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Jerry W. Mulkey
GASTONIA – Jerry Wayne Mulkey, 45, 106 Packard St., died Oct. 5, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, brother of the late Ralph Mulkey Jr., graduate of Hunter Huss High School class of 1973, worked in maintenance for N.C. Air National Guard, Charlotte, member of First Assembly of God.
SURVIVORS: Parents, Ralph and Jean Ogle Mulkey, Gastonia; son, Brad W. Mulkey, Gastonia; sisters, Vicki Queen, Gastonia, Annetta Jenkins, Waxhaw; fiancee, Donna Barker Stowe, Gastonia; three nieces and nephews; one great-nephew
FUNERAL: 3:30 p.m. today, First Assembly of God, Revs. David Scruggs, Robbie deMarigny
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: At the home of Ralph and Jean Mulkey, 105 Garrison Drive
PALLBEARERS: Warren Currence, Ronald and Sammy Richardson, Butch and Rick Patterson, Dwight Pruitt, David and Micah Wilson
MEMORIALS: American Heart Association, 1229 Greenwood Cliff, Suite 109, Charlotte 28204
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
Herbert H. Leviner
CHARLOTTE – Herbert Hoover Leviner, 68, died Oct. 6, 1999, at home. He was a native of Rockingham, son of the late Arthur and Nettie Leviner, brother of the late Shady Grant, Army veteran of Korean War, served in Germany, retired payroll supervisor from Mecklenburg County after 14 years of service, member of Eastern Hills Baptist Church, Faith Sunday school class, Friendship Masonic Lodge 700, Eastern Star and Scottish Rite Bodies.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 45 years, Polly M. Leviner; daughter and son-in-law, Teresa Gayle and Warren Davidson, Gastonia; brothers, Carl Leviner, Aberdeen, Earl Leviner, Columbia, S.C.; sisters, Marie Gore and Aliece Smith, Rockingham, Elizabeth Spruill, Bedford, Texas, Illa Hamlett, Williamsburg, Va.; grandson, Christopher "Kit" Davidson, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Saturday, Eastern Hills Baptist Church, Revs. Vick Payne, Charles E. Hollifield
INTERMENT: Sharon Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service, Wilson Chapel
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Members of Faith Sunday school class and Friendship Masonic Lodge
Blanche L. Johnson
STANLEY – Blanche Lenore Johnson, 74, 553 Matt Drive, died Oct. 7, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
Wilburn P. Brown
SHELBY – Wilburn P. Brown, 64, 1213 Spring Drive, died Oct. 7, 1999, at home. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Bud Thomas "Tom" and Bessie McKee Brown, brother of the late Ernest Lee Brown, retired warehouseman from Carolina Freight, member of Buffalo Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, Jason Thomas Brown, Duran and Nancy Brown, Boca Raton, Fla.; sister, Helen Jean Bryant, Shelby; two grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Buffalo Baptist Church, Rev. Max Turner Jr.
BURIAL: Buffalo Baptist Church
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: 108 Buffalo Church Road, Shelby 28150; Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights, Shelby 28150
Joseph Wheeler
KINGS MOUNTAIN – Joseph Wheeler, 72, 500 Katharine Ave., died Oct. 7, 1999, at Kings Mountain Hospital. He was a native of Wake County, son of the late Luby and Nora Mae Barwick Wheeler, brother of the late Frances and Luby Wheeler Jr., grandfather of the late Larry Slycord Jr., served in Coast Guard and the American Merchant Marines in World War II, retired from Orkin Exterminating Co., member of East Gold Street Wesleyan Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Ollie Smith Wheeler, Kings Mountain; sons and daughters-in-law, Ronnie and Joyce, Kevin and Peggy and Buck Wheeler, Kings Mountain; daughters, Betty Ingle and Gloria "Butch" Slycord, Kings Mountain; brother and sister-in-law, Raymond and Lea Wheeler, Warner Robbins, Ga.; grandchildren, Scott, Selina, Chuck, Annie, Rhonda, Amanda, Kristina, Jonathan, Branigan and Wendy Wheeler, Trip, Lynn and Travis Slycord, Ben and Jonah Ingle; great-grandchildren, Josh Slycord, Jonathan, Zack and Kristin Wheeler, Madison Ingle, Austin Ledbetter; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, East Gold Street Wesleyan Church, Revs. Leroy Cox, Eddy Gray
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: East Gold Street Wesleyan Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 875, Kings Mountain 28086
Fransco D. Watson
DALLAS – Fransco DeNorris Watson, 20, 412 N. Rhyne St., died Oct. 5, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Diana Watson Pope, Gastonia; father, Norris Coleman, Gastonia; adopted parents, Leonard and Mattie Wilson Sr., Dallas; sister, Ronesha Pope, Gastonia; brothers, Mario and Terrance Pope, Gastonia; grandmother, Doris Coleman, Gastonia; great-grandmother, Irene Lipscomb Watson, Dallas
