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Myrtle W. Dellinger
BELMONT - Myrtle Warren "Myrt" Dellinger, 84, 226 Mellon Road, died Feb. 4, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was the daughter of the late James Ralph and Grace Arney Warren, wife of the late John W. Dellinger, member of First Presbyterian Church, "The Gadabouts," Golden Years Club, a homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth "Beth" and Ted Geddis, Belmont; brother, James W. Warren, Lincolnton; sister, Mary Ellen Jarrett, Charlotte
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, First Presbyterian Church of Belmont, Drs. Richard Boyce, Robert Hough
INTERMENT: Greenwood Cemetery
VISITATION: 1:30-2:45 p.m. Sunday, the church, other times at the home of Beth Geddis, 409 Belwood Drive, Belmont
PALLBEARERS: Parks Wilson, Jeff Booker, "Jay" Carpenter, Charlie Barron, George Hall, Pat Klootwyk, Mark Noles, Henry Howe, Owen Ross
MEMORIALS: The Educational Foundation (Rams Club), UNC-Chapel Hill
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home
R.B. Woody
STANLEY - R.B. Woody, 55, Lutz Drive, Dallas, died Feb. 3, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was the son of the late Newman R. and Marie Hall Woody, brother of the late Geneva Woody Russell, employee of Pharr Yarns.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Sarah Duckworth Woody; children and spouse, Felicia Grier, the home, Gina and Mickey Cope, Belmont, Donnie Woody, Newton; brothers and sister-in-law, Wayne and Sandra Woody, Star, S.C., Charles Woody, N. Belmont; sister, Mary Curtis Wise, Mount Holly; four grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Sunday, Westport Baptist Church Cemetery, Denver
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Stanley
MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society
Willie A. Reynolds
LINCOLNTON - Willie Sue Alexander Reynolds, 73, 231 S.J. Crawford Road, died Feb. 3, 2000. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late James and Ida Mauney Alexander, wife of the late Lester Reynolds, a homemaker, member of Leonard’s Fork Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Mike and Randy Reynolds, Lincolnton; daughters, Sandy Reynolds, Beverly Ross, Lincolnton; brother, James "Buck" Alexander, Summerville, Mass.; granddaughters, Angela Marie and Amanda Sue Ross
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Leonard’s Fork Baptist Church, Revs. Darrell Bost, Bobby Elmore, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Leonard’s Fork Baptist Church Building Fund, 1462 Leonard’s Fork Church Road, Lincolnton 28092
Lester C. Frankum
BESSEMER CITY - Lester Claude Frankum, 69, 221 LePerry Road, died Feb. 3, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Cherokee County, husband of the late Bonnie Marie Frankum.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Ricky and Bertie Frankum, Bessemer City; special friend, Elaine Costner; brother, Homer Frankum, North Carolina; nephew, Jimmy Philbeck Jr.; grandchildren, Ellen, Brandy and Ricky Frankum; great-grandchildren, Josmine Cheyenne Sanders, Brianna Marie Arrowood
FUNERAL: Private
BURIAL: Private
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel
MEMORIALS: American Diabetes Association, 1820 E. Seventh St., Charlotte 28204
David Reid
GASTONIA - David Reid, 95, 920 N. York St., died Feb. 2, 2000, at home. He was a native of Clover, S.C., husband of the late Janie Wallace Reid, son of the late Grady and Margaret Wilson Reid, retired bricklayer.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Margaret Reid Myers, Gastonia; sons, Lacey and Dewitt Reid, Freeport, N.Y., Charlie Reid, Gastonia, Robert Reid, Cocoa Beach, Fla., James P. Reid, Columbus, Ohio; niece, Jewel R. Dreher, the home; 25 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren including special great-grandson, J’Wan Sanders, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Monday, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Bowling Green, S.C., Dr. Milton Key
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before the service, the church, other times at the home of Margaret R. Myers, 405 Briarcreek Road, Gastonia
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Lynn England Schmal
