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Alice Grigg
GASTONIA - Alice Naoma Smith Grigg, 73, 526 New Haven Dr., died Nov. 26, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Charleston, W. Va., daughter of the late Roy Burton and Myrtle Prudence Correll Smith, sisters of the late James and Howard Smith, attended Eighth Street Church of God, Bessemer City.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry Eugene and Diane Coe, Locust, Phillip Edward and Debbie Coe, Clover, S.C.; daughter and son-in-law, Lt.Col. Beverly Ann Coe and Kenneth Bryant Cotton, Annandale, Va.; sister, Martha Louise Smith Howell, Gastonia; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Eighth Street Church of God, Revs. Ronnie Pendleton, Rick Baker
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, other times at the home of Phillip Coe, 155 Heatherlock Drive, Clover
MEMORIALS: SPCA, 6319 Fairvalley Dr., Charlotte 28226 or Eighth Street Church of God, 906 Eighth St., Bessemer City 28016
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Charles R. Crouch
GASTONIA - Charles Reid Crouch, 85, 604 Carolina Ave., died Nov. 25, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Marvin and Julia Whisnant Crouch, brother of the late J.C. Sarvice, Christine Wofford and Catherine Nix, member of Loray Baptist Church, Masonic LodgeNo. 369, Oasis Temple of Charlotte, York Rites of Gastonia
SURVIVORS: Wife, Nora J. Crouch, of the home; brother, Floyd C. Crouch, Miami.; numerous nephews and nieces
FUNERAL: held Saturday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Rev. John Bridges
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
MEMORIALS: Loray Baptist Church, 1128 W. Franklin Ave., Gastonia 28052 or to the donor’s choice
Faynell Adams
CHARLOTTE — Faynell Craig Adams, 70, died Nov. 28, 1999, at home. She was a native of Paw Creek, daughter of the late Marvin and Edna Chronister Craig, wife of the late Edward Adams, member of Thrift United Methodist Church, teacher for church’s nursery Sunday School class for 30 years, enjoyed traveling and was an avid bowler.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Joel and Jeanie Adams, Charlotte, Kevin and Tracy Adams, Gastonia; daughter, Patricia Shaw, Charlotte; seven grandchildren
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thrift United Methodist Church, 8245 Moores Chapel Road, Rev. Gerald L. Ramsey
INTERMENT: Following service, Forest Lawn West Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, the church,
MEMORIALS: Thrift United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 205, Paw Creek, 28130; Hospice at Charlotte, 1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, 28204; or to the Harris Hospice Unit Presbyterian Hospital, P.O. Box 33549, Charlotte 28233
ARRANGEMENTS: Hankins & Whittington, Dilworth Chapel
Betty Newberry
GASTONIA - Betty "Cleo" Proctor Newberry, 76, 2128 Redbud Drive, died Nov. 27, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Thomaston, Ga., daughter of the late Lonnie and Mattie Proctor, wife of the late Edgar B. Newberry, mother of the late Bobby Edward Newberry, member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Lowell.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Diane and John Seagle, Gastonia; grandchildren, Holly Seagle, Charlotte, Toni Seagle, Gastonia; special niece, Carolyn Davidson, Gastonia
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Marc Francis
VISITATION: Following service
MEMORIALS: Woodlawn Baptist Church, 1101 N. Main St., Lowell 28098
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Lester Campbell
GASTONIA - Lester P. Campbell, 83, died Nov. 27, 1999, at Vencor Hospital in Greensboro. He was a native of Scotland County, son of the late Bruce P. and Bessie Campbell, worked for 50 years in automobile sales in Gastonia, beginning with the W.H. Wray Packard-Hudson Company and spent most of those years with the Powell Oldsmobile-Cadillac Company, also worked with Lewis Motors at the Gastonia Chrysler-Plymouth Company and at Gowen-Green Oldsmobile-Cadillac, member of the First United Methodist Church, enjoyed gardening and working in his yard.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Lela Campbell of 54 years; son and daughter-in-law, Col. Charles K. and Barbara Campbell, Springfield, Va.; daughter, Gayle Anne LeCroy, Durham; daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Roy Brown, Greensboro; brothers, C. Edwin Campbell, Gastonia, Marshall W. Campbell, Raleigh; grandchildren, Heather LeCroy, Durham, Colleen and Collin Campbell, Springfield, Va.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church, Dr. Jody Seymour and Rev. Madeline Gray
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight at McLean Funeral Directors
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
Herbert Davenport
CHARLOTTE — Herbert "Bert" Stafford Davenport, 70, 529 Glasgow Road, Paw Creek Community, died Nov. 28, 1999, at Presbyterian Hospital. He was a native of New Orleans, son of the late Herbert S. and Carrie Bell Robinson Davenport Sr., father of the late Herbert "Dave" Davenport Jr., member of the Second Baptist Church, Mount Holly, formerly employed with Cannon Aviation, U.S. Army veteran with more than 18 years service.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Beatrice Mink Davenport; sons, Johnny Dale Davenport, Charlotte, James Russell Davenport, Gastonia; daughters, Nancy Ann Allen, Denver, Martha Sue Chavez, Charlotte, Linda Gail Bailey, Hildebran, Brenda Lee Davenport, Denver, Marsha Gordon, Charlotte; eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren FUNERAL SERVICE: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Second Baptist Church, Rev. Bruce Bradley
