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Doris Spencer
GASTONIA - Doris Woody Spencer, 65, 2202 Lyon St., died March 17, 2000, at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Seaton and Edna Wells, retired from Hardees on South York Road after 10 years of service.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Wallace N. Spencer Sr.; son, Wallace N. Spencer Jr., Gastonia; daughters, Kathy S. McDonald, Clover, S.C., Doris Ann S. Cruz, Gastonia; sister, Jean Sawyer, Gastonia; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont, Rev. Larry Wilson
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Monday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
PALLBEARERS: Randy McDonald, Doug Postell, Tony Simmons, Brandon and Jason Spencer, Mike Stroupe
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Rhonda C. Waldrop
CHARLOTTE - Rhonda Sue Clampett Waldrop, 30, 511 E. 37th St., died March 15, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Brenda Tart Martin.
SURVIVORS: Son, Christopher Waldrop, Gastonia; daughter, Sierra Waldrop, Gastonia; father and stepmother, William C. and Anna Clampett, Bessemer City; brothers, Danny Clampett, David Martin Jr., Gastonia; sisters, Tammy Clampett Cook, Shelby, Billie Jo Briggs, Dana, Crystal, Lynn and Amanda Martin, Gastonia
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Monday, Bethany ARP Church Cemetery, Clover, S.C., Rev. James A. Lowery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel; other times at home of William Clampett, 5010 Sea Oats Lane, Bessemer City
PALLBEARERS: Gary Briggs, Ronald Cook, Jack and Willie Johnson
Jeannette C. Kopple
GASTONIA - Jeannette Celata Kopple, 57, 1553 Conrad Ave., died March 16, 2000, at home. She was a native of Brookline, Mass., daughter of the late John and Josephine Lorusso Celata, homemaker, member of First United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Henry Kopple
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2 p.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church, Rev. Nadeline Gray
BURIAL: Later date
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Naomi Crowder
GASTONIA - Naomi Devern Crowder, 89, died March 17, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Cocke County, Tenn., daughter of the late Dixie and Sarah Pegg Devern, wife of the late Clyde D. Crowder, sister of the late Edward, Ray and Charles Devern, May Martin, Ruth McGee, Annie Humphries, member West Franklin Baptist Church, Dove’s Club, former Sunday school teacher.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Elmer and Shirley B. Crowder, Gastonia, Robert M. and Shirley Ann Crowder, Gastonia, Clifford D. and Urve Crowder, Winchester, Va.; sister, Faye Walker, Gastonia; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Rev. Clarence McMahan
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: West Franklin Baptist Church (debt retirement), 450 S. Myrtle School Road, Gastonia 28052
Michael W. Ertel
DALLAS - Michael William Ertel, 27, 414 N. Davis St., died March 17, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Peekskill, N.Y., shift supervisor for Allied Security.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Davina Demerritt Gore Ertel; sons, David Ertel, Melbourne, Ark., Steven Ertel, Hot Springs, Ark.; father, William Albert Ertel, Rochester, N.Y.; mother and stepfather, Bonnie Jean and Jeffrey Tomkins, Chester, S.C.; brothers, Tom Cannarozzo, Chicago, Christopher Cannarozzo, Chester; sister, Sandra Wheeler, Fort Mill, S.C.; grandmother, Wilma Buchholz, Horseshoe Bend, Ark.
FUNERAL: Private
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Alene L. Houser
CHERRYVILLE - Alene Lackey Houser, 78, formerly of Lee Bess Road, died March 17, 2000, at Carolina Care Center. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Troy and Essie Proctor Lackey, wife of the late Forrest Lee Houser, sister of the late Hillard Lackey and Altha Lansing, member of North Brook Baptist Church, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Troy and Sandy Houser, Cherryville; daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Terry Yount, Vale, Betty and Steve Little, Doris and Cleatus White, Cherryville; grandsons, David Houser, Burk, Va., Todd Houser, Cherryville; granddaughter, Susan N. White, Cherryville; stepgrandson, Greg Yount, Asheville; stepgranddaughter, Traci King, Lincolnton
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, North Brook Baptist Church, Revs. Ray Pennell, Norris Willis
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Stamey Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: North Brook Baptist Church Fellowship Fund, 7421 Flay Road, Cherryville 28021
Mary Deason
LINCOLNTON - Mary DeFreitas Deason, 76, 914 Tait St., died March 17, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. She was a native of Thomasville, Ga., daughter of the late John and Anna Welch DeFreitas, sister of the late L.P. and Harris Dollar, 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, retired from clothing business.
SURVIVORS: Husband, J.E. "Deke" Deason; sons and daughters-in-law, Jimmy E. Deason Jr., Lincolnton, Dan and Jo Deason, Sanford, Michael and Lisa Deason, Bessemer City; brothers, Earl Dollar, Meigs, Ga., Buddy DeFreitas, Thomasville; grandchildren, John and Dana Deason, Sanford, Anna and Ryan Deason, Lincolnton, Kimberly Kirby, Bessemer City
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Warlick Funeral Home, Dr. Robert Cantwell
BURIAL: Hollybrook Cemetery
VIRGINIA WHITWORTH
CHERRYVILLE - Virginia "Nell" Whitworth, 88, Century Care Nursing Home, died March 18, 2000, at home. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late W.C. and Prue Harrelson Whitworth, sister of the late Boyd, Otis and Max Whitworth, Blanche W. Bess, Melba W. Eades, Neva W. Jenks, Mildred W. Bost, member Waco Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Brother, Dwight William Whitworth, Shelby.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Monday, Capernaum Cemetery in Waco, Rev. Royce Ballew
VISITATION: 4-5 p.m. today, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home; other times at home of Dwight Whitworth, 815 Parkwood Road, Shelby
MEMORIALS: Waco Baptist Church, P.O. Box 297, Waco 28169
Ray Terres
LINCOLNTON - Ray Theodore Terres, 84, 120 S.J. Crawford Road, died March 17, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Clayton and Florence Hester Terres, husband of the late Dorothy Paysour Terres, retired sander in the furniture manufacturing business, Army veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Calvin and Donnie Ray Terres, Lincolnton; daughter, Martha McGugan, High Shoals; sisters, Dorothy Yarborough, Lincolnton, Flora Cloninger, Gastonia, Tassie Battie, Kings Mountain; grandchildren, Michael D. McGugan, Lincolnton, Jennifer Humpries, Shelby; great-grandson, Damon Navey, Shelby.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Warlick Funeral Home
BURIAL: Westview Gardens
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
Jackie R. Smith
GASTONIA - Jackie R. Smith, 46, 1426 Green Circle Drive, died March 18, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Robert Lee Smith, brother of the late Vivian R. Byrd, member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 1972 graduate of Ashbrook High School, Navy veteran, served seven years.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Lendora Mason Smith, the home; sisters, Lynn D. Smith, Greensboro, Tisha F., Brenda C. and Helena G. Smith, Gastonia; brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert A. and Fredia Saunders Smith, Cleve H. and Katie Crump Smith, Juan D. and Sibredia Hull Smith, Gastonia, Terry J. Smith, the home; uncles and spouses, Robert O. and Viella Mason, Cleveland Mason, Gastonia, Sonny and Hattie Mason, Philadelphia; aunts, Gladys Smith, Greensboro, Maggie B. Williams, Belmont, Sarah Smith, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Rev. James W. Burris
BURIAL: Hollywood Cemetery
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before service, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Samuel B. Hoyt Jr.
MCCONNELLS, S.C. — Rev. Samuel Browne Hoyt Jr., 78, 1680 McConnells Highway, died March 22, 2000, at home. He was a native of Newport News, Va., son of the late Samuel Browne and Virginia Carlisle Hoyt Sr., retired Presbyterian minister, graduate of Davidson College and Columbia Theological Seminary, served churches in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Bethesda, Olivet, Temple, in York County, S.C., and Smiths, Zion and Trinity, in Chester County, S.C., charter member of the Highlands Ruritan Club, member of McConnells volunteer fire department, served as 1st Lt. line officer in World War II in the Pacific for two years, member of Covenant Presbytery Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Margaret Lambeth Hoyt; son, Samuel B. Hoyt III, House Springs, Mo.; daughters, Virginia Hoyt Bach, Kershaw, S.C., Frances Hoyt Williams, Charlotte; brothers, Carlisle Hoyt, Montreat, Dr. William R. Hoyt, Rome, Ga.; grandchildren, Gray, Joe, Beth and Jon Bach, Sam, Anna and Abby Hoyt, James and Daniel Williams
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Friday, Westminister Presbyterian Church, Rock Hill, S.C., Rev. Chip Sneed
BURIAL: Olivet Presbyterian Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 6-9 tonight, Bratton Funeral Home, York
MEMORIALS: Trinity Presbyterian Church, 651 Great Falls Highway, Chester, S.C. 29706
Hazel W. Hudgins
GASTONIA - Hazel Christine Wilkerson Hudgins, 86, formerly of 4500 Dawnwood Drive, died March 21, 2000, at Century Care of Gastonia. She was a native of Leake County, Miss., daughter of the late Thomas Wade and Mary Etta Kernop Wilkerson, wife of the late Melvin Bryan Hudgins, mother of the late Robert L. Hudgins, last surviving member of her immediate family of 11, former employee of Elder Care of Gastonia, member of South Marietta Street Baptist Church, Searchers Sunday school class, Women’s Prayer Group, former Sunday school teacher.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Dorcas H. Sinclair, Gastonia, Lucille H. Anthony, Clover, S.C., Lois H. Best, Cramerton, Esther H. Hendrick, Harlingen, Texas; sons, Joe Melvin Hudgins, Gastonia, Thomas L. Hudgins, Kernersville; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 10 a.m. Friday, Ward Funeral Home
BURIAL: Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
PALLBEARERS: Cliff, Darren, Jeff, Jerry and William Hudgins, Robert Sinclair
MEMORIALS: South Marietta Street Baptist Church, 911 S. Marietta St., