OBSERVER Tuesday, February 12, 1991 N.C. Obituaries ANSONVILLE Mr. Strawn Tyson, 66, retired truck salesman, died Feb. 10, 1991, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Funeral is 2 p.m.
today at Red Hill Baptist Church. Survivors are his sons, Larry Tyson of Charlotte, Ronnie Tyson of Wadesboro; daughters, Mrs. Renee Huntley of Wadesboro, Mrs. Debbie Williams of Lilesville, Mrs. Lisa Henry of Polkton; sisters, Mrs.
Emma Maree, Mrs. Esther Davis, both of Wadesboro, Mrs. Ruby Frank. Leavitt of Wadesboro is in charge. ASHEBORO Mr.
Causey Robert Keeling, 85, textile retiree, died Feb. 11, 1991, at home. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday' at West Bend United Methoclist Church. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Ridge Funeral Home.
Survivors are his wife, Beatrice; daughter, Mrs. Grace of Greensboro; sister, Mrs. Maggie Lewis; grandchildren. ASHEVILLE Mrs. Ann Patton Joyce, 35, City of Asheville parks and recreation department employee, died Feb.
9, 1991, at Memorial Mission Hospital. Memorial service is noon today at Central United Methodist Church. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Forest Hills Cemetery, Morganton. Survivors are her husband, Jeff; sons, Daniel Joyce, David Joyce; father and stepmother, Frank Patton Jr.
and Ann Patton of Morganton; brother, Frank Patton III; sister, Mrs. Margaret Hampsen of Morganton; stepbrother, Rick Avery of Winston-Salem; stepsister, Miss Anna Avery of Morganton. Morris is in charge. Kirksey of Morganton is in charge of Morganton arrangements. BISCOE Mr.
Erie H. Greene, 79, textile retiree, died Feb. 8, 1991, at home. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Hood's Chapel AME Zion Church.
Survivors are his wife, Threca; sons, Horace Greene of New York, Charles Greene; daughters, Mrs. Shirley Porter, Mrs. Pauline James, both of Amityville, N.Y., Miss Elizabeth Greene of Gaithersburg, Mrs. Dorothy Ferguson of Washington; sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Ledbetter of Pennsylvania, Mrs.
Mary Thomas of Troy. Harris of Mount Gilead is in charge. CONCORD Mrs. Anna Mae Justice, 64, homemaker, died Feb. 9, 1991, at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital.
Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Salisbury National Cemetery. Survivors are her son, Nick Justice of Kannapolis, Bill Justice; daughters, Mrs. Linda Cain of Kannapolis, Miss Edith Justice, Miss Dora Justice, both of Durham, Mrs. Ruth Mooney.
Hartsell Funeral Home. CONNELLY SPRINGS Mrs. Essie Mae Brittain Cook, 69, homemaker, died Feb. 11, 1991, at Grace Hospital in Morganton. Funeral is 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight at Sossoman Funeral Home, Morganton. Survivors are her husband, Odell; sons, Jimmy Cook of Valdese, Don Cook; daughters, Mrs. Peggy Tallent of Morganton, Mrs. Mildred Moyers; brother, Loy Brittain; sister, Mrs.
Ada Abee. ELKIN Mrs. Emmie Carter Smith, 94, homemaker, died Feb. 11, 1991, at home. Funeral is 2 p.m.
today at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte. Memorial service is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elkin Presbyterian Church. Survivors are her son, Walter Smith of Knoxville, daughter, Mrs. Dorris Anderson; granddaughter, Mrs.
Dorris Worthington. Johnson is in charge. FAITH Mrs. Betty May Harrington Miller Bestpitch, 65, Food Lion retiree, died Feb. 8, 1991, in Las Vegas.
Funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at Shiloh United Church of Christ. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell. Survivors are her husband, Carroll; daughters, Ms.
Cynthia Cole of Traphill, Ms. Lori Fail of Salisbury, Ms. Paula Ladshaw of Lawrenceville, Ms. Pat Julian; stepson, Carroll Bestpitch Jr. of Los Angeles; stepdaughters, Ms.
Carol Buettner of Las Vegas, Ms. Deborah Davis, Ms. Sandra Bestpitch, both of California. GRANITE FALLS Miss A. Sue Sherrill, 86, retired farmer, died Feb.
