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COLEY L. NEAL
BESSEMER CITY - Coley Leviston Neal, 86, 119 Holland Memorial Church Road, died March 4, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Cherokee County, S.C., son of the late Howard Russell and Mary Dusty Neal, retired from Pharr Yarns after more than 35 years of service, employed at Hillbillies BBQ in Gastonia for more than seven years, member of Bright Light Baptist Church where he taught Sunday school, former member of Holland Memorial Baptist Church where he served on its Deacon Board.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Nellie Costner Neal; nieces, Bridgette Bell, Julie Drum, Sandy Conrad, Susan Payne, Joyce Earl, Earline Ashe, Mary Fraley; nephews, Jason and Josh Conrad, Ronnie Callahan, Bud, Junior, Sanford, David and Ted Costner; great-niece, Brandy Edwards; great-nephews, Gage Conrad, Chris Drum, Chandler Bell
FUNERAL: held March 6, Bright Light Baptist Church, Revs. Wayne Reese, Ronnie Callahan
BURIAL: Westview Gardens
ARRANGEMENTS: Sisk-Butler Funeral Home
Marcus J. Rudisill
LINCOLNTON - Marcus Junior "M.J." Rudisill, 82, 502 S. Laurel St., died March 8, 2000, at Lincoln Medical CenterHe was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Marcus and Sally Schronce Rudisill, retired carpenter.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Louise C. Rudisill; sons, Darrell G. Rudisill, the home, Michael C. Rudisill, Granite Falls; daughters, Gail R. Sain, the home, Sandra R. White, Granite Falls, Phyllis R. Yarbrough, Rebecca R. Lineberger, Lincolnton, Elaine R. Black, Vale; sister, Alice Whitesides, Lincolnton; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Warlick Funeral Home
BURIAL: Hollybrook Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, funeral home
MARQUITA A. PEGRAM
SHELBY - Marquita Ann Pegram, 57, 1042 Old Boiling Springs Road, died March 8, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Fort Pierce, Fla., also lived in Walterboro, S.C., daughter of the late Emory Rentz, Kemit for 17 years, homemaker, member of John Knox Presbyterian Church and Gus Barber Sunday school class.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Robert H. "Bob" Pegram Sr.; sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby and Paulette Pegram, Sanford, Tommy and Holley Pegram, Monroe, Mike and Beth Pegram, Raleigh, Brad and Tonya Pegram, Williamsburg, Va.; mother, Sabra Strickland Gerrish, Shelby; grandchildren, R.H. III, Zack and Addie Pegram, Sanford, Patrick and Paige Pegram, Monroe, Hunter Pegram, Williamsburg
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, John Knox Presbyterian Church, Rev. Bill Troutman, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before the service
BURIAL: Cleveland Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, Cleveland Funeral Services or other times at the home
MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte 28202
MARY W. SIMMONS
MOUNT PLEASANT — Mary Josephine Walker Simmons, 76, formerly of Gastonia, died March 8, 2000, at a Mount Pleasant Hospital. She was a native of McAlester, Okla., daughter of Linus and Lucia Walker, wife of the late William Earl Simmons, retired from Eckerd Drugs, member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, North Charleston, former member of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Belmont
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Frank F. and Evelyn Albach, Hanahan, S.C., William E. "Bill II and Patricia Simmons, Charlotte, Henry W. Albach, Gastonia; grandchildren and spouse, J. Alan and Cyndi Albach, Arlington, Va., R. Greg Albach, Brandon, Fla., William E. "Bill" Simmons III, Rachel Lynn Simmons, Charlotte; great-grandchild, Hannah Kate Albach, Arlington
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Friday, Carolina Memorial Funeral Home, North Charleston, S.C.
BURIAL: Carolina Memorial Gardens
VISITATION: 1-2 p.m. Friday, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1444, Remount Road, North Charleston, S.C. 29406 or the charity of donor’s choice
GUY K. SMITH
VALE - Guy Kenneth Smith, 71, 167 Highway 274, died March 8, 2000, at home. He was a native of Catawba County, son of the late Edward and Leila Scronce Smith, self-employed pulp wood cutter.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mary Parker Smith; sons, Larry and Ray Smith, Lincolnton, Jerry Smith, Denton; daughters, Ruby Starling, Gastonia, Peggy Mauney, Cherryville; step-daughters, Annie Lee O’Riley, Houston, Barbara Joyce Childers, Mooresville; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Friday, Warlick Funeral Home, Chaplin Karen Moore
BURIAL: Macedonia Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton 28092
Nell Hope Glenn
CLOVER, S.C. - Nell Hope Glenn, 80, 417 Knox St., died March 7, 2000, at White Oak Manor, York, S.C. She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late Clarence Hope and Ida Robinson Glenn, member of Bethel Presbyterian Church, retired from NCNB of Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Evelyn McCarter, Clover; nephews, John Neil Glenn, Gastonia, John N. McCarter Jr., Columbia, S.C., Glenn S. McCarver, Clover; niece, Brenda G. Stewart, Clover
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Bethel Presbyterian Church, Rev. John Gess
INTERMENT: Church cemetery
MEMORIALS: Bethel Presbyterian Church, 2445 Highway 557, Clover, S.C. 29710
ARRANGEMENTS: M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home
Shirley B. Gilreath
GASTONIA - Shirley B. Gilreath, 65, 1910 Union Road, died March 7, 2000, at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Newell T. and Viola Barneycastle, attended South Gastonia Church of God.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Joe G. Gilreath; son and daughter-in-law, Todd and Sissy Gilreath, Gastonia; daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Leonard Ashby, Chocowinity, Darlene and Mike Horne, Gastonia; brothers, Gary F. and Andrew G. Barneycastle, Gastonia; sisters, Jo B. Ward, Pelion, S.C., Gail B. Holt, Windsor; grandchildren and spouse, Preston and Diana Ashby, Washington, N.C., Jeremy Mills, Natalie Horne, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, South Gastonia Church of God, Rev. Bobby Gilley
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, the church, other times at the home
PALLBEARERS: Sam Barnette, Greg Barneycastle, Steve Epperson, Gary Martin, David Ward, Arnold Wooten
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053 or South Gastonia Church of God, 310 Carolina Ave., Gastonia 28052
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
Cecil A. Pack
MOUNT HOLLY - Cecil Audlee Pack, 73, 204 Belton Ave., died March 9, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Cherokee County, son of the late John Harley and Miza Ledford Pack, father of the late Terry and Sherry Pack, brother of the late Dorothy Dockery, Lorene and Mildred Pack, retired from Westinghouse Nuclear Turbines, Charlotte, member of Faith Baptist Church, Belmont, the National Rifle Association, Army veteran of Korean War.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 50 years, Estelle Kincaid Pack; sons, Danny Cecil and Barry John Pack, Mount Holly; daughters, Marilyn Huskins, Tonya Ann Pack, Stanley; brothers, Carl Edward Pack, Epworth, Ga., J.C. Pack, Gastonia, Ralph Pack, Middleton, Ohio, Clarence Pack, Andrews, Dennis Pack, Gaffney, S.C., Kenneth Pack, Mount Holly; sisters, Joy P. Hicks, Calhoun, Ga., Pauline P. Farmer, Marble; grandchildren, Susie McGraw, Matt Harris, Marcus Moreno, Courtney, J.B., Johnathon and Jarrod Pack; great-grandchild, Taylor Hilton
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly, Rev. Hubert Clark
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
Flora G. Carpenter
SHELBY - Flora Gladys Carpenter, 71, died March 7, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Koven and Loy Hawkins Carpenter, member of Double Springs Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Brother and sister-in-law, Dewey Garland and Mary Scruggs Carpenter, Shelby
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Cleveland Memorial Park, Rev. Eddie Braclett
MEMORIALS: Double Springs Baptist Church, 1130 Double Springs Church Road, Shelby 28150 or donor’s choice
ARRANGEMENTS: Lutz-Austell Funeral Home
Herman D. French
GASTONIA - Herman Douglas French, 88, 1351 Robinwood Road, died March 9, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Boyd County, Ky., son of the late Henry and Mary Lambert French, brother of the late James C. French, graduate of Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green, Ky., teacher, taught at Gastonia High School and Central Piedmont Community College, member of First United Methodist Church, former member of administrative board of First United Methodist Church, past president of Gastonia Kiwanis, held many offices in the club, past Governor of Kiwanis International for North and South Carolina, past Exalted Ruler of Gastonia Lodge B.P.O.E., past District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler of B.P.O.E., member of Honorable order of Kentucky Colonels, past president of SCORE, member of Holland Memorial Lodge 668, Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, member of Oasis Temple of the Shrine, life member of Kiwanis International and Elks, first driver education teacher in Gaston County.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Louise Hawkins French; son and daughter-in-law, James and Gloria French, Gastonia; grandchildren and spouse, Kim and Richard Williamson, Belmont, Mark French, Gastonia; great-grandchildren, Brandon and Brent Williamson, Belmont
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, Dr. Jody Seymour, body will be placed in church one hour before service
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: First United Methodist Church, 190 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia 28052
Thado B. Owens Jr.
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Thado Brunson Owens Jr., 53, 801 Church St., died March 8, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby. He was a native of Mullens, S.C., son of the late Martha Brown and Thado Brunson Owens Sr., auto mechanic, Army veteran of Vietnam.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Iris Black Owens; sons and spouses, Geoffrey and Michael Owens, Christopher and B.J. Barker, Kings Mountain, Billy and Dawn Neal, Grover; daughters and spouses, Tammy N. and Michael Beatty, Clover, S.C., Teresa and Eddie Buchanan, Amy Laws, Kings Mountain
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, Harris Funeral Home, Revs. Edward Hutchinson, Tony Burchett
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
