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James Fletcher
KINGS MOUNTAIN — James Fletcher, 80, 1005 Ramseur St., died Jan. 9, 2000, at Kings Mountain Hospital.
He was a native of Haywood County, son of the late Dever Rubin and Daisy Mae Taylor Fletcher, husband of the late Mary Lee Kimble Fletcher, attended Missionary Methodist Church, retired from Burlington Ind.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Lamar and Nannie Fletcher, Kings Mountain; brother, Howard Fletcher, Leicester; sister, Birdie Burns, Waller, Tenn.; three grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Harris Funeral Home, other times at the home of Lamar Fletcher, 1005 Ramseur St.
Margaret L. Ellis
CROUSE — Margaret Jean Imogene Lail Ellis, 70, 2032 Kollege Lane, died Jan. 9, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Harrison and Bertha Yount Lail, retired from Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. (A&P Grocery Store) after 43 years of service, member of East Garrison Baptist Church for 33 years, where she was a secretary of her Sunday School class and was active in the Women’s Missionary Union.
SURVIVORS: Husband of 53 years, Charles Ellis; son, Terry Ellis Sr., Mount Holly; daughter, Margaret Charlene Ellis Kinsey, Crouse; sister, Celena Lail Garrison, Crouse; grandchildren, Terry Jr., Brooke and Charles Matthew Ellis, Derek and Wendy Ellis Register; great-grandchild, Hanna Ellis
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, Rev. Doug Baltzegar
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, East Garrison Baptist Church
PALLBEARERS: Cliff Armstrong, Charles Matthew and Terry Ellis Jr., Alex Garrison, Tim Register, Dow Smith
MEMORIALS: Charles Ellis, P.O. Box 477, Crouse 28033
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
CECIL WRIGHT
FALLSTON — Ernest Cecil Wright, 71, 203 Charolais Drive, P.O. Box 6, died Jan. 10, 2000, at Hospice of Cleveland County.
He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Ernest Doc and Della Sweezy Wright, brother of the late Harvey and Loy Wright, Vatha Fullerton, owner and operator of Wright’s Jewelry Store, Nationwide Insurance agent for 40 years, graduate of Fallston High School, lifetime member of Friendship United Methodist Church and United Methodist Men, N.C. Association of Fire Chiefs, Upper Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Fallston Masonic Lodge #396, charter member of board of directors of Upper Cleveland County Rescue, Fallston Community Volunteer Fire Dept., where he was fire chief and chairman of the board of directors, former member of Fallston Lions Club, Cleveland County Board of Adjustment, Wagon Wheelers Western Square Dance Club, helped organize the Carolina Fun Dancers.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Ethelee Smith Wright; son, Neil Wright, New York City; daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Tommy Bess, Suzanne and Jimmy Lee, Fallston; grandchildren, Wyndee and Angie Bess, Jaimee and Jennifer Lee, Kyle and Hayley Wright
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Friendship United Methodist Church, Rev. Eddie Ingram, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Rose Hill Memorial Park
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Stamey Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby 28150, or Friendship United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 219, Fallston 28042
Georgia L. Self
LINCOLNTON — Georgia Leatherman Self, 94, of Brian Center, died Jan. 9, 2000, at her residence.
She was a native of Catawba County, daughter of the late Charlie Lee and Junie Scronce Leatherman, wife of the late Julius McKinley Self, member of Macedonia Pentecostal Holiness Church, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Dorothy McCaslin Scronce, Newton; grand-niece, Patricia Alexander, Newton; daughter-in-law, Edna Poovey Self, Lincolnton
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Wednesday, E.F. Drum Funeral Home, Pastor Darren Davidson
BURIAL: Macedonia Pentecostal Holiness Church, Vale
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Macedonia Pentecostal Holiness Church
Vivian M. Latham
BESSEMER CITY — Vivian M. Latham, 63, 411 Pennsylvania Ave., died Jan. 9, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late James Robert Latham and Minnie Humphries Latham Strickland, sister of the late Horace and Edith Latham, Louise Stanon, worked as a weaver for Osage Mill, member of First Wesleyan Church.