GASTONIA - Lynn Jones England Schmal, 41, 100-38 Willow Run Drive, died Feb. 1, 2000, at Orlando Medical Center, Orlando, Fla. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late J.C. Jones, former teacher for Gaston County Schools, graduate of Ashbrook High School, former employee of Dillard’s Department Store, former member of Woodlawn Baptist Church, Lowell.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Kurt Schmal; son, Josh England, Gastonia; daughter, Brooke England, Gastonia; mother and stepfather, Ann Ledford and Lonnie Patterson; sister, Doris J. Darden, Gastonia; brother, Rick Jones, Seneca, S.C.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Dallas, Rev. Fred High
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Ward Funeral Home
PALLBEARERS: Michael, John Paul and Jimmy Darden, Richie Jones, Jimmy Lippard, Kenny Pruitt
William C. Haley
CHARLOTTE - William Conley Haley, 84, died Feb. 4, 2000, at Britt Haven Nursing Home. He was a native of Abbington, Va., son of the late John O. and Maggie Lee Gill Haley, retired truck driver and carpenter, drove for Old Dominion and Helms Motor Express, member of Freewill Church of Jesus Christ, Cramerton.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Frances Leona Doss Haley; sons, Benny and David Haley, Charlotte; stepsons, Harold Flemming, the home, Donald Lee Flemming, Mooresville; daughters, Peggy Lackey, Lake Norman, Linda Collins, Elkin, Joyce Haley, Concord; stepdaughter and stepson-in-law, Linda and Larry Ingle, Davidson, Va.; 10 grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly, Rev. Jimmy Painter
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Charlotte
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
Rachel C. Watts
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Rachel Cumming Watts, 94, Edan Gardens, formerly of Charlotte, died Feb. 1, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center. She was a native of Salisbury, daughter of the late Charles Roe Cumming and Pheobe Elizabeth Bostian, wife of the late Troy Franklin Watts, retired secretary from Mecklenburg County Health Department, member of First United Methodist Church, Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Nephew, Charles R. Cumming, High Point; nieces, Mary Sue C. Burns, York, S.C., Marion C. Legler, Hendersonville, Tenn.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. today, Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, Rev. James Correll
MEMORIALS: Trinity United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 376, York, S.C. 29745
ARRANGEMENTS: Bratton Funeral Home, York
Chester Dee Blue
GASTONIA - Chester Dee Blue, 84, 848 Yellowstone Court, died Feb. 3, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Champaign, Ill., son of the late Benjamin F. and Louise M. Brucker Blue, retired engineer after 30 years service with Penn Central Railroad, Grand Rapids, Mich., assisted in construction of Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Ill., during National Guard, also Army veteran, of Lutheran faith, owned and operated Star Gas Station in Cairo, Ill., 32nd degree Mason.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Kathryn Gibson Blue; daughters, Sonya McManaway, Seymour, Ill., Margaret Tracy, Monticello, Ill., Patricia Manks, Maria Jackson, Hobe Sound, Fla.; stepdaughter, Barbara Cochran, Cherryville; sons, Chester Dee Blue Jr., San Francisco, Calif., Rev. James P. Blue, Georgetown, Ill.; sisters, Ruby Edwards, New Ago, Mich., Miriam Olsen, Battlecreek, Mich.; brothers, Joseph Blue, Rockford, Mich., August Blue, Union City, Mich., Kenneth Blue, Augusta, Mich.; 13 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren
MEMORIAL SERVICE: To be held later in Georgetown
VISITATION: This afternoon, the home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28054
ARRANGEMENTS: Ward Funeral Home
Laura H. Jarrell
VALE - Laura Hull Jarrell, 96, 708 Tower Road, died Feb. 3, 2000, at Brian Center, Lincolnton. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Major L. and Lisa Seagle Hull, wife of the late Joseph Cullen Jarrell, a homemaker, member of Hulls Grove Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Son, Floyd Jarrell, Vale; sisters, Lula Ballard, Muriel Brendle,Vale, Prue Van Vyhe, Waco; grandchildren, Barbara Edmunds, Portland, Ore., David Jarrell, Linda Huskins, Vale; six great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Hulls Grove Baptist Church, Rev. Marcus Redding, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Carpenter’s Funeral Home, Cherryville
ALIEV O’DELL STEWART
GASTONIA - Aliev O’Dell Stewart, 89, Brian Center, formerly of Crossville, Tenn., died Feb. 3, 2000, at her residence.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Mayland Cemetery, Crossville
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Belmont