10, 1991, at Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory. Funeral is 3 p.m. today at St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Mackie-High is in charge.
Survivors are her sisters, Mrs. Inez Heffner, Mrs. Velma Hafer, both of Hickory, Mrs. Rachel Bum- garner. GRANITE FALLS Mr.
Raymond Allen Cook, 66, CPC Rexel retiree, died Feb. 11, 1991 at Caldwell County Hospice. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Clover Baptist Church. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight at Mackie-High.
Survivors are his wife. Gertrude; son, Timothy Cook; daughter, Mrs. Starr Weaver of Hickory; brothers, Shelton Cook of Stewartstown, Frank Cook of Chicago; sisters, Mrs. Arzenl Loudermilk of Hickory, Mrs. Ruth Nelson of Lenoir.
GRANITE FALLS Mr. Perry Thomas Fox, 65, sawmill operator, died Feb. 10, 1991, at home. Funeral is 3 p.m. today at Temple Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Betty; sons, Jesse Fox, Donnie Fox, David Fox; daughters, Mrs. Shirley Marsh of Statesville, Mrs. Debbie Marsh; brother, Cloyd Fox; sisters, Mrs. Lois West of Lenoir, Mrs. Louise Church.
Pendry's of Lenoir is in charge. HAMLET Mr. Willie Lester Steele, 86, retired farmer, died Feb. 11, 1991, at Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Funeral is 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Wilson-Harrington Funeral Home. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight. Survivors are his wife, Maggie; son, Willie Steele daughter, Mrs. Mattie Pond of Indian Trail; brother, Bob Steele of Jackson Springs; sisters, Mrs. Ola Watts of Charlotte, Mrs.
Etta Allred of Aber- deen. HARRISBURG Mrs. Joe Ann Moses Stein, 54, salesclerk, died Feb. 11, 1991, at home. Funeral is p.m.
Thursday at Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China a Grove. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Survivors are her husband, Larry; son, Jay Atwell Ill; daughter, Mrs. Donnettia Cacares of Charleston, sisters, Mrs.
Frances Skipper, Mrs. Pansy Connor, both of Salisbury; stepson, Scott Stein of Fort Knox, Ky. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cabarrus County, 920 Church St. North, Concord, N.C. 28025; or to Presbyterian Hospital Ladies Auxiliary, 200 Hawthorne Charlotte, N.C.
28207. HICKORY Mr. Marc Bryon Rhoney, 27, Country Enterprises employee, died Feb. 9, 1991, at Catawba Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 11 a.m.
today at Catawba Funeral Home. Survivors are his mother, Ms. Linda Rhoney; grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Isenhour. Memorials may be made to Big Sisters of Catawba County, Family Guidance Center, 17 N.C.
70 SE, Hickory, N.C. 28602. KANNAPOLIS Mrs. Alice Harris Ashby, 94, homemaker, died Feb. 11, 1991, at Rowan Memorial Hospital in Salisbury.
Funeral plans are incomplete. Lady's is in charge. LENOIR Mrs. Nancy Greer Bentley, 82, homemaker, died Feb. 10, 1991.
Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Pendry's Funeral Home. Survivors are her sons, Grady Bentley, Howard Bentley, Bill Bentley, Dale Bentley; daughters, Mrs. Mattie Whitner of Hickory, Mrs. Nadine Wakefield of Sawmills, Mrs.
Martha Watson, Mrs. Lessie Crump; brother, Marvin Greer of North Wilkesboro. MAXTON Mr. Harold Craven, 61, textile retiree, died Feb. 8.
1991, at Southeastern General Hospital. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Butler Funeral Home, Laurinburg. Survivors are his wife, Ethel; son, Jerry Craven; daughters, Mrs. Cynthia Ezzell of Godwin, Mrs.
Wanda Britt of Wagram, Ms. Darlene Craven; mother, Mrs. Bertha Dutile of Hamlet; brothers, William Craven of Gibson, Bonnie Craven of Raeford; sister, Mrs. Hazel Skipper of Rockingham. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association, 1300 Baxter Suite 101, Charlotte, N.C.
28204. McFARLAN Miss Camilla Trexler Moore, 75, retired registered nurse, died Feb. 10, 1991, at Chesterfield General Hospital in Cheraw, S.C. Funeral is 3 p.m. today at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church.