SURVIVORS: Nephew, James Latham, Iron Station; great nephew, Scottie Latham, Bessemer City; sister, Vergie Sexton, Bessemer City
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Wesleyan Church, Rev. Jerry Lumston
BURIAL: Westview Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel
PALLBEARERS: Richard Christopher, Jerry Grubbs, Jimmy Lucas
Dorothy B. Abernathy
IRON STATION — Dorothy Jean Britt Abernathy, 52, 3398 Rhyne Forest Road, died Jan. 9, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Britt, sister of the late Danny, Ray, Larry and Betsey Elmina Britt, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Lincolnton.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Richard Abernathy; sons, Benjamin and Andrew J. Abernathy, Iron Station, William T. Abernathy, Clayton; daughters, Nora and Helen Melissa Abernathy, Iron Station; mother, Nora Jane Carver Britt, Gastonia; brother, Harold Delano Britt, Lowell; sisters, Nellie Jones, Stanley, Alice Gooley, Kings Mountain, Jaynie Britt, Gastonia; three grandchildren
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Lincolnton, Elders Gene Arrowood and Garry Wright
BURIAL: Britt Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Stanley
Dorothy R. Brown
CROUSE — Dorothy Rouse Brown, 79, 109 Bud Black Road, died Jan. 9, 2000, at home.
She was a native of Dillon, S.C., daughter of the late Clarence and Polly Rogers Rouse, wife of the late Ellis Brown, mother of the late Clarence Brown, a homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son, Jessie Wendell Brown, Iron Station; daughters, Polly Beam, Aiken, S.C., Janell Wood, Kings Mountain, Gail Ball, Cherryville, Wanda Gantt, Lincolnton; brother, Paul Rouse, Fork, S.C.; sisters, Vonnie Seate, Lincolnton, Willodean Coleman, Fork, Geraldine Davidson, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton, Revs. Nathan May, Fred Morrison
BURIAL: Cherryville City Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
Elsie T. Summey
GASTONIA — Elsie Tilson Summey, 89, 416 N. Highland St., died Jan. 15, 2000, at Rehabilitation and Health Center.
She was a native of Cherokee, daughter of the late Henry Jacob and Callie Etna Johnson Tilson, wife of the late Robert Summey, mother of the late Barbara Summey, sister of the late Velma Nantz, Jean Haas, Arnold M. and Thomas H. Tilson, member of Westview Baptist Church and Unity Baptist Church, where she had taught the four and five-year-old class of mission friends and was a member of the Women’s Missionary Union.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Carolyn Wise, Bessemer City; sons, Ken Summey, Charlotte, Don Summey, Durham; grandchildren, Justin Summey Yurkan, Coral Gables, Fla., Stephen Marc Wise, Bessemer City; two great-grandsons
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. Jerry Millwood
BURIAL: Hollywood Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Westview Baptist Church, 3385 Fairview Drive, Gastonia 28052
Fannie Sue Vandiver
GASTONIA — Fannie Sue Vandiver, 83, formerly of 218 S. Highland St., died Jan. 15, 2000, at Gaston Place.
She was a native of Spartanburg, S.C., daughter of the late Jim Henry and Cedie Crossley Vandiver, sister of the late Jim Henry Vandiver, Mary Vandiver Calhoun, Ruby Vandiver Jones, homemaker, member of West Side Assembly of God, Bessemer City.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Pearl Wellman Helton, Belmont; half-brother, Ervin Eugene Vassey, Shelby; nieces and spouses, Betty and Max Frazier, Memphis, Tenn., Nancy and Don Cline, Kansas City, Kansas, Linda C. Rice, Vicki and Warren Ray, Jeannie and Ray Morgan, Brenda and David Jones, Gastonia, Pattie and Ray Taylor, Cleveland, Joyce Vassey; nephews and spouse, Billy and Candy Calhoun, Gastonia, Danny and Bobby Vassey; brother-in-law, Thomas R. Jones, Gastonia
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Dorothy Lowery
VISITATION: One hour before service, McLean Funeral Directors
Mary P. Wilson
BELMONT — Mary Sigmon Painter Wilson, 83, formerly of 106 Louise Ave., died Jan. 16, 2000, at Century Care, Cherryville.
She was a native of Troutman, daughter of the late J.L. and Fannie Abernathy Sigmon, wife of the late Boyce W. Painter and Erskine Wilson, retired from Stowe-Pharr Yarns, McAdenville, after many years of service, member of Catawba Heights Baptist Church for nearly 45 years.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, George and Annete Painter, Belmont; daughter, Shelby Jean Painter, Gastonia; grandson and spouse, Greg and Tonya Painter, Mount Holly; great-grandsons, Todd and Devin Painter
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Pineview Cemetery, Mount Holly, Rev. Max Pendleton
VISITATION: Following service, cemetery
MEMORIALS: Catawba Heights Baptist Church, 311 Belmont Ave., Belmont 28012
ARRANGEMENTS: Ward Funeral Home, Gastonia
