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Jennie M. Huffstetler
FLETCHER — Jennie Meek Huffstetler, 97, 600 Carolina Village Road, formerly of Gastonia, died Jan. 22, 2000, at Park Ridge Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Meek Carothers and Jennie Riddle Huffstetler, sister of the late Mary Elizabeth Huffstetler and Ferry H. Crosby, sales clerk.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 1 p.m. today, Union Presbyterian Church, Rev. Jerry Bron
VISITATION: After service
MEMORIALS: Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund, 5615 Union Road, Gastonia 28054
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
Eugene R. Loftin
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Eugene Richard "Gene" Loftin, 74, 5035 Longbow Pointe, died Jan. 28, 2000, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Carl and Margie McClain Loftin, retired from ATS Transmissions, belonged to Senior Center, member of Holiness Church of God, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Nephew, Tommy Keller, Gastonia; niece, Sheila Keller; great-nephew and spouse, Calvin and Valerie Thomas, the home; great-niece and spouse, Angela and John Lockridge, Dallas; aunt, Ida Mae Holbrook; great-great-nieces, Kristen and Marissa Lockridge, Haley Thomas
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Bessemer City, Rev. S.M. Lane
INTERMENT: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
VISITATION: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, funeral home
John P. Paysour
GASTONIA - John Paul Paysour, 85, 2119 Acapulco Drive, died Jan. 26, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late George Irvin and Lizzie Smith Paysour, brother of the late Earl and Lillie Paysour, Allie Wojciechowski, Lena Clark, Edna Gladden, retired from Ti-Caro Rex Plant No. 1, longtime member of Maylo United Methodist Church, Ranlo, Army veteran of World War II, received Purple Heart, member of DAV.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Joyce Phillips Paysour; son, Lee Howard Paysour, Gastonia; one daughter; sister, Ethel Paysour Lazenby; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Henry and Rosa Phillips, Sarah and Jerold McAbee, Fay and Clarence Wright, Gastonia; special great-nieces, Kelsey and Aubree Davis, Belmont, Linsey and Lesly Wells, Alexis and Erica Eason, Gastonia; great-nephew, Matt Wells, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Sunday, Maylo United Methodist Church, Revs. Jim Eastin, Steve Phillippi
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: Steve Wells, Roger Davis, Bill Cottingham, Harold Wilson, Greg Eason, Mike Rhyne, David Murray
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Jim Elmore, Virgil Passmore, Bill Mason, Ted Parker, Robert Hayes, Bob Tate, Wilson Perkins
MEMORIALS: Helping Hands Fund of Maylo United Methodist Church, 1900 Spencer Mountain Road, Gastonia 28054
Walter L. Dover
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Walter L. Dover, 47, 400 Cherry St., died Jan. 27, 2000, at Kings Mountain Hospital. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Millard "Bill" Allen, father of the late Brandon James Dover, brother of the late Julie Long, former employee of American Efird, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Peggy Allen Dover; mother, Mattie Louise Dover Allen, Kings Mountain; brothers, James Dover, Shelby, Thomas Dover, Grover, Pete Dover, Gastonia; sisters, Betty Allen, Kings Mountain, Annette Cavender, Bessemer City
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4 p.m. Monday, Mountain Rest Cemetery, Revs. Donald Allen, Brady Jackson
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Harris Funeral Home
Claude W. Hill
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Claude Wellington Hill, 71, 418 S. Cherokee St., died Jan. 27, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Alfred and Etta Mae Hill, member of Pathway Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Lucille Hill; sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Sharon Hill, Larry and Gloria Lovelace, Alfred Lovelace, Kings Mountain, Mike and Pat Hill, Morganton, Timothy Hill, Taylorsville; daughters and sons-in-law, Jean and Frank Shelton, Gastonia, Jane and Keith Moulton, Granite Falls, Claudette and David Robertson, Black Mountain, Sandy and Gary Rushing, Dallas, Melody and Brian Davis, Fort Campbell, Ky., Etta Mae and Shane Stephens, Kings Mountain; brother, Fred Hill, Gastonia; 25 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Pathway Baptist Church, Revs. James Hamrick and Keith Cobb
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel
PALLBEARERS: Joe Lovelace, Shalon Moulton, Derek and Jason Robertson, Chad and Christopher Rushing HONORARY PALLBEARER: Rhodney Rogers
Althea A. Richardson
