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Robert L. Guiton Jr.
ASHEBORO — Robert Lewis Guiton Jr., 35, 401 Hoover Hill Road, died March 7, 2000, at Randolph Hospital. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Patsy Aline Gajus, brother of the late Thersa Brooker, fabricator for Klaussner Furniture.
SURVIVORS: Father, Robert Lewis Guiton Sr., Asheboro; stepfather, Doug James Gajus, Sherrills Ford; brother, Jeffery Guiton, Sherrills Ford; stepbrother, Doug J. Gajus Jr., Mooresville; sisters, Angela Hurley, Ramona Creech, Denton, Cornelia Jones, Iron Station; stepsisters, Phylis McGill, Claudia Brobant, Robin Gajus, Pennsylvania; three nephews; four nieces; one great-niece
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, E.F. Drum Funeral Home, Lincolnton, Rev. Jim Willingham
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Lincolnton
Claudia Thornburg
LINCOLNTON - Claudia Mae Whitesides Thornburg, 81, 2682 Gastonia Highway, died March 10, 2000, at her home. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Carl and Mattie Lee Helms Whitesides, wife of the late Dorus Calvin Thornburg Jr., sister of the late Blanchard Shuford, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son, Calvin Thornburg, Lincolnton; daughters, Claudette Crawley, Lincolnton, Jill Putnam, Shelby; brother, Carl Whitesides Jr.; sister, Jane Parker, Gastonia; four grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Pisgah United Methodist Church, Dr. James R. Reeves, Rev. Rick Fite
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Pisgah United Methodist Church Music Program, 2582 Gastonia Highway, Lincolnton 28092 or Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton 28092
Barbara M. Weaver
GASTONIA - Barbara Mauney Weaver, 68, died March 10, 2000, at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Wilbur and Meril Cloninger Mauney, mother of the late Rebecca and Daniel Weaver III, formerly employed by Dallas Sport Knit, member of Faith United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Daniel Weaver Jr.; daughters and sons-in-law, Camellia and Danny Camp, Crouse, Valerie and Robert White, Mount Holly; sons and daughters-in-law, Alfred and Ginger Weaver, Bessemer City, Alex and Myra Weaver, Gastonia; brothers and sisters-in-law, Joe Bill and Carolyn Mauney, Blacksburg, S.C., Edgar and Jan Mauney, Chester, S.C., Hal and Florence Mauney, Mauldin, S.C.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Jean and Cheves Hammill, Patricia and Richard Wright, Hilda Queen, Gastonia, Thelma Abernathy, Lincolnton, Brenda and Jim Deveney, Cherryville, Elaine and Leon Lay, Dallas; grandchildren, Adam Blanton, Holly and Nicholas White; great-grandchild, Elisabeth Blanton
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Sunday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Larry McClure
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Ward Funeral Home
PALLBEARERS: Adam Blanton, Dean Abernathy, Jeff and Jimmy Lay, Jim Deveney, Cheves Hammill
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28054
James E. Reynolds
LINCOLNTON - James Edwin "Jim" Reynolds, 67, 2624 Brookwood Road, died March 10, 2000, at the Lincoln Nursing Center. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Joe and Vera Sneed Reynolds, retired long haul driver from Carolina Freight, member of Lincoln Lodge No. 137 A.F. and A.M., Lincoln County Shrine Club, Cherryville Shrine Club, 32 degree Scottish Rite Mason, Oasis Temple Shriner in Charlotte
SURVIVORS: Wife, Carrie "Tiny" Reynolds; one son; two daughters; brothers, Johnny Reynolds, Cherryville, J.F. and Jerry Reynolds, Crouse, Charlie Reynolds, Charlotte; sister, Dolly Mae Black, Cherryville; stepsons, Gary and Steve Chapman, Lincolnton; three stepgrandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Warlick Funeral Home, Rev. Keith Chronister
BURIAL: Full Masonic service, Forest Lawn Cemetery
VISITATION: 2-2:50 p.m. Sunday, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Shriners Children Hospital, 950 Faris Road, Greenville, S.C.
Carrie D. Hopper
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Carrie Dillingham Hopper, 67, 3391 Marshall Wolfe Road, died March 8, 2000, at the Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, Fred Louis and Rosemary Locklin Hopper, Lawton, Okla., Larry Eugene Hopper, Kings Mountain; adopted sons, Darryl Keith Ellis, Hollywood, Fla., Thomas Thompson, Shelby; daughters, Valarie Coleman, Debra Morgan, Kings Mountain, Patricia H. McCaskill, Gastonia; adopted daughters, Brenda Jeter, Shelby, Vanessa Gentry, Winston-Salem; sister, Theodosia Lawrence, Belwood; aunt, Eunia Mae "Aunt Sis" Colquitt, Shelby; special friend, Joseph Hoyle, Kings Mountain; 17 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, relatives and friends
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Rev. C.D. Montgomery
BURIAL: Eskridge Grove Baptist Church, Shelby
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, Mount Zion Baptist Church
PALLBEARERS: Nephews and grandsons FLOWER BEARERS: Nieces and granddaughters
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Paul Lawrence, David Hector, Douglas Gidney, George D. McCaskill
ARRANGEMENTS: Withrow’s Funeral Home
Ila Mae T. Robbins
BELMONT - Ila Mae Tate Robbins, 72, 38 W. Pecan St., died March 9, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Herman Clifton and Minnie Odell Chaney Tate, wife of the late William H. Robbins, sister of the late Jeanelle Cook, Howard and Herman Clifton Tate Jr., member of Ranlo Baptist Church, Golden Chorus of Gaston County, a homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Jeanette R. Paoli, Columbus, Ga.; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill and Ann Tate, Dean and Sandra Tate, Gastonia; sisters and brothers-in-law, Diane and Jerry Peeler, Lincolnton, Yvonne and Clayton Butler, Dallas; brother-in-law, Jennings Cook, Cherryville; sister-in-law, Mary Tate Outz, Gastonia; grandson, Antonio Paoli, Columbus
FUNERAL: 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, Revs. Jerry Millwood, Larry Arrowood
INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home, other times at the home of Dean and Sandra Tate, 2418 Leroy Ave., Gastonia
MEMORIALS: Ranlo Baptist Church, 1517 Spencer Mountain Road, Gastonia 28054
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. today, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly, Rev. Hubert Clark
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens
PALLBEARERS: Marcus Pack-Moreno, Roger Huskins, Barry, Clarence, Dennis and Kenneth Pack
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Johnathan, J.B. and Jarrod Pack
Rev. Dallas R. Saunders
SALISBURY — Rev. Dallas Roy Saunders, 87, 726 Hidden Creek Circle, died March 9, 2000, at Rowan Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Montgomery County, son of the late Jonah Webster and Fanny Lucina Reynolds Saunders, husband of the late Vivian Taylor Saunders, graduate of Montgomery County schools and God’s Bible School, Cincinnati, where he majored in theology, minister in the Wesleyan church, ordained in 1936, served pastorates in Albemarle, Gold Hill, Lexington, Burlington, Trinity Wesleyan in Salisbury, Forrest City and Asheboro, district superintendent for Wesleyan World Missions in Barbados and Guyana, member of Gold Hill Wesleyan Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Pansy Ficklin Saunders; sons, James Farrell Saunders, Gaffney, S.C., David Roy Saunders, East Amherst, N.Y., Dallas Stephen Saunders, Clemson, S.C.; daughter, Sara Saunders Ramseur, Gastonia; stepdaughter, Martha Ann Richardson, Salisbury; brother, Jonah Franklin Saunders, Troy, N.Y.; sister, Lilly Mae S. Eury, Albermarle; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 10 a.m. Monday, Trinity Wesleyan Church, Revs. Ernest Mullins, W. Lee Cockerill, Leon Thompson
BURIAL: Gold Hill Wesleyan Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Trinity Wesleyan Church
MEMORIALS: Trinity Wesleyan Church, 2200 Mooresville Road, Salisbury 28147
ARRANGEMENTS: Summersett Funeral Home
Fannie Price
LINCOLNTON - Fannie Irene Ramseur Price, 95, formerly of Lincolnton, died March 8, 2000, in Washington, D.C. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Pinkney Anderson and Jennie Smith Ramseur, wife of the late William Lysander Price, member of Greater Moores Chapel AME Zion Church, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Addie Carrington, Washington, D.C.; sister, Novella Edwards, Charlotte; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday, Greater Moores Chapel AME Zion Church, Rev. Ralph F. Williamson
BURIAL: Chuch cemetery
MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society
ARRANGEMENTS: Goodin-Drum Funeral Home, Maiden
Jerry J. Thompson III
MAIDEN - Jerry Jordan Thompson III, infant son of Terry Danyail Thompson Jr. and Twanna Lasha McCleave, 711 S. D Ave., died March 6, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: In addition to parents, brothers, Jamaro Marcel and Donald Lamar Thompson, Hickory; maternal grandparents, Tony and Gloria McCleave, Maiden, Mabel Poston, Sherrills Ford; paternal grandparents, Terry Sr. and Mary Thompson, Hickory; maternal great-grandmother, Susan McCleave, Sherrills Ford; paternal great-grandmother, Bessie Mae Houston, Hickory; uncles and aunts
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Sunday, Goodin-Drum Funeral Home, Pastor C.S. Lattimore
BURIAL: Catawba Memorial Park, Hickory
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before service, funeral home
Pearl O. Moore
GASTONIA - Pearl Osment Moore, 84, 4749 Crowders Crest Drive, died March 9, 2000, at her niece’s home in Lincolnton. She was a native of Gaffney, S.C., daughter of the late Lawrence and Fanny Breakfield Osment, wife of the late Charles Allen Moore, retired textiles worker at Textiles Inc. in the Winget Mill.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Estelle Blackwell, Gaffney; nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. today, Olney Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rev. Leo Kuykendall
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053-3984 or Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton 28092
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
