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Marion R. Hunt Sr.
YORK, S.C. - Marion Reuben Hunt Sr., 68, 305 Washington St., died Jan. 2, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center. He was the son of the late Ed Hunt and Deva Jane Burkins Hunt, raised by his grandfather, the late Rev. R.M. Burkins and his aunt, the late Lora Burkins, Stroud, former member of St. Luke #2 Baptist Church in Sharon, S.C., member of New Zion Baptist Church, Rock Hill, S.C., Korean War veteran.
SURVIVORS: Son, Marion Hunt Jr., Rock Hill; brothers, Jeremaih Castle, Jimmy Blaylock, York, Harry Hunt, Rock Hill; sister, Sarah Hunt Brice, Rock Hill; two grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, Wright Funeral Home, Rev. George H. Lowry
BURIAL: Uniondale Cemetery
VISITATION: at the home of Jeremaih Castle, 597 Old Pinckney Road, York; body may be viewed from 6-7 tonight at the funeral home
Summey A. Oates
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Summey Alexander Oates, 68, 319 Ebenezer Road, died Jan. 2, 2000, at home. He was the son of the late James and Pearlie Johnson Oates, brother of the late John Clarence, James, Lemuel, Beatrice and Louise Oates, Geneva Crosby and Inez Fowler, member of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Myetta Oates; daughters and son-in-law, Beverly Oates and Dr. Douglas Jones, Mount Holly, Loretta Oates, Minneapolis, Delila Bess, Kings Mountain; sisters-in-law, Ruth and Doris Womic, Louise, Hazel and Louise Miller Oates; brother-in-law, Richard Womic; aunt, Lena Youngblood; five grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Ernest Simon
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before the service, the church
ARRANGEMENTS: J.W. Gill & Sons Funeral Home
Vesta Lavinder Barber
CLOVER, S.C. - Vesta Lavinder Barber, 85, 1305 Burrell Road, died Jan. 3, 2000, in Surfside Beach, S.C. She was a native of Henry, Va., wife of the late Randolph Barber, daughter of the late Jeff and Flora Young Lavinder.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Barbara Ann Gnirke, Surfside Beach; sister, Inez Waynick, Summerfield; grandchildren, David Peeler, Fayetteville, Christina Hanks, Seattle, Melody Peeler, Blacksburg, S.C.; five great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2:30 p.m. Thursday, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Rev. Dr. William K. Neely
BURIAL: Lakeview Memory Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, the funeral home
Dane L. Morgan
GASTONIA - Dane Lamar Morgan, 42, 1614 Trexler St., died Jan. 3, 2000, at home. He was a native of Gaston County and son of the late Erman Carl Morgan.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Virginia Ruth Mull Morgan, Gastonia; brothers, Marion and William David Morgan, Kings Mountain; sister, Myrlyn M. Huffstetler, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, South Gastonia Pentescostal Holiness Church, Revs. Brent Grigg, Darrell Alexander
BURIAL: Westview Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
PALLBEARERS: Debra Black, Harold D. and David C. Jr. Huffstetler, David and Joseph Morgan, Vicky Lewallen
GASTONIA - Minnie Skelton Woods, 104, 644 SePark Circle, died Jan. 1, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Anderson County, S.C., and daughter of the late Willie and Emma Stewart Skelton.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Leacie Byers, Stanley, Minnie Hovis, Gastonia; sister, Alice Howard, Gastonia; 21 grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Thursday, St. Stephens AME Zion Church, Rev. Dr. Bernard Sullivan
BURIAL: Armstrong Cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before the service, the church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Bobby E. Gardin
GASTONIA - Bobby Eugene Gardin, 43, 1620 Gunn St., died Jan. 2, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Nellie Jean Seigle Gardin, member of St. Helen’s Catholic Church, Spencer Mountain.
SURVIVORS: Son, Bobby Junior Carroll, Gastonia; father, Joe Robert Gardin, Charlotte; sisters, Rose Marie Adams, Evelyn Cecilia Woods, Pandora Ann Reid, Gastonia; brothers, Jerry G. Seigle, Rock Hill, S.C., Rev. Joseph Anthony Gardin, Lowell, Alfred Lamar Gardin, Providence, R.I., Dennis Erwin Gardin, Gastonia, Everette Leo Gardin, Belmont; one grandchild
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Thursday, St. Helen’s Catholic Church, Spencer Mountain, Father Richard Hokason
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before the service, the church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Samuel E. Moore
CLYDE — Samuel Edward Moore, 49, 131 Cedar Park Drive, died Jan. 2, 2000, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Haywood County, son of the late Thomas Lee Moore, stepson of the late Alvin Franklin, brother of the late William Moore, member of Cove Creek Baptist Church, independent contractor for mobile home installations.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Teresa Lassiter, Brown Summitt, Crystal Lassiter, Gainsville, Ga.; sons, Marvin L. and David W. Moore, Stanley; mother, Ina Ledford Franklin, Clyde; sisters, Mary Speagle, Morganton, Bessie Payne, Patsy Keener, Clyde, Ruth Messer, Dallas, Ethel Watts, Arlene Ingle, Waynesville, Grace Waters, Trenton, Mich., Pauline Cashwell, Elizabethtown; brothers, Tom "Junior" Moore, Russell Springs, Ky., Fred Moore, Greenwood, S.C., T.L. Moore, Statesville, Jesse, Andrew and Charles Moore, Waynesville, George Moore, Winston-Salem, David Moore, Clyde, Kenneth Moore, Flat Rock
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Cove Creek Baptist Church, Waynesville, Revs. Billy Ferguson, Larry Young
BURIAL: Davis Family Cemetery
PALLBEARERS: Nephews
MEMORIALS: Cove Creek Baptist Church Building Fund, 862 Cove Creek Road, Waynesville 28786
ARRANGEMENTS: Wells Funeral Home, Waynesville
Travarus ‘Bitt’ Collins
GASTONIA - Travarus Lamont "Bitt" Collins, 24, 1031 Lakeview St. Apt. B, died Jan. 1, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of York County, S.C., son of the late Elisa Collins Gettys and James Steward, brother-in-law of the late Josh Floyd, 1993 graduate of Hunter Huss High School.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Ebony Caldwell Collins; sisters, Sonia, Latasha, Alexandria Collins, Leda Stewart, Gastonia, Nedra Hopper, Clover, S.C.; stepmother and father, Marjorie and Robert Gettys; brother, Robert Collins, Gastonia; father and mother-in-law, Mr. And Mrs. Laymond Caldwell Sr; brothers-in-law, Coleman Hopper, Clover, Laymond Caldwell Jr., Jason Floyd, Kings Moutain.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m., Friday, Clover Chapel United Methodist Church, Rev. Charlie Mason
BURIAL: Jerusalem Baptist Church cemetery
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before the service at the church and other times at the home of Sonia Collins, 406 Steven St., Gastonia
ARRANGEMENTS: Martin Funeral Home
Lois Punch Lanier
LINCOLNTON - Lois Addie Punch Lanier, 84, 709 S. Tate St., died Jan. 4, 2000 at Lincoln Medical Center. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late George Wesley and Addie Elmore Punch, wife of the late Charles Theodore Lanier, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Reginald and Stanley Lanier, Lincolnton; daughter, Carolyn Baker, Lincolnton; sisters, Martha Moss, Marion Cashion, Lincolnton; five granchildren; six great-grandchildren.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. today, Riverview Baptist Church Cemetery, Rev. David Carter
VISITATION: 2-2:30 p.m. today, Warlick Funeral Home
John H. Beam
KINGS MOUNTAIN - John Howard Beam, 83, 112 Wells St., died Jan. 4, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late William Ira and Pearl Bookout Beam, brother of the late Sam and Bill Beam, Gertrude Shaw, Julia Sanders, member First Baptist Church in Kings Mountain, deacon, member Carolina Travel Trailer Club for 25 years, U.S. Army veteran of World War II, retired from FMC Lithium Division, Bessemer City.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Estelle Love Beam; son and daughter-in-law, John Adrian and Myra Beam, Bessemer City; daughter and son-in-law, Vanessa Beam and Tim Davis, Kings Mountain; sisters, Essie Flowers, Kings Mountain, Sarah Smith, Atlanta, Doris Blanton, Fort Myers, Fla., Sue Love, Concord, Ethel Spangler, Grover; grandchildren, Andrea, Abby and Chase Beam, Ryan, Michael and Eric Davis; great-grandchild, Kirsten McConnell.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m., Thursday, First Baptist Church, Dr. John Sloan
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church building fund, P.O. Box 786, Kings Mountain, 28086
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
Annie Elliott Mulchi
LINCOLNTON - Annie Elliott Mulchi, 89, Lincoln Nursing Center, formerly of 108 Davis St., died Dec. 30, 1999 at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Mecklenburg County, Va., daughter of the late Jimmy Elliott and Ms. Slather, wife of the late Herman Clifton Mulchi, mother of the late Carl Lee, Herman Ray and Charlie Clifton Mulchi, Baptist, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Sons, John Garland Mulchi, Lincolnton, Jack Linwood Mulchi, Henderson, Jimmy James Mulchi, Greensboro.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 10 a.m. today, Hollybrook Cemetery
ARRANGEMENTS: E.F. Drum Funeral Home
Gladys Boone Huggins
BELMONT - Gladys Boone Huggins, 82, 308 Greenwood Place, died Jan. 4, 2000 in Kings Mountain Hospital. She was a native of Richland County, S.C., daughter of the late Annie G. Boone, retired from Colonial Bakery in Charlotte, member Salvation Army Church, Sunday school teacher, visited residents in nursing homes.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Willis C. and Dorothy Guyton, Belmont; sister, Hazel Houser, Mint Hill; great-grandchild, Miranda Guyton, Cramerton.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m., Thursday, Evergreen Cemetery, Charlotte, Maj. Jerry Lyles
MEMORIALS: Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of Duke University, P.O. Box 3450, Durham 27705
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight Ward Funeral Home
