and Ully Atwell
Lipe. She was a retired textile
employee.
Her husband. Fred A. Bostian.
died June 6, 1945.
Survivors include three sons,
Robert and David Bostian, both of
Mount Ulla and Melvin Bo.stian of
Mooresville; four daughters, Mar-
jorie Cowan of Cleveland. Juanita
Blackwelder and Pearl Bell, both of
Mount Ulla and Lihhy Mo«>se of the
home:
Two sisters. Ruby Powers and
F,thel Morrow, both of Mooresville;
two brothers, James Guy Lipe of
lj;noir and Clarence E. Lipe of
Moore.sville; a step-brother, Glenn
Gregory of Mooresville; four half
si.sters, Wilma Alexander of
Mocksville. Gwendolyn Hill of
Albemarle, Mary Agnes
.We.stmorcland of Winslon-Salem
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Leo Carthage Jones, 70, of 2524
Brandywine Road, Winston-Salem,
formerly of MocLsville, died July 24
at Forsyth Memorial Hospital in
Winston-Salcm.
The funeral was held Sunday at
Eaton's Funeral Home Chapel with
the Rev. Ed Biggers and the Rev.
Robert Peurifoy officiating. Burial
was in Center United Methodi.st
Church cemetery.
Bom Nov. 22, 1916, in Davie
County, a .son of the late Sam and
Edna McDaniel Jones, he was
retired from Amarr Co. in Winston-
Salcm. He was a member of Pine
Grove United MethrxlLst Church.
Survivors include his wife. Earle
Anderson Jones; a daughter, Janice
G. Jones of Elon College; a son.
Larry Leo Jones of Poute I, Ad
vance; a si.stcr, Virginia ^A^altpn of
High Point; a brother, Jamis Henry
Jones of Route I. Mod^llc: and
two grandchildren.
grandchildren;
great-grandchildren.
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LEXINGTON - H. Franklin
Call, 72, of5l I Laurel Ave. died Ju
ly 24 at his residence.
Funeral services were held Sunday
at Wayside Baptist Tabernacle with
the Rev. Roger Lackey ofFiciating.
Burial was in Forest Hill Memorial
Park.
Mr. Call was born March 22,
1915 in Davidson County to the late
Charlie Vestal and Bertha Mae
Foster Call.
He was retired from the Sealy
Mattress Company. He was a
member of Wayside Baptist
Tabernacle.
Survivors include his step-mother,
Mrs. Ethel Call of 511 Laurel Ave.,
Lexington; four brothers. Vestal
Call of Oakwood Dr., Lexington,
Foster Cal^of 107 Larry Drive, Lex
ington, Cecil Call of 1\imer Road,
Lexington and Charles A. Call of
Seffner, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs.
OIlie Mae ifoontz West of Cfenter St.
Ext., Lexington, Mrs. Irene Hicks,
109 Larry Drive, Lexington and,
Mrs. Becky Curry of 111 Goodluck^
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pCarl E. Leazer
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Leazer, 71, of Route I, died Mon
day at Lake Norman Regional
Medical Center after a period of
declining health.
The funeral was to be at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Centenary United
Methodist Church, conducted by the
37 Rev. John Wesley Cole, pastor.
Burial was to be in the church
cemetery.
Bom Oct. 18, 1915, in Rowan
County, he was a son of the late
Marshall Edward and Mamie Kar-
riker Leazer. A retired store owner
and farmer, he was a member of the
Centenary United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include his wife. Aileen
Heglar Lcazjcr; a daughter. Janice
Barnette of Mount Ulla; four
brothers, Roy leazer of
Mooresville, Otis Leazer of
Huntersville, Paul Leazer of
Baltimore, Md.. and Billy Leazer of
Mock.sville:
Four sisters, Susie Corrihcr of
EmKhville, Mildred Ixazcr of Kan-
napolis, and Mabel Grabam and
Helen Christenbury, botb of
Mooreville; and three giandchildren.
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COOLEEMEE — Mr. Claude
Ray Beard Jr., 66, of 8 Ford Street
died July 28 at Davie Couttty
Hospital. Funeral services were held
at l^lons Funeral Chapel July 31.
Burial was in Legion Mcntorial Park
in CooleetiKc.
Mr. Beard was bom Aug. 13,
1920 in Rowan County to the late
Clapde R. Beard Sr. and Delia
Thomp.son Beard. He was retired
from Burlington Industries. He was
educated in the Davie County
Schools and was a veteran of the
U.S. Army during Wwld War II
with service in the European
Theater.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys
Foster Beaitl; one son. Ronald C.
Beard of Route 8. Sali.shury; two
sisters. Azilc Beard McDanicI of
Coolecmec and Jane Beard Wilson
of Thomasvillc; one brother. Frank
A. Beard of Thomasvillc.
Mark A. Blakley
Mr. Mark Alden Blakley. 19.
Route 3. McK'ksvillc, w;js detid on
arrival at Davie County Hospital Ju-
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Minnie Bell Blakney, 47. 1107 E.
19th St., Apt. A, died unexpectedly
July 28 at her home. She was a
native of Davie County and had liv
ed in Winslon-Salem for about 28
years.
Mrs. Blakney was formerly
employed ly Export Leaf Tobacco
Co. and was a member of True Tem
ple Holine.ss Church.
Surviving are two sons, James
Blakney, Jr. and Christopher La-
mont Blakney. both of Winstoh-
Salcm; her father, Mr. Wallace
Gaither. Winston-Salem; four
sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Johnson,
Coolcemee, Mrs. Margaret Cunnie
and Mrs. Frances Young, both of
Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Catherine
Lash, Salisbury: three brothers,-.
Elder Wallace Gaither, Johnny
Gaither and Larry Gaither, all of
Winston-Salem; several aunts,
uncles, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were Monday at
True Temple Holiness Church with
Bishop Cuitis Gla.spy nfltciating. In
terment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
ly 28 as a re,sult of an automobile ac- ,
cident on U.S. 158. v^John O. Fostcr
Funeral services were held July 30
at Dulin United Methtxlist Church
by Rev. Bobby Swaim and Rev. J.C.
Lane. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
The family requests that any
memorials be .sent to Dulin United
Methodist Church.
Mr. Blakley was the son of Allen
and Anne Howard Blakley. He at
tended Dulin United Methndi.st
Church.
Surviving are his parents, of Route
3, Mocksville; one son. Christopher
l^ne Blakley, and his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Howard,
Route 3, Mock.sviIle.
The funeral for John Otha Foster
of Mwksville was July 31 at Noble
and Kelsey Funeral Home Chapel in
Salisbury with the Rev. Paul Jones,
pastor of New Zion Baptist Church,
and the Rev. J.A. Cuthbertson,
pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church in Charlotte. ofHciating.
Burial was in New Zion Baptist
Church cemetery.
Foster, 71, of Route 4, Boxwood
Church Road, died July 26 at his
home.
y/ Joan A.W. Harding
• WINSTON-SALEM-Mrs. Joan
Audrey Wdj.ster Harding, 56, 3610
Robin Hood Rd., died July 30 at
Baptist Ho.spital.
She was bom June 3, 1931, in
West Chester, Pa. to David and
Helen Ander.son Webster. She spent
her early life in Pennsylvania, also
residing in New Jersey and Rich
mond, Va.., before moving to
; Winston-Safem in 1952.
Mrs. Harding was a tour guide for
R.J. Reynolds TonbaccoCo. at the
Whitaker Park plant. She was also
employed by Triad Trading Post.
She was a member of Mount Tabor
UtiUe^ IVIethcHlist Church.
^ is survived by her husband,
' Harding, of the home:two daughters, Jan E. Harding,
Winston-Salem, and Mrs. Andrea
H. Tinkham, St. Petersburg, Fla.:
her mother, Mrs. Helen K. Storrier,
Winston-Salem; and a bmther, John
Storrier, New York City.
Funeral services were Saturday at
Mount Tabor United Methodist
Church by Rev. Wannamaker Har-
din and Rev. Dana McKim. Inter
ment followed in Farmington Com
munity Cemetery in Davie County.
ANannie S. Smith
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Smith, 84, of Route I. died July 31
at Forsyth Hospital in Winston-
Salem.
' The funeral was held Sunday at
Bethlehem United Methodist Church
with the Rev. Robert Pcurifoy and
the Rev. Donald Funderburke of
ficiating. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Bethlehem United Methodist
Church.
Bom May 12, 1903, in Davie
County, a daughter of the late T. W.
and Barbara Allen Soflqr, she was
a homemakcr and a member of
Bethlehem United Methodi.st
Church. She was also a member of
the East Davie Senior Citizens.
Her husband, Glenn Smith, died
in 1974.
Survivors include three sisters,
Pauline Allen of Route 7, Esther
Allen of Route 2, both of
Mocksville, and Juanila Sofley of
Route I, Advance; and a number of
nieces and nephews.
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of Route 4, MtK-ksville, died July 29
at Da vie County Hospital.
The funeral was held Friday at
Baton's Funeral Home Oiapel, con
duct^ by the Rev. Mike MeDaniel.
Burial was in Dulin United
Methodist Church cemetery.
Born Oct. 25, 1923, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late Wade and Essie Bowers
MeDaniel. She had letired from
Wonderknit Corp. as a seamstress.
Her husband, Roger Howard, died
in 1973.
Survivors include a diuighter, San
dra Lynn Howard of Mocksville; a
stm, James lurry MeDaniel of Route
3, Lexington; a stepdaughter,
Dianne Green of Mocksville;
Seven sisters, Lorraine Sain of
Mocksville. Vermeil Lee of
Rockwell, and Mary MeDaniel,
bare Dotson, Barbara MeDaniel and
Ixmi.se Cauble. all of Salisbury, and
Judy Hunt of Raleigh; a brtither. Bob
MeDaniel of Coolcemee; three
grandchildren; and four
/ Willie R. Oakley
STAFBSVILLE — 'Hie funerallor Willie Bell Raiiiseur Oakley was
held Sunday at Chestnut Grove Bap
tist Church in Jredell County con
ducted by iliu Rev. Joe L. Colenian.
Burial was in the church cemetery
Mrs. Oakley, 35, of Route I, died
at her home July 30.
Born March 16, 1952, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of John
Ramseur of Route 4 and the late /.» .r- ^
Stella Rose Ramseur. Employed at G. Shutt Sr.
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Survivors include his wife
Burlington Industries in St W
, Kate'
Shore Rice; a son, Charles W. Rice
Jr. of York S.C.; a daughter, Sara
Rice of the home; a brother, Thomas
Rice of Mwksville; four sisters,
Mrs. Harry (Sarah) Hartley of
Welcome, Mrs. Paul (Lillian)
Leonard of Winston-Salem, and
Mrs. Doyle (Mildred) Bean and
Mrs. J.W. (Merrell) McClannon,
both of Mocksville; and four step-
grandchildicn.
atesville,
was a member of Chesinut
Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors, in addition to her
father, include her stepmother,
Gladys Ramseur of Route 4; two
daughters, Latoyna Sheri McClain
and Malika Gowon Walls, both of
the home; a brother, Dennis
Ramseur of Statesville;
Three sisters, Ernestine James,
Barbara Gaither and Audrey
Ramseur, all of Statesville; and her
grandparents, Willie Rose of
Mocksville and Mr. and Mrs.
Rodney Ramseur of Statesville.
WINSTON-SALEM - CharlesWilson Rice, 74, of Route 2, died
July 31 at North Carolina Baptist
step-grandchildren.
. rs , . Charles W. RiceLriiest D. Lagle
v/ Mr. Ernest Duke Lagle, 86, 270
Wilkcsboro St., Mocksville, died
late Monday afternoon at the home
of his daughter.
He was born March 14, 1901, in
D;'.vie County to the late Jack and
Emma Howard Lagle. Mr. Lagle
was a retired fartw^-''
He was preccdM^ death by his
wife, Mary Belle Jones Lagle, on
February 12, 19§7."
Surviving are one ,son, Fred H.
Lagle, and one daughter, Ailene
Potts, both ol the home; two grand
children; one great-grandchild; one
brother, I homas Lagle, Coolecmec;
and two sisters, Cora Jarvis,
Virginia Beach, Va., and Jose Har
rison, Salisbury.
Funeral services were to be at 11
a.m. Wednesday at Eaton's Funeral
Chapel by Wayne Hendrix. Burial
was to follow in Jericho Church of
Christ Cemetery.
Hospital alter being in
INSTON-SALEM - Mr. Bax
ter Glenn Shutt Sr., 88,
Meadowbrook Manor, Clemmons,
widower t>f Gladys Thelma Brittle
Shutt, died Monday.
He was lx)rn May 28, 1899, in
Advance to Jacob S. and Mamie
Howard Shutt. He lived most of his
life in Winston-Salem. In 1964, Mr.
Shutt retired from R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company as a traveling
auditor after 44 years of service. He
was a member <if Advance United
Methodist Cburch.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
W.A. (Ann) Westbrook,
GreensUtro; two sons, Donald Mar
tin Shutt, Winston-Salem, and Bax
ter Glenn Shutt, Jr., Broukneal, Va.;
three sisters, Mrs. Mamie Lee Scott,
Charlotte, Mrs. Eva Crowe, San-
ford, Fla., and Lillian Shutt, Den-
ton; one brother, Tom Shutt,
Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; eight grand
children and nine great-grand
children.
Funeral arrangements were in-
cttmpleie Tuesday. The family was
to receive friends from 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday at Vogler's Main Street
Chapel.
declining
health for six years and seriously ill
for two weeks.
The funeral was held at 3 p.m.
Sunday at Salem Lutheran Church
with the Rev. Carroll L. Robinson
officiating. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Memorials tnay be made to the ,
building fond of Salan Lutheran /
Church, Route 6, Box 315, Mary C. Warren
Salisbury, N.C.
Born May 2, 1913, in Rowan
County, a son of the late Thomas
Albert and Mac Meriell Rice, he
was educated in the Rowan County
schmils. Fomierly a foreman with a
construction company, he later
became a famier. He was a memter
of Salem Lutheran Church, where he
was a member of the church coun
cil, a member of the choir and a Sun
day school teacher.
Mary Lcxiise Clement
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died July 31 at Forsyth Memorial
Hospital in Winston-Salem.
Graveside rites were held Sunday
at Clement Cemetery with the Rev.
John Johnson officiating.
Bom May 26, 1911, in Davie
County, a daughter of the late
William Walter and Sallie Clement
Harbin, she was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband,
James C. Warren; a son, Walter D.
Warren of Mocksville; a sister,
Sclma Harbin Jones of Mocksville;
two granddaughters; and three
great-grandchildren.
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SALISBURY — William Carl
"Bill" Blanlon, 62, of Easi Innes
Street, was found dead in his home
Friday.
Graveside .services were held
Aug. 9 at Liberty United Methodist
Church Cemetery. Route I,
Mocksville, by the Rev. Mark
Denton.
Mr. Blanton is the s»>n of Odie
Smallcy Blanton of Gaffney, S.C.
and the late Larry Blanton.
Survivors include a .son, Thinnas
Dwayne Blanton of Rtmte I,
Mocksville: a daughter, Gail Simp
son of Trinity; four brothers, J.B.
Blanton and Tilman Blanton of But
tle Creek, Mich.. Larry and Wallace
Blanton of Gaffney, S.C.; four
grandchildien, several nieces and
nephews.
Gilmer L. Jenkins
WINSTON-SALEM - Mr.
Gilmer Lyndell Jenkins, 67, 216
Betsy Dr., died Aug. I at his home.
He was born May 14, 1920, in
Davie County to Bud and Marie
Smith Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins lived
most of his life in Win.ston-Salem.
where he worked as a foreman for
Sherrill Paving Co. for 28 years.
Surviving are his wife, Grace
Winlrey Jenkins, of the home; two
sons, Steve McKinley Jenkins, of the
home, and Jerry Gray Jenkins, 5244
Day Rd.; two grand.sons, and one
brother, Mr. Ilowafd Vernon (Ttnrtf
Jenkins, Walkertown.
Funeral .services wem Aug. 4 at
Vogler's Reyiudda Chapel by Rev.
Bobby Cranllll. Burial was in
Woodland Cemetery.
Walter A Gaither
ROANOKE, Va. - Walter Alex
ander Ciaillier, 57, son of the late
Loniiic and Savanna Britton Gaither.
died July 26 at a hospital in
Roanoke.He was the nephcju^^s. Lillian
Britton Cain and Mr, si^sa Britton
Mason of Mill Sliest and Dr. Louise
H. Gaither of Pine Street.
Other survivors are his wife,
Sarah Mabel Gaither; one step-son,
James Gaither Sr.; one foster son,
Leroy Davis and four grandchildren.
Dr. Gaitlier, Mrs. Cain, Mrs.
Mason and several other relatives
from Mocksville and Salisbury at
tended the ftjneral July 30 at St. Mat
thews Church of God, Roanoke, Va.
Bishops George M. Hash, Roanoke,
Va., and R.K. Hash, Winston-
Salein, officiated.
^Josephine D. Meador
Josephine Deadmon Meador, 83,
of 2217 Dickens Road, Richmond,
Va., formerly of Davie County, died
in Richmond Aug. 5.
A graveside service was held
Saturday in the Concord United
Methodist Church cemetery in Davie
County.
Born Oct. 6, 1903, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late Jeff and Maggie Belle Williams
Deadmon. She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Hariy Richard
Meador, died Oct. 6, 1985.
Survivors include two sons,
Richard K. Meador of Richmond,
Va., and George E. Meador of
Roanoke, Va.; a sister, Mary
Frances Berrier of Mocksville; and
one grandson.
Mrs. Mattie Jordan. O'Neal
Mrs. Mattie Jordan O'Neal, 96, of
Rt. 7, Mixksville, died Monday
morning at Davie County Hospital.
Funeral services wciu scheduled
fur Wedne.sday at Eaton's Funeral
Home chapel at 2 p.m. by the Rev.
Jack Johnson and the Rev. Roy
Hoover.
Burial was scheduled for Chestnut
Grove United Methodist Church
cemetery.
Mrs. O'Neal's husband, John
Henry Franklin O'Neal, died in
1967. A son, Webb O'Neal, also
preceded her in death.
Born January 14, 1891, in Davie
County, she was the daughter of
Henry Valentine Jordan and Martha
|Beck Jordan.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Lucy William of Rt. I,
Mocksville; three sons, John Frank
O'Neal of Rt. I, Mocksville, Ray
O'Neal of Rt. 8, Mocksville, and
Robert O'Neal of Hartford, Conn.;
two sisters, Lituie Cranfill of
Mocksville and Nannie Bouc of Rt.
5, Mocksville; 15 grandchildren; 26
great-grandchildren; and II
great -great-grandchildren.
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ter Glenn Shutt, Sr., 88,
Meadowbrook Manor, Clemmons,
widower of Glady.<i Thelma Brittle
Shutt. died Aug. 3.
He was born May 28, 1899, in
Advance to Jacob S. and Mamie
Howard Shutt. He lived mo.st of his
life in Winston-Salem. In 1964. Mr.
Shutt retired from R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company as a travelling
auditor after 44 years of .service. He
was a member of Advance United
Methodist Church.
Surviving arc one daughter, Mrs.
W.A. (Ann) Westbrook.
Greensboro; two .sons, Donald Mar
tin Shutt. Winston-Salcm, and Bax
ter Glenn Shutt, Jr., Brookneal, Va.;
three sisters, Mrs. Mamie Lee .Scott,
Charlotte. Mrs. Eva Crowe. San-
ford. Fla.. and Lillian Shutt. Den-
ton; one brother, Tom Shutt,
Roanoke Rapids. N.C.; eight grand
children and nine great-grand
children.
Funeral services were held Aug.
6 at Vogler's Main Street Chapel by
Dr. Robert Copp. Graveside ser
vices were at Rivcrvicw Cemetery
in Richmond,
/Oarrell R. Stephens
' SALISBURY - The funeral for
Darrell Ray Stephens was held July
.31 in the Lyerly Funeral Chapel,
conducted by the Rev. Ralph Hoff
man, pastor of Morning Star Baptist
Church. Burial was in Oakdalc Bap
tist Church cemetery.
Born March 20. 1971. in Davie
County, he was a son of Lawrence
Harley Stephens of Route 4.
M(x:k.sville. and Jean Jaa)bs Givens •
i of Salisbury. He attended North
. Rowan High .School.
! Survivors, in addition to His.'"
parents, include his steplather.
Freeman Givens of Salisbury and^jwr
; stepmother. Vickie Stephens of
Route 4, MtKksvillc; a half brother.
Lawrence H. Stephens Jr. of
Salisbury; a sister, l^iura Smith of
Salisbury;
His grandparents. Evelyn Jacobs
of Salisbury. Grant and Eloise
Stephens of Mwk.sville; and his
. great-grandn*)thcrs. Inez Chaffin of
Mocksvillc and Mary I.ambe r»f
Salisbury.
Stephens. 16, of Route 17. died at
. 10:51 p.m. July 28 at Rowan
Memorial Hospital of injuries sus- .
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Donrcc Cookc, 78. of Route 2,
Mocksvillc, died Friday aReiTOwn.
Aug. 14. at Davic County Hospital
after an illness of one week.
The funeral was held at 4 p.m.
Sunday at Eaton's Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Fred Shoaf
officiating. Burial was in Oak
Grove United Methodist Church
cemetery.
Born May II. 1909, in David-
.son County, she was a daughter of
the late John N. and Emma Jane
Leonard Cook. She was a retired
nursing assi.stant.
Survivors include a number of
nieces and nephews.
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Ralph W. Alexander. 67. of
Route 2. Mocksville. Farmington
community, died Tuesday night,
Aug. 11. at Forsyth Memorial
Hospital in Winston-Salcm.
The funeral was held at 1:30
p.m. Friday at Voglcr's Funeral
. Home in Clemmons. conducted by
the Rev. Robert Fiedler. A
graveside service followed at 3
p.m. at Prospect" Presbyterian
Church cemetery in Rowan County
with Dr. Stephen Hundley
officiating.
Memorials may be made to the
cemetery fund of Prospect
Presbyterian Church. Route 3.
"t: ^20. in .rcdcn Alfred
County, he was a son of the late (W.A.) EvanS
Charles and Emma Dulin Alex
ander. He had retired from
McLean Trucking Co. in 1982,
after 33 years of service. A United
States Army veteran, he had serv
ed in Japan during World War IL
He was a member of Teamsters
Local 391 and a Presbyterian.
Survivors include his wife,
Wilma Lipe Alexander; two
daughters. Deborah Eubanks and
Michelle Alexander, both of
Winston-Salem; two sons, Dennis
Alexander of Winston-Salem and
Charles R. Alexander of Pueblo,
Colo.; a sister, Grace Stutts of
Charlotte; and four grandchildren.
Burial was to foll
Funeral services f
/Thomas L. Brown
Thomas L. Brown. 63. of
115-40 227th St., Cambridge
Heights, Jamaica. N.Y.. died Fri
day at his home after a serious il-
lne.ss of I'A weeks. He was a
former resident of Cooieemce.
The funeral was .scheduled for 10
a.m. Wedne.sday at Cox Funeral
Home, 192 End Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica, N.Y. Burial was to be in
Arlington Cemetery in Jamaica.
Bom Sept. 29. 1924, in Davie
County, he was a .son of Nannie
Knox Brown of the home, also
formerly of Coolccmcc. and the
late Guy Brown.
Survivors, in addition to his
mother, include his wife, Lorna
Holmes Brown; and a brother.
Gilbert L. Brown of Salisbury.
owed in the
church cemetery.
Evans died Aug. 16 at Iredell
Memorial Hospital following a
brief illne.ss.
He was born in Iredell County
March 18, I903. to the late George
Wa.shington Evans and Ada Ander
son Evans.
He was a retired farmer and a
lifelong member of Society Baptist
Church where he was a past Sun
day school teacher, deacon and
past Sunday .school superintendent.
Survivors include his wife,
Mamie Safrict Evans; two sons,
Fred D. Evans and James Herman
Evans, both of Route 4, Statesville;
three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Fox of
Route 9. State.sville, Mrs. Helen
Murdock of Route I, Troutman
and Mrs. Nancy Langdale of
Laurcns, S.C.; a brother, Evcrette
Evans of Route 4. Statesville; two
sisters, Mrs. Bruce Strruid of Route
2, Cleveland and Mrs. John Miller
of Boone.
Memorials may be sent to:
SiK-icty Baptist Church, c/o Mark
Thoriic. Route I, M(Kk.svillc.
or William
Alfred (W.A.) Evans of Route 4,
Statesville. were to be held
Wedne.sday, Aug. 19, at Society
Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Of-
ftciating ministers were the Revs.
Steve Cox and Irvin Wallace. ^
Walter G. Owens
Walter Glenn Owens 77, of
9760 Concord Church Road.
Lcwisvillc. died Sunday at Hwts
Memorial Hospital. He had b^n
seriously ill lor the past eight
'"owens was born
1910. in Davie County to W.llis
and Fallie Owens. He spent mos'fhis life in Forsyth County.
He was with P.H. Hanes Knit
ting Co. for a number of years and
retired from Owens
in Lewisville. He was of the Bap
tist faith. Owens was active with
several Huegrass music groupsSurviving are his wife, Vi^a
Wagoner Owensr pCthe home; one
Alwood RooajJI;#
• Gene" QwCris. Lcwisvillc, threegrandchildren; six grcal-Irandchildrenandones^tcr M S.
Irene Black, W. Palm ^ach. FIa^
Funeral services were at 3.3U
p.m. Tuesday at Hay worth-Miller
Homer Lee Hutchens
Mr. Homer Lee Hutchens. 68,
934 Madison Ave.. Winston-
Salem, died Monday morning at
Forsyth Hospital. He was bom July
12, 1919, in Yadkin County to
CIcve and Ida Hutcheas Hutchens.
He spent his early life in Yadkin
County and spent most of his adult
life in Forsyth County.
Mr. Hutchens retired from Pilot
Freight Co. in 1979 after 22 years
of service and was a member of
Woodland Baptist Church, where
he was a member of the Men's Bi
ble Class. He served in the U.S.
Army during World War II with
the 312th General Ho.spital.
Surviving are his wife. Pauline
Evans Hutchens. of the home; one
daughter, -Mrs. Martha Jones,
Clemmons; one son, Don Hut
chens. Baxley, Ga.; four grand
children, and four brothers.
Harvey, Grady and Ray Hutchens,
all of Yadkinville, and James
Elwood Hutchens. Mocksville.
funeral services were to be held
at II a.m. Wednesday at
WiKxIland Baptist Church by Rev.
Zeno Grocc. Interment was to be
in Forsyth Memorial Park.
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Taylor and David Jordon
Burial was in Wesilawn Garden
ol Memory.
