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Virginia R. Howell
CHERRYVILLE — Virginia Ruth Howell, 81, of Carolina Care Center, formerly of North Brook, died Nov. 21, 1999, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Vernon and Blanche Falls Ford, wife of the late James E. "Pete" Howell Sr., sister of the late Robert Goode Ford, Bonnie Mae and Marilyn Sigmon, member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Womens Club, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, James E. "Jim" and Janice Howell, Cherryville, Kenneth R. "Corky" and Judy Howell, Vale; sisters, Nell Ford, Cherryville, Elisie Brown, Kings Mountain; grandchildren, Bentley and Wesley Howell, Vale, Heather and Joel Porter, Cherryville
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Revs. John Stien, Dr. Billy Lowe
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 9:45-10:45 a.m. today, church
MEMORIALS: Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 2741 Hwy. 274, Cherryville 28021
ARRANGEMENTS: Carpenter’s Funeral Home
Gertrude W. Strickland
GASTONIA - Gertrude Waldrop Strickland, 80, 902 Mallotte Lane, died Nov. 20, 1999, at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Willis G. and Minerva Hill Waldrop, retired from Firestone Mill, oldest living member of Firestone Wesleyan Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Mason Strickland; son, Luther Lail, Clover, S.C.; daughters, Jeanette Strickland Hannah, Winston-Salem, Dianne L. Dula, Boone; sisters, Clara Sisk, Ormand Beach, Fla., Ruth Griffie, Jean Sisk, Gastonia; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Firestone Wesleyan Church, Revs. Raymond Phaup, John Moretz
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
PALLBEARERS: Men’s Bible Class of Firestone Wesleyan Church
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28054 or Firestone Wesleyan Church Building Fund, 1700 Union Road, Gastonia 28054 or charity of donor’s choice
ARRANGEMENTS: Ward Funeral Home
Nora D. L. Hyde
BELMONT - Nora Dillard Loudermilk Hyde, 81, Brian Center, formerly of Graham County, Gastonia, died Nov. 22, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Fannin County, Ga., daughter of the late Jay Bruce and Vienna Ruth Ross Dillard, wife of the late Arthur Loudermilk, mother of the late James Loudermilk, retired from textiles, attended Revival Tabernacle, Stanley.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Clyde C. Hyde, Robbinsville; daughters, Carolyn Dillard, Robbinsville, Lucy Stephens, Clover, S.C., JoAnn Haynes, Gastonia, Clara Brown, Belmont; sister, Omie Moore, Gastonia; brothers, Everett Dillard, Charlotte, Otis Dillard, Virginia; grandchildren, Rusty Loudermilk, Charlotte, Jolene Moore, Eugene Stephens, Clover, Tony Stephens, Timothy Haynes, Gastonia, Ronald Stephens, Kathryn and Elizabeth Brown, Belmont; great-grandchildren, Michael and Deborah Stephens, Clover
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Carothers Funeral Home, Belmont, Rev. Robert Gittens
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens, Mount Holly
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Belmont, other times at the home of Clara and Gary Brown, 206 S. Blanche Ave., Belmont
MEMORIALS: Donor’s choice
John W. Caldwell Sr.
CLOVER, S.C. — John William Caldwell Sr., 89, 875 Glenn Road, died Nov. 21, 1999, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Edward Newman and Mary Robbie Riddle Caldwell, husband of the late Martha Parrish Caldwell, brother of the late Frances C. Starnes, Ed, Robert and Jenks Caldwell, lifetime member of Bowling Green Presbyterian Church, elder, deacon, superintendent of Sunday school, trustee on Clover School District Board from 1947 to 1970, member of South Carolina Election Board, retired from Charlotte Aircraft, retired farmer.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, Dick and Barbara Caldwell, Bill Caldwell, Clover; daughter and son-in-law, Sis and Corsey Bentley, Clover; sister, Betty C. Taylor, Gastonia; brother, Joe Caldwell, Clover; grandchildren, Jill and Rick Yost, Suwanee, Ga., Susan and Bryan Killian, David Walker, Angie and David Gaskins, Jon Caldwell, Clover; three great-grandchildren, Erin, Jenna and Kristen Yost, Suwanee
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Bowling Green Presbyterian Church, Dr. Bob Abel
INTERMENT: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, the church, other times at the home of Sis Bentley, 889 Glenn Road
MEMORIALS: Bowling Green Presbyterian Church, 250 Ridge Road, Clover, S.C. 29710; Hospice Community Care, 325 S. Oakland Ave., Rock Hill, S.C. 29730 or Clover Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 214, Clover, S.C. 29710
ARRANGEMENTS: M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home
Doris W. Mauney
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Doris White Mauney, 75, 6 Calvert Drive, Syosset, N.Y., died Nov. 18, 1999, in New York. She was a native of Kings Mountain, daughter of the late Christopher Glenn and Velda Sutra White, wife of the late Ernest Mauney, activities leader for United Presbytyerian Residence in Woodbury, N.Y., one of 10 charter members of Faith Lutheran Church, Syosset.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, C. Glenn and Doty Mauney, Sewickley, Pa.; daughter and son-in-law, Jeanne Mauney and Robert L. Chambers, Hanover, N.H.; sister, Ormi Lee Queen, Charlotte; grandchildren, Christopher, Matthew and Andrew Mauney, Kimberly Chambers
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Mountain Rest Cemetery, Dr. John Mauney
VISITATION: 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Faith Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 231 Jackson Ave., Syosset 11797
John P. Friday