Survivors are her sisters, Mrs. Margaret Shuford, Mrs. Audrey Fincher, Mrs. Dorothy McCown, all of Cheraw. Moore of Wadesboro is in charge.
Memorials may be made to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church cemetery fund, McFarlan, N.C. 28012. MONROE- Mrs. Zadie M. Baker, homemaker, died Feb.
11, 1991, at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte. Funeral plans are incom- plete. Harris is in charge. MOORESVILLE Mrs. Jean Patterson Givens, 65, died Feb.
9, 1991, in Las Cruces, N.M., as a result of an automobile accident. Funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cavin Funeral Home.
Survivors are her son, Richard Givens Jr. of Charlotte; daughter, Ms. Kathleen Givens of Statesville; brothers, Bernard Patterson of Louisburg, Nathaniel Patterson of Roanoke, William Patterson of Birmingham. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mooresville Christian Church, P.O. Box 62, Morganton, N.C.
28115; to First Presbyterian Church building fund, 249 McLelland Mooresville, N.C. 28115: or to Lake Norman Lions Club. Brawley School Road, Mooresville, N.C. 28115. MOORESVILLE Mr.
Richard McGuire Givens, 69, mechanical engineer, died Feb. 9, 1991, in Las Cruces, N.M., as a result of an automobile accident. Funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday at Cavin Funeral Home. Survivors are his son, Richard Givens Jr. of Charlotte; daughter, Ms. Kathleen Givens of Statesville; brother, Curtis Givens of Martinsville, Va. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mooresville Christian Church, P.O.
Box 62, Morganton, N.C. 28115; to First Presbyterian Church building fund, 249 McLelland Mooresville, N.C. 28115; or to Lake Norman Lions Club, Brawley School Road, Mooresville, N.C. 28115. MOORESVILLE Mrs.
Etta Karriker Goforth, 94, textile retiree, died Feb. 11, 1991, at Brian Center Nursing Home. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. Visitation is 9:30 to 10 a.m.
Wednesday at Lady's Funeral Home. Survivors are her nephews and nieces MOUNT GILEAD Mrs. Thelma Bruton Lindsey, 84, Duke University Hospital retiree, died Feb. 10, 1991, at home. Funeral is 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Walls Chapel Baptist Church. Visitation is 7 to 8 tonight at McKeithan Funeral Home. Survivors are her brother, Frazier Bruton of Albemarle; sisters, Mrs. Pearl Butler of Trinity, Mrs. Mattie Rawlinson of Columbus, Ohio, Miss Jessie Bruton.
NORMAN Mr. Samuel Holden VonCannon, 74, retired electrical maintenance supervisor, died Feb. 11, 1991, at Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Carter Funeral Home, Ellerbe.
Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight. Survivors are his wife, Beulah; sons, Merle VonCannon of Rockingham, Lanny VonCannon of Fort Sumter, S.C., Tony VonCannon of Nashville, Randy VonCannon of Shepherd Air Force Base, Greg VonCannon; daughter, Mrs. Elaine Kelly of Rockingham, brothers, Howard VonCannon, Clayton VonCannon, both of Ellerbe, Larry VonCannon of Monroe; sister, Mrs. Reba Ann Moser of Charlotte. Memorials may be made to Ellerbe Rescue Squad, P.O.
Box 148, Ellerbe, N.C. 28338. ROCKINGHAM Timothy Grant, 12, Cordova Grammar School student, died Feb. 9, 1991, as a result of an automobile accident. Funeral is 4 p.m.
Wednesday at Cordova United Methodist Church. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Watson-King Funeral Home. Survivors are his parents, Timothy and Annie Grant; sister, Melissa Grant; grandmothers, Mrs. Lila Grant, Mrs. Lillie Brayboy; greatgrandmother, Mrs.
Pearl Short of Chesterfield, ROCKINGHAM Mrs. Mary Newsome Sistar, 61, textile retiree, died Feb. 10, 1991, at Richmond Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at East Rockingham Freewill Baptist Church.
Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Marks Funeral Home. Survivors are her husband, Paul; son, William Thompson; daughter, Miss Hope Thompson of Orlando, brother, Wayne Newsome; sisters, Mrs. Jewell Pederson, Kate Baucom; half sisters, Mrs. Barbara Langley, Mrs. Leona Craven, both of West End, Mrs.