The family requests menuirials
be made lo Forsydi Cancer Service
or Hospice.
Calvin C. Stanley
Calvin Coolidge Stanley. 62. ofRoute 8, MiKksville. died early
Saturday morning at Forsyth
Memorial Hospital.
The funeral was at 4 p.m. Mon
day at Eaton's Funeral Chapel
conducted by the Rev. Grady Tut-
terow. Burial was in Bear Creek
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Bom Nov. 10. 1924. in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
Nathan K. and Bertha Smith
Stanley. He worked as a farmer
and as a sawmill operator.
Survivors include his wife
Peggy Home Stanley of the home'
two sons, James Stanley and
Douglas Stanley, both of
Mocksville; one sister. Nola Richie
of Mocksville; and two
grandchildren.
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Mrs-. Mamie Scon Truesdale.
1825 E. 4th St., Winston-Salem.
died Saturday at Baptist Hospital
She was a native of Davie County
had lived in Winston-Salem for
60 years.
Mrs. Tmesdalc^^ a retired
employee of RJ.ii^Ids Tobacco Co. and was a Otgmber of Goler
Memorial A.M-.B. Zion Church,
where she was a member of the
Stewardess Board No. 2
Surviving are three ' sisters.
Theolme S. Carter. Hazel Holl-
ingswonh and Mabel S. Dixon. all
of WinstonrSalem; one brother.
Rev. irvin c. Scott. Winston-
Salem; a devoted niece. Gloria
Stephens, of the home; one
brother-in-law. three sisters-in-
law. a host of nieces, nephews,
others relatives and friends.
Funeral services were schedul-
for 4 p.m. Thursday at Goler
Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church
with Rev. Jerry Quick officiating,
interment was lo be in Evergreen
Cemetery. The body was to be
reposed at Gilmore's until 3:30
p.m. Thursday and then taken to
Ihe church to lie in state and was
not to be viewed after the eulogy.
Carl A. "Andy" WUkins
Mr. Carl Andrew "Andy"
Wilkins. 36. of Route 5.
Mocksville. died early Saturday
morning at Baptist Hospital.
He was born in Yadkin County
August 28. 1950. to Dorothy
Wilkins Childress.
He was married to Mrs. Betty Jo
Comer Wilkins, who survives of
the home. Also surviving are three
children. Eric. Kevin and Angie
Wilkins, all of the home; one
brother, Larry Childress. Route 3.
Yadkinville and his mother. Route
4, Yadkinville.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p.m. Monday at Shady Grove
Baptist Church by the Rev. John
McDaniel.
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Mrs. Frances Sheets Yates. 50.
Pfafftown, died Sunday at Forsyth
Hospital.
She was born Nov. 29. 1936. in
Davie County to the late Wesley
Warren "Jack" and Bernice Cor-
natzer Sheets.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Vogler's Reynolda
Road Chapel by Rev. Edward M.
Heath. Burial followed in
Brookstown United Methodist
Church cemetery.
Mrs. Yates spent most of her life
in Forsyth County. She was retired
from the Winston-Salem Fire
Dept.. where she was a planning
ofticer.
She was a member of
Brookstown United Methodist
Church.
Surviving are her husband. John
W. Yates, of the home; her step
mother. Lucy C. Sheets,
Lewhsville; two .sisters. Mrs.
Louise S. Ballard. Pfaf ftown and
Mrs. Sue S. Hughes. Lewisvillc;
one brother. James T. Sheets.
Salisbury; three nieces and three
nephews.
The family requests memorials
be made to Brookstown United
Methodist Church. 6274 Yadkin
ville Rd.. Pfafftown, N.C. 27040
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MOCKSVILLE - Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Doretha Latten Wil
son, 56, Rt. 6, will be 4 p.m. Mon
day at Redland Church of Christ in
Davie County by Minister Samuel
Adams. Bur^ will follow in Ca
pernaum Church of Christ ceme
tery. The body will lie in state one
hour prior to the service. The fam
ily will receive friends from 7 to
7:30 p.m. tonight at Morrison-Stu-
ilinera. Surviving are her husband,
Harold Wilson, Sr., of the home;
one daughter, Teresa Arnold,
MocksvilJo; three sons, Harold
Wilson, Jr., Fairmont, Marcus and
Kerwyn Wilson, both of Mocks-
vlile; five grandchildren; three
brothers, Frank Latten, Houston,
Texas, William and Matthew Lat
ten, both of Winaton-Sfllem and
six sisters, Mrs. Ix)i8 Watts and
Mrs. Clara Tabor, both of States-
ville, Miss Josephine Latten and ,
Mrs. Emma McGowan. both of I
Death Date Is August 21,1987 per Ancestrv-com
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1987
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Essie C. Bowers y
MOCKSVILLE - Essie
Creason Bowers, 87, of Route 4,
Mocksville, died Aug. 21 at For-
syth Memorial Hospital in
.Winston-Salem.
The funeral was Sunday at
Cooleemee First Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Larry Allen,
pastor. Burial was in Legion
Memorial Park in Cooleemee.
Born Oct. 12. 1899, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late Frank and Minnie McDaniel
Creason. A homcmakcr, she was
a member of Cooleemee First Bap
tist Church.
Her husband, Horace Festal
Bowers, died March 30, 1982.
Survivors include a daughter,
Hellen Gaithcr of Route 4; a .son,
Hal Bowers of Salisbury; a
brother, Baxter Creason of
Johnsle G. Grubbs v4:dna H. Shoaf
MOCKSVILLE — Mrs. Johnsic
Gobble Grubbs, 55, Route 3,
Mocksville, widow oHohn P.
Grubbs, died Aug. 21 at Davis
Community Hospital in Statesville.
Funeral services were Sunday at
Fork Baptist Church by the Rev.
Gordon Joyncr. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Grubbs was bom in David
son County to the late Arthur Lee
and Ida Brinkley Gobble. She was
an employee of Henry Link Fur
niture Co. of Lexington and a
member of Fork Baptist Church.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Donna Lanier, Route 2, Ad
vance; one son, John Stephen
Grubbs, Route 3, Mocksville; two
sisters, Geneva WhiUnan and Max-
inc Sowers, both of Lexington and
two grandchildren.
Cooleemee; a half sister, Margaret '
Call of Route 7; a half brother, Willie Mae Knott
Rovie Mayberry of Cooleemee;
two grandchildren; five great
grandchildren: and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Katherine Gannon
n WINSTON-SALEM - Mrs.
Katherine Williams Gannon, 64,
116 S. Marshall St., died Aug. 19
at Baptist Hospital.
She was bom in Florence, S.C.
to Phineas Ezra and Julia Keiliham
Williams. Mrs. Gannon was
retired from Revco Drugs and was
a member of Cerro Gordo United
Methodist Church in Cerro Gordo.
Surviving are one son, Ronald J.
Long, Advance; one sister, Evelyn
W. Wells, Winston-Salem; one
grandiion, David Long, Advance;
one granddaughter, Serisa L.
Johnson, Raleigh; and one
great-grandson.
Funeral services were Aug. 21
at Vogler's Main Street Chapel by
Rev. Tom McLean. Burial was in
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.
MOORESVILLE - Willie Mae
Carver Knott, 60, of N.C. 150
bypa.ss, died Aug. 18 at Lake Nor
man Regional Medical Center of an
apparent heart attack.
The funeral was held at Neil I
Funeral Home Chapel, conducted
by the Rev. Kenneth Hand. Burial
was in Old Williamson Chapel
United Methodist Church
cemetery.
Bom March 24, 1927, in Iredell
County, she was a daughter of ther
late Clyde Oliver and Lottie Sher-
rill Carver. She was a retired tex
tile employee.
Survivors include her husband,
Darrell A. Knott; two sons, Barry
Knott of Mooresville and Darrell
Lee Knott of Kemersville; two
daughters, Carol Compton of
Mooresville and Sharon Plott of
Mocksville; a sister, Helen
Bumgardner of Mooresville; a
brother, Jarvis Carver of
Mooresville; and 14 grandchildren.
* Mrs. Edna Hartley Shoaf, 77,
Route 4, Mocksville, died shortly
after midnight Monday at Forsyth
> Hospital. ^ ^ ■,
Funeral services were to be « 2
p.m. Wednesday at Jerusalem Bap-' tist Church by Rev. Ron Huneycutt
and Rev. Tom McLean. Burial was
to be in Rowan Memorial Park in
Salisbury.
The family requests that any
memorials be made to Jemsalem
Baptist. |2hurch.
Mrs.-'OToaf was born in David-son jL^hty to the late OIlic and Iva
^etSVartley. She was retired from
- P&N Store in Cooleemee and was
a member of Jerusalem Baptist
Church. She was preceded in death
by one son, Henry Shoaf Jr., in
1972.
Surviving arc her husband,
Henry Shoaf; one son, Mcdford
Shoaf, Rt. 2, Advance; fi ve grand
children, Melany and Brent Shoaf,
both of Rt. 2. Advance, Dana and
Randy Shoaf, and Melissa Ray, all
of Burlington; four great-grand
children, and one sister. Mrs.
Elizabeth (Chick) Alexander,
Cooleemee,^'
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tRoy William Smith
SALISBURY - Roy William '
Smith. 74 of 304 W. Thomas St.
died at N.C. Lutheran Home after
. an illness of eight weeks.
The funeral was Monday at
Summersett Memorial Chapel with
the Rev. Ernest Richards of-
,ficiating, Burial followed at West
',Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in
'China Grove.
I Smith was born Sept, 27, 1912,
1^ to the late Duved, William and E.sler
Gentle Smith. He worked with the
State Highway Commi.ssion for 19
years, and he was formerly
asswiated with Power Curbers,
( Smith held 15 patents related to
power and curb industry.
His wife, Margaret H, Sntith.
preceded him in death.
1 Survivors include a daughter,
Joyce Montgomery of Greensboro;
a brother, Reginald Smith of
Woodleaf; two sisters, Mrs. Willie
Forrest, of Woodleaf, and Kalhryn
Alexander, of Cooleemee; and two
grandchildren. i
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M. Doretha Wilson
The funeral was Monday at
Kedland Church of Christ with the
Rev. Samuel Adams officiating.
Burial was in Capernaum Church
of Christ cemetery.
She was born April IS, 1934, to
the late William and Elizabeth
Scott Lalten. She was a 1952
graduate of Duvie High School and
was a member of Capernaum
Church of Christ. She was last
employed at Ingersoll-Rand Co.
Surviving are her husband,
Harold Wilson Sr., of the home;
a daughter, Teresa Arnold of
Mocksville; three sons, Harold
Wilson Jr. of Fairmont, Marcus
and Kerwyn Wilson, both of
Mocksville; three brothers, Frank
Latten of Houston, Texas, and
William and Matthew Latten, both
of Winston-Salem; six sisters, Lois
Watts and Clara Tabor, both of
Statesville, Josephine Latten and
Emma McGowan, both of Queens,
N.Y., Rachel WQson of Pensacola,
Fla., and Earlyne McCloud of
Winsion-Salem; and five
grandchildren.
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Mary G, Creason
ELKIN — Mrs. Mary Gentry
Creason, 82, Mocksville, died at
I Autumn Care Nursing Center Aug.
29 after a long illness.
Funeral .services were Aug. 31
at Alexander-Church-Kennedy
Funeral Home Chapel in Elkin by
the Rev. Kenneth Wood. Burial
was in Charity United Methodist
Church cemetery.
Mrs. Creason was bom in Suny
County, April 8, 1905. to John and
Nancy Simmons Gentry. She was
the widow of Clanard A. Creason,
who died in November, 1986. She
was of the Baptist faith. She was
a homemaker.
Surviving are one sister. Mrs.
Etta Wagoner, Hickory, and
.several nieces and nephews.
>/ Leon LeClair
n L^<m LcClair. 85. of 685 N.
Main St., Mocksville. died Aug.
26 at Autumn Care Convale.sccnt
Center.
A memorial service was to be
held at a later date. Eaton's Funeral
Home was to he in charge of all
arrangements.
Born March 6, 1902. in St. Jer-
main De Grantham. Quebec.
Canada, he was a son of the late
Avai.se and Albinia Belisle LeClair.
He was a retired retail merchant.
Survivors include his wife of 59
years, Marie Longtin LeClair; a
daughter, Ida Elliot of Michigan;
two sons. Paul LcClair of
Mocksville and Andre LcClair of
Los Angeles; nine grandchildren;
;and nine great-grandchildren.
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/C.B. McClain
WINSTON-SALEM — Mr.
C.B. McClain Sr., 75, 164 Oak
Summit Rd., died Aug. 30, at For-
syth Hospital.
He was bom in Abbeville, S.C.,
July 15, 1912, to the late J.R. and
Ottie Campbell McClain. He was
employed by RJR Tobacco, where
he worked for 44 years in the Ship
ping Division.
Surviving are his wife, Polly M.
McClain, of the home; one son,
C.B. McClain Jr.,-{^^Isville; two
daughters. Naiipy^ M. Wall,
Winston-Salcin^£|fane M. Mai^
shall, Greensboro; six grand
children and three great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were Tuesday
at Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek
Chapel. Burial followed in
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.
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ADVANCE — Mrs. Mattie
Shutt Poindexter, 97, widow of
0.scar B. Poindexter, died Aug. 26
at Autumn Care Convalescent
Center.
She was hom Augu.st 15, 1890,
and was the last surviving child of
George Henry Clay and Alice
Byerly Shutt. She had made her
home in Advance for 92 years and
had lived at Foxmoor Home and
Autumn Care for the past five
years. Mrs. Poindexter was a
homemaker and was a member of
Advance Baptist Church.
Surviving are two .sons, 0.scar B.
Poindexter, Jr., Advance, and
George F. Poindexter, Orelando,
Fla.. six grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held
Aug. 28 at Advance Baptist
Church.
Memorials may be made to Ad
vance Baptist Church.
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Obituaries
Eugene E. Bowers
' SALISBURY — Eugene Elbert
Bowers, 73, of 548 Lafayette Cir
cle, died Sept. 4 at Rowan
Memorial Hospital following an il
lness of several weeks.
Bom Oct. I, 1914, in Hart
County, Ga., he was a son of the
late Sam and Gilly Ann Bowers.
Educated in the Hart County
schools, he was a retired employee
of the city of Salisbury. He was a
member of Hall's Chapel Primitive
Bapti.st Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Rebecca Brewer Bowers; six sons,
Benjamin F. Daniels of Salisbury,
Robert L. Bowers of Mooresville,
Willie E. and Mack J. Bowers,
both of Salisbury, Mike J. and
Joseph E, Bowers, both of Atlanta;
Four daughters, Eva L. Brown.
Connie Barber and Glenda Byrd,
all of Salisbury, and Gladys Arnold
of Mocksville; a sister, Willie Hall
of Hickory; 30 grandchildren; and
six great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held Monday at
Hall's Chapel Primitive Baptist
Church with the Rev. William
Wa.shinglon, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Mount Zion Baptist
Church cemetery, Boyden
Quarters.
Bora in Davie County on Sept.
2, 1905, .she was a daughter of the
late W.T. and Maiy Safley Barnes.
A homemaker, she was a member
of McGill Avenue Baptist Church
and the Order of Eastern Star.
Her husband. Jasper C. Cook,
died in 1966.
Survivors, in addition to her
daughter, include four other grand
children; and seven grcat-grand-
childrcn.
United Methodist Church, Route 2,
Mocksville 27028.
Bora June 10, 1905, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late Boggan and Ellen Williams
Cash. A homemaker, she was a
member of Smith Grove United
Methodist Church.
Her husband, George Green
Hendrix, died Dec. 5, 1984.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Jack (Ann) Bogcr of Route
2; a .son, William G. Hendrix of
Route 2; a sister. Ellcrbee Cash
Sheek of Route 2; four grand
children; and four great-
William R. Hayes
^ SALISBURY — A graveside
service for William Rassell Hayes
was held Sept. 3 at Rowan' graqdchildrcn.
Memorial Park, conducted by the •*.
Rev. Randall Rogers, pa.stor "^^grl O.
^Daniel
COOLEEMEE - Mr, Carl
Owen "Jake" McDaniel, 80, of 28
Erwin St. died Tuesday morning
Rowan Christian Assembly
Bora March 6,1911, in Marian-
na. Pa., he was a retired welder for
Martin Marietta Co. A Baptist, he
was a United States Army veteran
'Jake"
Grace B. Cook
CONCORD — Grace Barnes
Cook, 81, of 177 Rosehaven Court
S.E.. died Mondiiy afteiruKin at the
home of a daughter, Phyllis C.
Bingham of Charlotte, with whom , ])eii|a|i C
she was making her home. '
The funeral was held Sept. 4 at
McGill Avenue Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Dr. David
Morrow, pastor, and the Rev. Ken
neth Bingham, a grandson of Mrs.
Cook. Burial was in Oakwood
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Hospice of Charlotte, 1330 The
Plaza, Charlotte, 28213 or McGill
Avenue Baptist Church, McGill
Avenue, Concord. 28025.
of World War II.
His wife, Eva Brown Hayes,
died Feb. 23, 1977,
Survivors include two step
daughters, Mrs. Don (Mary) Hen-
dricks of Mocksville and Mrs.
W.E. (Betty) Fookes of Palm
Springs, Calif.; .seven step-
grandchildren; and three step-
great-grandchildren; and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Hayes, 76, of Route 4, died
Tuesday morning at the North
Carolina Baptist Hospital in
Winston-Salem after being in
declining health for six months and
.seriously ill for three months.
Hendrix
Beulah Cash Hendrix, 82, of
Route 2, died Sept. 2 at Forsyth
Memorial Hospital in
Winston-Salem.
The funeral was held Sept. 4 at
Eaton's Funeral Home (I^hapel,
conducted by the Rev. Bobby
Swaim. Burial was in Smith Grove
United Methodist Church
cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the
cemetery fund of Smith Grove
at Rowan Memorial Hospital in
Sali.sbury.
Funeral services are II a.m.
Thursday at the Cooleemee
Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd by Father Willis Rosen-
thai. Buri^ will be in Rowan
Memorial Park.
The family were to receive
friends at Eaton's Funeral Home
7-9 p.m. Wedne.sday night.
Mr. McDaniel was born Sept,
12, 1906 in Rowan County to the
late Nathan Columbus and Louise
Virginia White McDaniel and was
retired from the payroll office of
Burlington Mills.
During World War II he was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy and was
a member of the Cooleemee
Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd.
Survivors include his wife Azile
Beard McDaniel of the home, one
daughter, Mrs. Jeannie Taylor of
Beckley W. Va.; one foster
daughter, Mrs. Soni Immiz of Lake
George, Col.; one foster son, Ron-
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hie Beard of Rouie 8, Salisbury;
one grandchild, two sisters. Mrs.
Mary Duncan of Mocksvillc and
Mrs. Velnia Gibbons of
Mocksvillc.
Luiia RoberlsfHi
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Robertson, jjk '
100, of Route
4, died Sutur- t
tlay night at
Mcadowbrook
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funeral
held Mon-
day at Eaton's
Funeral Home Chapel in Mocks
villc, conducted by the Rev. Shane
Owens and Dr. Roscoe Fisher of
Slatesville. Burial was in Advance
United Methodist Church
cemetery.
Born Feb. 16, 1887, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late Henry and Alice Plott Plott.
She was a homemaker and a
charter member of Bixby
Presbyterian Church.
Her husband, William V.
Robertson, died in 1953.
Survivors include a son,
Lawrence RobertsoiMif-Route 4;
one grandchild; *ind two
great-grandchildren. -
Litty May Smith
HARMONY — Litty May Dove
Smith, 87, of Route I, died Sept.
2 at Autumn Care Nursing Center
in Mocksvillc.
The fiincrul was held Friday at
Pleasant View Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Jason
Whitley and the Rev. Hoover
Smith. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Born May 28, 1900, in Franklin
County, Ga., she was a daughter
of the late Ben Alexander and Ida
Lipe Smith. A homemaker, she at
tended Pleasant View Baptist
Church.
Her husband, James Parker
Smith, died June 4, 1959.
Survivors include five sons,
J.W. Smith of Statesville, John B.,
William F., and Lee Roy Smith,
all of Harmony, and Glenn B.
Smith of China Gr«)ve; three
daughters, Mrs. Boyd (Bondelia)
Goodwin of Harmony, Mrs.
Charlie (Mollie Jo) McClamrock
of Mocksville and Wilma Ruth
Smith of Elkin; a sister, Etta
Rousey of Elbenon. Ga.; 21 grand
children; 27 great-grandchildren;
and one great-great-grandchild.
KluiinHrt W granocniiuren; loui g^flaunda VV. 2>0ney grandchildren; and one br.
Mrs. Flaunda Weslon Sofiey ot gjj Spach, Winston-Salem.
Mocksville died Sept. 4 at Forsyth
Hospital \/Arleasia S. Wooten
Surviving arc his wife, Mrs.
Jessie Allred Spach. of the home;
five daughters, Mrs. Peggy Vestal,
1316 Butler St., Mrs. Shirley Sell,
Walkcrtown. Mrs. Glenda S.
Cude, Winst«>n Salcm, Mrs. Joy S.
Smiley, Advance, and Mrs. Rebec
ca S. Lovell, Monroe; six sons,
Bobby Spach, Alexandria, Va.,
Willie Lee Spach, Winston-Salem;
Tommy G. Spach, Lexington,
Johnny Spach, of the home, Paul
Spach, San Gabriel, Calif., and
Sammy Spach, Cleinmons; 19
grandchildren; four great
grandchildren; and one brother,
Sid Spach, Winston-Salem.
She was born in Monroe on
September 10, 1901, to John
Henry and Sarah Odcna Purr
Weston. Her father moved to
Statesville when she was a few
months old. On Decembcr7, 1919,
she was married to Charles Frank
Sofiey, who preceded her in death.
Surviving are two children,
Charles A. Sofiey and Audrey
Catherine Shermer, both of Rt. 5,
Mocksville. Mrs. Sofiey was a
Sunday School teacher at Hunt-
sville MetluMJisl Church.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Huntsviilc United Melhixlisl
Church by Rev. Jessie C. Tart.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Huntsviilc United Methodist
Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Ruth
Harding, Rt. 5, M<icksville, N.C.
/Robert C, Spach
WINSTON-SALEM - Mr,
Robert Cletus Spach, 82, 2713
Dudley St., died Sept. 5 at Forsylli
Hospital. Graveside services were
held Monday in Cresiview
Memorial Park by Rev. Ruth
Bovender.
Mr. Spach was born in Forsyth
HARMONY - Arleasia Eulalia
Stroud Woolen, 91, of Route 1,
Sheffield community, died Sept. 2
at Iredell Memorial Hospital in
Statesville.
The funeral was held Saturday ul
Liberty Wesleyan Church, con
ducted by the Rev, A.C. Clemens,
tiie Rev. J. Eugene Smith, the Rev.
Charles £. Apple and the Rev.
Troy E. Vaughn. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the
cemetery fund of Liberty Wesleyan
Church, in care of Judy Woolen,
Route 6, Box 157, Mocksville,
N.C, 27028
Born April 14, 1896, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
lute Nelson Wheeler and Amanda
Smith Stroud. A homemaker, she
was a member of Lilxiriy Wesleyan
Church, where she was a former
Sunday school icachi^r and a
member of the church ad
ministrative board.
Her husband, Robert Gaiihcr
Wooten, died Oct. 9, 1981.
Survivors include three sons,
Claude S. Wooten of Harmony,
and Elmer D. and Ranny G.
Wooten, both of Mocksville; two
County on June 20, 1905, to , , ' , , • i ' r^ ... . c c u ij daughters. Junta Apple ofR..bod and Spear Spach HeRobert and Bcrtlta Spear Spach. He
lived most of his life in Winston-
Salem and was a retired self-
employed painter.
Mocksville; seven grandchildren;
and 12 great-grandchildren.
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Charles E. Bean Sr. j
n WINSTON-SALEM - Mr.
Charles Earnest Bean Sr., 77,
Shatlalon Oaks Mobile Home
Park, died at Forsyth Hospital Sun
day evening.
He was born in Forsyth County
to C. Frank and Flora Knolt Bean.
He was a retired employee of
Hanes Ho.siery with 22 years of
.service.
He was a member of First
Assembly of God. He was preced
ed in death by his wife, Mary
Elizabeth Vaughn Bean, in 1984.
Surviving are three sons, C.E.
Bean, Jr., Winston-Salem, Edward
DcFranklin Bean, Germanton and
Donald B. Bean, Mocksville; flve
grandchildren; two great
grandchildren and two sisters,
Mrs. Dorothy Conrad and Mrs.
Ruth Rule, both of Wiaston-Salem.
Graveside services were held
Tuesday in Woodland Cemetery by
the Rev. Ron McManus and the
Rev. Steve Byrd.
Leona C. Cable
' LEXINGTON - Leona
Clodfelter Cable, 74, of Rowan
Manor Nursing Home in Salisbury,
formerly of Police Academy Road,
died Sunday at Rowan Memorial
Hospital.
The funeral was to be held
Wednesday at Vogler's Piedmont
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David Henry Hairston, 49, of
214 Wilkesboro St., Mocksville,
died Sept. 9 at Davie County
Hospital after being in declining
health for some time.
The funeral was held Sunday at
New Jerusalem Holiness Church,
conducted by Bishop Tony Ijanics.
Burial was in the church cemetqry.
Bom Sept. 4, 1938, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
Raymond and Irene Clement
Hairston. He was employed as an
auto mechanic at E&L Motor Co.
Survivors include his wife, Ed- P
na White Hairston; three sota^^
Marcus Hairston of the home,^^^|(
David and Craig Hairston,.both of
Lexington; two brothers, Albert .
and W.C. Hairston, both of'
Mocksville;
Seven sisters. Bertha Austin,
Lula Lane and Mary Hairston, all
of Mocksville, Frances Simmons
of Woodleaf, and Helen Ivory,
Flora Burbri^ge and Margaret
Fowler, all of Brooklyn, N.Y.
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^ Mrs. Lola Watson Hayes, 78,
Rt. 8, Mocksville, died Sept. 10 at
Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital.
She was bom in Yadkin County
on June 5, 1909, to James Emmit
and Fanny Hudson Watson. Mrs.
Funeral Home Chapel, conducted Hayes was a member of Stony
by the Rev. Robert Garren. Burial Knoll United Methodist Church.
was to be in Forest Hill Memorial
Park.
Bom in Davie County on Oct. 7,
1912, she was a daughter of the late
Bob Lee and Elsie Mae Clodfelter.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Rufiis Cable, died
Oct. 5, 1970.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Belvin (Louise) „f ,,HOT|«onvme;n.negra^.ldreii
Sslisbu.7 aiui Dorothy Bivon, of " 8«al-graitdchildreu
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Mazie Reavis and Mrs.
Kathleen Hutchens, both of Rt. 8,
Mocksville; one son, Jessie Lee
Hayes, Hamptonville; one sister,
Mrs. LishieiFpster, Adyrace; two
brothers, *H6ftrVrd Watson'
Yadkinville, and Frank Watson,
Funeral services were held
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Lexington; a brother. Bill
Clodfelter of Kannapolis; four
sisters, Mrs. N.B. Kepley, Mrs.
J.P. Small, Blanche Hamilton and
Mrs. Bruce Alluman, all of
Salisbury; five grandchildren; and
nine great-grandchildren.
Saturday at Mackie-Gentry Funeral
Chapel by Rev. Phil Beavers.
Burial followed in Stony Knoll
United Methodist Church
Cemelery.
Thelma F. Peebles
WlNSTON-SALEM - Mrs.
Thelma Frances Peebles, 48, Rt.
2, Box 141, Advance, died Sept.
8 at Forsyth Hospital after an ex
tended illness.
She was a native of Winston-
Salem and had been a resident of
Advance since 1976. Mrs. Peebles
was a member of Mocksville Con
gregation Jehovah's Witness
Kingdom Hall.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Vanessa Williams and Ms.
Marlene Peebles, of the home, and
Mrs. Audreia Burts, Advance; one
stepdaughter, Mrs. Janice Thomp
son, Lexington; one son, Mr.
Richard Peebles, Gainesville, Va.;
one sister, Mrs. Jessie McKinnon,
Winston-Salem; five brothers, Mr.
Joseph Salley, Mr. Thomas Salley,
Mr. Wilbert Salley and Mr. Ernest
Salley, all of Winslon-Salem and
Mr. Clifton Salley, Lenoir; two
sons-in-law; one daughter-in-law;
five grandchildren; and a host of
other relatives and friends.
Fhneral services were Saturday
at Mocksville Congregation
Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall
witlj Brother Wallace Barford of-
fici^ing. Interment followed in
Evergreen Cemetery.
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William Markland "Buck"
Miller, 76, of 401 Salisbury St.,
Mocksville, died at his home Sept.
8.
The funeral was held Sept. 10 at
Eaton's Funeral Home Chapel,
conducted by the Rev. Don Davis.
Burial was in Rose Cemetery.
Born July 25, 1911, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
C.V. and Ida Markland Miller.
Retired owner and operator of
Buck's Barbecue, he served on the
board of directors of the
Mocksville Savings and Loan. He
was a member of the First United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Elva
Cope Miller; a daughter, Josephine
Davis of AUanta; four sisters, Ruby
White, Ozelle Boger and Louise
Whitaker, all of Mocksville, and
Geraldine Sheek of Charlotte; a
brother. Bob Miller of Mocksville,
and two grandchildren.
y H. Monroe Redding
LEWISVILLE — Mr. HMonroe Redding. 67, died Sept. 9
at his home.
Funeral services were Friday at
Lewisviile Baptist Church by Dr
Joe Coltrane. Burial followed in
the church cemetfeiy. Mr. Reddingwas bom in Forsyth County to
Royd M. and Ellen Bean Redding.
He had made his home in
Lewisviile for over 35 years,
he was a member of
ffi^^ville Baptist Church and the
]Mens Bible Class. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Army, having
World War II. ®
Surviving are his wife, Lucy
Hunter Redding, of the home; one
son. Thomas M. Redding.
Winston-Salem; one grandson,
Brandon Thomas Redding; two
sisters, Mrs. Mayo (Betty) Dull
lewisviile. and Mrs. Richani
(Chanty) Hassell. Vero Beach
Fla.; and one brother, Harold Red
ding, Kernersville.
Memorials may be made to
wwisville Baptist Church, P.O.
Bo* 327; Lewisviile, N.C. 27023.
Jerry G. Wood
Mr. Jerry G. Wood, 45. Route
5, Mocksville, died Sept. 7 at-For-
syth Hospital.
He was bom in Davie County on
Dec^ber 28,1941, to Robert and
Hattte Freeman Wood. Mr. Wood
was a member of Chestnut Grove
United Methodist Church.
He was married to Katherine
Kiger Wood, who survives, of the
home.
Also surviving are two
daughters. Miss Janice Elaine
Wood, of the home, and Mrs.
Vickie S. Baity, Route 4, Advance;
his mother, of Route 2, Mocks
ville; two brothers, Harold Eugene
Wood, Route 2, Mocksville, and
Bobby Wood, Alabama; and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sept.
10 at Mackie-Gentry Funeral
Chapel by Rev. Jeny Brackens and
Rev. Robert Crook. Burial follow
ed in Farmingion Community
Cemetep*.
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n Herman Kel- ajk
ly Britton. 71,
of 184 Mill St..
Mocksville,(■died early I
Tuc-sday morn-
ing of an ap- {
parent heart
He a H
native of Davic
County and a
member of Shiloh Baptist Cluirch.
Funeral services were to be held
Thursday at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Bap-
' list Church with Dr. A.O. Walker
officiating.
Burial was to follow in the
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1987-
IFree sisters, Mrs. Raymond yEdward Keith FrOSt
(Grace) Ball Mrs. Howard Keith(Kalherine) H^ycs and Mrs^ Fro.sl was held at 3 p.m. Saturday.Howard (Faye) DeGa,;de. aU ofThoinasvtlle; one half-sister. Mrs. Kev.EvaSharpeofGranilcFalsttwo R^ynchardt officiating,brothers. Roy Bumgardner o n^jHal was in the church cemetery.Trinity and Ray Bumgardncr of ,g Koute 5.Hampton. Va.: 13 grandchildren Mcvksvilledied Tuc.sday. Sept. 15.
.md nine great-grandchildren.Funeral services were conduct^ Winston-Salem of injuries sus-
at 4 p.in Saturday. Sept. 19. at the automobile accidentCentral Wcslcynn Church with the IR„. David NDl-mcD and II.C a,, ,9^. in DavicRev. Mclvin L. Genlry ofnciating^Intcrmcnl Mlnwcd in Holly H.ll , „rR„ulc 5. Ilia .rnnlicrMemorial Park. and stepfatlier. Mr. and Mrs. GaryMemorial may ^ fecled to ■ Williams, live in Orangeburg, S.C.
,he Central Wesieyan Church 3«1Hrnkle Strecr, I Iromasvrlle, N.C.. Orangebnrg. He was
' ^ployed by Fiortaine Tile Co. in
Winston-Salem.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by his grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. William Frost of Ad
vance and Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Clay Carson of Columbus. Ohio.
Tuesday, Sept. 15. at her homeafter a period of declining health.A private family funeral was
churchcemetcry.Thebody wasto t««« TTmncnn Harttbe taken from Morrison Studevent O' JcRH P
Funeral Home to lie in state at MOORESVILLE — Olive JwnNoon on Thursday at the church. EmpsonDartt. 53. of Route 4, died
' The family may be contacted at
the residence.
Survivors include his wife, An
nie Hudson Britton of the home;
one son, Donnie Ray Britton of
Mocksvillc; one daughter, Diane
)B. Bass. Durham; and one aunt,
(Scrcsa Mason. McKk.svilic.
William C. Bumgardner
^ THOMASVILLE - Mr.
William Carl Bumgardner, 78. of
Route 3, Tower Road, died,September 17 in High Point
Regional Hospital.
Born in Caldwell County July
27, 1909. a son of Lonnie and
Esma Wisnant Bumgardncr. Mr.Bumgardner was a member of
Centra! Wesieyan Ciiurch, the
Men's Bible Class, of which he had
served as a former President, a
retired employee of the Amazon
Cotton Mills, now Parkdalc Mills
and had been a resident of David
son County for more than fi fty
years.
On September 18. 1925. he was
married to Miss Anna Hicks who
survives of the home. Also surviv
ing are two daughters. Mrs. Edna
Jollic of Conway. S C.. and Mrs.Ray (Betty) Carter of Mocksvillc;
four sons, Carl E., Donald R.,Jerry L. and Harold RogerBumgardner, all of Thomasville;
held at 11 a.m. Friday. Sept. 18.
in the E.C. Cavin Funeral Home ^Memorial Chapel, conducted by
the Rev. Jimmy Tate. Burial was
in Glcnwood Memorial Park.In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to Community Foursquare Church. N.C.. 115 South.
Mooresville. N.C.28il5.
Bom April 29. 1934, in PotterCounty, Pa., she was a daughter
of Robert and Madeline FlynnEmpson of Westficld. Pa. She wasmanager and operator of H&R
Block Co. in Mooresville.Survivors, in addition to herparents, include her husband. Vcm
Dartf. a son. Jay Dartt of
Mooresville; a daughter, Joy D.
Howard of Mooresville; three
brothers. Wallace Empson of
Osceola, Pa., Wayne Empson of
Woodhall. N.Y.. and Frank Emp-
.son of Westfield, Pa.;
Four sisters, Onnalee Empson of
Montour Falls, N.Y.. Wanda
Schcrrelle of Brush Prairie. Wash..
Claudia Moon of We.stfleld, Fa.,
nnd Rebecca McCaig of Jasper.
N.V.; and four grandchildren.
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YADKINVILI-F -- Mrs. l.aura
Milliner Bowman Harding. 81,
died Sunday. Sept. 20. at ForsylhHo.spilal. She was bom in Yadkin
County to John W. and Viola Vic
toria Bovendcr Bowman.
Mrs. Harding was a retired
nurse, graduating from LawrenceHospital School of Nursing. She
worked at Columbus County
Hospital in Whitcvillc. was a coun
ty health nurse and retired from
Hoots Memorial Hospital in
Yadkinvillc. Her husband. F.D.B,
Harding, preceded her in death
January 31. 1978,
Surviving arc one daughter.
Mrs. Gerald (Frances) Casslcvcns.
Yadkinvillc; six grandchildren.
Gerald Daniel Casslcvcns. Bo<in-
villc, Caren J. Casstcvens. Rural
Hall, Michael L. Casstevcns. Rt.
5. Mocksville. Tony L. and San
dra K, Casstevcns. both of Yadkin
villc and Timothy T. Casstcvens.
Atlanta. Ga.; two greatgrandchildren; and three sisters.
Mrs. Phronic Barber. Goidston,
Mrs. Mary Gmbbs. Winston-
Salem. and Mrs. Johnsic Nicolcltc,
Myrtle Beach. S.C.
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j James E. Mills
James E. Mills, 59. of Shady
Spring, furnierly of Ri. 4,
Mocksviilc, and Coal City, died of
natural causes Tuesday, Sept. 8, at
a Beckley hospital.
Born Oct. 21, J927, at Abney,
he was the son of Beulah Foley
Mills of Shady Spring, formerly of
Rt. 7, Mocksville, and the late
Pearlie Mills.
Mr. Mills was a member of the
Coal City Masonic Lodge 156
AF&AM, the Order of the Eastern
Star 136 and the White Shrine of
Judea 13 of Beckley. He was a
1987 retired general mine foreman
for Eastern Associated Coal Cor
poration. He was a 15-year resident
of Shady Spring and a World War
11 Army veteran.
He wa.s preceded in death by a
sister, Virginia Cole.
Other survivors include his wife,
Wilma Odham Mills; a daughter,
Mrs. Rusty (Robin) Simmons of
MacArthur; a son. Rocky Mills of
Coal City; two sisters, Bonnie Cole
of Beckley and Leola Edwards of
Cooleemee; a brother, David Mills
of Blackshear, Ga.; five grand
children and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were jy^CSept.
10 at 1 p.m. at the l^jcersley
Funeral Home Chapel.m^iSophia
with the Rev. James Richard*Hill
officiating. Burial followed in the
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens at
Prosperity.
Pallbearers were Gregoiy Mills,
Edward Hodges, and Jesse, Tim,
Gary and Randolph Cole.
v/Mrs. Dorothy P. Rjkard ^Nannie Seaford
Mr,.-Mrs N. Dorothy Inez Parrott
Rikard, 93, died Sunday, Sept. 20,
at Autumn Care Nursing Home iii
Mocksville. She was born August
4, 1894, in Bishopville, S.C., to
Warley Lawrence and Florence
Barrett Parrott.
She was a graduate of Limestone
College in Gaffney, S.C., where
she taught school for several years.
She was a member of Burkhead
United Methodist Church. She was
the widow of Jesse Oline Rikard.
Surviving are six daughters.
Miss Dorothy Rikard, Mrs. Sylvia
Whitlaw and Mrs. Thad (Mary)
Stanley, all of Winston-Salem,
Mrs. Bobby (Barbara) Ernest, Rt.
1, Advance, Miss Pat Rikard, Arl
ington, Va. and Mrs. Don
(Margaret) Rosenthal, Edgewater,
Md.; one son, Robert L. Rikard,'
Atlanta, Ga.; one daughter-in-law,
Mrs. James David (Lou) Rikard,
Stanleyville; eight grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren and one
sister, Mrs. Blackwell Stanton,
Columbia, S.C.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at Vogler's Reynolda Road
Chapel by Rev. David Riffe. Inter- V
ment followed in Forsyth
Memorial Park. "
Memorials may be made to
Autumn Care, 1007 Howard St.,
Mocksville, N.C. 27028
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of Route 3, Mocksville, died
Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Davie
County Hospital.
The ftineral was held at 2 p m
Friday at Fork Baptist Church
conducted by the Rev. Gordon
Joyner. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the
building or cemetery fund of Fork
Baptist Church, Route 3,
Mocksville, N.C. 27028.
Born July 4, 1886, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late George and Simmie Hendrix
Everhan. A homemaker, she was
the oldest living member of Fork
Baptist Church.
Her husband, Wiley Seaford
died Aug. 19,1961, and two sons'
Fielding and Fred "Snow"
Seaford, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter
Theo C. Bowles, of Route 3; a
sister, Mary Eller of Granite
Quarry; a brother. Bob Everhan of
Route 3; six grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren; and 18
great-great-grandchildren.
Randy Palmer
Randy Wayne Palmer, 12, Route
1. Yadkinville, died at 6 p.m.
He was born in Yadkin County
on Januaiy 3, 1975 to Jerry and
Barbara Eldridge Palmer.
Surviving are his parents, of the
pT®' AnnPalmer, of the home; his paternal
grandparents. Gene and Martha
Pdmer, Route 1, Yadkinville; and
his stepgrandmother, Mrs. MarthaEltjidge. He was preceded in death
hy his maternal grandparents, Mr
and Mrs. Garland Eldridge.
Funeral services were held at 2p.m. Sunday at Mackie-Gentiy
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Funeral services for Lizzie
Allison were held Tuesday at St.
John's AME Zion Church, con
ducted by the Rev. R.W. Myers.
Burial followed in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Alli.son of Hillcre.st Street
died Friday night at Davie Coun
ty Ho.spilal.
Surviving arc four brothers.
Pink, Edward and Luther Allison,
all of Mocksville, and Leon Allison
of Salisbuiy; three grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.
Evelyn V.F. Cornatzer
^ V ADVANCE - Mrs. Evelyn
Virginia Fossee Cornatzer, 76.
died Friday morning, Sept. 25. at
Fonsylh Hospital.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Eaton's Funeral Chapel by
the Revs. Tom McLean, Alec
Alvord and Mary Bcrridgc. Burial
followed in Advance United
Methodi.st Church Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the
Cemetciy Fund of Advance United
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Cornatzer was bom in Port
Fulton, Clark County, Ind.,
daughter of the late Charles and
Mary Wright Fos.scc, and lived
mo.st of her life in Loui.sville, Ky.
She was a retired nursing a.ssistant
at Medical Park Hospital and was
a member of Advance United
Methodi.st Church. She was a
member of Advance-Farinington
Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter
No. 323. Her husband, Lallie Lill-
ington Cornatzer, died in 1977.
Surviving are two daughters.
Rev. Mary C. Berridge, Winston-
Salem, and Roseland C. Morris,
Webster. Ky.; one son. Jack Cor-
' natzer, Louisville, Ky.; one grand
son, one granddaughter, two great-
granddaughters, and several nieces
and nephews.
ELKIN - Mr. Wilburn Sexton
Couch, 66, 114 Arcadia Dr., died
Wednesday, Sept. 23. at Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital after
a long illness.
Funeral .services were held Fri
day, Sept. 25, at Plca.sanl Hill Bap
tist Church by Dr. Don Stephens
and Rev. Everette Carter. Burial
followed in the church cemetery.
Mr. Couch was born in Wilkes
County on September 16, 1921, to
Ed and Hattie Darnell Couch. He
was retired from Chatham
Manufacturing Co. and was a
member of Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Grace Settle Couch, of the home;
one daughter, Mrs. Sammy (Deb
bie) Penrey, Mocksville; two sons,
Randall Couch, El kin, and Eddie
Joe Couch, of the home; three
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Lottie Ray. Win.ston-Salem. and
Mrs. Gladys Pintlcr, West Palm
Beach, Fla.; and one brother,
Charlie Couch, Elkin.
Memorials may be made to Plea
sant Hill Baptist Church.
v/Ada R.B. Donaldson
, WINSTON-SALEM - Mrs.
Ada Reed Bare Donaldson, 84,
2642 Ludwig St., died Monday,
Sept. 21, at Winston-Salem Con
valescent Center. She was bom
August 2, 1903, in Scott County,
Tenn. to William A. and Rona
Johmson Reed.
Mrs. Donaldson lived most of
her life in Winston-Salem and was
a member of Linville Forest
Church of Christ. She was first
married to William T. Bare, who
died in 1952.
Surviving arc her husband,
Melvin Donaldson, of the home;
two daughters. Mrs. James M.
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(Virginia) Neal, Belews Creek, and
Mrs. William E. (Mary) Davis, In
dianapolis, Ind.; four sons, Robert
B. Bare, Marietta, Ga., Hardy C.
Bare, Mocksville. Parker N. Bare,
Winston-Salem. and William T.
Bare, Jr., Chicago, HI.; three
sisters, Mrs. Florence Bennett,
Henderson. Ky., Mrs. Arthur
Clark, Carbonible, III., and Mrs.
Hazel GoadTdiuntsville, Tenn.;
one brothSyi^r. Chester Reed,
Helenwofra, Tenn.; 11 grand
children, 10 great-grandchildren
and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held last
Thursday, Sept. 24, at Vogler's
Main Street Chapel by Mr. Larry
Havner. Burial was in Oaklawn
Memorial Gardens.
^argaret L. Dull
n Margaret Langston Dull, 59, of
100 Circle Drive died Sunday
night, Sept. 27, at her home after
being in declining health.
The funeral was to be Wednes
day at II a.m. at We.sley Chapel
United Methodist Church, con
ducted by the Rev. Je.s.se Tart and
the Rev. (Thip Webb. Burial was
to be in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Wesley Chapel United Methodist
Church, in care of Madclcnc Gen
try, Route 8, Mocksville 27028.
Bom April 15, 1*928, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late Macy and Sadie Harris
Langston. A retired executive
secretary for RJR-Nabisco, she
was a member and pa.sl state presi
dent of the National Secretaries
Association. She had held all of
fices in the local chapter, where she
also was selected "Secretary of the
Year."
Educated in the Farmington
schools, at Draughn's Business col
lege in Winston-Salem and at For-
syth Technical Institute, she was a
member of Wesley Chapel United
Methodist Church.
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her in death.
Survivors include her husband,
Vemon Dull; a daughter, Tina Dull
of Mocksville; three sisters, Max-
ine L. Carter and Rachel Howard,
both of Mocksville, and Nell L.
N^ilson of Charlotte; and a foster
granddaughter.
Warren H. Ferebee
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Funeral services were held at 2
p.m. Friday at Mackie-Gentry
Funeral Chapel by Rev. Paul
Moore. Burial was in Deep Creek
Baptist Church Cemetery.
OKEECHOBEE, FLA. - Mr.
Warren H. Ferebee, 66, of
Okeechobee, died early Wednes
day, Sept. 23, in Hollywood, Fla.,after an Uto of sevccd months /David Montgomery
Funeral services were held at 11 » o j
Mrs. Marlow was born on
November 25, 1970, in Davie
County, North Carolina. She was
a daughter of Patrick Clyde Rogers
and Kathy Hellard Rogers. She at
tended Georgetown High School^Qsgplj Smith
and was a member of Turrentine
Baptist Church in Mocksville,
North Carolina.
Surviving are her mother and
father of Myrtle Beach; her hus
band of Pawley's Island; a
daughter, Amanda Mae Marlow of
the home; a brother, Scottie Rogers
of Mocksville; and a sister,
Chrystal Rogers of Myrtle Beach.
' Joseph Legrant
a.m. Friday in Hollywood, Fla.
Burial was in a cemetery near
Okeechobee, Fla.
Mr. FerebeC' was bum in Davie
County, the son of Joseph G. and
Florence Foster Ferebee. He was
retired from the U.S. Marine
Corps and Eastern Airlines of
Miami.
Surviving are his wife, Mildred
Ferebee, of the home; one son,
David Ferebee, West Palm Beach,
Fla.; a granddaughter, Deborah;
and three brothers, Richard and
Wayne Ferebee, both of Mocks
ville, and Joseph Ferebee,
Misenheimer.
Rison Spencer Hendrix
Mr. Risen Spencer Hendrix, 40,
301 Milling Rd.^j^ Thursday
night, Sept. 24, tf^k'e Hospital
in Durham aft^c an extended
illness.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at Eaton's Funeral Chapel by
Revs. Marshall Brantley, Bobby
Henderson, Jim Gryder and Myron
Bruce. Burial followed in Rose
Cemetery.
Mr. Hendrix was the son of
Rison C. and Sadie Snider Hen
drix, and was a sawmill operator.
Surviving are his parents of
Mocksville.
Lorie Rogers Marlow
PAWLEY'S ISLAND - Lorie
Rogers Marlow, wife of Boyd L.
Marlow IB, died Tuesday.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, September 25, 1987, at 3:00
p.m. at Pawley's Island
Presbyterian Church. Officiating
was the Rev. Frank Holsclaw.
Burial, directed by Johnson-
Graham Funeral Home, followed
in the church cemetery.
Smith, 76, of
Route 3, Mocksville, died Satur
day, Sept. 26, at his home.
The foneral was held at 2 p.m.
Monday at the Fork Baptist Church
with the Rev. Gordon Joyner and
the Rev. Yates Wilkinson of
ficiating. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the
building fund of Fork Baptist
Church of Route 3, Mocksville,
27028.
Born Aug. 29, 1922, in Davie
County, he was a son of J. Mar-
STATESVILLE - David Neal
Montgomery, 73, of 1589 W.
Cloaninger Street, died unex
pectedly Tliursday, Sept. 24, at
Iredell Memorial Hospital. For a
number of years, he lived in
Chesapeake, Va.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at Rutledge and Bigham
Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was
in Belmont Cemetery.
Bom May 22, 1914, in Rowan
County, he was a son of the late
Jeff and Fanny Luckey Mon
tgomery. He attended Iredell
County schools and was a member
of St. Marks Baptist Church in
Chesapeake, Va.
Survivors include his wife, Susie
James Montgomery of the home;
four brothers, J.C. Montgomery
Wade MontgonKry. Itoth of /Charles E. Thome
Baltimore, Md., Bishop W.O.K
vin and Bertha Bowden Sm
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was a retired dairy farmer and a
member of Fork Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Wilma Bamhardt Smith of the
home; four daughters, Edith Ann
Norman of Lake Mont, N.Y.,
Elaine Russell of Trinity, Jane Hall
and Joetta Lienau, both of
Cullowee; a son, Donald Smith of
Route 3; five sisters, Edith Ander
son, Mary Merrell, Mattie Sue
Blackwelder, and Louise
Blackweldcr, all of Mocksville,
and Peggy Vogler of Advance;
seven grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Gray and Woodrow Gray, both of
Cleveland; four sisters, Magdalee
Gray and Eddie Rucker, both of
Baltimore, Md., Willie Mae Lyt-
tle of Cleveland and Nora Smyre
of Coolcemee.
Thomas Odell Shore
^ HAMPTONVILLE - Mr.
Thomas Odell Shore, 59, Rt. I,
was dead on arrival at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 22, at Hoots
Memorial Ho.spilai.
He was born in Yadkin County
to John Elsie and Ada Pinnix
Shore. Mr. Shore was a farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Judy
Wooten Shore of the home, and
three brothers, Ezra Shore,
Mocksville, John Shore, Yadkin-
ville, and Roger Shore, Pompano
Beach, Fla.
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Everette Thome, 48, Route 6,
Statesville, died Monday, Sept. 28,
at his home. Death was
unexpected.
He was bom in Davie County
Jan. 12, 1939, to Millard Foster
Thome Sr. and Lucille Koontz
Thome of 2115 E. Broad Street,
Statesville, who survive.
Other survivors are his wife,
Betty Clair Thome of the home;
one son. Dean Frederick Thome,
Route 6, Statesville; one daughter
Mrs. LoriT. Peralta of Charlotte-
one granddaughter, Amanda
Elizabeth Peralta; one brother,
Millard Foster Thome Jr., of
Statesville; and one-sister, Mrs,
Rebecca T. Winecoff of Statesville.
Mr. Thome was a member of
New Sterling A.R.P. Church and
a i^hine operator with Statesville
Company.
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HARMONY^ - Mr. Theodore
Roosevelt (Ted) Helton, 84, Rt. i,
died Friday at his home following a
lengthy illness. He was born in
Ircdell County on June 12,1903 tothe late Benjamin Franklin and
Octavia Knox Holton. Mr. Holton
a retired farmer. Surviving are
his wife, Hattie Mae Padgett Hoi-
{on, of the home; one son. Gerald
H. Holton, Winaton-Salem; one
; daughter, Mrs. William (Marge-
, : lene) Snow, Winston-Salem; one
B.F. Holton, Bessemer
City; two sisters, Mrs. Juanita Ad-
^s. Bessemer City, and Mrs.
John Beck, Mocksville; four
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. Mr. Holton was
preceded in death by a son, Wil-
ford Felix Holton, on September 4,
1987. Funeral services will be 2
p.m. Sunday at Harmony Baptist
Church by Rev. C. Donald HaynesBurial will be in Holly Springs
Baptist Church Cemetery. The
family will receive friends from 7
to 9 p.m. tonight at Reavis Funeral
Home. In lieu of flowers, memori
als may 1:^ made to Hospice of
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L. Wayne Baynes Jr.
WINSTON-SALKM ~ Mr. L.
Wayne Baynes Jr., 26, 126 S.
Green St.. died Saturday. Oct. .1,
at Baptist Hospital. He was born
in Forsyth County to L.W. ami
Gail Melton Baynes Sr.
His early life was spent in For
syth County. His teenage years
were .spent in Davie County. Mr.
Baynes was a graduate of Davie
High Sch(K)l. Class of 1979.