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Rev. R.W. Ramsey
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before service, church
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church Building Fund
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Marie B. Blackwelder
STANLEY – Marie Biggerstaff Blackwelder, 91, Stanley Total Living Center, formerly of 104 Sunset Drive, died Oct. 7, 1999, at Lincoln County Medical Center. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Jethro and Essie Scism Biggerstaff, wife of the late Alex Maltease and Hugh Blackwelder, sister of the late Darius, Ford and Worth Biggerstaff, Pure Handsel, Billie Chronister and Nesta Lukas, retired nursing home employee, member of Mulberry Presbyterian Church, Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Sisters, Jackie Jackson, Alabama, Venie Baum, South Carolina; niece, Nancy Hager, Stanley; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Carothers Funeral Home, Rev. Bill R. Miller
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens, Mount Holly
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Alexis Baptist Church, Alexis-High Shoals Road, Alexis 28006
Ernest Withers Sr.
LINCOLNTON – Ernest Franklin Withers Sr., 76, 714 E. Catawba St., died Oct. 10, 1999, at Lincoln Medical Center. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Marcus Alexander and Mollie Jane Withers Withers, Army Air Corp veteran of World War II, maintenance worker at Cochrane Furniture.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Sallie Cline Withers; sons, Garvin Dale and Ernest F. Withers Jr., Lincolnton; sister, Virgie Price, Lincolnton; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, E.F. Drum Funeral Home, Rev. Raymond Hamrick
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery, military graveside rites by Lincolnton Ceremonial Team
John Charles Maier
BELMONT – John Charles Maier, 51, died Oct. 10, 1999, at Presbyterian Hospital Harris Hospice Unit, Charlotte. He was a native of Belmont, son of the late Eugene Adrian Maier, active member of First Presbyterian Church of Belmont, Electives Sunday School Class, Army veteran of Vietnam, dedicated employee of Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, for the past 28 years.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Sara Carson Maier, Belmont; brother and sister-in-law, Joseph E. and Nancy M. Maier, Belmont; niece, Sara Kathryn Maier, Chapel Hill; nephew, Joseph Neal Maier, Chapel Hill
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, First Presbyterian Church of Belmont, Dr. Richard Boyce and Rev. Laurie A. Fields
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: Carroll and Don Beaty, Bobby Coren, Tom Dixon, Jeff Glenn, Harold McKnight
MEMORIALS: First Presbyterian Church, 102 S. Central Ave., Belmont 28012 or Presbyterian Hospital Harris Hospice Unit, P.O. Box 33549, Charlotte 28254
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home
Robert Moore Lewis
BELMONT – Robert Moore Lewis, 75, 702 McKnight St., died Oct. 11, 1999, at Presbyterian Hospital, Harris Hospice Unit, Charlotte. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Perlie M. and Ruth Bowen Lewis, member of First Baptist Church, retired vice-president from Belmont Textiles, formerly employed with Cornucopis Inc., past member of Belmont Fire Department, member of Last Man Club of Gaston County, Marine veteran of World War II, served in Pacific Theater, 4th Marine Division.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Frances Murphy Lewis; son, Robert Scott Lewis, Statesville; daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Reggie Broome, Smyrna, Del.; brother, William N. Lewis, Gastonia; sister and brother-in-law, Jean and Charles Wimbrow, Charlotte; grandchildren, Justin and Abbey Broome, Smyrna; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, First Baptist Church, Rev. Robert Baker
INTERMENT: Greenwood Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before service, church, other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, Harris Hospice Unit, P.O. Box 33549, Charlotte 28233
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home
Carolyn Carr Blake
GASTONIA – Carolyn Carr Blake, 60, 927 E. Ninth St., Apt. D, died Oct. 9, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Clover, S.C., daughter of the late Wilburn Carr Sr. and Essie Akridge Carr, wife of the late Clarence Larry Blake, sister of the late Blair Carr, member of Covenant United Methodist Church, communications coordinator, former circulation coordinator for Gaston Gazette.