Libby Klumb of Wisconsin. SALISBURY Mrs. Savannah Honeycutt Connor, 80, textile retiree, died Feb. 9, 1991, at Autumn Care nursing home. Funeral is 3 p.m.
today at Dunn's Mountain Baptist Church. Survivors are her sons, James Connor of Allentown, Charles Connor; daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Milord; sisters, Mrs. Girlie Goldman of Melbourne, Mrs. Elizabeth Farrington of Tampa.
SALISBURY Mr. William "Avery" Gosney, 70, Southern Railway retiree, died Feb. 10, 1991, at Rowan Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Salisbury National Cemetery.
Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight at Summersett Funeral Home. Survivors are his wife, Thelma; sons, Avery Gosney of Charleston; daughter, Mrs. Lesa Prince; brothers, Harold Gosney of Norfolk, Calvin Gosney of Newport News, Va. SOUTHERN PINES Ms. Grace Brickman Sykes, 73, died Feb.
10, 1991, at home. Memorial service is 4 p.m. today at Powell Funeral Home. Survivors are her son, Roy Sykes Jr. of Woodland Hills, grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 951, Southern Pines, N.C. 28388. SPINDALE Mr. Joseph Edgar Lane, 86, Stonecutter Mills retiree, died Feb.
11, 1991, at Rutherford Hospital in Rutherfordton. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Piney Knob Baptist Church, Rutherfordton. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Crowe Funeral Home, Rutherfordton. Survivors are his wife, Pearl; sons, Willie Lane, Guy Lane; brothers, Moody Lane, Hoyle Lane, Jonas Lane; sisters, Mrs.
Zora Shufford of Celo, Mrs. Josie Hardin, Mrs. Emma McBrayer, Mrs. Della Humphries, Mrs. Hettie Church.
TAYLORSVILLE Mrs. Ruby Pearl Price, 70, Lewittes Furniture Co. retiree, died Feb. 10, 1991, home. Funeral is 2 p.m.
today at Reformation Lutheran Church. Survivors are her husband, Plezz; sons, Hendal Price of Liberty, Leslie Price of Statesville, Zayne Price, Lynn Price; daughters, Mrs. Faye Stafford, Mrs. Peggy Jolly; sisters, Mrs. Merlie Lail of Newton, Mrs.
Zula Chapman of Hickory. Adams is in charge. VALDESE Mr. Arrie Anderson Stamey, 59. retired furniture worker, died Feb.
10, 1991, at Grace Hospital in Morganton. Funeral is 11 a.rn. Wednesday at Kirksey Funeral Home. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight. Survivors are his wife.
Shirley; sons, Joey Stamey, Terry Stamey, Ted Stamey; brothers, William Stamey, Lewis Stamey; sisters, Mrs. Edith Jones of Andrews, Mrs. Carrie Mayfield. OBITUARIES Inez Tucker Textile Employee BELMONT Mrs. Inez Blanton Tucker, 86, of 1204 E.
Catawba St. died Feb. 10, 1991, at home. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Carothers Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Steve Robinson officiating. Burial is in Gaston Memorial Park in Gastonia. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight. Mrs. Tucker, a retired textile employee, was born in Rutherfordton, daughter of the late Jackson and Louise Friday Blanton.
She was the widow of Arthur Tucker. She was a member of East Belmont Presbyterian Church. Survivors are sisters, Mrs. Jeanette Bender and Mrs. Dorothy Wienel, both of Youngstown, Ohio, Mrs.
Annie Owens of California; two grandchildren. John Anderson Carpenter GASTONIA Mr. John Anderson, 91, of 824 Howard died Feb. 10, 1991, at home. Funeral is 3 p.m.
Wednesday at Carothers Funeral Home, with the Rev. Homer Arrowood officiating. Burial is in Hollywood Cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight. Mr.
Anderson, a retired carpenter, was born in Franklin, son of the late James and Hazel Crisp Anderson. He was the widower of Thelma Arnold Anderson. Survivors are sisters, Mrs. Clara Armstrong of Lowell, Mrs. Inez Savage of Mount Holly, Mrs.
Alice Clark of Franklin, Mrs. Mellie Hudspeth of Cramerton, Mrs. Reddie Mashburn of Greenville, S.C. Glenn Head Amp Inc. Machinist GASTONIA Mr.
Glenn Henry Head, 36, of 5118 Freedom Mill Rd. died Feb. 11, 1991, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Chapel Grove Church of God, with the Rev.
Joel Shirley officiating. Burial is in Gaston Memorial Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Carothers Funeral Home. Mr. Head, son of Glenn and Margaret Turner Head, was born in Annapolis, Md. He was a machinist with Amp Inc.
in Lowell. Survivors are wife, Pam Ledford Head; son, David Head; parents; brother, Gene Head; sisters, Mrs. S.C. Obituaries BENNETTSVILLE Mr. Claude R.
Smith, 77, textile retiree, died Feb. 10, 1991, at Marlboro Park Hospital. Funeral is 3 p.m. today at First Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors are his daughter, Mrs.
Sue Bunton of China Grove, N.C.; sister, Mrs. Annie Smith; half brother, Knox Frith of Kilsyth, W.Va.; grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Whitner-1 is in charge. CHERAW Mr. Jack Garland Wilson, 67, retired airline captain, died Feb.
10, 1991, at Chesterfield General Hospital. Funeral is noon today at Old St. David's Episcopal Church. Norton is in charge. Survivors are his wife, Carol; son, Scott Wilson of Asheboro, N.C.; daughters, Mrs.
Gail Hanigan of Fort Belvoir, Mrs. Lisa Cash of Westchester, Pa. Memorials may be made to Chesterfield County Hospice, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, 29709. CLOVER Mr.
Major Long, 69, died Feb. 10, 1991, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. Funeral is 3 p.m. Wednesday at Liberty Hill AME Zion Church. Visitation is 7 to 7:30 tonight at Wright Funeral Home, York.
Survivors are his wife, Rosie; daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Ezechukun of Charlotte; grandchildren. LANCASTER- Mr. Robert Henry Bolick, 76, Duke Power Co. retiree, died Feb.
11, 1991, at home. Funeral is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte. Visitation is at the home. Cauthen Funeral Home is in charge.
Survivors are his sons, John Bolick of Charlotte, Gene Bolick; brother, Clyde Bolick of Weddington. Memorials may be made to Van Wyck Presbyterian Church. Van Wyck, S.C. 29744. McCONNELLS Mrs.
Ella Jolly Howard died Feb. 9, 1991, at Divine Savior Hospital in York. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Hopewell Baptist Church, Chester County, with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors are her son, William Jackson; daughter, Mrs.
Sarah Jackson of Salisbury, N.C.; grandchildren and great-grandchildren. ROCK HILL Mr. Charles Richard "Rick" Blackmon, 63, Blackmon Septic Tank Service owner, died Feb. 11, 1991, at Piedmont Medical Center. Funeral is 4 p.m.
Wednesday at Forest Hills cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Bass Funeral Home. Survivors are his wife, Judy; daughter, Miss Ashley Blackmon; brothers, Jerry Blackmon of lotte, William sister, Mrs. Joan Christmas; Memorials may be made to Glenda Gibson, Mrs. Pam Crenshaw.
Mildred Jamison Pharr Yarns Employee GASTONIA Mrs. Mildred Abernathy Jamison, 69, of 709 N. York St. died Feb. 9, 1991, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
Funeral is 3 p.m. Saturday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, with the Rev. L.D. Mayes officiating. Burial is in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Visitation is 7 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church. Martin's Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Jamison, retired Yarn employee, was born in Union, S.C., daughter of the late George and Reather Gist Abernathy.
She was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church, where she served on the missionary circle. She was a member of American Legion Post No. 98 women's auxiliary. Survivors are husband, John Jamison; sons, Michael Jamison, Ronald Jamison: daughter, Miss Lillian Jamison; brothers, George Abernathy of Union, Russell Abernathy of Dayton, Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Alease Legree, Mrs.
Etta Goode, Mrs. Georgia Brown; five grandchildren. Charles Kirby Threads Inc. Employee GASTONIA Mr. Charles Thomas Kirby, 82, of 1521 Pineola Ln.
died Feb. 11, 1991, at home. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Gaston Memorial Park, with the Rev. James Westmoreland officiating.
Visitation is 7 to 8 tonight at McLean Son 1 Funeral Home. Mr. Kirby, a retired Threads Inc. vice president, was born in Fall River, son of the late Charles and Laura Kirby Kirby. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Gaston Country Club.