VALE - Althea Abernathy Richardson, 85, 2296 Sam Houser Road, died Jan. 27, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center, Lincolnton.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Mrs. Willie R. Richard, the home; granddaughters, Johnnie Beam, Debbie Logan, Phyllis Tallent, Tammy Johnson, Vale; brothers, Dave Abernathy, Vale, John Haynes, Cherryville; sisters, Edythe Bumgarner, Lincolnton, Claudean Elmore, Mary Heafner, Crouse; six great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: Noon today, Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton, Rev. Jim Galloway
BURIAL: Reeps Grove Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 11-11:45 a.m. today, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Reeps Grove United Methodist Church, 7401 Reeps Grove Church Road, Vale 28168
James B. Pearson
SHELBY - James Buck Pearson, 81, 213 Broad St., died Jan. 28, 2000, at home. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Henry Ward and Melinda McSwain Pearson, husband of the late Annie Mae Davis Pearson, father of the late James Junior and Mary Ann Pearson, father-in-law of the late Charles Duncan, brother of the late Terry Blanton, Tula Mae Pearson, brother-in-law of the late Cliff Davis, Jonnie Waldell, retired from Southern Cotton Oil Mill, member, deacon and usher at Charity Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Gene and Tena Pearson, Jerry and Ruby Pearson, Bonnie Pearson, Shelby, Dan and Brenda Pearson, Grover; daughters and sons-in-law, Virginia Sue Duncan, Rock Hill, S.C., Elizabeth Ann and Lewis Peterson, Shelby, Jill and Tommy Brackett, Cherryville; sisters, Aileen Davis, Rock Hill, Beatrice Waldell, Shelby; 35 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Charity Baptist Church, Revs. Carl Ray Cook, Charlie Cox, John Hodge; body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Clay-Barnette Funeral Home; other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby 28150 or Charity Baptist Church, c/o Rev. Carl Ray Cook Sr., 122 Williams Road, Kings Mountain 28086
Marjorie B. Tomberlin
GASTONIA - Marjorie Louise Burch Tomberlin, 70, 3925 Branding Iron Drive, died Jan. 28, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late John Vernon and Ella Louise Hoffman Burch, mother of the late Carl Mickey Hudson, sister of the late John Vernon Jr. and Harvey Wilbur Burch, member of Ridge Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Joseph Tomberlin; daughters and sons-in-law, Marilyn and Robert Blake, Gastonia, Alescia and Fred Hughes, Bessemer City; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Sherman Branch
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. Monday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte 28202
Calvin B. Burgess
LINCOLNTON - Calvin Bryant Burgess, 76, died Jan. 28, 2000. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Slade and Cora William Burgess, worked in auto industry, Army veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Elsie; two brothers; four sisters
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Warlick Funeral Home
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery, DAV Graveside Rites
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. Sunday, funeral home
MEMORIALS: American Heart Association, c/o Betty Potts, 2638 Lee Lawing Road, Lincolnton 28092
Jessie Brown
YORK, S.C. - Jessie Brown, 67, 107 Autumn Place, died Jan. 26, 2000, at home. He was a native of York, son of the late Samuel and Willie Mae Brown Sr., former auto mechanic for Dunlap Johnson Chevrolet where he worked for 10 years, worked for American Thread in Clover, S.C., city of York, member of White Hill AME Zion Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Evelyn Boulware Brown; daughters, Debra Wilform, Berdell Rowell, Eleanor Feaster, Charlotte; sisters, Mary Brown, Janie Berry, Hickory; four grandchildren
FUNERAL: 1:30 today, Gold Hill Baptist Church, Rev. George A. McCoy
BURIAL: White Hill AME Zion Church cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, Gold Hill Baptist Church
ARRANGEMENTS: Wright Funeral Home
Johnny L. Clary
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Johnny Lamar Clary, 44, 208 Ganley St., died Jan. 27, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Leonard Lee and Margaret Eloise Gregory Clary, brother of the late Margaret Humphries Barker, member of First Church of the Nazarene, former employee at Glen Raven Mills.
SURVIVORS: Brother, Thomas Lee Clary, Kings Mountain; sister, Kay Clary Williams Barker, Kings Mountain; brother-in-law, Victor Barker, Kings Mountain; sister-in-law, Linda Clary, Kings Mountain; eight nieces; 17 nephews; aunts and uncles
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, First Church of the Nazarene, Rev. Michael Daughrity
INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery, Blacksburg, S.C.
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: First Church of the Nazarene, 405 S. Cherokee St., Kings Mountain 28086