He was an equestrian and a
former member of the Winston-
Salem Saddle Club. He was
employed at the Hyatt House in
Wiaston-Salem.
Surviving are his mother and
father. Rt. 5, Mocksville, Farm-
ington community; one .sister, Mrs.
Sherri Crews, Advance, and his
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Vesta
Baynes, Winston-Salem.
Funeral .services were held Tues
day at Vogler's Clemmons Chapel.
Memorials may be made to For
syth County Humane Society, 213
W. Sixth St., Win.ston-Salem,
N.C. 27101.
Albert Williain Cronin
Albert William Cronin, 69, of
154 Crestview Drive, Mocksville,
died Tuesday at Davie County
Hospital after being in declining
health for 6 months. He was a
former resident of Coming, N.Y.
A mass of the resurrection is to
be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in St.
Frances Catholic Mi.ssion by Mon-
signor Richard Allen. Burial will
follow in Rose Cemetery.
The family is to receive friends
at Eaton's fbneral home from 7-9
p.m. Wednesday and a rosary ser
vice is to be held Wcdnc.sday at R
p.m. in the funeral home chapel.
The family requests that
memorials be made to St. Francis
Catholic Mis.sion, P.O. Box 642,
Mocksville, or to the Davie County
Cancer^FkliifL.
Cmnin was bom April 25, 1918.
in Compton Quebec to Alberta
Marcux and the late James Cronin.
He was a retired manufacturing
engineer with Ingersoll-Rand
Corp. with 4.3 years of service.
He was a graduate of the Mon
treal Technical Institute; a member
of the AiiH'rican Manufacturing
Engineers .Society, and was a past
member of the advisory board of
Rowan Technical Institute of
Salisbury,
i He was a member and pa.st chair
man of the parish council of St.
Frances Catholic Mission where he
had also served on the building
committee. During World War If
he was a veteran of the United
States Air Force.
Surviving in addition to his
mother of Coaticook Quebec is his
wife Marion Keesler Cronin of the
home; one daughter. Bethany
Cronin of Shelby; two sons. Dan
Cronin of Huntcrsville and Patrick
Cronin Trafford. Pa.; and 2
grandchildren.
/Wesley Roosevelt Ijames
Wesley Roosevelt Ijames, 8.3, of
Route 6, Mocksville, died Sunday,
Oct. 4. at Autumn Care Nursing
Home after an extended illness.
Funeral services were to be held
at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel
of Morrison-Studevent Funeral
Home in Mocksville. conducted by
• ElderTames Ijames. Burial was to
follow in the Mainvillc AME Zion
Church cemetery.
Born December 21. 190.3, in
Davie County, he was a son of the
late Nettie Frances Howcll and
John Smith Ijames. A member of
Smith Grove AME Zion Church,
he was a retired farmer and janitor
at Mocksville Middle School.
Survivors include his wife, Ira
W. Ijames; five .sons, Alzis
Thomas Ijames of Tobaccoville.
William I. Ijames of Route I.
Mocksville, Franklin N. and
Donald E. Ijames. both of Route
6, Mock.svillc and John A. Ijames
of 2890 Ridgemont Dr.,
Mocksville; two daughters, Betty
Naylor and Ruth Ijames Sales, both
of Route 6, Mocksville;
Two brothers. Elder J.C. and
Jonah Ijames, both of Route 6,
Mocksville: three sisters, Eva
Wilson of Advance, Delphinc
Lyons of Lexington and Everlee
Hodgss f.of Massachusetts; 20
grati^cMldren; and four
grCd^l^ndch i Idrcn.
/William J. Leach
' William James Leach. 78. of 530
Avon St., Mocksville, died late
Monday night at the Autumn Care
ConvaIe.scent Center, where he had
been a resident.
A graveside .service was to be
held at 11 a.m. Wedne.sday at Rose
Cemetery, conducted by the Rev.
i Fred Shoaf.
I Memorials may be made to
I Compassionate Friends, in care of
Calvin Ijames. Route I.
Mocksville. 27028.
Bom Oct. 20, 1908, in Davie
County, he was a son of the laic
Charles Gaither and Delia Allen
Leach. A retired service .station at
tendant, he was a Metluxlist.
His wife, Jeanclte Smith Leaoh.
died Nov. 29, 1986.
Survivors include three sistcis.
Blanche Wclborn of Kerncr.sville.
Mrs. Grady Flowers of Mur-
freesboro and Mrs. Hoylc Harris
of Route 7, Mj>ck.sville; two
brothers, Norman Leach of Route
2 and C.F. Leach of Route 6,
Mock.svillc; and a number of nk ces
and, nephews.
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Topsy Ony "Tip" Lycrly. 89, was
held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St.
James Lutheran Church, conducted
by the Rev. Woodrow F. Prick,pa^>to^. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Born Feb. 24, 1898, in Rowan'
County, he was a son of the late
John C. and Alice Ward Lycrly.
Educated in the Rowan County
schools, he was retired from
Carolina Rubber Hose Co., and
was a member of St. James
Lutheran Church.
His fi rst wife, Mary BeaverLycrly, died in 1967, and his se
cond wife, Annie Stikeleather
Lyerly died in June, 1987.
Survivors include three sons,
Spencer Lyerly of Gastonia, Bill
Ray Lyerly of Dallas, and J.D.
Lyerly of Guadalajara, Mexico; astepson, J.W. Stikeleather of
Rockwell; a daughter, Edith L.
Boone of Pensacola, Fla.;
Two stepdaughters, Kathleen
Helderman of Gold Hill and Zelia
Dabbs of Concord;; two sisters.Belle BeaveffO^Mocksville andCallie BeckllS^ df Rockwell; 13grandchildygn; and eight
great-grandchildren.
Lycrly, 89, of 211 Depot St.,
died Saturday at Rowan MemorialHospital after an illness of two
months.
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CLEVELAND - A.C. "Jink"
Seamon, 54, of Route 1,
W(Xxlleaf-Cool Springs Road, died
Sunday, Oct. 4, at IredellMemorial Hospital in Statesville
after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesay at Needmore Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev.
Ted Miller, pastor, and the Rev.Gary Morrison and the Rev. J.Harvey Clark. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.Memorials may be made to the
Needmore Baptist Church
cemetery ftuul. Route 1, Woodleaf,
27054.Bom Sept. 9, 1933, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
Walter Crawford and Caroline
West Seamon. Owner and operator
of Seamon's Auto Sales, Parts and
Service Co., he had previously
been employed by Bell aiid
Howard Chevrolet Co. in
Statesville.
A member of Needmore Baptist
Church, he was formerly a deacon,
Sunday school teacher, and choir
and youth director.
Survivors include his wife, Nan-
' cy Cloer Seamon; a daughter,
Diane Williams of Statesville; a
brother, Brady Seampn of
Cleveland; and two grandqhildren.
Blanche J. Wallace
' Mrs. Blanche Jones Wallace, 83,
Autumn Care Nursing Home, died
Sunday, Oct. 4, in Davie County
Hospital in Mocksvillc.
She was the widow of Sidney G.
Wallace. She was born in Wilkes
County to Abraham and Annette
Ellis Jones. She was a member of
Clemmons First Baptist Church.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
I Carrie York, Harmony and one
' brother. Lee Jones, Harmony.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at Vogler's Clemmons Chapel
by Dr. Robert Cantwell. Burial
followed in Sandy Springs Baptist
Church in Iredell County.
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Mr. William Wilson Cartncr.
69. Rl. 7. Mncksvillc, died Satur
day, Oct. 10. at Davic County
Hospital. Funeral services were
held Suiulay at B:iton'.s Funeral
Cliapcl by Rev. John R«>wc. Burial
followed in Salem United
.Methodist Church cemetery.
The family requests memorials
be made to the Cemetery Fund of
Salem United Methodist Church.
Rt. I. Mock.sville. N.C. 27028.
Mr. Cartner was born in Davic
County to the late William Monroe
and Incs Wilson Cartncr. He was
a dairy farmer. He attended Salem
llnited Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife.
Ailene Walker Cartncr. of the
home; two daughters. Mrs. Jerry
(Linda) Shore, Rt. 7, Mocksville ,
and Mrs. Jack (.Sue) Seaford,'
Mocksville; one son. William Joe
Cartner, Rt. 7. Mocksville; six
grandchildren; one .sister, Mrs.
Laura Lutz, Hickory and one
brother, Sam Cartner. New Bern.
y/ Jim Hayes
^ CLEMMONS - Mr. Jim
Hayes, 94, Box 3.54 Hampton Rd.,
died .Saturday, Oct. 10. at Forsyth
Hospital. He was born April 2.
1893. in Surry County to the late
John Isaac Hayes and Nannie
Atkins Hayes.
He was with Hancs f<»r 23 years,
retiring in 1945. He was a member
of the Wo<xlsmen of the World and
Reedy Creek Baptist Church.
.Surviving are two daughters.
Elva Larchey, Newkirk, Okla. and
Edna Cassidy, Mocksville; two
.sons, Etiward L. Hayes, Junction
City, Kan. and Jcs.se D. Hayes,
Clemmons; one sister. Nannie
Hayes. Wiaston-Salem; 24 grand
children and a number of
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at Hayworth-Miller Silas
Creek Chapel by Rev. Norman
Frye. Burial followed in Centenary
United Methodist Church
cemetery.
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Carnell Jones Sr., 51. of 3.37
Mount View Drive, Mocksville,
died Friday. Oct. 9. at Davie
County Hospital.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at St. John's A.M.E. Zioii
grandchildren; two great-great
grandchildren and a ho.st of nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Ciilmore Memorial Chapel
by Rev. S.F. Hairslon. Burial
followed in Cedar Creek Bapti.st
Church cemetery in Farmington.
Church with the Rev. R.W
Myers, pastor, officiating. Ruling /
Elder James Ijames, pastor of George W. Rogers
Mount Zion Holine.ss Church of
Mocksville, delivered the eulogy.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Born July 18. !9.3f>, in Rowan
County tt» the late liisie Jones
' SALISBURY - George Ward
Rogers. 62. of Route II, died
Monday at the Salisbury VA
Medical Center aBer being in
dccliniitg health for six ntonlhs and
Daughlrey, he w.is edticated in the scribusly ill for two weeks.
Rowan County schools and waf j^^incrai .services were to be hckl
employed by Jeffco Inc. of Ad-^' -afTI a.m. Wedne.sday in the Lyer-
vance. He was a mctnber of St. ly Funeral Chapel, conducted by
John's A.M.E. Ziou'Church. the Rev. Dr. Jim Harris, pastor of
Survivors include his wife, Sadie Friendship Baptist church. En
tombment was to follow in Rowan
Dulin Jones of the home; a .son,
Carncll Jones Jr. of Mocksville; a
daughter. Gloria Jones of
Sali.sbury; a foster daughter.
Cassandra Scales of Mocksville;
five brothers, James C. Jones of
Mocksville, John Daughtrey of
Salisbury, and Henry, Walter and
Leon Daughtrey, all of South
Carolina; a sister, Zelphia Hairston
of Lexington; and one foster
grandson.
Clara Bell S. Phillips
Mrs. Clara Bell Smoot Phillips,
82, Rt. 5, Box 363, Mock.sville,
died Tluirsday, Oct. 8, at the home
of her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey H. Parks Sr.
She was born in Davie County and
Memorial Park Mau.soleum.
Born Oct. 7, 1925, in Canton,
he was a son of the late George W.
and Balsia Williams Rogers.
Educated in the Candler .schools,
he was a real estate broker, ran
Rogers I'rading Center and was
also employed by National Starcb.
Survivors include his wife, Mary
Hale Rogers, whom he married Ju
ly 10, 1943; three sons. Ronnie
Rogers of Mocksville. Dennis
Rogers <if Indian TrhI and Terry
Rogers of Charlotte; three
brothers, Nolan and Oarvel
Rogers, both of Tyler, Texas, and
Norman Rogers of Selma, Calif.;
Two half-brothers. Rex Revis of
A.sheville and Edward Revis of
Cru.soe; five half-sisters, Glynna
Carter of New Bern, Fayc Griffin
had lived in Forsyth County for 35 "f Smokey Cove, Ruby Prcssley of
years.
She was a member of New
Bethel Bapti.st Church, where she
.served with the Senior Choir.
Surviving arc one daughter,
Mrs. Juanita B. Parks, and one
son-in-law, Dewey H. Parks Sr.,
both of the home; one son, Fran
cis Blackburn, Yonkcrs, N.Y.; one
si.stcr, Mrs. Luna Smoot, Winston-
Salem; 10 grandchildren; I5grcat-
Burnct Cove, Lillian Howard of
Henson Cove and Mary Jane
Williamsj of Grifton; and five
grandchildren.
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Funeral services for Lescer i
Smith Jr., 50, were held Tuesday j
at Trinity Baptist Church in
Mucksville, conducted by the Rev.
Darrell Cox, pastor. Burial follow
ed in Rowan Memorial Park.
Born Aug. 3, 1937, in Cabarrus
County, he was a son of the late
Lester and Daisy Starnes Bost
Smith. Educated in the Cabarrus
County schools, he was retired,
from the card room of Johnsori
Mill in Charlotte because of poof
health, and was a member of Trini
ty Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife. Ruby
Collins Smith, whom he married
Dec. 24, 1960; three sons, Ricky
Lynn and Timothy Lynn Smith,
both of the home, and Jeffcry
David Smith of Salisbur^a
daughter, Debbie Jean Smith
Leazer of Lexington; a sister,
Rosie Mae Prcssley of Lake Wylie;
and three grandchildren.
Smith, of Route 4, Mocksville,
died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at
Rowan Memorial Hospital after
being in declining health and
seriously ill for a week.
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Lattie Lafayette Whitaker, 77, of
Route 8, Mocksville, died Friday,
Oct. 9, at Davie County Hospital.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at Liberty Baptist Church, con
ducted by the Rev. Marvin
Blackburn. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Born May 4, 1910, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
Thomas Pickney and Emily Beck
Whitaker. A member of Liberty
Baptist Church, he had retired from
the N.C. Dept. of Correction.
Survivors include his wife,
Naomi Rcavis Whitaker of the
home; two daughters, Ida Mae
Cranfill of Route 8 and Debbie
Walser of Route 4; three sons,
Harvey Whitaker of Route 2, Har
mony, Hubert Whitaker of Route
8 and Kenneth Whitaker of East
Bend; two sisters, Lila Adams of
Route 8 and Molly Binkley of
Route 1; 24 grandchildren; and 20
grcat-grandch ild ren.
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' SALISBURY — Geneva Sain
I Byerly, 86, of Jo Lene's Nursing
Home, formerly of 178 Ryan St.,
j died Monday, Oct. 19, at the nur
sing home after being in declining
health for a number of years and
n seriously ill for two weeks.
The funeral was to be held at
. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Lyerly
Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Dr. Wayne A. Beatty. pastor
of Coburn Memorial United
Methodist Church. Burial was to
follow in Rowan Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to
Coburn Memorial United
Methodist Church, 901 S. Church
St., Salisbury.
Born Sept. 8, 1901, in Davie
County, .she was a daughter of the
late James Franklin and Eugenia
Gaither Sain. Educated in the
Davie County schools, she was a
homemaker, a member of Coburn
Memorial United Methodist
Church, the women's Bible class
and the United Methodist Women.
Her husband, Houston E. Byer
ly, died Dec. 24, 1986.
Surviving are two sons, Donald
O. Byerly of Salisbury and H.E.
Byerly Jr. of Woodleaf; a brother.
Dovie Myers Davis
CLEMMONS - Mrs. Dovie
Survivors include four
daughters, Mrs. Conrad (Cleo)
CLEMMONS — Mrs. Dovie Petree and Mrs. Royce (Lorene)
Myers Davis, 67, 4161 Clinard winston-Salem,
Rd., wife of William L. (Bill) ^rs. Glenn (Ruth) Robertson of
Davis, died Friday, Oct. 16, at Advance and Mrs. Sam (Lynda)
Forsyth Hospital. Gillcy of Kernersville; five sons.
Funeral services were held Sun- Dunn of Lexington, Vance
^ at CIcmmons First Baptist Dunn of Mocksville, Gflmer Dunn
Church by Dr. Robert Cantwell. Qf Yadkinville, and Hubert and
Burial followed in Wcstlawn j Advance:
Cemetery in Clemmons. a sister, Leona Smith of Ad-
Mrs. Davis was bom in Davie vance; a brother, Everette Smith of
County to Walter and Molly Potts Homestead, Fla.; 24 grand
children; 20 great-grandchildren;
and two grciil-great-grandchildrcn.
Myers. She lived in Clemmons for
48 years, where she was a member
of Clemmons First Baptist Church /Earl M. FrankSurviving are her husband, or tne _
Earl Melvin Frankhome; one daughter, Mrs. .Tom
(Kalhryn) Howell, Clemmons; one
son, Lawrence Davis, Win^toiH
. Salem; three granddau^terj^^M
Terri Davis, Miss Jodi Davis ana
; Miss Tracie Howell; one sister,
^ Mrs. Emily Payne, Winston-
Salem; one brother, Walter L.
. 69, of Route
I, Mock.sville, died Friday, Oct.
16, afler suffering an apparent
heart attack at South Davie Junior
High School. He was serving part-
time as a school crossing guard.
The funeral was held Tuesday at
Center United Methodist Church,
Myers, Tyro; t>Vo half sisters, conduced by the Rev. John Rowe
Mrs. Margaret Mayhew, Mocks- gy^ial followed in the National
ville and Mrs. Betty Popline,
Winston-Salem and one half
brother, Jim Myers, Mocksville.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society, 1510-B
Martin St.. Winston-Salem.
Clarence Sain of Spencer; a half T^anilie S. Dunn
brother, James F. Sam Jr. ot 3
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Spencer; three sisters, Ethel Louise
Gibson and Inez Sain, both of
Mocksville. and Pauline Phelps of
Cooleemee; three grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Isabelle H. Crater
, HARMONY — Mrs. Isabelle
Harkey Crater, 65, died Sunday,
Oct. 18. at Davis Community
Hospital following a brief illne.ss.
She was bom in Davie County,
Augu.st 17, 1922, to the late Ollie
Lee and Daisy Hayes Harkey.
She was a homemaker and
assisted with the farm chores. On
December 6, 1954. .she married
Carl William Crater, who survives.
Mrs. Crater is also survived by
a sister, Mrs. Lucille Boose,
Winston-Salem.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at Winthrop Friends Meeting
by Rev. Walter E. O'Neal. Burial
followed in Friends Cemetery.
ADVANCE — Nannie Smith
Dunn, 90, of Route 1, Gordon
Drive, died Sunday night, Oct. 18,
at her home.
Funeral services were to be heldservices were to be held
Cemetery of Salisbury with
military rites conducted by the
Rowan County Veterans Council.
Born June 13, 1918. in Bloom-
field, N.J., he was a .son of the late
Herbert and Marie Hambacher
Frank. A retired bus driver and
school crossing guard, he was a
World War II Army veteran. He
was a member of Center United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Ellenstep-daughters,
at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Redland Wolff and Susan Bonstel, both
Pentecostal Holiness Church, con- Longmont, Colo., and Christine
ducted by the Rev. J^es Stowe. g whitehouse, Texas; and
Burial was to follow in the church ^ stepson Berger John Hangc of
cemetery. Briti.sh Columbia. .i
Memorials may be made to
Redland Pentecostal Holiness
Church. Route 4, Advance, N.C.
27006.
Born Jan. 12, 1897, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late Sullie and Emma Walker
Smith. A member of Redland
Pentecostal Holiness Church, she
was a homemaker.
Her husband. William Ollie
Dunn, died March 9, 1977, and a
daughter, Mrs. Taylor (Gladys)
Foster, also preceded hdr in death .)f
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2 Lcc Foster, age 20. of Route 6 was
dead on arrival at Davie County
0 Hospital at noon on Tuesday.
H Death was attribuled to injuries
Q sustained in an automobile
^ accident.
^ The Funcml .service is to be held
g at n a.m. Thursday at Futon's
g Funeral Chapel by The Reverend
E James Stowe. The family is to
. recieve friends at the funeral home ^
g Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
0 Mr. Foster was bom Jan. 20,
2 '967 in Forsyih County to Cliiyton
atf Lcc and Elizabeth Carroll Foster
of Advance and was a stocker with
2 ihe Food Lion .store in Clemmons.
^ He was a graduate of Davie High
d School and had attended Wilkes
' Community College. He attended
_ Victory Baptist Church and was to
- be married next month to Miss
j Sheridan Lea Bowman of Winston
3 Saiem.
1 Surviving in additionto his
parents arc one brother,
: Christopher Todd Foster of Ad- '
Vance, and his paternal grand
mother Mrs. Betty Martin Foster V '
of Mm ksville.
Funeral services were held
Wednc.sday, Oct. 14, at Cox-
Necdham Funeral Home and
Chapel in Pilot Mountain by Rev.
Cordell McCollum. Burial follow
ed in Big Creek Primitive Baptist
Church Cemetery. Memorials may
be made to Big Creek Primitive
Baptist Church Cemetery Fund,
c/o Mrs. Barbara Wright. Rt. 2,
Wc-stfleld. N.C. 2705.V
Geneva Howard Nance
. Mrs. Geneva Howard Nance.
81. wife of the late John Noah
Nance, died at Davie County
Hospital Saturday. Oct. 17.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Eaton's Funeral Home
Chapel by the Rev, Ivan Pope.
Burial followed in Smith Grove
United Methodist Cemetery.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Eli7.aheth Bycrly. Raleigh, ,
Mrs. Marie Winslow, Jamestown ;
and Mrs. Bonnie Becding, Rt. 2,
Mocksvillc; one son, Roy J. Nan
cy. Rt. Mocksvillc; 10 grand
children; six great-grandchildren
and one great-great-grandchild.
Harold Harris Russell
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BROADWAY. N.C. - Mrs.
Lula Hooker Goins, 90, Rt. I.
fomicrly of Stokes County, widow
of Charlie Vester Goins, died
Monday, Oct. 12. at Bc(.sy Johnson
Hospital in Durham.
She was born in Stokes County
to Jesse and Florence Hooker
Hooker. Mrs. Goins was a nrember
of Big Creek Primitive Baptist
Church.
Surviving are six daughters.
Mrs. Avis Hamilton. Charlotte.
Mrs. Alma Beasley and Mrs. Edith
Sineath, both of Sanford, Mrs.
Eloisc McCollum. Greensboro,
Mrs. Gladys Godfrey, Broadway,
and Mrs. Bcrnice Knight, Mocks
villc; one .son, James Goins, San
ford; .11 grandchildren; 16 great
grandchildren; nine grcat-grcat-
grandchiidrcn; four sisters, Mrs.
Nolcn Hackney, Rt. 2, Wcsirtcld.
Mrs. Bertha Pruett. Djinbury. Mrs.
Joslc Shcllon. Rt. 2, Wc.stficld.
Mrs. Lucy Hudson, Greensboro;
and one brother. Eugene Hooker,
Rt. 2. We.stRcld.
SALISBURY - The funeral for
Harold Harris Rus.sell was held
niiirsday. Oct. 15. at Milford Hills
United Mcthodi.st Church with the
Rev. J. Paul Davenport, pastor, of
ficiating. Burial followed in Rowan
Memorial Park.
Born June 2, 1921, in Rowan 3
County, he was a son of the late
Bryce and Agatha Harris Russell.
Educated in liie Rowan County
schools, he was a U.S. Navy
veteran of World War II, A
member of Milford Hills United
Methodist Church, he had retired
from Grinncl! Fire Protection
Systems.
He is survived by his wife. Bet
ty Hayes Russell, whom he mar
ried Oct. 24. 1946; two sons. Bill
D. Russell of McLean, Va.. and
L. Hayes Rus.scii of Salisbury; four
daughters, Mrs. T.J. (Iris) Howard
of Lccsburg. Va.. Mrs. S.W. (Lcc
Anne) Berkshire of Lexington.
Mrs. Mark (Leslie) Phelps of
M«e;ksvillc and Mrs. John (Tina)
Scchicr of Spencer; and 10
grandchildren.
Russell. 64, died Monday, Oct.
12. at Rowan Memorial Hospital.
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She was born August 22. 1904.
in Yadkin County, the daughter of
the late William and Elizahelh
Shore Check,
Mrs. Stokes was a meniher of
Green Meadows Baptist Church.
She is survived by three sons.
Hubert H. Stokes and Bobby G.
Stokes, both of Advance, and Olcn
L. Stokes. Winsliin-Salem; one
daughl^r^ Mrs. Jake (Belva)
Fostcrj?;^ocksville; II grand
children; II great-grandchildren;
and two brothers. Jeter Cheek. Ad
vance. and Spencer Check,
Walkcrtown.
Funeral .services were held Fri
day. Oct. 16, at Hayworth-Miiier
Silas Creek Chapel by Rev. Yates
Wilkinson. Burial followed in
Green Meadows Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Robert Henry Waller
WINSTON-SALBM - Mr.
Robert Henry Waller. 70, Rt. 5,
Box 477. died Tuesday, Oct. 13,
at Forsyth Hospital.
He was born May 18, 1917, in
Davie County to the late Lee
Pinkston Waller and Mattie Salyers
Waller and was of the Baptist faith.
Surviving are three .sons, James
Fxiward Waller. Lexington, Robert
Lee Waller. Norman. Okla. and
Gary Dean Waller, Mocksvillc;
three brothers. James Luther
Waller. Brcvard. Ijiwrcnce Gray
Waller. Greeasboro. and Lcc
Pinkston Waller. Jr.. Winston-
Snlcm; one sister, Thelma W.
Hcge, Lexington; and 11
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Fri
day. Oct. 16, at Hayworth-Miiier
Silas Creek Chapel by Rev. Nor
man Fryc and Rev. Mark Dcnton.
Burial followed in Davie Baptist
Church Cemetery In Davie
County.
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James Sanrord Boger, 48. of
Route 3, Mbcksvil(d, died Satur
day, Oct. 24, at N.C. Baptist
Hospital in Winston-Salcm after a
lingering illness.
The funeral was held Monday at
the Comatzer Baptist Church by
the Rev. Elmer Day and the Rev.
Don Sigmon. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.
He was bom in Davie County
Jan. 26, 1939, to the late Grady
and Mary Plott Boger and was
employed with Reynolds Tobacco
Company. He was a member of the
Cornatzer Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Glcn-
da Potts Boger, of the home; two
sons, Jeffrey Boger of Route I,
Advance, and Steve Boger, of the
home; four sisters, Hazel Daywalt
and Ruth Gamer, both of Route 3,
Mocksville, Ella Mae Capes, of
Greensboro, and Bonnie Thomas
of Winston-Salcm; one brother,
George Boger, of Route 3.
