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Louise P. Webb
MORGANTON — Louise Elizabeth Phillips Webb, 83, Hopewell Road, died Dec. 1, 1999, at Valdese General Hospital. She was a native of Burke County, daughter of the late Cameron M. and Mary Elizabeth Phillips, sister of the late Hennessee Phillips, Moran Phillips, Phifer Phillips, Carl Phillips and Plennie Ray Phillips, homemaker, member of Hopewell Baptist Church
SURVIVORS: Husband, Marcus "Pink" Webb; son, Marcus Steven Webb, York, S.C.; daughters, Elizabeth Kincaid, Morganton, Irene Overcash, Ruby Butler, Gastonia, Ruth Riddle, Old Fort; brother, Charlie Phillips, Morganton; sisters, Estelle Webb, Mary Whisnant, Ruth Miller, Morganton; 19 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, Hopewell Baptist Church, Revs. Jeff Riddle, Jay Riddle, Michael Beshears, Chris Annas
INTERMENT: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 10 a.m., church fellowship hall
PALLBEARERS: Nine grandsons
ARRANGEMENTS: Kirksey Funeral Home
Taryn D. Barber
GASTONIA - Taryn Danyel Barber, infant daughter of Terry and Rita Ross Barber, 2720 Gail Ave., died Dec. 1, 1999, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: In addition to her parents, sister, Brandy Ross, Gastonia; maternal grandmother, Alice Ross, Gastonia; Godparents, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Huntley, Gastonia; seven aunts; six uncles; other relatives GRAVESIDE SERVICES: Noon Saturday, Rose Hill Cemetery, Rev. Samuel H. Barber Jr.
VISITATION: 11-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Costner Funeral Home
Danny L. Gelsinger
CROUSE — Danny Lee Gelsinger, 45, 3511 Toth Lane, died Nov. 30, 1999, at Lincoln Medical Center. He was a native of West Virginia, son of the late Mary Lee Hicks Gelsinger
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Heather Gelsinger, the home; father, Paul Lee Gelsinger Sr., Baltimore; brothers, Paul Lee Gelsinger Jr., Baltimore, Rocky Lee Gelsinger, Las Vegas; grandsons, Jordan, Abber and Cole Gelsinger
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton
Margaret M. Wright
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Margaret Moon Wright, 89, 630 Riverhill Circle, died Dec. 2, 1999, at Palmetto Baptist Medical Center. She was a native of Madison County, Ga., daughter of the late Charles Gilliam and Woodie Hunt Moon, wife of the late Robert David Wright, sister of the late Lillie Pope Moon, homemaker, member of Skyland Baptist Church, Kannapolis, former Kannapolis resident
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-laws, Derald and Janet Wright, Kannapolis, Kenneth and Rita Wright, Bessemer City; daughters and son-in-laws, Brenda W. and Bob Farris, Kannapolis, Regina W. Duncan, Kannapolis, Patty W. and Cy Wentworth, Columbia; brother, C.W. Moon, Salisbury; sisters, Frances Moon, Kannapolis, Laura Streater, Morganton, S.C.; granddaughter, Kelli Howe, Bessemer City; nine other grandchildren; five great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Saturday, Whiley’s Funeral Home
INTERMENT: Carolina Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home, other times at the home of Regina W. Duncan, 2787 Lamplighter Dr., Kannapolis
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord 28026-1235
Margaret Baumgardner
FLATWOODS, Ky. — Margaret Baumgardner, 84, 2418 Mulberry Court, died Nov. 18, 1999, at home. She was a native of Greenville, S.C., daughter of the late John and Minnie Estelle Perry Brooks, wife of the late J.C. Baumgardner, former owner of Jay’s Drive-In, Shelby, homemaker, of Baptist faith.
SURVIVORS: Son, Charles N. Baumgardner, Woodruff, S.C.; daughter, Betty Sue Adkins, Flatwoods, Ky.; brother, Kenneth Brooks, Gastonia; sister, Elizabeth Beal, Mount Holly; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren
MEMORIAL SERVICE: Noon today, Marshall Steen Funeral Home, Rev. O. Franklin Johnson
VISITATION: 11 a.m. today, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Community Hospice, 1538 Central Ave., Ashland, Ky. 41101 or Oakmont Mannor Senior Citizens Activity Fund, 1100 Grandview Drive, Flatwoods, Ky. 41139
Bobby D. Calhoun
GASTONIA - Bobby Demural Calhoun, 68, 218 S. Highland St., died Nov. 17, 1999, at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte. He was a native of Rutherford County, son of the late Leon Tillman and Annie Mary Vandiver Calhoun, member of First Freewill Baptist Church, Gastonia Moose Lodge, graduate of Gastonia High School, manager with Goodwill Sales.