INTERMENT: Following service, Forest Lawn Cemetery
VISITATION: 6:30 to 8:30 tonight, church
MEMORIALS: The Building Fund of Second Baptist Church, 709 Rankin Ave., Mount Holly, 28120
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont
Walter Sherrill
BELMONT— Walter W. "Vernon" Sherrill, 78, 206 Highland St., died Nov. 27, 1999, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Walter and Della Clark Sherrill, veteran of the U.S. Navy during WWII, employed by Burlington Industries for more than 20 years, retired from Trane Service First, Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 58 years, Mollie P. Sherrill; daughters and sons-in-laws, Kay and Robert Long, Stanley, Judy and Harold Moore, North Belmont; sons and daughters-in-law, Vernon E. and Norma Sherrill, Springwood, Thomas P. and Myra Sherrill, Belmont; son, Wayne Sherrill, Belmont; sisters, Adell Foster, Lowell, Novella Flowers, Bonneau, S.C.; brother and sister-in-law, David and Edith Sherrill, Belmont; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren FUNERAL SERVICE: 3 p.m. today, Carothers Funeral Home, Belmont, Rev. Kenny Baxley
PALLBEARERS: Forrest and Daniel Dye, Richard and Robbie Hope, Lester Wiggins and Mitch Painter
BURIAL: Goshen Cemetery
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Harold Morrison
LINCOLNTON - Harold Thurman "Pee Wee" Morrison, 60, 120 A St., died Nov. 27, 1999, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. He was a native of Cleveland County, self-employed as a brick mason.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Linda Morrison; daughters, Robin M. Holden, Lincolnton, Crystal Morrison, Charlotte; sisters, Linda M. Schronce, Maiden, Carletta "Letch" M. Blalock, Newton, Joann M. Parker, Lincolnton; parents, Thurman W. and Charlotte S. Morrison, Lincolnton; grandchildren, Taylor and Landon Holden, Lincolnton FUNERAL SERVICE: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Lincolnton Pentecostal Holiness Church, Rev. Jerry Goodman
BURIAL: Following service, Forest Lawn Cemetery
VISITATION: 6-9 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Lincolnton Pentecostal Holiness Church, 700 Lithia Inn Road, Lincolnton 28092
James Alan Webster
STANLEY — James Alan Webster, 19, 202 Gloria Acres, died Nov. 27, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Independence, Mo.
SURVIVORS: Mother and step-father, Brenda and Robert Wiestling, of the home; sister, Tammy Webster, of the home; sister and brother-in-law, Shelly and Scott Payne, Stanley; father, John Webster, Marianthal, Kansas; maternal grandparents, Deloris and Bill Cleavinger, Humansville, Mo., Marvin and Mary Parker, Kansas City; step-paternal grandparents, David and Doris Pressley, Charlotte; paternal grandparents, Jim and Lil Simons, Marianthal. FUNERAL SERVICE: 3 p.m. Tuesday, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly, Rev. Gary Berry
BURIAL: Sunset Memory Gardens, Charlotte
VISITATION:7-9 tonight, funeral home
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly
Clarence Stevens, Jr.
BELMONT - Clarence Everett Stevens, Jr., 80, Belmont, died Nov. 27, 1999. He was a native of Detroit, son of the late Clarence E. and Mamie Smith Stevens, husband of the late Dorothy Minchin Stevens, retired following a career in manufacturing engineering, graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and served as a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps in which he was a glider pilot involved in the southern invasion of France during WW II, member of the Lions Club and Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
SURVIVORS: Son, Clarence E. "Spike" Stevens III; son and daughter-in-law, Joel and Paula Stevens, Gastonia; daughters and sons-in-law, Hildagarde S. and Rod Overman, Charlotte, Melissa S. and Paxton Fayssoux, Belmont; brother and sister-in-law, Hugh and Margaret Stevens, Claremont, Calif.; 10 grandchildren
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, McLean Funeral Directors FUNERAL SERVICE: Private
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
MEMORIALS: Donor’s choice
William Lewis
MOUNT HOLLY - William "Richard" Lewis, 65, 104 Oakwood Drive, died Nov. 29, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Wilmington, son of the late John W. and Mary Howard Fredericks, retired partner-operator of Gibson-Smith Realty Inc., Charlotte, member of First Presbyterian Church, Belmont, deacon and elder, active coordinator and volunteer with Habitat for Humanity program in Belmont, Army veteran of Korean era, graduate of New Hanover High School in 1953, attended N.C. State University on an athletic scholarship, graduated in 1958 with a degree in mechanical engingeering.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 44 years, Sara Ann Coley Lewis, formerly of Wilmington; sons and daughters-in-law, John Lawrence and Mary Ellen Lewis, Dallas, Richard Alan and Ruth Lewis, Charlotte; grandchildren; Caroline and Sara Reid Lewis, Charlotte, Hannah and Michael Lewis, Dallas, aunt, Cora Lee Howard, Wilmington; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jim and Linda Coley, Atlanta; uncle, Robert Risley; cousins, Vivian, Scott and Tate Carter
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, First Presbyterian Church, Belmont, Dr. Richard N. Boyce
INTERMENT: 11 a.m. Friday, Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, Rev. Horace Hilton
MEMORIALS: First Presbyterian Church, 102 S. Central Ave., Belmont 28012 or American Heart Association, 1229 Greenwood Cliff, Suite 109, Charlotte 28204
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont
