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Erskine H. Armstrong
ASHEVILLE — Erskine H. Armstrong, 62, 18 E. Shore Drive, died Nov. 3, 1999, at Mountain Area Hospice Center. He was a native of Belmont, son of the late William and Jessie Hoffman Armstrong, graduate of Belmont High School, attended Belmont Abbey College, member of the Air National Guard in Charlotte, former member of the Drum and Bugle Corps of Gastonia, former member of the Lake Norman Flottia’s, worked as independent insurance adjuster in Shelby and Lake Norman.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Sheryl A. Myers, Denver; two grandchildren; special friend, Karen Richman, the home; former wife, Jeannie Lewis, Lincolnton
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 3 p.m. Sunday, daughter’s home, 7406 Bankhead Road, Denver
ARRANGEMENTS: Asheville Mortuary Service, Carothers Funeral Home, Belmont
Edith K. Conway
GASTONIA - Edith Ketchie Conway, 84, Covenant Village, died Nov. 4, 1999. She was a native of Forsyth County, daughter of the late Junius Martin and Rosa White Ketchie, wife of the late John Conway Sr.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Anthony and John Conway Jr.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 3 p.m. today, Covenant Village, Rev. Jim Westmoreland
VISITATION: One hour before service, Covenant Village
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Patsy P. Spencer
STANLEY — Patsy Karlene Parker Spencer, 56, 107 Sherrill Drive, died Nov. 6, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Kokomo, Ind., daughter of the late Durard and Opal Ledford Parker, homemaker, member of First Presbyterian Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Keith Spencer; daughters and son-in-laws, Kim and Tim Payne, Alexis, Shanna Call, Stanley, Lynette and Garrett Harwood, Mount Holly; sister, Peggy Marsh, Shelbyville, Ind.; grandchildren, Josh and Kylie Payne, Kyndall Call, Haley and Jordan Harwood
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Carothers Funeral Home Chapel, Stanley ENTOMBMENT: Hillcrest Gardens Mausoleum, Mount Holly
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Monday, funeral home
Edith K. Conway
GASTONIA - Edith Ketchie Conway, 84, Covenant Village, died Nov. 4, 1999. She was a native of Forsyth County, daughter of the late Junius Martin and Rosa White Ketchie, wife of the late John William Conway Sr., sister of the late Hank Ketchie, played the piano in the Silent Movie Theater in Statesville, self-taught investor.
SURVIVORS: Sons, John Conway Jr., Anthony Conway; grandchildren, Christopher John Conway, Jeffrey Woodberry Conway, Vienna, Va.
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home
Louie C. Cunningham
GASTONIA - Louie Coleman Cunningham, 69, 914 W. Cleveland Ave., died Nov. 4, 1999, at home. He was a native of Rutherford, son of the late Louis C. and Lela P. Dixon Cunningham, brother of the late Michael D. Cunningham, retired auto mechanic, dirt track auto racer in the late 1950s and ’60s, Korean War Army veteran.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Ruby Dobbins Cunningham; sons, Lanny C. Cunningham, Gastonia, Dennis L. "Dink" Cunningham, Bessemer City, Michael D. Cunningham, Belmont; brother, Jesse Kennedy, Gastonia; sisters, Betty Quinn, Helen Conner, Gastonia, Florence Wright, Charleston, S.C.; grandchildren, Chance, Daniel, Cain and Austin Cunningham GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 3 p.m. today, Hollywood Cemetery, Rev. Bobby Wells
PALLBEARERS: Joel Adams, Austin, Cain, Daniel, Dennis and Lanny Cunningham
MEMORIALS: Belmont Group Home, P.O. Box 356, Belmont 28012
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service
Christine G. Pearson
GASTONIA - Christine Galloway Pearson, 83, 1750 Robinwood Road, died Nov. 5, 1999, at Rehabilitation Center. She was a native of Derita, daughter of the late Rev. J.B. Pearson and Margaret Crawford Pearson, sister of the late Rev. Harold M. Pearson and Crawford Pearson, seamstress, employee of Matthews-Belk, Gastonia, member of Pisgah ARP Church.
SURVIVORS: Nieces, Josie Williams, Hixon, Tenn., Gail Pearson, Washington, D.C.; nephew, Bill Pearson, Martinsville, Va.
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Pisgah ARP Church, Rev. James T. Graves Jr.
