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Joy B. Neal
LINCOLNTON - Joy B. Neal, 71, 1427 Rhodes Rhyne Road, died Dec. 30, 1999, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. She was a native of Waynesboro, Pa., daughter of the late Norman George and Lillian Mae Watts McCarney, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Wilburn Neal, the home; daughters, Barbara Kay Blake, Lincolnton, Sandra Lee Huss, Lincolnton, Shirley Ann Hovis, High Shoals; brothers, Morris McCarney, Floyd C. Rock, Green Castle, Pa.; grandson, Nick Scott; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m., Sunday, Riverview Baptist Church Cemetery, Revs. David Jones and Fred Hawkins
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home
Ralph G. Snyder
CHERRYVILLE - Ralph Gordon Snyder, 95, 124 Solomon Lane, died Dec. 30, 1999, at home. He was a native of Pennsylvania, son of the late William and Eva Hess Snyder, husband of the late Ruth Featherstone, father of the late Ralph C. Snyder, he was a surveyor.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Jeanne S. Jordan, Iron Station, R. Barbara Plotts, Cherryville; 13 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Father Everette Thomas
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Warlick Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28054 or St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 322 E. McBee St., Lincolnton 28092
Johnny R. Connard
GASTONIA - Johnny Ray Connard, 44, 416 N. Scruggs St., died Dec. 30, 1999, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late William Douglas "Shorty" Connard, spinner in the textile industry, employed at Ti-Caro Arlington plant where he had 22 years of service.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Katherine Haney Connard; brothers and sister-in-laws, William Douglas and Darlene Connard, Clarence and Denise Connard, Dennis Connard, Vincent Connard, Gastonia, Donnie and Thelma Connard, Shorty and Tammy Connard, Bessemer City, Timothy and Dusty Connard, Belmont; sisters, Loretta Connard Griffin, Lisa Connard, Gastonia, Crystal Mowlarie, Charlotte, Angel Cayle, Belmont, maternal grandmother, Ollie Shed, Gastonia; stepmother, Vanda Ewing, Belmont, nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Eddie Huskins
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 t onight, funeral home
PALLBEARERS: Shawn Black, Michael King, Todd Connard, Doug Woodall, Shane Brown, Jared Frady
Hattie Stewart
BELMONT - Hattie Elizabeth Lanier Stewart, 97, 514 Old Mount Holly Road, Stanley, formerly of 312 Garrison St., Belmont, died Dec. 30, 1999, at Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincolnton. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Thomas Columbus Leroy and Anna Judson Lynn Lanier, wife of the late Melford Stewart, sister of the late Ila Mae Insenhour Bush, Arthur, Grady, William and Richard Lanier, member East Belmont Baptist Church, youth leader, Sunday school teacher, beautician for many years, retired owner/operator of Lanier’s Beauty Shop.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Mary Etta L. Auten, Charlotte; nieces, nephews, step-nieces and step-nephews
FUNERAL: 3 p.m., today, McLean Bumgardner Funeral Home Twin Oaks Chapel, Rev. Raymond White
BURIAL: Greenwood Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before the service, funeral home
PALLBEARERS: Jerry and Jason Price, Richard Cherry, Ted Rumfelt, Paul Warner, Flip Lanier
MEMORIALS: East Belmont Baptist Church, 501 Catawba St., Belmont 28012
Bobbie Bass
CHARLOTTE - Bobbie Lee Bass, 75, of Charlotte, died Jan. 1, 2000 at Huntersville Oaks. He was the son of the late Henry G. and Lois Davis Bass, retired from BASF Corp., member Goshen Free Will Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Frances Hill Bass; sister Frances Bass Ballard, Mount Gilead
FUNERAL: 11 a.m., Monday, Goshen Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. Harold Blankenship
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m., Monday, Fairview Cemetery, Albermarle
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly
MEMORIALS: Goshen Free Will Baptist Church, 1300 W. Catawba Ave., Mount Holly 28120
Carl Malone
GASTONIA - Carl Edward Malone, 63, 1761 Fern Forest Drive, died Dec. 31, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Lacrosse, Va., son of the late Clavin and Eleanor Shaw Malone, member of Pleasant Ridge A.M.E. Zion Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Willimena B. Malone; daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and the Rev. David Williams, Dale and Willie McKinney and Gwen Cooper, Gastonia; son and daughter-in-law, Carl and Bernice Flowers Jr., Norfolk, Va.; sisters, Dorothy Tisdale, Jersey City, N.J., Elaine Ross, Philadelphia; brother, Herbert Malone, Jersey City; 12 grandchildren
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Pleasant Ridge A.M.E. Zion Church, Rev. David Williams
BURIAL: Armstrong Cemetery
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before funeral, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Vangy Mabry
BOONE — Vangie Wortman Mabry, 94, 2152 George Hayes Road, formerly of Shelby, died Dec. 31, 1999, at Glen Stone Health Care. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Lon and Jennie Pritchard Wortman, wife of the late Claude Lee Mabry, sister of the late Loy Wortman and Ferrell McGinnis, homemaker, charter member of Eastside Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Lon and Mary Mabry, Boone; daughters and son-in-law, Norma Sorgee, Rock Hill, S.C., Carol and Tom Shook Boone; grandchildren, J. Steve Sorgee, Evangeline DesMarais, Cheryl Kozkowski, Joan Ward, Lee Mabry.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m., Tuesday, Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, Dr. Harold Fite
BURIAL: Cleveland Memorial Park
VISITATION: 1-2 p.m., Monday, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Eastside Baptist Church, 1165 Wyke Road, Shelby 28150
Gladys Lancaster
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Gladys Genobles Lancaster, 91, 120 Blackstock Road, Pauline, Walnut Grove community, died Jan. 1, 2000, at White Oak Manor. She was a native of Pacolet, daughter of the late, Whitner B. and Bessie Brown Genobles, wife of the late Paul Lancaster Sr., retired after teaching school 44 years at Walnut Grove, Nesbitt School, Friendship, Glenn Springs, Pauline and Pauline-Glenn Springs, member of Mount Calvary Presbyterian Church, church historian, Sunday school teacher, Bible school teacher, Order of the Eastern Star, 4-H Clubs of America, attended Lander College, Winthrop College graduate.