GASTONIA - John Paul "Jack" Friday, 71, 2244 Londonderry Drive, died Nov. 21, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Charlotte, resided in Dallas, son of the late Grady L. and Faye Sapoch Friday, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy, member of N.C. Pharmaceutical Association, nine year volunteer with Hospice of Gaston County, 1999 Hospice Volunteer of the Year, Navy veteran, co-owner and pharmacist of Rhyne Drug, charter member of Parkwood Baptist Church, deacon, Sunday school teacher, Scout Master, choir member.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Anita George Friday; sons and daughters-in-law, Stephen and Daphne Friday, Gastonia, Michael and Theresa Friday, Nashville, Tenn.; daughters and son-in-law, Elaine Friday Dymond, Charlotte, Cindy F. and Joel Hylton, Asheville; brother and sister-in-law, Grady L. and Betty Friday Jr., New Bern; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Anne and Bill Carpenter, Dallas; grandchildren, Rachel, Emily, Abby and Elizabeth Hylton, Asheville, Jake Friday, Gastonia, Joshua, Rebekah and Sarah Friday, Nashville
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Parkwood Baptist Church, Rev. Jeff Long, Dr. M.O. Owens
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 6:30-9 tonight, McLean Funeral Directors
MEMORIALS: Parkwood Baptist Church, Building or Scholarship funds, 1729 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia 28054 or Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Carl W. Gilliland
SHALLOTTE — Carl W. Gilliland, 70, died Nov. 21, 1999.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mildred Gilliland; son and daughter-in-law, Leonard and Brenda Gilliland, Conway, S.C.; stepdaughters and stepsons-in-law, Linda and Larry Thomas, Clover, S.C.; Ronnie and Keith Blackwell, Stanley; mother, Frances Gilliland; two granddaughters; two great-granddaughters
MEMORIAL SERVICE: At later date at the home
BURIAL: Body will be donated to science at UNC-Chapel Hill
Charles R. Stowe Jr.
CHARLOTTE — Charles R. Stowe Jr., 27, died Nov. 20, 1999, at Carolinas Medical Center.
SURVIVORS: Parents, Charles and Linda Stowe; sister, Carmen Louise Stowe; nephew, Reginald Darnel Dawkins; niece, Rene Diane Dawkins; uncles, aunts, cousins, friends
FUNERAL: Noon today, South Tryon Presbyterian Church, Dr. James H. Logan Jr.
BURIAL: Henry’s Chapel Church Cemetery, Belmont
ARRANGEMENTS: Long & Son Mortuary Service
Geneva S. Black
LOWELL — Geneva S. Black, 76, 712 N. Main St., died Nov. 22, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Cleveland County, wife of the late Nathan Luther "Joe" Black Jr., daughter of the late Lawrence Hunter and Dora Moore Sneed, sister of the late Hilbert Lee Sneed, preceded in death by a grandchild, retired from Parkdale Mills, Gastonia after more than 43 years of service.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Shelby Jean Bailey, Neva Jo Parham, Gastonia; sister, Taltha Sue Brandon, Gastonia; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia, Rev. Robert Thompson
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
John P. Friday
GASTONIA - John Paul "Jack" Friday, 71, 2244 Londonderry Drive, died Nov. 21, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Charlotte, resided in Dallas, son of the late Grady L. and Faye Sapoch Friday, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy, member of N.C. Pharmaceutical Association, nine year volunteer with Hospice of Gaston County, 1999 Hospice Volunteer of the Year, Navy veteran, co-owner and pharmacist of Rhyne Drug, charter member of Parkwood Baptist Church, deacon, Sunday school teacher, Scout Master, choir member.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Anita George Friday; sons and daughters-in-law, Stephen and Daphne Friday, Gastonia, Michael and Theresa Friday, Nashville, Tenn.; daughters and son-in-law, Elaine Friday Dymond, Charlotte, Cindy F. and Joel Hylton, Asheville; brother and sister-in-law, Grady L. and Betty Friday Jr., New Bern; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Anne and Bill Carpenter, Dallas; grandchildren, Rachel, Emily, Abby and Elizabeth Hylton, Asheville, Jake Friday, Gastonia, Joshua, Rebekah and Sarah Friday, Nashville
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. today, Parkwood Baptist Church, Rev. Jeff Long, Dr. M.O. Owens
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
PALLBEARERS: Mitch Chapman, Charles McKee, Dr. Dan Brandon, Gene Huss, Charles Ford, Don Lanier, Dr. Bill Gregory
MEMORIALS: Parkwood Baptist Church, Building or Scholarship funds, 1729 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia 28054 or Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
Lillian Pettus Armstrong
GASTONIA - Lillian Pettus Armstrong, 89, 228 N. Morris St., died Nov. 22, 1999, at home. She was a native of York County, S.C., wife of the late Brazel Armstrong Sr., daughter of the late William Boyce and Ida Falls Pettus, member of Friendship Baptist Church, president of Hymn Choir, missionary, Order of Eastern Star, Rebecca Chapter 3, Heroine of Jerico, United Order of Tents.
SURVIVORS: Son, Brazel Armstrong Jr., the home; daughter, Daphne Dillard, Gastonia; brothers, Fred Pettus, Baltimore, Md., Bob Pettus, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Willis Pettus, Brooklyn, N.Y.; sisters, Hattie P. Armstrong, Beulah P. Bratton, Baltimore, Betty P. Battle, Lenoir, Audrey P. Negro, Wichita, Kan.; grandsons, Perry J. Armstrong, Nathan L. Smarr, Gastonia; granddaughter, Samantha Tennon, Richmond, Texas; son-in-law, Levester Smarr, Gastonia; great-grandchildren; Sheldon Harper, Kevin and Perry D. Armstrong, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Friday, Friendship Baptist Church, Rev. John McCullough
BURIAL: Rose Hill Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Martin’s Funeral Home