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 10-11:45 a.m. Monday, church
MEMORIALS: Pisgah ARP Church "Mission Fund," 3600 Linwood Road, Gastonia 28052
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home
Hallie G. Tino
PEACHTREE CITY, GA. — Hallie Edna Guthrie Tino, 75, formerly of Gastonia, died Nov. 5, 1999, in Fayetteville, Ga. She was a native of Guilford County, daughter of the late Hill and Addie Guthrie, wife of the late William E. Tino, life member of the Women of Moose and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, William Travis and Karen Tino; grandchildren, Amber and Reggie Tino GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 2 p.m. Monday, Hollywood Cemetery, Rev. Sherman Branch
VISITATION: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Monday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: Friday Children’s House, Fayetteville, Ga., or the Humane Society
Ruth Biddix
MURPHY — Ruth Ann Moss Biddix, 73, died Nov. 6, 1999 at home. She was a native of Cherokee County, daughter of the late Columbus A. and Rebecca Moss, wife of the late Ernes Roscoe Biddix, sister of the late Blanche Stalcup and Grover James Moss, worked in the textile industry.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Giles Ratley, Bessemer City, Oliver Grant, Gaffney, S.C.; daughters, Janice Wells, Bessemer City, Debra Macintosh, Murphy; brothers, Amos and Edward Moss, Murphy, Jimmy Moss, Lexington; sisters, Fannie Moss Stalcup, Murphy, Alice Laye, Bessemer City, Maxiene Moss, Ball Ground, Ga.; 10 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Marble, Revs. Randall Moss and Paul Ray Morgan
BURIAL: Moss Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before the service at the church
PALLBEARERS: Paul, Hollis, James, Donnie Moss, Henry Stalcup, Clinton Lovingood
ARRANGEMENTS: Townson Rose Funeral Home
Patsy Parrish
FLETCHER — Patsy Parrish, 64, died Nov. 5, 1999, after an extended illness. She was a native of Gaston County, resident of Henderson County for past 35 years, daughter of the late Marcus Grady Toomey, member Fletcher Seventh Day Adventist Church, attended Fletcher Methodist and Mills River Methodist churches, worked for 20 years at Mills River Restaurant, eight years for Pine Park Retirement Inn and six years for Arden Presbyterian Pre-school.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Julia Elaine Parrish, Mount Holly, Ronna Rochelle "Shelley" Fisher, Cedar Springs, Mich.; son, Robert Gregg Parrish Jr., Raleigh; mother, Sadie A. Toomey, Belmont; brother, Grady Max Toomey, Belmont; grandson, Daniel Kenneth McCotter, Cedar Springs, Mich.; nephew, Marcus Christopher Toomey, Belmont
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 6 p.m., Monday, Fletcher Seventh Day Adventist Church, Pastors Bob Cundiff and John Lorentz
MEMORIALS: Four Seasons Hospice, P.O. Box 2395, Hendersonville, 28793
ARRANGEMENTS: Shuler & Luck Funeral Home
Reola I. Robinson
LINCOLNTON - Reola Isabelle Robinson, 85, 328 E. Water St., died Nov. 5, 1999, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late Newman Foster and Cynthia Ellen Biggers Robinson, sister of the late Frank, Brice and Mason Robinson, Harriet Eula Robinson Dickson and Susie Robinson Black, aunt of the late Lawrence Robinson and Johnny Black, owner and operator of Robinson’s dress shop in Lincolnton, employee of Alda Crowe’s of Lincolnton.
SURVIVORS: Sisters, Mary R. Putnam, Shelby, Nelle R. Strickland, Wadesboro, Eunice Ann Robinson, Charlotte; nephews, George Robinson, Rock Hill, S.C., Richard, Eugene, Donald and Steve Black, Clover, S.C., Lowry Black, Charlotte, James A. Dickson, Gastonia, Cody Robinson, Brevard, Tommy Strickland, Sanford; nieces, Marie Robinson Huston, Charlotte, Harriett Putnam Beam, Shelby, Dorothy Black Moss, York, Jane Dickson Lewis, Lincolnton, Ann Putnam Grelling, Los Angeles, Rachel Black Weeks, Linda Robinson Bridges, Clover
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral Home Chapel, Clover, Rev. Mary McKey
BURIAL: Beersheba Presbyterian Church Cemetery, York
VISITATION: 4-6 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: First Presbyterian Church, W. Main St., Lincolnton 28092 or Christian Ministries, E. Waters St., Lincolnton 28092
Ruby Parrott
RANDLEMAN — Ruby Ella Carswell Parrott, 81, died Nov. 4, 1999 at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro. She was a native of Boiling Springs, S.C., daughter of the late Tom and Betty Dixon Carswell, wife of the late James Kenneth Parrott, went to school in Gastonia, lived with her husband in Charlotte until 1974, seamstress, long time employee of Montaldo’s of Charlotte, did alterations for Dandy Cleaners and many residents of Myers Park and Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Jackie Parrott and Harold Mann, Randleman, Jody Parrott and Jimmy Bailey, Pageland, S.C.; son and daughter-in-law, Buddy and Judy Parrott, Cornelius; brother, Jack Carswell, Gastonia; grandchildren, Joni Bailey Robinson, "J" Bailey, Wayne and Richard Mann, Todd and Brad Parrott; seven great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m., Tuesday, Almond, Raymer & McConnell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Max Helton
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery West
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m., Monday, the funeral home
MEMORIALS: Motor Racing Outreach, 555 Concord Parkway South, Smith Tower Building, Harrisburg, 28075
Myrtle Meacham
SHELBY - Myrtle Brite Meacham, 93, White Oak Manor, died Nov. 6, 1999, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Joseph Mellon and Arie Lee Anthony Meacham, sister of the late Joseph Washington, Glen Washburn and Paul Franklin Meacham, Elsie Eugenia Meacham Ledbetter, Bessie Lavon Meacham Edwards, retired from Esther Mill, member Eastside Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: sisters and brother-in-law, Connie Lee Meacham Trammel, Margaret Bernice Meacham and J.C. Rabb, Shelby; nieces, nephews
FUNERAL: 3 p.m., Monday, Eastside Baptist Church, Dr. Harold Fite
BURIAL: Sunset Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before the service at the church
MEMORIALS: Eastside Baptist Church, 1165 Wyke Road, Shelby, 28150
ARRANGEMENTS: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
