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Dovie S. Messer
CLOVER, S.C. - Dovie Sprouse Messer, 83, White Oak Manor, Kings Mountain, died Feb. 11, 2000, at Kings Mountain Hospital. She was a native of Wilkensville, S.C., daughter of the late James Daniel and Ella Mae Brown Sprouse, wife of the late Robert B. Messer, member of Calvary Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Betty Munsey, Clover, Joan McCluney, Gastonia; sons, Kenneth and Harvey Messer, Clover, Daniel Messer, Beufort, S.C., Roy Messer, Shelby; sisters, Gladys Blackwell, Blacksburg, S.C., Lois Martin, Kings Mountain; 19 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Calvary Baptist Church, Rev. Elwood Seamster
BURIAL: Woodside Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, other times at the home of Harvey Messer, 1575 Jim McCarter Road, Clover
MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 2535, Rock Hill, S.C. 29732
Dolores Ivey Parker
GASTONIA - Dolores Ivey Parker, 56, 3018 Birchfield Lane, Lot 7, died Feb. 10, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Howard J. Ivey, sister of the late Jerry Ivey.
SURVIVORS: Son, James D. Ritchie, Gastonia; mother, Eunice H. Ivey, Gastonia; brothers, Don, Mike, Gene and Ronald Ivey, Gastonia; grandchild, Lauren A. Ritchie
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Revs. Ricky Ivey, V.L. Ivey, W.H. Calvert
BURIAL: Westview Gardens, Bessemer City
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home, other times at the home of Gene Ivey, 3018 Birchfield Lane, Lot 12
PALLBEARERS: Tim Fowler, Tony Gartner, Donnie Ivey, Chris and Tracy Robinson, Randall Taylor
Gary C. Freshour
LINCOLNTON - Gary Curtis Freshour, 50, 1461 Alberry Ave., Colonial Heights, died Feb. 10, 2000. He was a native of Mecklenburg County, son of the late A.C. and Mary Featherstone Freshour.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Louann Jordan Freshour; son, Matthew Freshour, the home; sister, Betty English, Mount Holly
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Warlick Funeral Home
BURIAL: Gainesville Baptist Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 12:30-1:45 p.m. today, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Lincoln County Chapter of American Red Cross, P.O. Box 1838, Lincolnton 28093
Richard Lyles
MAIDEN — Richard Lyles, 32, 2170 Maiden-Salem Road, died Feb. 10, 2000, at home. He was a native of Connecticut, foster brother of the late Minnie Ussery Ramseur, attended Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Battleground Elementary School and Salem Industries Adult Program.
SURVIVORS: Foster mother, Celia Ussery, the home; foster sister, Zelda Ussery, the home; foster nephews, Sammy and Ryan Ussery, the home.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Elder John Hunt
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before service, the church
PALLBEARERS: Sammy and Ryan Ussery, Shannon Ramseur, Lewis Lowery
ARRANGEMENTS: Ebony & White’s Funeral Service, Lincolnton
Marshall F. Carpenter
VIRGINIA BEACH — Marshall F. Carpenter, 62, 700 block of Delaura Lane, died Feb. 9, 2000, at a local hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, moved to the Tidewater area more than 40 years ago while serving in the Navy, worked many years as maintenance supervisor for Camellia Foods, of Baptist faith, attended Calvary Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sons, James Carpenter, Chesapeake, Va., Jeff, Brian and Alan Carpenter, Virginia Beach; sisters, Polly LaFoy, Betty Carpenter, Cherryville; brother, Earnest Carpenter, Crouse
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery, Crouse
VISITATION: 2-5 p.m. today, Altmeyer Funeral Home
James C. Smith
GASTONIA - James C. "J.C." Smith, 82, 1400 Lynhurst Drive, died Feb. 11, 2000, at Belaire Health Care Center. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late James C. and Laura Illie Sellers Smith Sr., husband of the late Hazel Moore Smith, preceded in death by several brothers and sisters, retired owner of J.C. Smith Inc., an accounting firm, member of Loray Baptist Church, Gideons International, former member of Parkwod Baptist Church, Army veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Frances Ferguson Smith; stepdaughters and spouses, Scotty and David Price, Ashburn, Ga., Lynn Hoffman and David Henderson, Rutherfordton; sister, Mary McCraw, Gastonia; step-grandchildren, George, Jake and Tucker Price, Lauren and William Henderson