SURVIVORS: Son, Silas Frazier, Blountville, Tenn.; daughters, Cathy Steward, Houston, Texas, Patti Janutolo, Jonesborough, Tenn.; brothers, Bill Carr, Charlotte, Luke and Larry Carr, Orlando, Fla., Jimmy Carr, Gastonia; sister, Delores C. Hyman, Belmont; grandchildren, Ethan and Heath Frazier; nieces and nephews, Jesika and Megan Laircey, Maxwell and Mitchell Michaels, other nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. today, Covenant United Methodist Church, Rev. Charles B. Halipilas
BURIAL: Armstrong Cemetery
PALLBEARERS: Tony Bolinger, Jeff Carr, Michael Grose, Larry McElveen, Steve Michaels, Tony Wilson Sr.
MEMORIALS: Covenant United Methodist Church, Music Fund, 801 W. Franklin Ave., Gastonia 28054
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
Marie W. Case
YORK, S.C. – Marie Williams "Granny" Case, 75, 907 E. Liberty St., died Oct. 11, 1999, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C. She was a native of Cosby, Tenn., daughter of the late Ernest Ivan and Dewey Breeden Williams, of Baptist faith, attended York Senior Center.
SURVIVORS: Son, Gary Poe, Gastonia; daughter, Linda Nations, Smyrna, S.C.; brothers, Elmore Williams, Sevierville, Tenn., Vernal Williams, Cosby, Tenn.; sisters, Omaleane Spurgeon, Jean Jenkins, Cosby; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4 p.m. today, Lakeview Memory Gardens, Rev. Ray Dinkle
VISITATION: 2-3:45 p.m. today, York Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: American Diabetes Foundation, 2711 Kittrell Center, Suite 205, Columbia, S.C. 29204
Sylvester E. Ledford
GASTONIA - Sylvester Edman Ledford, 72, 120 Valleydale Drive, died Oct. 11, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Cherokee County, son of the late Wesley Raymond and Abbie Bell Ledford, brother of the late Elmer and Albert Ledford, Alma Chastain, retired from Burlington Industries, member of Bethesda Full Gospel Tabernacle, World War II veteran, recipient of the World War II Victory medal, Army Occupational medal.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 46 years, Hazel Alvilda Payne Ledford; daughters and sons-in-law, Abegail and Victor Wiggins, Kings Mountain, Ellen Buchanan, Diane and Mike Henderson, Amy and Danny Keener, Gastonia; sons and daughter-in-law, Edman Eugene Ledford, Lincolnton, Timothy and Amanda Ledford, Lowell; sisters, Mae Cheatham, Duckworth, Tenn., Pauline Runion, Clinton, Tenn., Dessie King, Clover, S.C., Bertie Painter, Cramerton, Bertha Panter, Stanley, Vesta Jory, Dallas; brothers, Alvin Ledford, Farner, Tenn., Kenneth Ledford, Stanley; 11 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Thursday, Bethesda Full Gospel Tabernacle, Revs. Ronel Harris, Johnny Prater
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, other times at the home
PALLBEARERS: Kevin Jenkins, Lane, Jeff and Ricky Harris, Kenny Ledford, Joseph Reep
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Collean S. Layel
GASTONIA - Collean S. Layel, 86, formerly of 211 Oakland Drive, Lowell, died Oct. 12, 1999, at Century Care. She was a native of Caldwell County, daughter of the late Dennis Purdue and Mary Lacky Layel, retired from Burlington Industries, Ranlo plant, with more than 35 years of service.
SURVIVORS: Brother and sister-in-law, Rev. George and Hallie Layel, Gastonia; nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Thursday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Lonnie Harris
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia
