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Frances C. Pruett
CHERRYVILLE — Frances Cochran Pruett, 74, 105 Ray St., died July 14, 1999, at Wendover Heights, Shelby.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Admirial Dewey and Ula Crain Cochran, wife of the late Hubert Lloyd Pruett, sister of the late Lester and Roy Cochran, grandmother of the late Allan Pruett, graduate of Waco High School, retired from Howell Manufacturing and Sweetree Co., member of First Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Son, David C. Pruitt, Cherryville; brothers and sisters-in-law, Paul and Laura Cochran, Roanoke, Va., Lemuel and Maxine Cochran, Shelby, Max and Reba Cochran, Grover; sisters and brothers-in-law, Runell and Ernest Etters, Grover, Shirley and Amel Owens, Tampa, Fla.; sister-in-law, Betty Cochran, Shelby; granddaugher, Sandra K. Pruett, Cherryville; great-grandchildren, Dennis Allen, Jordan Lee and Justin Tyler Pruett
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Dr. Daniel Featherstone, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: City Memorial Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Carpenter’s Funeral Home, other times at the home of Lorene Pruett, 403 Delview Road
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights, Shelby 28150, or First Baptist Church, 301 E. First St., Cherryville 28021
Margaret B. Price
RICHMOND, Va. — Margaret Beattie Price, 79, formerly of Gastonia, died July 14, 1999, at Johnston Willis Hospital.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late William Grier and Emma Jane Catherine Cobb Beattie, sister of the late Lela Amanda, Robert Grover, Ralph Max, William Grier Jr. and Eugene Paul Beattie Sr., preceded in death by an infant brother, Glenn Vipperman Beattie, graduate of Belmont High School, attended classes at New Orleans Baptist Seminary, served as Christian missionary in several states in the Southeast, pre-school consultant and kindergarten teacher in many Baptist churches, former member of East Baptist Church, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Husband of 58 years, the Rev. Joseph Clarence Price; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Joseph Steven and Sandra Allen Price, Fresno, Calif.; daughter and son-in-law, Margaret Janice Price Allred and Stephen King, Wilmington, Del.; brother and sister-in-law, Truett Robinson and Helen Randolph Beattie, Bessemer City; sisters and brother-in-law, Catherine Beattie and James Arnold Helms, Charlotte, Ruth Beattie Norton, Raleigh; sisters-in-law, Ruth Brandon Beattie, Clover, S.C., Virginia Gallman Beattie, Cocoa Beach, Fla., Ethel Beattie White, Gastonia; grandhilcdren, Stephen and Noel Price, Fresno, Kenneth and Wendy Allred, Nashville, Tenn., Pamella Allred, Richmond; great-grandchildren, Renee Allred, Ryan Irby, Richmond; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Ward Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. Stephen Price
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
VISITATION: 6:30-8:30 tonight, funeral home
Seamon M. Dunlevy
GASTONIA — Seamon Mead Dunlevy, 83, 1006 W. Second Ave., died July 14, 1999, at Century Care of Cherryville.
He was a native of Richland County, S.C., son of the late Dixie L. and Hortense Corvette Dunlevy, Army veteran of World War II, member of VFW Post 9337, retired from Homelite Manufacturing.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Eula Hannah Dunlevy; daughters, Dixie D. Hiland, Gastonia, Cindy Dunlevy, San Diego; stepdaughter, Barbara Hance, Murrells Inlet, S.C.; son, Joey Dunlevy, Gastonia; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Gaston Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. Jack E. Smith
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Ward Funeral Home
Charlie L. Creamer
STANLEY — Charlie Lawson Creamer, 76, 1497 Killian Farm Road, died July 14, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
He was a native of Upson County, Ga., son of the late Ollie and Allie Trawick Creamer, husband of the late Mildred M. Womble, Army veteran of World War II, retired crane operator from Duke Power Co.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Carol and Tim Taylor, Forsyth, Ga., Janice and Joe Chambers, Orchard Hill, Ga., Teresa and Lamar Teal, Thomaston, Ga.; brother, Owen Creamer, Thomaston, Ga.; special friend, Daisy Cherry, Belmont; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4 p.m. Saturday, Hillhaven Memorial Gardens, Monroe, Ga.
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Belmont
Charles W. Self
SHELBY — Charles William Self, 75, 1032 Fallston Road, died July 15, 1999, at Hospice of Wendover.
He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Erastus and Elizabeth Grindstaff Self, husband of the late Willie Melton Self, district engineer with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, World War II Navy veteran, received a Purple Heart, member of Hoyle Memorial United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Stepdaughter, Sue Butler, Forest City; sister, Corine Willis, Black Mountain; brother, Harold Self, Redondo Beach, Calif.; two step-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; cousins, nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, Hoyle United Methodist Church, Rev. Richard Clough, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Cleveland Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Hoyle Memorial United Methodist Church, 1741 Fallston Road, Shelby 28150, or to Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby 28150
Helen Sanders
MELBOURNE, FLA. — Helen Thrift Camp Williams Sanders, 70, 1420 S. Oak St., died July 12, 1999, at Beverly Oaks Nursing Center.
She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Charlie M. and Mae Brown Thrift, step-daughter of the late Frances T. Thrift, wife of the late Adrian Sanders, half-sister of the late Bobby Thrift, grandmother of the late Michael Miller, retired culinary specialist and restaurant manager, member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Eastern Star.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Laura Mae Camp and Vernie Miller, Sheila Diane Camp and Stan Oberlin, Eaton Rapids, Mich., Patricia Williams and Ken Holmes, Brookings, Ore.; sons and daughter-in-law, James Tyson Camp Jr., Eaton Rapids, Henry Carroll and Linda Williams Jr., Praireville, La.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Charline and J.D. Lovelace, North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Betty Jane and Charles W. Rudicil, New Port Richy, Fla., Mary Louella and Pressley Wilson Sr., Shelby; half-sisters and husbands, Norma and Danny Martin, Shelby, Vickie and Richard Pruitt, Kings Mountain; half-brother and spouse, Steve and Vickie Thrift, Eden; 14 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Rev. Mike Butzberger, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
MEMORIALS: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, 2243 Pleasant Hill Church Road, Grover 28073
ARRANGEMENTS: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
Addie Thomason
GASTONIA — Addie Thomason, 102, 2705 Crawford Ave., died July 12, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late John and Katie Wilson Pressley, wife of the late Fred Thomason, mother of the late Fred Thomason Jr., member of New Home AME Zion Church, York, active member of Ebeneezer Baptist Church, longtime member of Saint John’s Baptist Church where she served as deaconess, hymn choir, achieved longstanding goal to learn how to read and write at age 85, recognized by the governor of North Carolina.
SURVIVORS: Sons, the Rev. John Thomason, Bloomfield, N.J., Leroy Thomason, Stanley, the Rev. Mason Thomason, Gastonia; daughters, Alice and Lillian Thomason, Cora Lee Hart, Gastonia; two daughters-in-law; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 16 great-great grandchildren; family and friends.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Saint John’s Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Theodore Armstrong
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service
MEMORIALS: Addie Thomason Memorial Fund, c/o Saint John Missionary Baptist Church, 2301 Hoffman Road, Gastonia 28054
ARRANGEMENTS: J.W. Gill and Sons Funeral Home
Madge H. Arrowood
KINGS MOUNTAIN — Madge Hardin Arrowood, 85, 131 Ark St., died July 15, 1999, at Cleveland Pines Nursing Home, Shelby.
She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late William David and Bessie Griffin Hardin, wife of the late Lafayette "Fate" Alexander Arrowood, sister of the late B.H., John T. and Eugene Hardin, Lennis Gunnells, Harriet Kee, mother of the late Tillie Arrowood, retired from Kings Mountain District schools, taught at Dixon Elementary, member of First Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Lana and Jerry Ramsey, Buetta "Jay" and Tommy Barnette, Kings Mountain; brother, Joe Hardin, Shelby; sisters, Doris Moore, Blacksburg, S.C., Violet Spake, Shelby; Selma Acquistapace, Hollister, Calif.; grandchildren and spouse, Jeffrey Arrowood, Kings Mountain, Merinda and Odell Grant Jr., Bessemer City, Donna and Michael Schronce, Grover; great-grandchildren, Dylan White and Trevor Schronce
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, First Baptist Church, Dr. John Sloan and Rev. Doug Ramsey
INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Harris Funeral Home, other times at the home of the daughter, 2034 Shelby Road, Lot 3
MEMORIALS: Cleveland Pines Nursing Home, 1404 N. Lafayette St., Shelby 28150
Gladys M. Miller
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Gladys May Miller, 87, resident of A.O. Fox Nursing Home, formerly of Sidney, N.Y. and York, S.C., died July 11, 1999, at her residence.
She was a native of Allamuchy, N.J., daughter of the late John Nelson and Carrie Louise Stafford Poole, wife of the late Lester F. Miller, sister of the late Lester and Harol Pool, Marion Earl.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Margaret L. Carlin, Oneonta; nephew and his family, James A., JoAnn and Sarah Carlin, Bainbridge, N.Y.; niece, Janet Earl, Hickory Grove, S.C.; sister-in-law, Virginia Coburn, Houston; nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Lakeview Memory Gardens, York
ARRANGEMENTS: C. H. Landers Funeral Chapel, Sidney
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Bratton Funeral Home, York
Mary Stanton
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Mary Elizabeth Ray Stanton, 77, 40 Terrain Drive, died July 14, 1999.
She was a native of Gastonia, daughter of the late Dr. Ralph and Ethel Sullivan Jay Ray, wife of the late William Rayford Stanton, sister of the late Ralph Ray Jr., of the Baptist faith, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Elizabeth "Betsy" and Bill Jones, Lucie V. Stanton, Greenville, Mary Catherine "Cathy" and Danny Morris, Riverdale, Ga., Grace Ann Stanton, Lubbock, Texas; sons and daughters-in-law, William R. "Bill" Stanton Jr., Marianna, Fla., Ralph R. "Buddy" and Lucy Stanton, Fayetteville, Robert E. "Bobby" and Brenda Stanton, Jackson, Miss.; sister and brother-in-law, Ann R. and George E. "Buddy" Pendergrass, Greenwood, S.C.; brother, Robert R. "Bobby" Ray II, Greenwood; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Greenville Memorial Gardens, Rev. Jerry Temple
VISITATION: The family will be at the home of Bill and Betsy Jones, 40 Terrain Drive
MEMORIALS: Meals on Wheels, 15 Oregon St., Greenville, S.C. 29605 or donor’s choice
ARRANGEMENTS: The Mackey Mortuary