Mocksville.
y Emma Dyson Myers
. COOLEEMEE - The funeral
for Emma Dyson Myers will be
held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Locke
Street Church of God, conducted
by the Rev. Ray Brooks, pastor.
Burial will be in the New Shcpcrd
Baptist Church cemetery.
The family was to be at Noble
and Kelsey Funeral Home in
Salisbury Wednesday night from 7
to 8. The body will be placed in
the church one hour before the
service.
Mrs. Myers, 15, of Cooleemcc,
died at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at
Choate Road in Salisbury of an ap
parent heart attack. She was a
daughter of the late Joe and Rosie
Smith Dyson.
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I for a number of years. He was a
member of Mission Bapti.st
n Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Rachel Joyce Taylor, of the homo;
one daughter, Mrs. Marlcnc Flip-
pin, Greensboro; two step
daughters, Mrs. Caron Evcrhart,
Midway and Mrs. Brona Vest,
Mocksville; his mother, Mrs. In
ez Ncedham Taylor Priddy,
Kemersville; two brothers, Jim A.
Taylor, Kemersville and June F.
Taylor, Wiaston-Salcm; three half
brothers. Bill Taylor, Colfax,
Daniel Taylor, Goldsboro and Fred
Taylor; Greensboro and four
grandchildren.
Funertftyvices were to be held
at 2 p.mj^J^nesday at Hay worth-
Miller-Cain Funeral Home Chapel
by Rev. Cecil Moore. Rev. Bob
by Roberson and Rev. Joe Myers.
Burial was to be in Gardens of
Memory in Walkcrtown.
John George Sink
, WINSTON-SALEM - Mr.
John George Sink, 80, 3706
Thomasville Rd., died Saturday,
Oct. 24, at Forsyth Hospital. He
was bom Febraary 14, 1907, in
Forsyth County to the late John A.
and Minnie Brewer Sink.
He was married March 28,
1931, to Myrtle Wagoner. He was
a member of New Mount Vernon
United Methodist Church, where
he previously served as treasurer
and on the church board.
He was one of ^ the original
founders of Farmers Dairy Co.,
which later became Flav-O-Rich
Dairy Co. Mr. Sink was a suc
cessful dairy farmer in Forsyth
County for a number of years.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at New Mount Vemon United j ,
Melhodisi Church by Rev. Gacy l^athryn Stroud Watson
Kling. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Myrtle Wagoner Sink, of the
home; one son, Capt. John G.
Sink, now serving with the U.S.
Air Force, stationed in England;
one daughter, Mrs. Harold (Bob
bie) Lawrence, Winston-Salem;
one grandson, Kerry Lawrence,
Winston-Salem; one grand
daughter. Mrs. Kandy Jolly,
Mocksville; two great
grandchildren. Billy and Jason, and
three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Dobbins
and Mrs. Frank (Mary) Mock,
both of Winston-Salem and Mrs.
Pauline Pegg, Kemersville.
Memorials may be made to New
Mount Vemon United Methodist
Church, Rt. 5, Win.ston-Salem,
N.C., in memory of John G. Sink.
y Joe Bryant *J.B,* Taylor
KERNERSVILLE — Mr. Joe
Bryant "J.B." Taylor, 57, 1408
Union Cross Rd., died Monday,
Oct. 26, at Forsyth Hospital. He
was bom in Surry County to Frank
O. and Inez Ne^ham Taylor.
He was an employee of Warren's
Cleaners and was a restaurantcur
. WINSTON-SALEM - Mrs.
Kathryn Stroud Watson, 66,5611
Ruth Ave., died Tue.sday, Oct. 20,
at Pigeon Forge. Tenn. She was
bom January 2, 1921, in Wilkes
County to Charles Franklin Stroud
and Adocia Poplin Stroud.
She was a native of Wilkes
County and moved to Winston-
Salem in 1949. She retired from
Wc.stcrn Electric in the Packing
Dept. and was working with the
Shaklcc Corporation.
Mrs. Watson was a member of'
Fulp Moravian Church in Walnut
Cove and the Telephone Pioneers
of America. She was also a
member of the Homemakers Club
of Forsyth County.
Surviving are her hu.sband,
Wayne O. Watson, of the home;
three daughters, Mrs. Rosemary
Ireland, Union Grove, Mrs. Karen
Mabe, Germanton and Ms. Lynne
Pack, Winston-Salem; one son, Al
W. Watson, Rural Hall; two
sisters, Mrs. Ina Williams,
Winston-Salem and Mrs. Lois Bur
ton, Mocksville and 10
grandchildren.
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Obituaries
y William Lee Barnard
William Lee Barnard, 89. died
Tuesday at the Davie County
Hospital following a critical illness
of two and one-half weeks and a
critical illness of three years.
Survivors include his wife, Han
nah Joyncr Barnard of 401 N.
Main Street Mock.sville; two
daughters Josephine Binkley of
• Route 2, Hannony and Willie Jean
Johnson of Route I, Hamptonvillc;
four grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are to be held
at 2 p.m. Thursday at the New
Hope Baptist Church and will be
officiated by The Reverend W. P.
Lippard. Burial will follow in the
church cemetery.
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Mr. Harvey Franklin (Bud)
Blackwclder Jr., 62, Rt. 6,
Mocksville, died Thursdsty, Oct.
29, at Davie County Hospital as a
result of a heart attack suffered
earlier at his home.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, Oct. 31, at Eaton's
Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Chip
Webb and the Rev. Fred Shoaf.
Burial followed in Chestnut Grove
United Methodist Church
cemetery.
The family requests memorials
be made to Chestnut Grove United
Methodist Church Building Fund,
Rt. 6, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.
Mr. Blackwelder was born in
Davie County to the late Harvey F.
and Stella Hunter Blackwclder. He
Etta Ammons Bryan
V STATESVILLE - Mrs. Etta
Ammons Bryan, 90, of Society
Road, Route 4, died Friday, Oct.
30, at Brian Center of Nursing
Care.
Mrs. Bryan was bom in Madison
County on Dec. 16, 1896, a
daughter of the late Zebulon Vance
Ammons and Elizabeth Runnion
Ammons. She was a homemakcr.
Mrs. Bryan was a member of
Society Baptist Church where she
.served as Sunday School teacher,
leader in the Training Union, and
on various committees. She was a
member of the Baptist Women and
for many years was director for thc^
Christmas program. She was also
in charge of flowers for services.
Mrs. Bryan was the first woman
director to serve for the French''^^
Broad Electric Membership Cor
poration. She was a member of the
homemaker's club for over .50
years.
She was married to Crawford
William Bryan who died Sept. 15,
1977.
Survivors include; one .s«)n,
Robert Preston Bryan, Sr., of
Raleigh; two daughters. Mrs.
Mary Hazel Ramsey of Marshall
and Mrs. Lucile Lewis of Route 4,
Statesville; and 12 grandchildren,
16 great-grandchildren and one
greiat -great-granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by
one grandson, Douglas Bryan.
Funeral services were held Sun-
y
He was a graduate of Clemmons
High School and a member of the
1AM No. 702.
He was a charter member of
North Hialeah United Methodist
Church and a member of Bethel
United Methodist Church. He was
a veteran of the Army Air Corps,
.serving in Burma and India during
World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Mary
Frances Scott Fo.ster, of the home;
two daughters. Miss Judy Foster,
of the home, Sandra and her hus
band, Timothy Shoaf, Winston-
Salem; one sister, Mrs. Polly
Foster Slaydon, Wiaston-Salem
and three brothers, Irving Fo.ster,
Rural Hall. Phil Foster. Clemmons
and Frank Fo.ster, Lewisville.
- jf'uncral .services were held Sun-
Nov. I. at Vogler's Clem-
ns Chapel by the Rev. Bob
Bunch. Burial followed in
Westlawn Garden of Memory.
Memorials may be made to Duke
Cancer Research, c/o Duke
Medical Center. Durham, N.C.
day. Nov. I, at Society Baptist
Church witlr Rev. Steven Cox and
Rev. Neil Eller officiating. Burial
followed in the church cemetery.
Grandsoas served as pallbearers.
was a retired dairy farmer and a
veteran of World War II, serving^ XhoDIRS J, FostCP
CLEMMONS - Mr. Thomas Jwith the U.S. Navy.
He was a member of Chestnut
Grove United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Louise
Smith Blackwelder; one daughter,
Linda Harpe. Rt. 8, Mocksville;
one sister, Mrs. Mildred Jones. Rt.
1, Mocksville, and three grand
children, Slayton Harpe, Jennifer
Harpe and Alaina Blackwclder.
Mr. Blackwelder was preceded
in. death by a son. Roger
Blackwelder in 1986.
Foster, 66, died Thursday, Oct.
29, at Medical Park Hospital.
He was born in Davie Cdttnty to
Franklin K. and Beulah Cope
Foster. He hail made his home in
Miami, Fla. for 39 years, where
he was a mechanic for Eastern
Airlines, retiring in 1984 after 38
years of service.
Nannie F. Hendrix
' Mrs. Nannie Footc Hendrix, 95.
Rt. 3, MiK'ksville, died Friday.
Oct. .30, at Forsyth Hospital.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at Eaton's F'uneral Chapel by
the Rev. Gordon Joyner. Burial
followed in Fork Baptist Church
cemetery.
The family requests that
memorials be made to Fork Bap
tist Church.
Mrs. Hendrix was a member of
Fork Bapti.st Church.
She was the daughter of the late
Jasper and Emma Hancline Foote.
Herhusb.and. A.E. Hendrix, died
in 1966.
Surviving are six daughters,
Lillian Na.sh and Nell Wyatt, both
of Mocksville. Hazel Myers,
Clemmons, Biddie Dillworth,
Winston-Salem. Gladys Hendrix.
Greensboro and Racie Penninger,
Rockwell; one son, Henry A. Hen
drix. Clcmmops; 13 grandchildren
and fi ve great-grandchildren.
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YADKINVILI.K - Mr. Ralph
V l-twig. 89. iJicU at noon Wednes-
duy, Oct. 28, a| Yadkin Nursing
Center. He was born in Yadkin
County to Jones F. and Mina Reece
'Long.
He was a iiieniber of Mitchells
Chapel United Methodist Church.
n Long was a former mayor of
, Yadkinville, coroner of Yadkin
County for many years, building
.'Contractor and merchant.
He was twice married.'Ilrst to
Lillie C. Sjicer. who died in 1928.
Surviving are his wife, Nellie
Hall Long; one daughter, Mrs.
Clell (Marie) Bretidle, Statesvillc
two sons. Grady Ralph Long,'
Boonville and Harold J. Long,
Yadkinville; four grandchildren,
Ralph N. Brendle, Spartanburg,
S.C., Ralph D. Long, Boonville/
. Leali L. Hutchens, Yadkinville and
Susane L. Spillman, Mocksville
and three great-grandchildren,
Jonathan Chad Brendle, Brad Lee
Brendle and Matthew L. Brendle.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, Oct. 30, at Mackle-Gent^
Chapel by the Rev. Thqga^rif-
tis and the Rev. Dan^p^^en.
Burial followed in •■^iichellsChapel United MethikUst Church
cemetery.
The family requests memorials
be made to Mitchells Chapel
United Methodist Church
Cemetery Fund, c/o Oscar
Holcomb, Rt. 2, Box 119, Boon-
ville, N.C. 27011.
'/Thomas Loxie Myers
EAST BEND - Mr. Thomas
Loxie Myers, 74, Rt. 2, diedWednesday, Oct. 28, at Forsyth
Hospital. .
He was born April 11, 1913, mDavic County. He spent most of
his life in Forsyth County.
He retired from R.J. ReynoldsTobacco Co. after 36 years of
service.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Jean Banister Myers, of the home;
a daughter. Shirley Harper,Lcwisville; a stepdaughter, Linda
King, Winston-Salem and six
grsmdchildren.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, Oct. 30, at Hayworth-Miller
Silas Creek Chapel by Rev. WayneReece. Burial followed in Forsyth
Memorial Park.
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WlNS'fON-SALEM - Mr.
Thomas Bailey Smith, 64, I30S-B
Byron St., died Saturday, Oct. 24,
at Baptist Hospital. He was a native
of Davie County, having spent
most of his life in Winston-Salem.
He was of the Methodist faith
and a retired employee of Brown's
Construction Co.
Surviving are two daughters,
Gail Davis, Winston-Salem and
Barbara Boo.ie, Hampton, Va.; a
son, Reginald Davis, Winston-
Salem; his mother, Mrs. Ollie
Frost, Toledo, Ohio; four sisters,
Mrs. Sophia Brown, Winston-
Salem, Mrs. Gladys Glenn and
Mrs. Mary Freelon, both of
Toledo, Ohio and Mrs. Ella Mae
Green, Thomasville; one brother,
Charles Smith, Winston-Salem; a
devoted friend, Ms. Reola Little-
john, Winston-Salem; four
brothers-in-law; two sisters-in-law
and a host of nieces, nephews,
cousins, other relatives and ftiends.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, Oct. 30, at Russell Funeral
Home Chapel by Rev. Ishman
Hurst. Buri^ followed in the fami
ly plot of Smith Grove A.M.E.
Zion Church cemetery in Davie
County.
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CAMP SPRING, Md. - Mr.
Willie Richard Studevent III, 17,
died at his home October 21,1987.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie R. Studevent II, of Camp
Spring, Md., and was a senior at
Crossland High School.
Funeral services were hejd Sun
day, Oct. 25, at Piney Grove AME
Zion Church in Iredell County.
Elder I.W. Ijames officiated and
burial followed in the church^•cemetery.
"'^rviving in addition'to his
parents are one brother, Sean
Studevent of the home; a step
brother, Rajah Chowbay of Fort
Vfi ' f^®"^Parents. Mr. and4^d^M«° M Graham.gjdMnt Mwgaiet J. Studevent ofMwksvUle; four aunts and uncles,
ana many cousins.
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Alli^rt PlilUip Brown
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Albert Fliillip Bfowa was It&ld
Saturday, Nov. 7, in lite Lycrly
Turnm Cha^l in Salisbuty^ con
ducted by tfio Rev. Raymond C.
Millert assistant pastor of
WBdwoed Baptist Oiufcb. Burial
followed in Wildwood Baptist
ChtfEcli. oemeteiy.
lom A^l 1921, in Davic
County, he was a son of the late
Lonnie and Roxle Pyson Brown.
'Educated in the Rowan Counfy
schools, he was employed as a
ptuRtber in the China Grove Cot
ton bliit* He was a member of
* WiidwDod Baptl^ Chiircb.
A son, Billy Ray Brown, died
Aug. 19, 1972.
^rvivofs include his wife.
Daisy Belle Walton Brown; four
sans, FhilJjp Brown ir. of
SallsiHiiy, Johnny Wesley Brown
of Ooldsboro, Sonny. Brown of
Spencer and Jimmy Brown of
<Mna Orove; a daughter, Doris
Aim Leonard of China Grove; a
brother, Robert Brown of
Sdyiury.
Brown, 60, of 73 Centra! Ave.,
died lhursday at his home alter be-
Jhg In dedlniiig health for several
years.
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Oscar Conrad Chll, d(3. of Route
•4. .Phteridge Road, Mocksviile,
I died Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Davfe
{ COui^y Hos|dtal after being in
i decitmng health,
[ The ftmeralTs to be held at 2
I p^ouTbursdey at Eaton's Funeral
» Chapel. Burial will follow at
[. Jjatties Crossroads Baptist Church
i beroejaty.
; ' The &{nily was to be at the
I jiiRemI home Wednesday ni^t
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FUnd, P.O. Box 2b2, MocksvUle
27028,
• Bom Feb. 7, 1921, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
Taylor B, and Cora Pltelps Call.
A retired Army sergeant with 22
V.' 'yeass ofservice, he was a member
, , of the Amejican Legion. He was
member of LibertyLfnlted "
,i|Mci!hodist Church.
Survivors 'Ijiciude his wife,
^R^ei White Call; a daughter,
, Linda Kepley of Salisbury; two
sons, Bobby and Randy Call, both
of Mocksviile;
Two Asters, Ruby McDanle! of
Mocksviile ai^ Bdna Janowski of
, ^yctieviUe; four brothers, Ralph
and Charles Call, both of
Mocksviile, Graham Call of i
.Graham and Clarence Call of i
. Salbbuty; two grandchildren; and
throe stcpgrandsons.
llR PbIIs Barr
LEXINGTON - Ha Potts Danr,
92, of Routes, Churchland com-
muniiy, died Friday, Nov, 6, at
Rowan Memorial Sfo^ital in
Salisbury after a serious illness of
Eve weeks.
Ihe funeral was held Sunday,
Nov. 8, at Churchland Baptist
Church, conducted by Dr. Paul
MUlWGod, pastor. Burial foUoW'
ed in Davis Cemetery in the Chur-
cldajtd oommuniiy.
Memorials may be made to the
fcllowstup hali fund of Churchland
Baptist Church.
Born Dec. 15, 1894, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late James and Minnie Hcndifx
Potts. She was a member of Chur*
dtland ^ptist Church.
Her husband, Adam Darr, deed
Dec. 3, 1965,
Survivors include three sons,
Adam M. and Lester Darr, bo^ of
Riverview, and Carey Darr of
Welcome; three daughters, Laita
Fiizgerald of Riverview and Hdcn
Leonard and Ruth Barnes, both of
the Churchland oommuni^; a
sister, Bertha Beck of Roanoko,
Va.; 16 granddill^n; 17 great
grandchildren; and three
great-grcat-grandchlldreii.
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LEXINGTON - John Willie
Mairsioii, of Rome 3, died
unexpectedly at his home October
?, 19S7, following a heart attack*
He Was bora in Davidson Coun*
ty February 17, 1931, to the late
Grover Hairstoti and Bcrnlce
Hairston. He was a member of
Buncombe Baptist Qiucdi, where
he swerved on the Usher Board and
die Trustee Board. He was a
member of (he Nnllonal Hairston
Clan, ai^ was employed at the
Henty Link Corp. in Lexington.
jRmeral services wcn>to be held
Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 3:00 p.tn.
at the Buncombe Baptist Church.
Rev. Keith Martin was to ofRciate
and burial was to foHow in the
church cemetery.
Survivoni include his wire, Mrs.
Jamtmah Hairston of the home; his
mother, Mis. Bemiee Hairston of
Rome 3, Lexington; two
daughters, Armie Jean Bush of
Lexington, nnd Fay Winston
Crawford ofSpeiucer; one brother,
<^rdc1i Hairston of Lexington; two
sisters, Roseiia Stanley of Kinston,
and Carrie Fiances Hairston of
Lexington: three grandchiidrcn and
two great-grandchildren.
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Carl E. Morton
The Mass of the RcsurrDclkui for
Carl E. Horton was held Sati»d^,
Nov. 7, at Sacred Heart Chtholio
Church in Sallsbuty. Burial Mow
ed Mon^y in the National
Cemcteiy of Sallsbuiy.
Memorials be made to St.
Francis Mission, F.O. Box 642,
Mocksville, 27028.
Bom Nov. 23,1924, in Cave Ci
ty, Ark., he was a son of the late
Thomns P. and Nbla Brewer Hor
ton. ARer 20 years in the United
Slates Marine Corps, he retired in
iPBl asamastefscr^nri'Healsb
served in the Raider Battalion In the
South Pacific during World War U.
He was a part of the USMC rifle
and pistol teams.
Following his retirement from
service, he was employed with
Ryder Thick Lines until he rained
a^ti, (fewasamembi^ofSaer^
Heart Catholic Church and the
U,S. Marino Raider Aasoejation.
Survivors include his wife, Joan
R. Horton; four sons, K. Mkbael
Horton of Richardson, Texas,
James Horton of Salisbuty, Paul
Horton of Goldsboro and Robert
Horton of Winston-Saiem; a
daughter, Joanne Bodenhclmer of
Lexington;
Four brothers, Lowell Horton Of
Vlsalia, Calif.; Thomas Horton of
Blue Springs* Mo., Ttuman Hor
ton of Ventura, Calif., and Bill
Horton of Springflcld, Mo.; a
sister, Geneva Bullani of Kansas
City, Mo.; and two grmtdchildren.
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Richard Charles Bassett, 57, 110
Bracken Lane, King, died Thurs
day, Nov. 12, at Forsyth Hospital
after a lengthy illness.
He was born in Forsyth County
January 18, 1930, to the late
George Jessee Lee and Josephine
Frye Bassett. He worked with the
Bulk Mail Center in Greensboro,
and was a U.S. Army veteran.
Surviving arc his wife, Clara F.
Bassett, of the home; three
daughters, Janet Marie Bassett,
Rural Hall, Tonya Bas.sett Taylor,
Winston-Salem, and Lcri Bassett
Love, Mocksville; four sisters,
Georgia Lee Shields, Margaret
Carroll, and Lynda Joyce, all of
Winston-Salem, and Lois Clifton,
Walkertown; one brother, Jessie
Taylor, Winston-Salem, and five
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sun
day, Nov. 15, at Hayworth-Miller
Silas Creek Chapel, by the Rev.
Karl Reese and the Rev. Ralph
Banks. Burial followed in Oaklawn
Memorial Gardens.
Mary Ruth H. Bowman
ADVANCE - Mrs. Mary Ruth
Hollcman Bowman, 42. Rt. 1. died
Sunday, Nov. 15, at Mo.scs Cone
Hospital in Green.sboro.
Funeral services were tt) be at 11
a.m. Wcdnc.sday at Green
Meadows Baptist Church, con
ducted by tlie Rev. Yates Wilkin
son. Burial was to follow in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Bowman was bom in Davic
County to W.C. "Bill" and OIlie
Brannon Holleman, Rt. 6,
Mocksville. She was employed in
the Davie Plant of R.J- Reynolds
Tobacco Company.
Surviving, in addition to her
parents, arc her husband. Gray
Bowman, of the home; two
daughters, Tina Ann Bowman,
Greensboro, and Tonya Lagray
Bowman, Rt. I, Advance; three
sisters, Goldie Tyler and Geraldine
McGee, both of Mocksville, and
Mrs. Charles (Erma Grey) Edinger
of Orange Park, Fla., Mrs.
Clarence (Mary) Camp^U of Lake
Road, Thomasville dndMrs. W.C.
(Rose) Home of Mount Pleasant,
S.C.; two sons, Norman K. Jones
of Culbreth Ave., Thomasville,
and William E. Jones of Bellevue,
Neb.; three sisters. Mrs. Joyce
Coley of Rockwell, N.C., Mrs.
Mary Jarvis of Farmington, N.C.,
and Mrs. Richard (Dorothy) Marx
of LaCrosse, Va.; three brothers.
Dr. J. Paul Leagans of Raleigh,
N.C., Charlie S. Leagans of
Hillsville. Va. and Cecil E.
Leagans of Rt. 5. Mocksville; 15
grandchildren; and 22
great-grandchildren.
Funefalf services were held
Wedhe^S^, Nov. 4, at Park Place
Baptist Church by the Rev.
Douglas Huff and the Rev. Robert
M. Thompson. Burial followed in
Thomasville City Cemetery.
J
Myrtie Rcavis, Advance, and one .
brother. Vcrnon Holleman, / Major Cuthrell Register
'"■'"■"""'II" ' Mr. Major Cuthrell Register, 66,Gibsonville.
J Roger Lee Beck
' GREER. S.C. — Mr. Roger 1^
Beck, 41, 106 Yellow Lane, died
Sunday, Nov. 15, as a result of in
juries received in a motor vehicle
accident.
A native of Greenville County,
S.C., and a former resident of Ad
vance, N.C., he was a son of
Robert Lee and Thelma Smith
Beck, of Greer, S.C. He was a
truck driver for Fredrickson Ex
press and a U.S. Army veteran.
Also surviving are his wife,
Deloris Edwards Beck, of the
home; one daughter, LeAnn Beck,
of the home; one son, Mark Beck,
of the home; two brothers. Rick
and Wayne Beck, both of Greer,
S.C., and his paternal grandparents, Elsie Beck, Greer, S.C.,
and Harvey B. Beck. Gulf Port.
MLss.
Mr. Beck was preceded in death
by a foster brother, Roy Burch,
who died April II, 1970.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Glad Tidings Tabemacle.
Burial followed in Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens.
Mae Leagans Jones
THOMASVILLE - Mrs.
Gladys Mae Leagans Jones. 90, of
314 Culbreth Ave., died Sunday,
Nov. I, at Community GeneralHospital after a serious illness of
fi ve weeks.
Mrs. Jones was bom in DavieCounty on April 26, 1897, adaughter of Granville Edward and
Mary Camilla Collette Leagans.
She had been a resident of
Thomasville 60 years.
She was a graduate of Woman sCollege, now the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro. Shetaught in the Avery and Davie
County school systems for severalyears and was a member of the
Thomasville Senior Citizens.
She was a former Gray Lady atCity Memorial Hospital in
Thomasville and was a charter
member of Park Place Baptist
Church where .she had taught Sun
day School.
On June 15, 1919, she married
Edward M. Jones, of Davie County, who died June 21, 1962.
Surviving are three daughters,
Rt. 2, Mocksville, was dead on ar
rival at Davie County Hospital
Thursday, Nov. 12.A graveside service was held
Sunday, Nov. 15, in Oak Grove
United Methodist Church cemeteryby the Rev. Jim Grydcr and the
Rev. Hayden Myers. 'Mr. Register was bom July'31,
1921. in Columbus County to the
late Major and Addie LongRegister. He was a retired sawmill
worker and had served in the U.S.
Navy.Surviving are one daiightbr,
Gladys Diane Draughn, Peru, Ind.;-
one son. Major Wayne Register,
'• Rt. 4, Mocksville, and fourgrandchildren.
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> Mr. Roger Elliott Sproles^'67,
Rt. 7, Mocksvllle, dt^ Suntiity,
Nov. 15, at Davie County
Hospital. A graveside service was
to be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at
Mount Gur Cemetery in
Kernersville by the Rev. Sammy
Shoaf.
Mr. Sproles was born in Curbin,
Ky., to Dora Elliott and. the lat^
Greeley Sproles. He was a retired
Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air
Force, and also was retired from
Western Electric Company.
Surviving, in addition to his
mother, of Mocksville, are his
wife, Beverly Bowman Sproles, of
the home; one stepson, Eugene
Bowman, Winston-Saleni, and two
grandchildren.
Eva M. Massey Wilson
• ADVANCE - Mrs. Eva
Mozelle Massey Wilson, 78, Rt.
2, died Monday, Nov. 16, at For-
syth Hospital in Winston-Salem.
Funeral services were to be at 4
p.m. Wednesday at Bixby
Presbyterian Church by the Rev.
Shane Owens and the Rev. Donald
Funderburk. Burial was to follow
in the church cemetery.
The family requests that
memorials be made to a charity of
the donor's choice.
Mrs. Wilson was bom in Davie
Coimty to the late Thomas Pinkney
and Melissa Lassiter Massey. She
was retiiqd from Bassick-Sack. She
was a ch^er member of Bixby
n Presbyterian Church, where she
had been a Sunday ^hool teacher.
Surviving are . her husband,
James Wilson, of the home; five
daughters, Mrs. Jay (Carolyn)
Barnes, Mrs. Coy (Nan) Barnes,
Mrs. Bill (Ann) Bamhardt, Mk.
Holt (Janice) Howell, and M^"
Lester (Rachel) AJIen, all of Ad
vance; two sons, Lyndon and Jffci-
my Wilson, both of Advance; 14
grandchildren, and' two great
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Obituaries
^Lash Gaither Sanford Sr.
Dies At The Age Of 76
'Caroline Long San-38()4 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle ford, survives.
Beach. S.C.. died Friday at his Other .sur-
home after a long illness. vivors include:
He had been as.sociated with the one .son. Col- i JHfamily-s business. Sanford Motor onel Lash ^
Company in McKksvillc. for more Caitlier Sanford
lhan 50 years. jr., San An- tHsfl
He was bom in MocLsville to the tonio, Texas:late Rufus Brown and Adelaide two daughters
Gaither Sanford. Adelaide San-
Sanford was a charier member ford Carter
and past president in the Salisbury, ami
^ Wi n
A 7 A
^ Mae Foster Phelps
Mocksville Rotary Club, having
received his 50-year pin. He was
also a member of the Mocksville
Lions Club.
He had served as a deacon in
First Presbyterian Church in
Mocksville. where he had been a
life-long member before joining
First Presbyterian Church of Myr
tle Beach.
Sanford was a 52nd degree
Mason, and also had received a
50-year pin from the Masons.
Mae Foster Phelps, 75. of Route
A ^4, Mocksville. died Tuesday. Nov.
"S" "¥ #0 17, at Davie County Hospital.
His wife. Caroline Long San- Funeral services were held
ford, survives. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Eaton's
Other sur- I Funeral Home Chapel. Burial
vivors include followed in Liberty United
one .son. Col- i Methodist Church cemetery,
onel Lash | ^ Memorials may be made to Con-
GaitlicrSanford United Methodist Church.
Jr., San An- Route 4. Mocksville 27028.
tonio, Texas; Born Aug. 31, 1912. in Davie
two daughters. County, she was a daughter of the
Adelaide San- James Robert and Carrie
ford Carter ^P^¥ Bassett Foster. A homcmaker. she
Salisbury, and retired from Fran-Ray
Caroline San- Residential Care,
ford Vaughn, SanfortI • She was a member of Concord
Winston-Saleni; one sister Mrs .. .^™'ed Methodist Church, where
Hansford Sams. Atlanta Ga • and 'seven grandchildren ' " .i^i/^e'hodisl Women.
SanfortI
Winston-Saleni; one sister, Mrs,
HFuneral services were at 11 a.m.
Monday at Joppa Cemetery,
Mocksville. with Masonic
Graveside Rites by the Rev. Uhmd
Richardson.
The family requests that mcmor-
rials be made to the chairty of their
choice.
n Maye Livengood / R^p,3 g
• THOMASVII.LE-Mi.ssMayc .' MrsLivengocxJ, 91, resident of Triad
United Methodist Home in
Winston-Salem, died Tuesday,
Nov. 17. at the Triad Home.
She was a native of Davidson
County, and a retired employee of
Southern Railway. Miss
Livengood was a member of
Heidelberg United Church of
Chri.st.
Surviving are four nieces, Mrs.
Shirley Baker. Mrs. Elsie Morris,
and Patricia Livengood, all of
Winston-Salcm, and Mrs. Alice
Roberts. Tecum.seh. Neb.; fi ve
nephews, Clarence J. Livengood,
Winston-Salem; the Rev. Archer
Livengood, Mocksville, Stanley
LivengcKxi. Charlotte. David L.
Livengood and Gerald LivengotxJ,
both ofThomasville. and 15 great-
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, Nov. 19. in Heidelberg
United Church of Chri.st. Burial
followed in Forsyth Memorial Park
in Winston-Salem.
Memorials may be made to the
Triad United Methodist Home.
1249 Arbor Rd., Winston-Salem,
N.C. 27104.
. Rcpta Braccwell Motes, '
84, formerly of Bingham St., grandchildren; and 25 g
' Mocksville. died late Friday night grandchildren.
at Autumn Care Convalescents JameS Wilson Poole
'Center, where she was a resident. », , „ ,Mr
er husband, Georgie Lee
Phelps. died March 7, 1985.
Survivors include five daughters.
Colleen Miller and Mary Alice
Flanagan, both of Route 4, Sylvia
ReavisofRaite I. Dorothy Tarllon
of Hillsborough. and Geraldine
Hayncs of l-cxington; three .sons.
Bud, Tom. and J.W. Phelps. all of
Route 4; a brother, John Frank
Foster of Homestead. Fla.; 24
grandchildren; and 25 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sun
day, Nov. 22. at Eaton's Funeral
Chapel by Rev. Marshall Branllcy
and Rev. Harrison Hickling. Burial
followed in Rose Cemetery.
Mrs. Motes was bom in Bristol,
Fla.. to the late Moses and Mary
White Braccwell. She was a
homcmaker and a member of
Mocksville Pentecostal Holiness
Church.
Her husband, Marcus Landsey
Motes, preceded her in death in
I960.
Survivors include (wo daughlers.
Lorraine Wagner, Rt. 7.
M(Kksv{|le and Louise Ballinger,
Wichita. Kan.; one son. Robert
Motes. Rt. 16, Lexington; 15
grandchildren and two stcpgrand-
children.
. James Wilson Poole. 77,
157 West Church .Street,
Mocksville. died Monday, Nov.
16, at Davie County Hospital,
Funeral services were held
Thursday, Nov. 19, at Eaton's
Funeral Home Chapel, conducted
by the Rev. Paul Riggs. Burial
followed in Center United
Methodist Church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the
Davie County Chapter of the Heart
Fund.
Mr. Poole was horn in Ircdcll
County to the late Cornelius and
Salomie Peacock Ptwlc. He was
retired from Ingcrsoll-Rand Cor
poration. He was a member of
Mocksville First Baptist Church.
Surviving arc his wife, Katherine
Smith Poole, of the home; one
daughter. Mrs. Vivian Godbey,
Greensboro, and one son. Clyde
Poole. Salisbury.
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RICHFIELD — Edwin Cowles
"Bud" Sanford Jr., 59, of Route
1, died Friday, Nov. 20, at Cabar-
rus Memorial Hospital after an
illness.
Graveside services were held
Monday at Rowan Memorial Park.
Powles Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Born Jan. 4, 1928, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
Edwin Cowles Sanford and
Marguarite Charles Sanford. He
received his education in the Davie
County schools and was a self-
employed carpenter. He was a
Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a brother,
Calvin Sanford, of Richfield.
John Rouse
John Francis Rouse, 48, of
Route 7, Mocksville, formerly of
Route 1, Chilhowie, Va., died
Sunday, Nov. 22 at a Greensboro
Hospital.
1 He is survived by his wife, Bet
ty Garrett Rouse of Mocksville;
two sons, John Steven Rouse and
Mark Anthony Rouse, both of
Mocksville; two daughters, Mrs.
Richard (Suzan) Necessary of Ab-
ingdon, Va. and Mrs. Richard
(Robin) Martin of Winston-Salem;
one brother, Robert Rouse of Ab-
ingdon; two sisters, Mrs. Bill
(Martha) Owens and Mrs. Linda
Ritchie both of Bluefield W.Va.;
his mother-in-lawfMM°.' Virginia
Garrett of Marion two grand
sons, Stewert M|a^ and Nicolas
Rouse. _
Funeral services will be Wed. at
2 p.m. at Bamettes Funeral Chapel
with the Reverend David Neitch,
the Reverend Michael Porter, and
the Reverend Otis Barker
officiating.
Burial will follow in the South
Fork Cemetery with military
honors provided by the Marion
VFW Post 4667.
The family will receive friends
tonight at the funeral chapel from
7-9.
^ Stella W. Swicegood
' WOODLEAF - Stella'williams
Swicegood, 83, of Route 1, died
Sunday, Nov. 22, at Rowan
Memorial Hospital.
The funeral was to be held at 2
p.m. Tuesday at No Creek
Prinjitive Bapti.sl Church, con
ducted by Elder Eugene Bennett.
Burial was to follow in the church
cemetery.
Born May 14, 1904, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late Marion and Irene Dedmon
Williams. She was a member of No
Creek Primitive Baptist Church.
Her husband, Kelly Andrew
Swicegood, died in 1981.
Survivors include a daughter,
Deanie McDaniel of Route I; five
sons, Paul and Bill Swicegood,
both of Route 2, Salisbury, John
W. Swicegood of Winston-Salem,
Lawrence Swicegood of Route 2,
Cleveland; and R?id Swicegood of
Charlotte; 25 grandchildren; 35
great-grandchildren; and five
great-great-grandchildren.
^^Ervin R. Tutterow
* SALISBURY — Ervin R. Tut
terow, 82, of 114 W. 12th St. died
Tuesday, Nov. 17, at his home.
The funeral was held Thursday,
Nov. 19, in the Summersett
Memorial Chapel, conducted by
the Rev. R. Marsden Kitley, pastor
of Shiloh United Methodist Church
in Granite (Juarry. Burial follow
ed in Rowan Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to the
charity of the donor's choice.
Bom May II, 1905, in Davie
County, he was a son of the late
James A. and Dora Poole Tut
terow. Retired after 52 years with
Seaboard Railway as a car inspec
tor, he was a member of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church in Hamlet and the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen,
Lodge 6142.
Survivors include his wife,
Rachel Jacobs Tutterow, whom he
married March 27, 1932; three
daughters, Mrs. Lewis (Betty)
Jacobs Jr. of Granite (Juarry, Mrs.
Richard C. (Peggy) Noicutt of Lin-
colnton and Mrs. Gregory H. '
(Phyllis) Seaford of Salisbury;
Two brothers, Charlie Tutterow
of Mocksville and James Tutterow
of Salisbury; two sisters, Mrs.
Dwight Petrea of Rockwell and
Mrs. James Livengood of
Salisbury; seven grandchildren;
and one giea(-igrandchild. >'
/ James Adam Wood
ROCKWELL — James Adam
Wood, 59, of Route 2, died Sun-
' day, Nov. 22, at Rowan Memorial
Hospital after an illness of two and
one-half weeks.
The funeral was to be at 4 p.m.
Tuesday at Northcrest Chapel of
Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home in
China Grove, conducted by the
Rev. Frank Bar wig. Burial was to
follow in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Born Dec. 22, 1927, in Cabar-
tus County, he was a S(Mi of the late
Kenny Vance Wood and the late
Lula Bell Watts Reynolds.
Educated in the Rowan County
^ schools, he was a member of Pine
' Ridge Baptist Church in China
Grove. He was employed in the
maintenance department of the
China Grove Cotton Mills.
Survivors include his wife, Maiy
"Sissy" Barwig Wood; three sons,
Hoyle "Sonny" Wood of Rock
well, Bobby Wood of Landis and
Kevin Wood of the home; four
daughters, Vickie Cook of
Mocksville, Tanunie Graham of
Salisbury, Shelley Manliews of
Concord. Gail Gilbert of Kan-
napolis; a sister, Deanie Sells of
Landis; his stepfather, Dave
Reynolds of Landis; and 13
grandchildren.
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:COX
YADKINVILLE — Mrs. Gaynell
(Gay) Miller Cox, 53, died Thurs
day morning at Forsyth Hospital.
She was bom in Yadkin County
" January 17, 1934. to Grady W.
n Miller, Sr. and Beatrice Reavis
r. Miller. Mrs. Cox was a graduate of
Forbush High School, class of
1986. Surviving are her mother, of
" Yadkinville; her husband, Joseph
Hassel Cox, of the home; three
'* children, Avery Lee Sizemore, Be-
' atrice Gaynell Seats, and Connie
; Lynn Howard, all of Yadkinville;
five grandchildren, Leah Elizabeth
• Sizemore, David Lee Sizemore,
5 Kina Lea Seats, Shannon Gray
^ Seats, and Rebecca Jennell Dick-
r ens; three stepchildren, Judy K.
» Wilson, Bobbie Jo Thacker, and
B Kenneth R. Cox; five stepgrand-
► children, Joel Wilson, Jasonp Thacker, Brandi Thacker, Kevin
•» Cox, and Kory Cox; three sisters,t Mrs. Sallie Virginia M. Steelman,
f Winston-Salem, Mrs. C. Marie M.I Miller, Mocksville, and Mrs. Ber-P ^ Lee M. Bamowsky, Las Vegas,^ Nev., and six brothers, Grady M.S Miller. Jr., Jerry S. Miller, andWilliam (Bill) R. Miller, all of Yad-» kinville, Charles I. Miller. Mocks-t ville, John K. Miller, Winston-Sa-i* lem, and Larry S. Miller, Dobson.
6 Funeral services will be 11 a.m.I Satun^ at Courtney ^ Baptist
Church, by the Rev. Richard Es-
kew and the Rev. Vincent Young.Burial will follow in the churchcemetery. The body will be placed
in the church at 10:30 a.m. to lie in
state. The family will receive
fiiends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight atMackie-Gentry Funeral Home in
Yadkinville. In lieu of flowers, thefamily requests that memorials be
made to Courtney Baptist Church,
or the American Cancer Society.
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MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
I)AVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1987—
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Pearl M. Bradley
/ KANNAPOLIS - Pearl
McDaniel Bradley, 90, a resident
of Rowan Manor Nursing Home in
Salisbury, formerly ofKannapolis,
died Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the nur
sing home after a serious illness of
a week.
The funeral was held Friday,
Nov. 27, at Lady's Funeral Home
Chapel, conducted by Dr. James
Active casket bearers were
Charles Ray, James Carter, Clyde
Gentry, Lewis Benton, Richard
Miller, and Ed Poe. Honorary
casket bearers were Marshall
Fesperman, Van Week, Bill Cox,
Marvin Fletcher, Dale Murdoch,
Francis Jarred, and Zack Smith.
In lieu of flowers, the family re
quests that memorials be made to
Sunset HartMr Baptist Church, Rt.
1, Box 129, Bolivia, N.C. 28422.
Strickland. Burial followed in / -t . -
Carolina Memorial Park. Chandler
Born Oct. 1, 1897, in Davie
County, she was a daughter of the
late Charlie and Betty Pennington
McDaniel. She had retired from
textiles.
Her husband, Ules Union
Bradley, died Dec. 25, 1963.
Survivors include a brother,
Henry McDaniel of China Grove;
three sisters, Jane Russell of Kan-
napolis, Lula Query of Mooresville
and Blanche Nesbitt of Monroe;
and several nieces and nephews.
Kelly M. Byerly
BOLIVIA - Mr. Kelly M.
Byerly, 91, Rt. 1, Box 352, Sunset
Harbor Conununity, died Ttiesday,
Nov. 24, in'Dosher Memorial
Hospital.
Mr. Byerly wa^^ftj^ in Davie
County on Novem^i'16, 1895, to
the late Naihanid- G. and Jennie
Mason Byerly. He was a retired
merchant and innkeeper, and a
World War 1 Army veteran.
Surviving are two sisters,
Margaret Louise Perrault,
Winston-Salem, and Grace B.
Burge, Warwick, N.J.; six
nephews, Donald E. Byerly and
Norman Byerly, both of Winston-
Salem, Bany B. Bailey, Welcome,
Richard Bailey, Detroit, Mich.,
Larry Bailey. Virginia, and
Franklin Bailey, Winston-Salem,
and two nieces, Virginia Lee
Craven, Winston-Salem. and Bet
ty B. Hoctor, Warwick, N.J.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, Nov. 27, at Sunset Harbor
Baptist Church, by the Rev. Leo
COOLEEMEE - U.M.
Chandler, 67, of 29 Watt St., died
Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the Salisbury
VA M^ical Center after an illness
of two months.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, Nov. 26, atCooleemee
First Baptist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Larry Alien, pastor.
Burial followed in Legion
Memorial Park with military
graveside rites.
Memorials may be made to the
American Lung Association of
N.C., Catawba Valley Region, 120
1st Ave. South, Conover, N.C.
Bom July 15,1920, in Madison
County, Ga., he was a son of the
late Lula C. Chandler. He had
retired from the construction divi
sion of Duke Power at the Lake
Norman plant.
A U.S. Amiy Air Corps veteran
of World War 11, he was a POW
for 2 'A years in Germany. He was
a member, of the Disabled
American Veterans, VFW Post
1119 and the Catawba Valley
Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners
of War. He was also a member of
the Cooleemee First Baptist
Church.
His wile, Lillian Mae Sales
Chandler, died Dec. 9, 1980.
Survivors include two daughters.
Patricia Chandler of Stokesdale and
Karen Smith of Lexington; a son,
John Chandler of Cooleemee; three
half sisters, Carolyn Whitworth of
Anderson, S.C., and Lucy Baker
and Peggy Ceay, both of Georgia;
three half brothers, Ralph, Bob and
Billy Chandler, all of Georgia; and
William Grady Doub
~ WilliamGrady ^ub, 87, 210Cbniad Rd.\
aied at his home Sunday, Nov. 29.
Funeral services were held Tues-
' day at Vogler's Gemmons Chapel
by the Rev. J. Boyd and the Rev.
John Burton. Burial followed in
Lewisville United Methodist
Church cemetery.
Mr. Doub was born in Yadkin
County to George L. and Ida
Miller Doub. He had lived most of
his life in Forsyth County, where
he was a well known farmer in the
Lewisville community.
He was a member of Concord
United Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Mattie Wagoner Doub, in
December, 1979.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Leslie (Susie) Adams, Rt. 5,
Yadkinville, Mrs. Charles (Nannie
Lou) Blankenship, Rt. I,
Woodleaf, Mrs. Roy (Mildred)
Henderson, Winston-Salem and
Mrs. Charles (Lorene) Lashley,
Rt. 2, Mocksville; flve sons,
Carlyle W. Doub, Rt. 4, East
Bend, George L., Terry A. and
Albert M. Doub, all of lewisville
and Shelby W. Doub, Rt. 2,
Yadkinville; 18 grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; four step-
grandchildren; one half sister, Mrs.
Nellie Robertson, Wingina, Va.
and one half brother, R. Gray
Finch, Alexandria, Va.
Memorials may be made to
Lewisville United Methodist
Church.
Cannon, the Rev. Ivren Hughes,
and the Rev. Mac Moore. Inter- . four grandchildren
ment was on Saturday, Nov. 28,
at Folk Baptist Church cemetery in
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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -
Mr. William (Bill) Drane. 62,
1827 Nevada Avenue, died
Wednesday in St. Petersburg.
Funeral services were held Sun
day, Nov. 29, at Vogler's Clem-
mons Chapel, by Mr. Kent Allen.
Burial followed in Westlawn
Garden of Memory Cemetery.
Mr. Drane was bom in Forsyth
County to Alfred Drane and Maria
Wood Drane Comatzer. He had
made his home in Forsyth County
for a number of years, and had liv
ed in St. Petersburg for the past six
years.
He was a former member of Lin-
ville Forest Church of Christ, and
was a member of West Bend
Masonic Lodge No. 434 A.F.&
A.M.
Surviving are his wife, Shirley
Bailey Drane, of the home; his
mother, of Lewisville; two sisters.
Mrs. Owen (Juanita) Williams.
Mooresville, and Mrs. Betty Hand,
Tobaccoville; and Five brothers,
Frank Drane, CIcmmons, Richard
Drane, Lithonia, Ga., Went Cor-
natzer. Advance, Woody (Bud)
Comatzer, Lewisville, and Charles
Comatzer, Clemmons.
He was preceded in death by a
brother. Allied Drane Jr., Clinton.
Tenn.
S. Earl Fleming
Stanley Earl Fleming, 74, of
Route 6, Mocksville, died Sunday,
Nov. 29, at Davie County Hospital
after being in declining health for
some time.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at Courtney Baptist Church in
Yadkin County, conducted by the
Rev. Vincent Young, pastor, and
the Rev. Bill Bauguess. Burial
followed in the church cemetery.
Bom May II, 1913, in Cincin
nati, he was a son of the late
William B. and Eva Fleming. He
was a member of Courtney Bap
tist Church, where he had served
as a deacon. He was a security '
guard at Wonderknit. ^
A daughter, Jancie Fleming |
Broadway, died June 2, 1974. I
Survivors include his wife,
Kathleen P. Cranfill Fleming; a
son, Stanley Earl Fleming Jr. of
Davidson; two stepsons, Lawrence
Cranfill of Winston-Salem and
Donald Cranfill of Siloam; four
daughters, Dorris FlorifflS Over
man, Darlene Fleming Motley,
Juarell IHeming and Sandra Flem
ing Fink, all of Salisbury;
Two stepdaughters. Frances
O'Neal of Mocksville and Retha
Gaither of Harmony; two brothers,
Howard Fleming of Winder, Ga.,
and John Fleming of Landis; 1^
grandchildren; seven step-
grandchildren; 12 great
grandchildren; three step-great
grandchildren; and one great-great
grandchild.
Francis and
Bryse Greene
Mr. Frances Bryson Greene, 41,
and his son Frances Bryson
"Bry.se" Greene II, 17. both of
North Main Street died Friday in
a plane accident near Roanoke, Va.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, Dec. I. at Eaton's Funeral
Chapel by the Revereild Paill
Riggs. They were buried in West
Lawn Gardens of Memory in
Clemmons.
Pall bearers for Frances Greene
were Wade Leonard, John Levis,
Bob Hudspeth, Joe Johason, Bing
Creasy. Brad Bullock, and Dickie
Talbcrt.
Pall bearers for Bryse Greene
were Chris James, Erik Smith,
Louis Cornell, Peter Leary, Willie
James, Jamie Levis, and Sammy
Talbert.
The family request that
memorials be made to the Davie
High School Band. Route 4.
Mocksville, 27028.
Frances Bryson Greene was bom
in Rowan Cbunty, Nov. 29.1946,
to James Greene of Route 6,
Mocksville, and Mary Rebecca
Bry.son Greene of Topeka, Ka. He
was a legLstered .surveyor and flight
instmctor and had served in the
armed forces during the Vietnam
conflict. He had been awarded the
Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
He was a member of the
Mocksville First Baptist Church.
Surviving in addition to his
mother and father is his wife
Shelby Hayes Greene of the home;
one daughtrer, Katrina Nicole
Greene of the home; his step
mother, Mrs. Eloise Greene of
Route 6, Mocksville; his grand
mother, Mrs. Nellie Greene of
Route 7, MocKsville; three sisters.
C&rol Jane King ^ Elizabeth Ann
Sindler of Topek^ and Deannie
Wood of Clemmohs.
Bryse Greene wte bom May 7th,
1970, in Davie County. He was a
senior at Davie High School where
he was a member of the band. He
was also a member of the
Mocksville First Baptist Church.
Surviving in addition to his
mother is one sister. Katrina
Nicole, his grandmother Mrs. Nell
Hayes of Mocksville; his grand
father, Mr. James Greene of Route
6, Mocksville; Mrs. Rebecca
Wasson of Topeka; and his great-
grandmother Mrs. Nellie Greene
of Route 7. Mocksville.
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HAMPTONVILLE - Mrs.
Laiita'Wilkins Livengood, 77. Rt.
•j^dicd Saturday, Nov. 28. in
^^Mpts Memorial Hospital.
She was bom in Forsyth Coun
ty to the late Arthur L. and Mar
tha Lucinda Martin Wilkins. She
was a member of Hanes Grove
United Methodi.st Church.
She was married to Jesse S.
Livengood. who died June 13,
1986.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Dan (Bonnie) Hampton,
Yadkinville. Mrs. Lloyd (Joann)
Renegar, Mocksville. Mrs.
Thomas (Jean) Reavis, Hampton-
ville and Mrs. Edward (Doris)
Holder, Lewisville; five sons,
Donnie and Ray Livengood, both
of Hamptonville. Arthur Liven
good, Yadkinville, Roy and Jc.sse
Edward Livengood, both of
Winston-Salem; two sisters, Mrs.
Walter (Louise) Long, Rt. 2.
Hamptonville and Mrs. Fred
(Gladys^ Vc.stal. Jonesville; one
brother, Lester V^ins, Elkin; 17
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at Hanes Grove United
Methodist Church by the Rev. Lcc
Roche, the Rev. David Hubbard
and the Rev. Paul Simpson. Burial
followed in the church cemetery.
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MOORESVILLE - Dora Lee
Barringcr London, 34, of 920 N.
Main St. died Tuc.sday, Nov. 24,
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Saturday, Nov. 28, at Saint Paul's
Episcopal CJiurch, byj)r. Dudley
Colhoun. Burial followed in Saint
Paul Memorial Gardens.
The family requests that in lieu
nston-Salem after being in of flowers, meinonals be made to
declining health for some time. Saint Paul s Episcopal Church.
Funeral services were held « n rk n
Thursday at First Foursquare y
Church, conducted by the Rev. *Dee* Smith Jr.
Roy Young, pastor. Burial follow
ed in Glenwood Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society,
Mouresville, N.C. 28115.
Born March 15, 1953, in
Salisbury, she was a daughter of
Melvin and Sarah Drye Barringer
of Salisbury. She was a
homemaker.
Survivors, in addition to her
parents, include her husband,
Lewis Gray London; two sons,
Stephen London of the home and
Michael London of Cooleemee;
two daughters, Tracy Driver of I
Mixiresville and Dr. Patricia Shup-
ing of Kannapolis;
A sister, Joyce Hamrick of
Rockwell; three brothers, Terry
Barringer of Mooresville, and
. HIGH POINT - Mr. Samuel
Douglas (Dee) Smith Jr., 72,2104
W. Lexington Ave., died Friday,
Nov. 27, at his home.
He was born October 16, 1915,
in Davie County to Samuel
Douglas and Bessie Hege Smith.
He was co-owner and operator of :
Smith & Ward Exxon for 36 years, '
retiring in 1981.
He was married to Novella
Penry, who died February 20,
1986. There are no immediate
survivors.
Graveside services were held
Sunday, Nov. 29, in Floral Garden
Park Cemetery by the Rev. Tim R.
Wilkerson. Memorials may be
made to a charity of the donor's
choice or Emmanual Lutheran
Church Senior Enrichment Center.
{grandchildren.
Fred Rile
Leanis and Buddy Barringer, both , u o j
of Rockwell; ami three /Alma H. hnead
COOLEEMEE - Alma Hellard
Snead, 75, of 17 Watt St., died
Sunday, Nov. 29, at Rowan
Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at Eaton's Funeral Home
Chapel,'conducted by the Rev.
Larry Allen, pastor of First Bap
tist Church. Burial followed in
Rowan Memorial Park.
Bom in Davie County on Dec.
8,1911, she was a daughter of the
late Marion and Ann Elizabeth
Ridenhour Hellard. Retired from
Cone Mills in Salisbury, she was
a member of the Cooleentee First
Baptist Church.
Her hiisband, John Lacy Snead,
died Oct. 9, 1966.
Survivors include two sons,
Craig Snead of Cooleemee and
John Snead of Marysville, Calif.;
two sisters, Mabel Hancock of
Durham and Mary Thomas of
Phoenix, Ariz.; a brother, Monroe
Hellard of Cooleemee; and four
grandchildren.
tlEicAulay
Mr. Fred'Rile MacAulay, 87,
865 Warwicke Place, Bermuda •
Run. died Thursday, Nov. 26, at
Wa||u>n-Salein Convalescent
c«il!r.
He was born in Wilmington,
Del., August 26, 1900, to James
A. and Mary C. Cox MacAulay.
He was retired from Western Elec
tric Company with 48 years of
service.
Mr. MacAulay was a Muster
Mason, and a mamber of Saint
Paul's Episcopal Church.
Surviving are his wife. Fay
Mumford MacAulay, of the home;
one daughter and son-in-law, Mrs.
Marianne Bond and Dr. Bernard F.
Bond, Jr., 865 Warwicke Place;
one sister. Miss Mary Elizabeth
MacAulay, Baltimore, Md.; three
grandchildren, Bernard F. Bond
III, Denver, Colo., F. MacAulay
Bond, King, and Mrs. Marianne B.
Price, Farmington, and two great-
grandchUdren, Bernard F. Bond IV
George W. Wallace
George Washington Wallace,
87, of Route 2, Harmony, died
Sunday, Nov. 22. at Iredell
Memorial Hospital.
A retired fanner, Mr. Wallace
was bora in Iredell County to the
late Thomas G. , Wallace and
Rosalee Arnold Wallace. He serv
ed as the deputy sheriff under
Walter Morrison in Iredell County.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Maggie Emma Steelman,
whom he married Sept. 24,1921.
Mr. Wallace is survived by two
sons, Tony O. Wallace, of the
home, and Thomas G. Wallace,
Troutman; three daughters, Mrs.
Hester W. Parker, Statesville,
Mrs. Doris W. White, Kannapolis,
and Mrs. Lucille W. Bowles, of
Mocksville; one brother, Brinkley
Wallace of Harmony ; three sisters,
Mrs. Bertha Grose, of the home,
Mrs. Lacie Pegram, Clemmons,
and Mrs.- Merlie Wilkie, West
End; two grandchildren, Steve E.
Wallace, Harmony, and Mrs. Pat
Gantt of Statesville; and two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, Nov. 24, at Sandy Springs
Baptist Church by the Rev. Paul S.
Simpson. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
The family requests that
memorials be made to Sandy
Springs Baptist Church, c/o Mrs.
Linda Doby, treasurer. Route 6,
Box 198, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.
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' WINSTON-SALEM - Mrs.
Mat7 Elizabeth Callahan Willard.
62. 2232 Marble Slrcel. died
Thursday, Nov. 26. after an illness
of several years.
She was bom February 19.
1925. in Davidson County to Jesse
Frank and Mary Ellcan Galyean
' Callahan.
She spent most of her life in
. Winston-Salcm and was of the
. Baptist Faith.
She was president of the Ralph
Stanley Fan Club.
Surviving are her husband,
Lester Willard, of the home; two
daughters. Mrs. Dorothy Willard
Wilkins. Davidson County, and
Mrs. Phyllis Willard Cook.
Winston-Salcm; four .sons, Lester
Wayne Willard. High Point,
Richard F. Willard, Atlanta, Ga.,
Robert Eugene Willard. Winston-
Salein. and David Francis Willard,
MocLsville; 17 grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; two brothers,
Arnold Callahan. Oldtown, and
James D. Callahan, Florida, and
several dear friends.
Funeral services were held Sun
day. Nov. 29. at Vogler's Main
Street Chapel by the Rev. Bobby
Roberson and the Rev. Harold
Fletcher. Burial followed in
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.
^ary F. Myers Wyatt
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Wyatt. 83. of
Mocksville.
died Tuesday,
Nov. at
Mc-
Hospital.
was bom
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County April
14. 1904, to Julius and Na^
Myers. She was preceded in death
by her husband. Ora Marvin
Wyatt, on Aug. 21. 1982. and one
daughter,. Josephine Elizabeth on
Feb. 7, 1937.
She was employed by Hanes
Hosiery of Wilkes County for 20
years and was a member of Hay
Meadows Baptist Church. She liv
ed at Route I, Advance for 34
Survivors include: two
daughters. Joanne Wyatt Howard
of the home and Ruth Evangeline
Foster of Stwth Carolina: two sons.
John Sylve,ster Wyatt of the home
and Bill Lec Wyatt ofCIemmons;
two sisters, Olcava Jennings of
Wilkes County and Sina Cleary of
Clemmons; three brothers. Mar
shall, Clarence, and Oliver, all of
Wilkes County; 10 grandchildren
and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, Nov. 28. at Hay
Meadows Baptist Church in Wilkes
County. The Revs. Amos Combs
and Leon Wmxl officiated.
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J Myrtle P. Baity
. YADKINVILLE - Myrtle
Plowman Baity, 78, of Route 4,
died Sunday, Dec. 6, aTter a long
period of declining health.
The funeral was to be Wednes
day, Dec. 9, at Turner's Creek
Baptist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Allan Barker. Burial was to
be in the church cemetery.
Born May 8, 1909, in Yadkin'
County, she was a daughter of the
late Charlie and Sallie Melton
Plowman. A homemaker, she was
a member of Turner's Creek Bap
tist Church in Courtney.
Her husband, Sheridan Baity,
died Jan. 31, I98S.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Denny (Dorothy) Rollins of
Mocksville and Betty Pardue of
Yadkinville; a son. Curt Baity of
Mock.sville: five sisters; one
brother; seven grandchildren, one
great-grandchild; and three
.step-grandchildren.
y F.D. Blankenship
The funeral for Floyd Don
Blankenship was held Tuesday,
Dec. 8, at Rcavis Funeral Home
Chapel in Harmony, conducted by
the Rev. Marshall Brantlcy and the
Rev. Curtis Wood. Burial follow
ed in Smyth Chapel Church
cemetery in Union Grove.
Blanken.ship. 46, of Route I,
Mocksville, U.S. M, died Satur
day at his home.
Born Jan. 29, 1941, in Forsyth
County, he was a son of Jettic
Viola B. Gryder of Route 4,
Statesville, and the late William _
Glenn Blankenship. He was owner'
and operator of Floyd's Grocery
Nos. I and 2 in Davie County.
Survivors include his wife, An
nie Mae Williams Blankenship;
four .sons, Ralph Glenn Blanken
ship of the home, Joe D. Blanken
ship of Harmony, Don Blankenship
of Wilke-sboro and Clarke Blanken
ship of Mocksville; three step.sons,
Tony Nicholson of A.sheboro, Ran
dy Nicholson of Union Grove and
Scott Nicholson of Mocksville;
Two brothers, Grady Blanken
ship of Harmony and Richard
Blankenship of Lake Norman; two
sisters, Elva Holton of Winston-
Salcm and Bonnie Brown of China
Grove; two foster brothers, James
and Bobby Lewis, both of Har
mony; one grandchild; and three
step-grandchildren.
Roger Gray Gates
WINSTON-SALEM - Mr.
Roger Gray Cates, Rt. 12, Mellon
Drive, died Thursday, Dec. 3, at
his home.
He was born October 26, 1937,
in Fonsyth County to Charlie Ed
ward and Lula Pinnix Cates. Mr.
Cates w<is of the Baptist faith and .
attended Parkway Baptist Church.
Cates was a dedicated member
of Local 3060 for 31 years. He
.served on the CWA Ixtcal .3060's
Executive Board for four years;
chairman of the Local's Labor
Grades Committee; and a union
repre.sentative for 15 years.
He was a member of the
Organizing Committee, a Picket
Line Captain at several strikes, and
attended, as a delegate, the CWA
National Convention. He worked
with AT&T Company for 31
years, before retiring.
He was an active member of the
local Bowling A.s.sociation for 20
years.
Surviving are his wife, Mary
(Ro.se) Yountz Cates, of the home;
his mother, Lula Pinnix Cates,
Winston-Salem; two daughters,
Rhonda Cathey and Debbie Han-
.son, both of Wiaston-Salcni; four
grandchildren; five sisters.
Doix)thy Trivette, Mocksville,
Margie Sale, and Jean Giles, both
V Minnie Wood Cornwell
WALNUT COVE - Mrs. Min
nie Wood Cornwell, 91, formerly
of Clemmons. widow of William
A. Cornwell, died Saturday, Dec.
5, at Forsyth Hospital.
Graveside services were held
Monday, Dec. 7, in Westlawn
Garden of Memory Cemetery by
the Rev. John Frank Frye.
Mrs. Cornwell was born in
Davie County to Hiram and Elvira
Slater Wood.
Surviving are flve daughters,
Mrs. Sarah Logan, Winston-
Salem, Mrs. Sue Phillips, Clem-
' mons, Mrs. Margaret King,
Paiictdn, Miss Jane Cornwell, of
;tf^ome and Mrs. Peggy Saylor,
..•^^llPiimons; three sons, Robert and
Steve Cornwell, both of Winston-
Salem and Thomas Cornwell, Fay-
etteville; 21 grandchildren; II
great-grandchildren and two
si.stcrs, Mrs. Maria Cornatzer,
Lewisville and Mrs. Sallie Long,
Wiaston-Salcm.
of Winston-Salem, Helen Evans
and Frances Duggins, both of
Kernersville and one brother,
Howard Cates, Raleigh.
Funeral services were held Sun
day, Dec. 6, at Hayworth-Miller
Silas Creek Chapel by the Rev.
Tim Austin. Burial followed in
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.
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WINSTON-SALEM - Mrs.
Ethel Davis Glenn, 70, 2528
Machine Street, died Tuesday,
Dec. I, at Pellcare Nursing Home
after an extended illne.ss.
She was a native of Advance and
resided in Winston-SaJem most of
her life, except for 12 years dur
ing which she lived in Philadelphia,^
Pa.
She was a member of Morning
Star Baptist Church, where she
served as a Deaconess, Mis
sionary, and a member of the Sun
day School. Mrs. Glenn was also
a member of the Ea.stern Star
Elizabeth Chapter 310.
Surviving are her devoted hus
band. Herbert Glenn, of the home;
three daughters, Eleanor Williams,
Frankie Graham, and Cassandra
Mintz, all of Winston-Salem; two
.sons, James H. Davis Sr.. and
Lorenzo Lyerly, both of Winston-
Salem; three brothers. Clarence,
Ralph and Odell Ramseur. all of
Hickory; one daughter-in-law; two
sons-in-law; a devoted sister-in-
law, Mrs. Maeon Davis; one
brother-in-law; 18 grandchildren,
and a host of nieces, nephews,
cousins, other rclativas and friends,
including two devoted friends,
Mrs. Maggie Alexander and Mrs.
Mary Bamett.
Funeral services were held
Saturday. Dec. 5. at Morning Star
Baptist Church with Dr. B.H.
Bonham officiating. Burial follow
ed in Evergreen Cemetery.
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'Bethlehem United Methodist
Church, Route I, Advance, 27006.
Bom July 22, 1906, in Rowan
County, he was a son of the late
Albert Spencer and Ida Sumnters
McDaniel. A former carpenter and
general construction contractor, he
was a member of Bethelehcm
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Helen Foster McDaniel; two
daughters, Betty Jean Edwards of
Fayetteville and Martha Deadmon
of Austin. Texas; a son, Danny
McDaniel of Jamc-stown; a brother,
Johnny McDaniel of Winston-
Salem; six grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
daughters. Patsy Smith dnd Betty
Harris, both of Rt. 5, Mocksville;
two sons, William Johnson, Rt. 2,
Mocksville, and Joe ^ Johnson.
Rt. 5. Mock.sville; 14 grand
children; seven great-grandchil
dren; one sister. Mary Lucy Te.sh.
Clemmons, and one brother. Ray
mond Johnson. Elkin.
Florence W. Jones
' ADVANCE — Mrs. Florence
W. Jones. 67. Rt. 2. died at her
home Sunday, Dec. 6.
She was born November 4.
1920. in Davidson County to the
late George Oscar and Mamie
Thomas Frank Johnson
Mr. Thomas Frank Johason, 77,
Rt. 5, Farmington Community. 7
Mocksville, died early Wednesday,
Dec. 2. at Forsyth Hospital.
Funeral services were held Fri
day at Eaton's Funeral Home
Chapel in Mocksville by the Rev. '
Glenn Davis.
Burial followed in Hunt.sville
Baptist Church cemetery.
Mr. Johnson was bom in Vadkin
County to the late John Frank and
Annie Golden Johnson, and was a
farmer. He was a member of
Vadkin Valley Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mary n
Seats Johnson, of the home; two
Jenkins Wal.scr. She was a member
of Fork Baptist Church. She was .
retired from Baker Furniture Co.
Surviving are her husband. Fred
Jones, of the home; two daughters,
Barbara Lanning. Rt. 2, Advance
and Helen Cassidy. Rt. 2,
Mocksville; two sons-in-law, Ron
nie Lanning and Harold Cassidy;
four grandchildren. Heather and
Justin Lanning, Brent and Bryan
Ca.ssidy; two brothers, Ray
Walser, Surf City and Bobby
Walser, Linwood and five sisters,
Etta Allen and Gladys Childre.ss,
both of Rt. 5, Lexington. Viola
Darr, Lexington, Edith Shoaf,
Winston-Salem and Lucille
Brooks, Charlotte.
The family requests memorials
be made to the Florence Jones
Memorial Fund at Fork Baptist
Church, Rt. 3, Mocksville, N.C.
27028.
Funeral services were held Tue.s-
day at Fork Baptist Church by Rev.
Gordon Joyner. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.
George F. McDaniel
ADVANCE — George Francis
McDaniel, 81, of Route I, died
Wednesday. Dec. 2, at Davie
County Hospital.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at Bethlehem United
Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Robert C. Peurifoy and
the Rev. Donald Funderburke. ^
tombmcnt .was in the ehiMp
mausoleum.
Homer .W. Payne
" Hq^er Wilson Payne. 68, of 380
Rdy]|^|lj^ St., Moclcsville, died
Friday, Dec. 4, at Davie County
Hospital affer being in declining
health for a year and .seriously ill
for three months.
The funeral was held Sunday,
Dec. 6, at Biai.se Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Glenn
Sellers. Burial followed in Rowan
Memorial Park in Salisbury.
In lieu of flowers, menuirials
may be made to Davie County
Hospice, in care of Janet Blair,
P.O. Box 665. Mocksville, 27028.
Born July 5. 1919, in Carroll
County, Va., he was a son of the
late Charles Clayton and Vcrtic
Ward Payne. Retired from the
maintenance department of Indera
Mills, he was a member of Blaise
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth
Barney Payne; two daughters,
Mrs. Buddy (Joyce) Evans of
Salisbury and Mrs. Ervin (Becky)
Hutley of Topeka, Kan.; two sons,
Frank Payne of Mocksville and
Larry Payne of Topeka, Kan.;
A sister. Norma Ruark of
Mocksville; a half sister. Dot
Yount of Salisbury; two half
brothers. Clyde Payne of Felton.
Del., and Charles Payne of
Winston-SSlem; seven grand
children; and one great-grandchild.
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Charles David
Blackwood. 33.
of Morganton,
formerly of
Mocksville,
died on Thurs
day, Dec. 10.
Born in
Rowan County
on Oct. 25.
1954, he was the son of Emily
Blackwood and the late Evercttc
Blackwood. A production systems
manager at Drexel Heritage Fur
nishings in Morganton, he
graduated from Appalachian State
University in 1977. He was past
president of the Glen Alpine
Recreation Foundation.
Surviving, in addition to the
mother, are: two sons, Scott
Blackwood and Philip Blackwood,
both of the home; one daughter,
Brandi Blackwood of the home;
two sisters, Lynn Blackwood of
Winston-Salem and Ann Schloe-
man of Chelmssord, Mass.
A memorial service was held
Saturday at Gibbs Chapel
Wesleyan Qiurch in Morganton.
The funeral was held Sunday at
Eaton's Funeral Chapel in
Mock.sville. Pall bearers included:
Larry Fulbright, Rick Wyke. Tony
Sullivan, Rick Lingerfelt, Ted
Deal, Randy Childress, Jerry Wall.
Sam Scott, Larry Blackwood, Len
ny Conrad, David Fergusson, and
Danny Wooten.
The..TfamUy requests any
memorials be given to the Glen
Alpine Junior High School Athletic
Fund.
Sheila K. Blackwood
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TON - Sheila
K i bl i nger
Blackw(xxl. 32.
of Morganton,
formerly of
Cooleemee,
died Thursday.
Dec. 10.
Born in
Rowan County
on Jan. 16, 1955, she was the
daughter of Edward Kiblinger and
the late Dorothy Ellis Kiblinger.
Employed by Michael Chevrolet in
Morganton. she was treasurer ofr
the Glen Alpine Recreation Foun
dation and coach of the Pee-Wee
boy's basketball team at Glen
Alpine.
Surviving, in addition to the
father, are: two sons. Scott
Blackwood and Philip Blackwood,
both of the home; one daughter.
Brandi Blackwood of the home;
and one sister, Angela K. Creason
of Salisbury,
A memorial service was held
Saturday at Gibbs Chapel
Wesleyan Church in Morganton.
The funeral was held Sunday at
Eaton's Funeral Chapel in
MocLsville. Pall bearers included: .
Lany Fulbright, Rick Wyke, Tony
Sullivan, Rick Lingerfelt, Ted
Deal, Randy Childre.ss, Jerry Waif,
Sam Scott, Larry Blackwood, Len
ny Conrad, David Fergu.sson. and
Danny Wooten.
The family requests any
memorials be given to the Glen
Alpine Junior High School Athletic
Fund or the Glen Alpine Recrea
tion Foundation.
Nellie Brogdon
CHARLOTTE - Mrs. Nellie
Brogdon Pierce Adderliolt, 65, of
5118 Mt. Holly-Huntensville Rd.,
Charlotte, died Dec. 10 at
Charlotte Memorial Hospital.
The funeral was held Sat. Dec.
12 at prist United Methodist
Church in Charlotte where she was
a member. The Reverend Richard
Rai^olph officiated. Burial follow
ed in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
MVS. iWdpholt was a native of
CooleemM and was a retired clerk
f ® cashierfor Metgenberg County and serv
ed as a member of the Pall Creek
American Legion Auxiliary No
353.
Survivors include her husband,
Puett Adderholt of the home; a son,
Larry Pierce of Charlotte; a
daughter, Mrs. Anne Black of Mt
Pleasant, S.C.; five brothers, W.B.
Brogdon of Brookfield, Md., Kelly
Brogdon and Norvin Brodgon of
/-exington, Foyell Brodgon of
Cooleemee, and Lawrence
Brogdon of Charlotte; a step-son,
Kelly Adderholt of Fort Uuder-
dale, Fla.; two step-daughters,
Mrs. Donna Winters of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. and Judy Watts
of Charlotte; one grandson and one
grandaughter.
Memorials can be made to the
American Cancer Society 1928
Randolph Rd., Charlotte N C
28207 or to the Christ' United
Methodist Church, 1615 W.
Laporte Dr.. Charlotte. 28216.
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^ Funeral services were held Tues-
day. Dec. 15, at Eaton's Funeral
w Chapel in Mocksville by the Rev.
2 Bobby Swaim and the Rev. J.C. ^
Cg Lane. Burial followed in Dulin
U United Methodist Church
Z cemetery.
Memorial.s may be made to
^ Dulin United Methodist Church
^ CemctcTy Fund or the American
O Cancer Society.
^ Mrs. Foster was bom in Davie
^ County, Dec. 5. 1917, to the late
Haywood R. Hendrix and
^ Magalcne Cornatzer Hendrix. She
was a member of Dulin United
Methodist Church. She was a
representative for Blue Cross Blue
Shield and American Family
Assurance.
Surviving, in addition to her
mother of Winslon-Salcm, are one
daughter, Mrs. Shelby Fo.ster
Nichols, Mock.svillc; three grand
children; two sisters, Mrs. ,
Margaret Whitakerand Mrs. Hula
(Johnnie) Petree, both of Winsion-
Snlem and two brothers, H.R.
Hendrix Jr., Mocksville and
Charles E. (Dean) Hendrix.
Winston-Salem.
j Donald M. Melvin
TOBACCOVILLE - Mr.
Dtmald Marion Melvin Sr., 65.
6318 Ridge Road, Tobaccoville,
died Monday, December 14. at the
V.A. Hospital in Salisbury.
He was born December 11.
1922. in Fayeltevillc. to Ancil W.
and Odcll Johnson Melvin. He
spent most of his life in Forsyth
County.
Mr. Melvin was with Hcnnis and
Spector Red Ball Trucking Com
pany for over 27 years before retir
ing. He was a member of Wood
land Baptist Church and the Am
bassador Sunday Scluxil Class.
Surviving are his mother of
Faycitcvillc; his wife, Mrs. Wayne
Johnson Melvin, of the home; six
daughters, Mrs. Butch (Barbara)
Brewer, Winslon-Salcm, Mrs. Sue
Goff and Mrs. Donna Brookshire,
both of King. Miss Patty Melvin,
Tobaccoville, Mrs. James (Rebec
ca Pauline) Miller. Advance, and
Mrs. Linda Compian, Dover. Fla.;
one son, Donald M. Melvin Jr.,
Winston-Salem; one adopted .son,
Billy Melvin. of the home; 19
grandchildren; ten great
grandchildren. and three brothers,
Harold. Garland, and Gerald
Melvin. all of Faycttevilie.
Funeral services were to be held
Wednesday at Woodland Baptist
Church by the Rev. Zeno Groce.
Burial was to follow in Parklawn
Memorial Gardens.
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Clarence R. Neumann
STATESVILLE — A memorial
service for Clarence Rudolph
Neumann was held Sunday, Dec.
13th, at Fifth Creek Presbyterian
Church, conducted by Rev. John
Milholland and Rev. John
Watkins.
Mr. Neumann of Route 4, Box
I99B. Statesville, died Tuesday,
Dec. 8, at Baptist Hospital in
Winston-Salem following a brief
illness.
Mr. Neumann was bom in
Saginaw, Mich., July 26, 1924,
and was a son of the late Rudy and
Florence Neumann.
On July 27, 1946, he was mar
ried to the fomier Mary Ixe Myers
who survives.
Mr. Neumann was an electrical
engineer f6r Bcndix Field
Engineering on the Manned Space
Program for 27 years after which
he retired in 1979. Mr. Neumann
moved to Statesville in June of
1979 and was the owner, along
with his wife of Midway Camp
ground in Cot)l Springs.
Mr. Neumann served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II.
Survivors include one son.
Webster R. Neumann of Route 4.
Statesville; one daughter, Mrs.
Jocclyn N- Jenkins of Route 4.
Slatc-svillc; two bnUhcrs. Wilfred
Neumann and Melvin Neumann,
both of Chcsaning, Mich.; two
sisters, Mrs. Joan Kollins of
Okcmos. Mich, and Mrs. Dorothy
Bell of Northvillc. Mich,; and two
grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to the church or
charity of the donor's choice.
Helen E. RIerson
WINSTON-SALEM - Mi.ss
Helen E. Ricrson. 1705 Greenfield
St., died Sunday. Dec. 13. at For-
, sylh Ho.spital after several years of
I declining health.
She was horn in For.syth Coun
ty to the late Horace Earl RIerson
and Mary Russell Ricrson. of
Winston-Salcni. She was an
employee of Hanos Knitwear.
Surviving, in addition to her
mother, are one brother, J. David
Ricrson. Winston-Salem, and five
si.slers, Mrs. G.H. (Mildred)
Robertson. Winston-Salem. Mrs.
R. Ray (Becky) Whitener. Ad
vance. Mrs. Peggy R. Logan.
Virginia Beach. Va., Betty Ricr
son and Earlecn Ricrson. both of
Winston-Salem.
Funeral services were held Tues
day. Dec. 15, at Hayworlh-Milicr
Silas Creek Chapel by Rev. L.
Donald Si^on. Burial followed in
I'arkl^^^Mcmoria! Gardens. The
famij^CTucsts memorials be made
' to Forsyth Cancer Service.
/Thomas A. Spry
COOLEEMFF. - Thomas An
drew Spry, 59. of 30 Diikc St.,
died Saturday. Dec. 12, at Forsyth
Memorial Ho.spital.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, Dec. 14, at Eaton's Funeral
Chapel in Mocksville, conducted
by the Rev. Robert Creason. Burial
followed in l.iberly United
Mcthodi.sl Church Cemetery.
Born Aug. 18. 1928, in Davie
County, he was the .son of Esther
Broadway Spry of Coolceniec and
the late James Brady Spry Jr. He
was a member of Cooleemee
Presbyterian Church. A maritime
service veteran of World War II,
he had retired from Ingcrsoll-Rand.
Survivors include his wife,
Margaret McCulloh Spry of the
home; two son.s. Rariy and Steve
Spry, both of Salisbury; six .sisters,
Rebecca Overman, Bertha Harris
and Gcraldinc Gorxlman. all of
Salisbury. Shelby Jean Cartncr of
Woodicaf, Diane Blackweldcr of
Mt)cksvillc and Shirley Church of
Cooleemee; three hrothcrs, M.O.
Spry of Salisbury, James Floyd
Spry of Cooleemee and David Spry
of Hickory; and two grandchildren.
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MOCKSVILLE - Mr. DonWd
Wayne CranfiU, 48, Route 7, died
Monday at Baptist Hospital after
a short illness. Puner^ services
will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Ea
ton's Funeral Home in Mocksville,
by the Rev. Jim Gryder. Burial will
be in Eaton's Baptist Church cem
etery with milit^y graveside rites.
The family Will receive friends
from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the
funeral home. Mr. Cranfill was
bom in Davie County to Lizzie
Jordan Cranfill of Mocksville and
the late Stamey Cranfill. He was a
mechanic for E & L Motors of
Mocksville. He was a veteran of
the Vietnam Conflict. Surviving,
in addition to his mother, are his
wife, Maudie Melton Cranfill, of
the home; one daughter, Mrs.
Vickie Talbert, Mocksville; two
sisters, Mrs. Louise Allen and Mrs.
Katherine Jones, both of Mocks
ville, and one brother, Lester
Cranfill, Mocksville.
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' WINSTON-SALEM - Mrs.
Tempie Newman Cardwell, 75,
4617 White Rock Road, died Sun
day, Dec. 20, at her home.
She was born May 10, 1912, in
Stokes County, to James and Ellen
Southern Newman.
She was employed for 33 years
with P.H. Hanes Knitting Com
pany, retiring in 1976. Mrs. Card-
well was a member and taught Sun
day school at Mount Pleasant
United Mcthtxlist Church for 50
years.
She was preceded in death in
1977 by her hu.sband. Hcggie
Hayes Cardwell.
Surviving are one daughter^
Mrs. Walter M. (Dorothy) Davis^'
Winston-Salem; four grand
children, Kathy Davis Tuttle,
Melissa Davis Willard, David
Michael Davis, and Phillip Wayne
Davis; six great-grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Robert (Gladys) Lee.
Elon College; one half sister, Mrs.
Eva Hodges, Greensboro, and four
brothers, Clarence Newman,
Winston-Salem, Johnny Newman, •
Advance, Robert Newman,
Cothei, Calif., and Carl Newman,
Long Beach, Calif.
Funeral .services were to be held
at 2 p.m. Tue.sday at Mount Plea-
.sant United Methodist Church. The
Rev. William Walker and the Rev.
Vernon Morton were to officiate
the service. Burial was to follow
in Gardens of Memory Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Mount Pleasant United Methodist
Church, 4700 Old Walkertown .
Rd., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27105.
J.W.K. Cartner ^ Terry W. Hartman
T• James William Kermit Cartner,
64, of Route 1, Mocksville. died
Thursday, Dec. 17. at Forsyth
Hospital in Winston-Salem.
The funeral was held Saturday in
Eaton's Funeral Home Chapel,
conducted by the Rev. John Rowe
and the Rev. C.B. Bair Jr. Burial
followed in Salem United
Methodist Church cemetery. .
Memorials may be made to the
building fund of Salem United
Methodist Church. Route 1.
Mocksville. 27028.
Bom Feb. 22, 1923, in Davie
County, he was a son of Cordie
Walker Cartner of Journey's Rest
Home In Olin and the late William
Grady Cartner. A retired super
visor with the North Carolina
Department of Transportation, he
was a charter member of the Davie
Academy Ruritan Club. ^
A member of Salem United
Methodi.st Church, he had .served
on the administrative board and
was active in all phases of other
church activities. He was a World
War II United States Army
veteran, having served as a master
sergeant. ;
Survivors,' in addition to his
mother, include his wife. Verla
Sale Cartner; two sons, James
Ray ford Cartner of Winston-Salem
and Larry Wayne Cartner of
Ga.stonia; two brothers, Lawrence
Cartner of Mock.sville and Carl
Cartner of State.sville; and four
grandchildren.
erry Wayne Hartman, 29, of
Route 2, Mocksville, died unex
pectedly Thursday, Dec. 17, at
Davie County Ho.spital.
The funeral was held Sunday,
Dec. 20, at Eaton's Fimeral Home
Chapel, conducted by the Rev.
Frank Wilson. Burial followed in
Farmington Community cemetery.
, Memorials may be made to Air-
Care;- in care of N.C. Bapti.st
Hospital, Hawthorne Road.
'^^ton-Salem 27103.
"^Bom in Forsyth County, Aug.
10. 1958. he was a son of Wayne
Hartman of Route 10, Wimston-
Salem and Shirley Hedrick Hart
man of Route 2. Mocksville.
Employed as a diesel mechanic
with Nalley-Carolina Track in
Greensboro; he was Employee of
the Year in 1984.
Mrs. Ina N. Hennings
' EAST BEND — Mrs. Ina Nor
man Hennings, 83, formerly of
Route 2, died Saturday, Dec. 19,
at Autumn Care Nursing Center in
Mocksville.
Her husband, W.J. (Bill) Henn
ings, preceded her in death.
Surviving are two sons, Clarence
N. Hennings, Winston-Salem and
Hoover Hennings, East Bend; one
daughter, Marjorie Green.
Mocksville; eight grandchildren;
15 great-grandchildren, and one
great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Huff Funeral Home Chapel
in East Bend by the Rev. Jasper
Boyd. Burial followed in Stoney
Knoll United Methodist Church
cemetery.
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' CLEMMONS — Mr. Robert.
Lee Sink. 68, Route 3, Joe Hege
Road, died Thursday. Dec. 17, in
Norfolk General Hospital in Nor-
folk, Va.
He was born in Davidson Coun
ty and was a member of Cenlenapr ^
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United Methodist Church. Mr.
Sink was a member of the Loyal
Order of the Moose. Lodge No.
1998, in Virginia Beach. Va.
He was preceded in death by his
wife. Sarah Myers Sink.
Surviving are one son. Kenneth
Lee Sink, Virginia Beach, Va.;
four grandchildren; two great
grandchildren; three brothers.
Clinton and Thomas E. Sink, both
of Winston-Salem. and Roy A.
Sink. Dover. Fla.. and three
sisters. Mrs. Edna Ader, Advance,
and Mrs. Minnie S. Byerly and
Mrs. Luna S. Mendenhall. both of
Clemmons.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Vogler's Piedmont Chapel
in Lexington. Burial followetHrt*'
Centenary United ..^ethodist
Church cemeteryjj
n HARMONY - Mr. J.L. (Joe)
Snow. 68, of Route 1. died Mon
day, Dec. 21 at Hoots Memorial
Hospital in Yadkinvillc.
Funeral services are to be 2 p.m.
Wednesday at the Ijames
Crossroads Baptist Church by the
Reverend Refineth Hyde. Burial is
to follow in Iredcll Memorial
Gardens in Iredell County.
The family will receive friends .
at Eaton's Funeral Home Tuesday
night from 7-9.
Mr. Snow was born April 15,
1919, to the late J.B. and Lou
Parker Snow and was a retired lab
technician with Hoots Memorial
Hospital. During WWII, he was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Mr. Snow was a member of the
Ijames Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife Mary
Pearl McTaggart Snow of the
home; three daughters. Mrs. Billie
Pearl Walker of Tampa. Mrs. Amy
Robbins of Thomasville. and Mrs.
David Belinda Stroud of Route 4.^
Statesville; five grandchildren; his^ i J
stepmother Willie D. Snow of
Route 1. Harmony; four sisters,
Mrs. Keecil Reeves of Aiken. SC.
Mrs. Anna Lou Martin. Stateville,
Mrs. Fannie Gaither of Harmony,
and Mrs. Julja Mae Tomberland of
Beaumont, TX; five brothers.
James M. (Dick) Snow of
Statesville, S.L. Snow. Leroy
Snow, and Otis Lee Snow all of
Harmony, and William E. Snow of
)Vinston.'
■'John Ray Stewart. 69, of Route
6. Mocksville, died at Davie Coun
ty Hospital on Saturday, Dec. 19.
The funeral was to be TuesdayI at -11 a.m. at EatoaV Funeral• Home Chapel, conducted by theRev. Jerry Bracken. Burial was to
follow in Bear Creek Baptist
Church cemetery.
Born in Davie County March 9.
1918, he was a son of the late Jesse
and Flora Bell Logan Stewart. He
was retired from Dixie Furniture
Co.
Survivors include two daughters.
Ann Stewart of Hickory and Mar
tha Bracken of Route 2. Advance;
three sons. James Harold Stewart
of Fayetteville. Hugh Ray Stewart
of Roxboro, and Ronald Wade
Stewart of Grand Junction. Mich.;
fi ve sisters. Mrs. Otis Draughn.
Ida Boger. Viola Cleary. Mamie
Barney and Hattie Bogcr. all ofMiKksville; 24 grandj^ldren; and
12 great-grandchildren.
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< •' Thomas WcKxIrow Bailey, 69, of
g Rock Hill, S.C., a Davie County
3 native, died Monday, Dec. 21, at
C Piedmont Medical Center in Rock
, Hill.
^ • Funeral services were held
5 Wednesday, Dec. 23, at Eaton's
j Funeral Honie Chapel, cohducted
; by the Rev. AJvin Pope. Burial will
3 be in Cornatzer United Methodi.sl
I Church cemetery.
J Born Nov. 23, 1918, he was a
I son of the late John and Bessie
j Everhart Bailey. He was a retired
machinist with Star Paper Co. in
! Rock Hill.
i Survivors include h is wi fc, Sarah
' McDaniel Bailey.
^ J.M. *Boo Boo' Basinger
' SALISBURY — The funeral for
Jimmy Michael "Boo Boo" Bas
inger was held Wednesday, Dec.
23. in the First Presbyterian
Church, conducted by the Rev.
Robert M. Lewis, pastor. Burial
followed in Sherrill's Ford Road
Baptist Church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Children's Rare Di.sease Founda
tion, in care of N.C. Baptist
Hospital, 300 S. Hawthorne,
Winston-Salem, 27103.
Born Jan. 30, 1951, in
Mooresville, he was a .son of the
late James Floyd and Ada Rex Bas
inger. Educated in the Rowan
Nannie Curry Brown
WlNSTON-SALEM ~ The
funeral for Mrs. Nannie Curry
Brown was held on Sunday, Dec.
27, at Pleasant View Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev.
B.A. Carroll. Burial followed in
Crestview Memorial Park.
Born May 17, 1902, in Wilkes
County, Mrs. Brown was a
daughter of the late Thomas
Samuel and Cora Blevins Curry.
She spent mo.st of her adult life in
Forsyth County, where she was an
active member of Pleasant View
Bapti.st Church and the Mother's
Sunday School class.
Mrs. Brown was preceded in
death by a son. Thomas Arthur
Brown, in 1957, and her husband.
Charles Ephriam Brown, in 196S.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Freda Crews and
Mrs. Peggy Johnston, both of
Wiaston-Salem, and Mrs. Frances
Taylor of Kemersville; two sons,
Leonard Brown of Jack.sonville.
Fla., and Garland Brown of Ad
vance; three sisters, Mrs. Celia
Brown of Winston-Salem, Mrs.
Ruth Wo<k1 of Roaring River and
Mrs. Flo.ssie Stone of Wallburg;
twobrotheis, Paul Curry and Larry
Curry, both of Winston-Salem; and
10 grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Brown. 85. of 5480
McCui.ston St., died on Friday.
Dec. 25, at Forsyth Memorial
Hospital after a brief illness.County schools, he was employed
by Robertson Air Tech Cor- .Ruth Rollins Call
A graveside service for Mrs.
poration of Charlotte as a field
.superintendent.
He attended the First
Pre.sbyterian Church, where he
was active in the Cub Scout pro
gram, and was a former member
of the Spencer Jaycees. -
Survivors include his wife,
Catherine Cowan Basinger, whom
he married May 28, 1977; a son,
Bradford Michael Basinger of the
home; a brother, Teriy Lee Bas
inger OS Salisbury; and two sisters,
Mrs. Mickey (Jerlecn) Adams of
Cooleemee and Judy B. Williams
of Sali.sbury.
Basinger. .^6. of 705 Elm St.,
died on Sunday, Dec. 20, at Rowan
Memorial Hospital of injuries sus
tained in an automobile accident on
Highway 70.
Ruth Rollins Call was to be held
at 2 p.m. tdday in Rose Cemetery
with the hev. Don Davis
officiating.
Memorials may, be made to the
church of the donor's choice.
Bom June 17, 1896, in Yadkin
County, Mrs. Call was a daughter
of the late Rev. Burdette and Ida
Woodruff Rollins. She was a
homemaker and a member of First
United Methodi.st Church in
Mocksville.
Survivors include her husband,
Samuel Milton Call; three
■'daughters, Elaine C. Smith of
Elizabethtown, Annie Ruth
McPherson of Mocksville and
Marjoric C. Cardenas of San An
tonio, Texas; a si.ster. Mrs.
Marivcc R. Register of West Jef
ferson; nine grandchildren: and 11great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Call, 91, of Salisbury
Street, died on Monday. Dec. 28.
at Davie County Ho.spital.
^Thomas Harrison Cook
' WINSTON SALEM - The
funeral for Thomas Harrison Ctxik
was held on Monday, Dec. 28, atHayworth-Miller Silas Creek
Chapel, conducted by Dr. Mark
Corts and the Rev. Ronnie Groce.
Burial followed in Forsyth
Memprial Park,
bqrn Oct. 18. 1914, in Davie
.jty. Cook was a son of the late
^am Wade and Lillie Belle
Dalton Cook. He was a retired
sale.sman for Froleich Cadillac
Sales in Winston-Salem.
Cook was a Navy veteran of
World War 11, a member of T.P.A.
and U.C.T. and V.F.W. Post No.
9010. He was also a member of
Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Treva Sizenxjre C(x»k of the home;
a daughter, Gayc U»ui.se Cook of
Winston-Salem; a stepson. N.C.
SizcmoreJr. of Jacksonville. Fla.;
two sisters, Mrs. Blender Cook
Gobble of Winston-Salem and
Mrs. Nettie Mac Cook Fcrrcil (>1
Clemmons; two grandchildren;
two .stepgrandchildren; and sixstepgreat-graiidchildrcn.
C(x>k. 73. of 2.V).5 Griffith Road,
died Saturday. Dec. 26. at his
home.
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1 all, o2, of Route I, Mocksville
Highway, died Friday, Dec. 2S, at
iiis home after a long period of
declining health.
l-uneral services were conducted
Sunday, Dec. 27, at Summersetl
' Funeral Home Memorial Chapel
by the Rev. James H. Correll 11,
I pastor of Loveless Park Baptist
I Church in Bessemer, Ala., and the
Rev. Roger P. Whiten of Atlanta,
I Ga. Burial followed in Rowan
i Memorial Park.
Born March 9, 1925, in Rowan
^ County, he was a son of the late
'Claude J. and Lillie Mae Hood
, Correll. Educated at Spencer High
' School, he was retired from
Daniels Construction Co. in 1985
, after 20 years of .service. Since his
retirement, he had operated the
Cooleemee Flower Shop. A U.S.
Navy veteran of World War 11, he
was a member of the VFW post in
Cooleemee.
Survivors include his wife. Sue
Steele Correll; three sons, Jaines
H. Correll 11 of Bessemer, Ala.,
* Eilward l,ansing Correll of Greer,
S.C?., and Alan Bradford Correll of
, Atlanta, Ga.; two stepsons, Carroll
Steele of Morganton and William
Leslie Steele of Cooleemee; a
daughter, Deborali Correll Whiten
of Atlanta, Ga.; two stepdaughters,
Quentina S. Price of West Jeffer
son and Salynn Steele of Bethesda,
Mde.; a Hazel Lyerly of
China Gi0v$; ''and 13 gratid-
children. ^ .
Ruby Brown Digh
SALISBURY - The funeral for
Ruby Brown Digh was to be held
at II a.m. today in Summcrsett
Memorial Chapel with the Rev.
Kenneth Koontz, pastor of New
Covenant Christian Fellowship,
ofilciating.
Born Oct. 30, 1916, in Rowan
County, Mrs. Digh was as
daughter of the late Walter C. and
Beuluh Wagner Brown. Educated
in the Rowan County Schools, she
had been entployed in the shoe
department at Guye's for 22 years.
Survivors include a daughter,
Judy C. Blackwelder t)f Salisbury;
two brothers, Jimmie R. Brown of
,'|Cooleemee and Walter "Pete"
Brown of Lilbum, Ga.; and a
sister, Lillian Casper of Salisbury.
Mrs. Digh, 71. of 221 S. Long
St., died on Monday, Dec. 28, at '
Rowan Memorial Hospital. She J
had been in declining health for '
three years and seriously ill for
' four weeks.
VLeroy Do well
' HENDERSON - A graveside
sei^ice for Leroy Dowell was held V
Thursday, Dec. 24, at the IslandFord Baptist Church cemetery in
Jonesville, conducted by the Rev.
Harry Hettsley.
Memorials may be made to the
Winston-Salem Rescue Mission.
Born in Surry Country, Dowell
was a sun of the late Augustus
Leroy and Rita Clementine Brown
Dowell. He was a World War 11
veteran and a retired carpenter.
Survivofs include five daughters,
Juanita Bullard of Advance, Max-
ine Dowell of Mocksville, Bonnie •
Leffel and Brenda Hutchins, both
of Winston-Salem, and Royce
Dowell; two sons, Leroy Dowell
of Clemmons and Robert Dowell
of Kingspori, Tenn.; three
brothers, Lloyd Dowell of
Jonesville, F'rank Dowell of Sum-
merfield and Thomas Dowell of
Grcen.sboro; a sister, Mrs. Zera
Gentry of Jonesville; and five
grandchildren.
Dowell, 75, died on Tuesday,^
Dec. 22. at Pinecrest Manor.
V Grace Hunter Lanier
The funeral fur Mrs. Grace
Hunter Lanier was held Saturday,
Dec. 26, at Oak Grove United
Methodist Church, cottducted by
the Rev. Fred Shoaf. Burial follow
ed in the church cemetery.
Born Dec. 17, 1913, in Davie
County, Mrs. Lanier was a
daughter of the lute Samuel K. and
Minnie Lee Foster Hunter. She
was a hotnemaker and a member
of Oak Grove United Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Lanier's husband, Jacob
Edward Lanier, died in 1972.
Survivors include two daughters, .
Mrs. Ethel Anderson of
Mocksville and Margie David.son
of Route 1; three sons. Gene
Lanier and Larry Lanier, both of
Advance, and Sgt. 1st Class
Thomas Lanier of Camp Red
Cloud, Korea; four sisters, Mrs.
Mae Reavis atid Mrs. Duska
Smith, both of Mocksville', Mrs.
lassie John.son of llartuiuiy andj
Mrs. Ethel Goodman of Statesville; .
I I grandchildren; and .seven
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. l^ier, 74, died Wednes
day, Dec. 23, at the home of her
daughter, Margie Davidson of
Route 1.
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Elmer Carl Lewis
COOLEEMEE — A graveside
service for Elmer Carl Lewis was
held Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the
Legion Memorial Park, conducted
by the Rev. Darrell Cox.
Born Feb. 6, 1934, in Virginia,
Lewis was a son of the lute William
G. and Mary Rose Lewis. A
disabled veteran, he had served
during the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include two daughters,
Deborah Jones and Brenda Lewis,
both of Kentucky; a sister,
Katherine Moose of Florida; four
brothers, Roy Lewis of Square,
W.Va., Walter Lewis of Lex-
itigton, Jatnes Lewis of Jamesville,
Wis., and Bill Lewis of Annapolis,
Md.; two lialf sisters and three half
brothers.
Lewis, 53, of Davie Academy
Road, died Friday, Dec. 25, at
Davie County HospiUil after being
in declining health.
Minnie Mae Martin
' The funeral for Mrs. Minnie
Mae Martin was held Monday,
Dec. 28, at Shiloh Baptist Church
with Dr. O.L. Walker officiating.
Burial followed in the Mount Plea
sant Baptist Church cemetery in
Jonesville.
Born Sept. 26, 1923, iti Yadkin
County, Mrs. Martin was a
daughter of the late Rosco and
Rosa Welborn Lindsey. She was
employed as a nursing aid at
Autumn Care Nursing Home and
was a member of Shiloh Baptist
Church.
Survivors include two daughters,
Rosa Martin of the home and
Celest Acker of Winston-Salem;
two sons, Frankie Lee Martin of
Amityville, N.Y. and Lonnie Mar
tin of Greensboro; a brother, Gillis
Lindsey of Jonesville; seven grand
children; and one great-grandchild.
Mrs. Martin, 64, of300 Mill St.,
died on Thursday, Dec. 24, at For-
syth Memorial Hospital after an ex
tended illness.
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' MOORESVILLE - John Mack
McKnight, 84. of Route 3, died
Tuesday, Dec. 22, at Lake Norman
' , Regional Medical Center.
' Funeral services were held
Thursday, Dec. 24, at Prospect
Presbyterian Church, conducted by
Dr. Steve Hundley, pastor. Burial
followed in Rose Cemetery in
Mocksville.
Memorials may be made to the
cemetery fund of Prospect
' Presbyterian Church, Route 3,
Moorc.sville. 28115.
Born May 11, 1903, in Ircdell
County, he was a .son of the late
William Augustus and Lillie Ken-
nerly McKnight. A retired farmer
and construction worker, he was a
member of Prospect Presbyterian
Church, where he .ser\'cd on the
historical committee. He was a
member of the National Rifle
As.socialion.
His wife, Rose Howard
McKnight, preceded him in death.
Survivors include four sons,
Quintin, King.sley "King" Bran-
non and Merrill McKnight, all of
Moorcsville; a daughter, Mary
Margaret Qvercash of MtKircsville;
nine grat^dchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
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'' LEXINGTON - Rose Anna
Mallard Robertson, 56, of 404
Carolina Avc., died Saturday,
Dec. 19. in the N.C. Baptist
Hospital in Winston-Salcm after
being in declining health for
several years.
Funeral services were held
Wcdnc.sday, Dec. 23, at David.son
Funeral Home Chapel, conducted
by the Rev. Noah Frye and the
Rev. Tommy Hcplcr. Burial fol
lowed in Fore.st Hill Memorial
Park.
Born in Davidson County, Jan.
28, 1931, .she was a daughter of
Artie Thomason Barnes of Lex
ington and the late Alfred Mallard.
A retired employee of Carolina
Panel Co., she was a member of
Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors, in addition to her
mother, include her husband, Joe
E. Robertson; a son, Gary Robert
son of Moclcsville; three daughters,
Bevclyn "Bev" Countryman of
Lexington, Shelia Watson of Den-
ton and Cindy Holshouser of Lin-
wood; a brother, Robert Barnes of
Lexington; and three grand
children.
yBHl Rogers
• BRADENTON, Fla. - Bill
Rogers, 50, of 2203 Clark Ave.,
Bradenton, Fla., a Davie County
native, died On Tuesday, Dec. 22,
at his home after being in declin
ing health for .several months.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, Dec. 26, at Northcrest
Chapel of Linn-Honeycutt Funeral
Home in China Grove, conducted
by the Rev. Derald Adams, pastor j
of South China Grove Baptist
Church. Buirial followed in Zion '
Chapel Methodist Church ceme
tery in Davie County.
Bom May 1, 1937, he was a son
of the late John Tay and Ella
Elizabeth Whitaker Rogtrs. He
was educated in the Davie County
.schools.
Survivors include three
daughters, Debbra Ann Taibcrt of
China Grove. Sherry Lynn PrOctt
of East Spencer and Paula;.
Butero of Mocksville; a son."
Tay Rogers of Cherokee;-
Four brothers, Everette Rogers
of Salisbury, Carl Rogers of
Mocksville; Jimmy Rogers of Lake
Norman, and Louis Rogers of
Jonesville; a sister, Josephine
Ratlcdge of Mocksville; and three
grandchildren.
Dorothy Vance Russell
SALISBURY - The funeral for
Mrs. Dofothy Vance Russell was
to be held at 2 p.m. Wedne.sday,
Dec. 30, at Summerselt Memorial
Chapel with the Rev. Ron Brisson
officiating. Burial was to follow in
City Memorial Park.
Born Sept. 25, 1915, in
Blucfteld, Va. (Tazewell County),
Mrs. Rus.scll was a daughter of the
late Henry Lane and Bertha Ellen
Vance. Educated in the Virginia
schools, she attended the Church
of God of Prophecy in Lexington.
Survivors include a .son. Kenneth
Russell of Salisbury; five stepsons.
Bill Ru.sscll of Coolcemee, Millard
Russell of Charlotte, Johnny
Russell of Salisbury, James Russell
of Virginia and Donald Russell of
Grcensboit); two daughters, Mrs.
Mary Smith of Salisbury and Mrs.
Janice Collins of Kimbcrly Court;
two brothers, Henry Vance of
Winslon-Salcm and Virgil Vance
of Bluefield, Va.; a sister,
Margaret Myers of Bluefield, Va.;
five grandchildren; and 13
slepgrandchildren.
Mrs. Russell, 72, of Route 8,
Kimberly Trailer Court, died on ^
Sunday, Dec. 27, at Rowan
Memorial Hospital after a six- ™ O
month illness. ^
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y Ruby Davis Wall ih' J
WINSTON-SALEM - The o S
funeral for Ruby Davis Wall was f. o
to be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday ~o
at Vogler's Reynolds Road Chapel t-J
with Dr. Paul J. Craven Jr. of-$
ficiating. Burial was to follow in^'
Forsyth Memorial Park.
Born Oct. 1, 1909, in Davie
County, Mrs. Wall was a daughter
of the late A.M. and Mabel Recce
Davis. She .spent mo.st of her life
in Winston-Salem and graduated
from Reynolds High School in
1928. She was a member of the
National Honor Society and attend
ed Salcm College.
Mrs. Wall was also a member of
First Baptist Church in
Wiasfon-Saicm.
Survivors include her hu.sband,
Lindsay S. Wall Sr., whom she
married Dec. 12. 1931; a daughter,
Linda W. Combs of Winston-
Salem; two sons, Lindsay S. Wall
Jr. of Winston-Saletn and Stephen
Wall of Winston-Salcm; a si.ster,
Mrs. Mabel Clair Brinkley of
Winston-Salcm; and seven
grandchildren.
Mrs. Wall, 78, of 20 Fenner
Riiad, died on Sunday, Dec. 27, at
Forsyth Memorial Hospital.
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Carl Wilson
CLEVELAND — Carl Dunson
Wilson, 71, of 330 Hobson Rd.,
died Saturday Dec. 19, at Rowan
Menioriar Hospital after being in
'declining health for a number of
years.
The funeral service was held
Monday, Dec. 22 at Summerset
Memorial Chapel and was con
ducted by the Reverend Lemar
Garrison of Clarksville, Ga. Burial
followed in Rowan MemorialPa$.
Wilson was bum April 13,1916,
in Homer, Ga. to the late James
Alexander and Lovie Dunson
Wilson. Educated in the Georgia
Schools, he was a veteran of WWII
and .served in the European Theater
in the U.S. Army.
He was a member of the First
Christian Church in Charlotte and
was active in the Paw Creek
American Legion Post. An
employee of the Pneumafil Corp.
in Charlotte for over twenty years,
Wilson retired in 1976 due to ill
Qv health.
Survivors include his wife, Mary
<. ' Helen Kurfecs Wilson of the home;
^ three brothers, Reese \Vilson of
Charlotte, William A. Wilson of
^ {£^cord, and James L. Wilson of
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id', Ga.; and three sisters, Inez
-W. Brooks of Jefferson, Ga., Doris
W.. Hunter of Powder Springs,
'•Ga., and Rosa Lee Brakefteld of
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