SURVIVORS: Son, Paul Lancaster Jr., Walnut Grove; sister, Peggy Bryant, Dallas; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Mount Calvary Presbyterian Church, Rev. Robert E. Baxter
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Monday, Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel; also at the home of granddaughter Anita Lancaster, 120 Blackstock Road, Pauline
MEMORIALS: Mount Calvary Presbyterian Church Family Life Fund, 1399 Walnut Grove Road, Roebuck, S.C. 29376 or to Possess the Land Fund of Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church, 4455 Anderson Mill Road, Moore, S.C. 29369
Charles Moton
GASTONIA - Charles McLean Moton, 85, 4539 Beaty Road, died Dec. 31, 1999 at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Edward H. and Mabel Beaty Moton, husband of the late Margaret Rankin Moton, sister of the late Hoyle E., Henry E., George L. and Ralph L. Moton, member Sandy Plains Church since 1925, mens Sunday school class, mens Bible teacher for 50 years, trustee of Sandy Plains Baptist Church for 40 years.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Reginald A. and JoAnne Moton, Gastonia; daughter and son-in-law, Jo M. and Jim Byers, Gastonia; sisters, Annie Bryson, Lucy Brumbalow, Roberta Jenkins, Gastonia, Betty Wright, Taylors, S.C.; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2 p.m., Monday, Sandy Plains Baptist Church, Revs. A.A. Baily and Richard Brown
MEMORIALS: Lottie Moon Missions Fund, Sandy Plains Baptist Church, 5323 Union Road, Gastonia, 28056
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service Southside Chapel
Gracie Lambert
GASTONIA - Gracie Gray Lambert, 79, 1908 Flint Lane, died Jan. 1, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gainesville, Ga., daughter of the late Rastus M. and Goldie Patterson Gray, wife of the late James W. Lambert, mother of the late Joseph McKeown, sister of the late Albert and Grady Gray, textile worker, member East Gastonia Church of God, enjoyed fishing and sewing.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Thomas O. McKeown, Gastonia, Glenn M. McKeown, Atlanta, Danny R. McKeown, Columbia, S.C.; daughters, Betty M. Ginn, Gastonia, Jean M. Inman, Rock Hill, S.C.; brother, Hilliard E. Gray, Baltimore, Md.; 14 grandchildren; 16 greatgrandchildren.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m., Monday, East Gastonia Church of God, Revs. Glen Mecum and Billy Ginn
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens, Mount Holly
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Ward Funeral Home, other times at the home
MEMORIALS: East Gastonia Church of God, 1407 Cedar Ave., Gastonia 28054
Ruby Smith
GASTONIA - Ruby Caroline Fox Smith, 85, 927-C E. Ninth Ave., died Dec. 30, 1999, at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late P.C. and Zanie Edwards Fox, wife of the late Guy L. Smith Jr., mother of the late Caroline Smith, retired office clerk of Threads Inc. after 20 years of service, worked as an aide at Greenfield Manor Nursing Home, lifelong and oldest member of East Baptist Church, Sunday school teacher.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Guy L. Jr. and Molly Smith, Warner Robbins, Ga., Eddie C. Smith, Charlotte, R. Douglas and Cindy Smith, Tucker, Ga., Tim G. and Nancy Smith, Gastonia; grandchildren, Guy L. Renick, Texas, Ricky Smith, San Antonio, Texas, Tammy Patterson, Huntington Beach, Calif., Lisa Smith, Charlotte, Susannah Helton, Lilburn, Ga., Cameron Smith, Tucker, Allison and Ashley Smith, Gastonia; great-granddaughter, Natalie Patterson, Huntington Beach
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, East Baptist Church, Dr. Robert M. Winecoff
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: At the home of Tim Smith, 547 Jasin Drive, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: East Baptist Church, 114 N. Church St., Gastonia 28054
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia