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Loray Baptist Church, Rev. John Bridges ENTOMBMENT: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: Loray Baptist Church, 1128 W. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia 28052 or Gideons International, Gaston Central Camp, P.O. Box 637, Gastonia 28053
MINNIE W. PENNER
BESSEMER CITY - Minnie Louise Wilson Penner, 78, 405 E. Virginia Ave., died Feb. 10, 2000, at Wendover Hospice in Cleveland County. She was a native of Gaston County, wife of the late William Howard Wilson and Loyd W. Penner, daughter of the late Levi Bradley Lingerfelt and Carrie Belle Walker, mother of the late Loretta Faye Strickland, sister of the late Theodore Lingerfelt, grandmother of the late Angela Strickland, owner and operator of Speedy Wash Laundry, member of First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school, active in missions, ladies auxillary, member of Woodman of the World.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Rev. William S. Wilson, Bessemer City, Robert Ray Wilson, Kings Mountain; daughter, Frances Louise Welborn, Gastonia; grandchildren, Anita Page Smith, Nancy Page Strickland, Kelly Page Brown, Melissa Wilson Jefferies, Sarah McLeymore Mosley, Tabatha Wilson McNeil; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Dr. Ron Pierce, Rev. A.A. Bailey
BURIAL: Westview Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 397, Bessemer City 28016
Evia B. Harris
SHELBY - Evia "Granny" Bowen Harris, 86, 1003 Carter Road, died Feb. 10, 2000, at Kings Mountain Hospital. She was a native of Rutherford County, wife of the late George Washington Harris, daughter of the late Oscar and Mamie Bowen, mother of the late Dorothy Ramsey, homemaker, member of Hartland Missionary Methodist Church, Morganton.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, James Ervin and Rosie Harris, Ellenboro, Junior Cogdell, Shelby; daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Radford Baugham, Shelby, Marie and Fred Berry, Connely Springs; 19 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home, Revs. Fred Tyler, Charles Cook
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4 p.m. Sunday, Hartland Missionary Methodist Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, funeral home, other times at the home
BEATRICE T. ELDER
MOUNT HOLLY - Beatrice Thompson Elder, 78, 112 Tate St., died Feb. 10, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was the wife of the late Ernest Cleveland Elder, member of Oak Grove A.M.E. Zion Church, Cherryville.
SURVIVORS: Sisters, Rosie Gingles, Winston-Salem, Rachel Malker, Gastonia; brother, Elester Sawyer, Gastonia; step-daughters, Deborah Hunter, Atlanta, Ethelene White, Ohio; sisters-in-law, Rev. Lula Thompson, Charlotte, Theola Thompson, Cherryville; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Oak Grove A.M.E. Zion Church, Rev. Walter L. Adams
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 2:30-3 p.m. Sunday, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
CARLIN B. SIGMON
IRON STATION - Carlin Blaine Sigmon, 96, 5044 Highway 72, died Feb. 11, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center, Lincolnton. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Marcus Luther and Laura Lineberger Sigmon, husband of the late Elma Allie Mae Ballard Sigmon, brother of the late Dennis Hall, J. Glenn and Richard Lee Sigmon, dairy farmer
SURVIVORS: Sons, C. Curtis Sigmon, York, S.C., Milton Hall Sigmon, Iron Station; sister, Mary Bisanar, Gastonia; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Warlick Funeral Home, Revs. Todd Garren, Tom Campbell
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Lincolnton
VISITATION: 2-3 p.m. Sunday, funeral home
MEMORIALS: New Hope United Methodist Church, 5795 Old Plank Road, Iron Station 28080 or Antioch Baptist Church, 3387 E. Highway 150, Lincolnton 28092
Clyde McConnell Munn
YORK, S.C. - Clyde McConnell Munn, 79, Wright Avenue, died Feb. 11, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C. She was a native of York County, S.C., wife of the late Ezra Munn, daughter of the late William Mason and Clyde McElroy McConnell, homemaker, member of the Eastern Star, York chapter, First Presbyterian Church of York.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Heathman and Freddie Munn, York; four grandchildren, one great-grandchild
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Sunday, Rose Hill Cemetery, York, Rev. J. Todd Speed
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, home of Freddie Munn, 208 Education Lane, York
MEMORIALS: First Presbyterian Church, Faith First Fund, 10 W. Liberty St., York
ARRANGEMENTS: Bratton Funeral Home