SURVIVORS: Brother, Billy Calhoun, Gastonia; sisters, Linda C. Rice, the home, Vicki C. Ray, Gastonia, Betty Frazier, Mississippi, Nancy Kline, Kansas; aunts, Odessa Boyles, Omelia Weaver, Fannie Sue Vandiver, Gastonia, Pearl Helton, Belmont; uncles, Ervin Vassey, Shelby, B.D. Calhoun, Bessemer City, Thurmond Calhoun, Monroe, Tom Jones, Gastonia; nieces, Angela Hodge, Heather Simpson, Christa Casler, Missy Ray, Debbie Rawland; nephews, Christopher J. Rice Jr., Mike and Mark Frazier, Ron and Rick Kline
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, First Freewill Baptist Church, Revs. William Calvert and Randy Sawyer
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: At the home
PALLBEARERS: Clint Walker, Terry Derreberry, Joe Fowler, Jerry Ellington, Dennis McCraw, Clyde Smith
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
Ralph T. Isley
OROVILLE, Calif. — Ralph Thompson Isley, 80, died Nov. 10, 1999. He was a native of Mebane, son of the late John A. and Mary Isley, husband of the late Sherry Isley, received a B.S. in geology from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Air Force veteran of World War II, served in India, retired Lieutenant Colonel from Air Force Reserve after 20 years of service, geologist, in 1950 became executive director of Gaston Industrial Diversification Commission for 25 years, member of Retired Officers Association, lifetime member of alumni club of University of North Carolina, member of Gaston Country Club, former Rotarian.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Margaret Brown, Gridley, Calif., Jan Rumaks, Claymont, Del.; sister, Ruth Kimrey, Mebane; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 1 p.m. Friday, All Saints Episcopal Church, Gastonia, Father Houston Matthews
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: All Saints Memorial Fund or Gastonia Red Cross
ARRANGEMENTS: Sorensen’s Affordable Mortuaries
H. Clifton Cannon
MOUNT HOLLY - H. Clifton Cannon, 90, died Nov. 18, 1999, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. He was a native of Americus, Ga., son of the late Delaney Argo and H.C. Cannon Sr., husband of the late Merle L. Cannon, Navy veteran, served at Naval Air Station in Pearl Harbor in 1942, Naval Air Station, Atlanta, and Mare Island, Calif., retired from civilian employment from Warner Robins Air Force Base.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and George Hollar, Mount Holly; granddaughter and spouse, Pam and John Beck, with whom he resided; sister, Lillian Phillips, Bainbridge, Ga.
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly
George E. Smith Jr.
RANLO — George Earl Smith Jr., 77, 115 Woodside Ave., died Nov. 18, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Anderson County, S.C., son of the late George E. Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Anderson Smith, grandfather of the late Steven and Stephanie Badger, Jennifer Wright, brother of the late Steven Walter Smith, Sadie Nations, attended grade school in South Carolina, graduate of Belmont Textile School, Army veteran of World War II, former police officer in Ranlo and Clarksville, Ga., member of Masonic Lodge 590, Lowell.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 58 years, Ella Louise Cartee Smith; son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Geraldine Smith, Dallas; daughters and sons-in-law, Linda S. and Larry Stone, Gastonia, Kathy S. and Timothy Clemmer, Lincolnton; brothers, Charlie Smith, Baldwin, Ga., Raymond Smith, Spartanburg, S.C.; sisters, Annie Nations, Greenville, S.C., Rachel Davis, Ranlo; grandchildren, Curtis Smith, Cherryville, Roxanne Thompson, Tonya Woodward, Dallas, Angela Lovelace, Shelby, Heather and Christopher Wright, Lincolton, Brent Clemmer, Tucson, Ariz.; nine great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Revs. Steve Phillippi, Patricia Humphries Bivens
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Masonic Rites by Lodge 590, Lowell
PALLBEARERS: Members of Masonic Lodge 590
MEMORIALS: Masonic Lodge 590, P.O. Box 66, Lowell 28098
Eugene S. Kaylor
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Eugene S. Kaylor, 52, 208 Rollingbrook Road, died Nov. 19, 1999, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Nevette and Mary Alice Clemmer Kaylor, lab technician at AMP of Gastonia, member of Boyce Memorial A.R.P. Church, former member of the Optimist Club of Gastonia and the Cleveland County Choral Society
SURVIVORS: Wife, Paulette Phifer Kaylor; daughter, Mary Katherine Kaylor of the home; numerous uncles and aunts
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Sunday, Mountain Rest Cemetery, Rev. Doug Petersen
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 3 p.m. Sunday, Boyce Memorial A.R.P. Church, Rev. Doug Petersen
INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Boyce Memorial A.R.P. Church, P.O. Box 1145, Kings Mountain 28086
Ray W. Turner
GROVER — Ray William Turner, 72, 206 Watterson Rd., died Nov. 19, 1999, at home. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Oscar William and Ginny Bennett Turner, retired from textiles, member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
SURVIVORS: Wife, Ruth Bowen Turner; sons, Wayne Turner, Grover, David Turner, Blacksburg, S.C., Haskel Turner, Gastonia, Evangelist Michael Turner, Shelby; daughters, Jean Lee, Patricia England, Gastonia, Debbie Kennell, Stanley; sister, Faye Bowen Williamson, Kings Mountain; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Sunday, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Rev. Curtis England
VISITATION: 7-8 p.m. Saturday, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home
Bob R. Boyd
BOILING SPRINGS — Bob R. Boyd, 59, 406 E. Homestead Avenue, died Nov. 19, 1999, at Cleveland Regional Medical CenterHe was a native of Montgomery County, son of the late Jack Boyd Sr., retired quality manager from Modern Polymers Inc., U.S. Marine serving in Vietnam and Hawaii, served U.S. Marine Reserves and U.S. Army Reserves as Warrant Officer III, member of the N.C. National Guard, member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Jean H. Boyd, of the home; mother, Bernice M. Kelly Tucker, Ocean Isle Beach; daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberlee B. Harrison and Matthew, Alburn, Ala., Kellee B. Cogdill and Patrick, Lexington, S.C.; brothers, Jack Boyd Jr., Conway, S.C., Bill Boyd, Peaken
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2 p.m. Sunday, Beaver Dam Baptist Church, Rev. Ken Pruitt, Dr. Paul Sorrells
MEMORIALS: Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 123 Beaver Dam Church Road, Shelby 28152
ARRANGEMENTS: Cleveland Funeral Services, Shelby