Survivors are wife, Suzanne Thuot Kirby; sister, Mrs. Kathleen Kinley of Worchester, Mass. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 190 E. Franklin Gastonia, N.C. 28052.
Lena Sylvester Grocery Store Owner GASTONIA Mrs. Lena Ann Sylvester, 82, formerly of 4415 Falls died Feb. 10, 1991, at Brian Center. Funeral is 1 p.m. Wednesday at Carothers Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Sam Robbins officiating. Burial is in Armstrong Cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight. Mrs. Sylvester, a retired owner Let Us Know We ask funeral homes in Gaston and Lincoln counties and Kings Mountain to call or visit The Gaston Observer with news of deaths and funerals.
We will accept obituaries noon to 10 p.m. daily. Call us collect at 864-4319, come by or write: Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 1840 McConnells York, S.C. 29745. ROCK HILL Mr.
Peter Matthew Judge, 30, The Herald reporter, died Feb. 11, 1991, at home. Memorial service is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Episcopal Church of Our Savior. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m.
at Bass Funeral Home. Survivors are his wife, Virginia; brothers, Hank Hoffman of Wallingford, Jeff Judge of Black Rock, stepfather, Emil More Obituaries Obituaries from Mecklenburg County are on Page 4B. and operator of Sylvester's Grocery, was born in Murphy, daughter of the late Mathew and Hettie Halloway Lunsford. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church. Survivors are son, Hayward Spivey; sister, Mrs.
Florence Spivey; two grandchildren; a greatgrandchild. The family will be at the home of Hayward Spivey, 4413 Grier Gastonia. Tommy Tucker Gaston County Native GASTONIA Mr. Tommy Mack Tucker, 57, of 3000 S. York Rd.
died Feb. 9, 1991, at home. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Charlotte, with the Rev. Ray Pennell officiating.
Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Carothers Funeral Home. Mr. Tucker was born in Gaston County, son of the late William and Verla Alexander Tucker. He was a Korean War Army veteran. Survivors are sons, Robert Tucker of Hagerstown, daughters, Mrs.
Susan Souders and Mrs. Nancy Lias, both of Hagerstown; brothers, Ralph Tucker, Earl Tucker, David Tucker, all of Charlotte, Stacy Tucker; sisters, Mrs. Lucille Fisher of Charlotte, Mrs. Virginia Chamber of Atlantic Beach, two grandchildren. The following obituary was incomplete: STANLEY Mrs.
Azalee West, 68, of 306 Ridge St. died Feb. 11, 1991, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Carothers Funeral Home is in charge. Compiled by Gary Wireman Friends Elsewhere Essie Leatherman MORGANTON Mrs.
Essie Pendleton Leatherman, 91, retired school cafeteria worker, died Feb. 10, 1991, at Catawba Memorial Hospital in Hickory. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Pleasant View Baptist Church. Survivors are her sons, Clarence Leatherman of Lincolnton, Yates Leatherman brother, Kermit Pendleton of Vale; sister, Mrs.
Priscilla Mast. Kirksey is in charge. pi Pleasant Memorials View may Baptist be made Church, to Route 9, Box 252, Morganton, N.C. 28655. Judge of Fairfield, stepsisters, Mrs.
Gwen Palmer of Southport, Mrs. Barbara MacWilliams of Barre, Mass. Memorials may be made to the Sierra Club, Henry's Knob Club, Roy Turner, 228 Hilldale Rock Hill, S.C. 29732, or the Rock Hill Tree Program, Rock Hill Clean and Green, P.O. Box 11706, Rock Hill, S.C.
29731. YORK Mr. Lee Wilson 62, S.C. highway department employee, died Feb. 9, 1991, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill.
Funeral is 4 p.m. today at Langrum Branch Baptist Church. Wright is in charge. Survivors are his wife, Macie; sons, Willie Wilson, Vincent Wilson; daughters, Carolyn Locke of Charlotte, Mrs. Margaret Burris of Sharon, Mrs.
Alberta Anthony; brother, Anderson Wilson of Trenton, N.J.; sisters, Miss Roberta Wilson of New York, Mrs. Bessie Mobley of Rock Hill, Mrs. Annie Foster of McConnells. The Gaston Observer 127 W. Franklin Blvd.
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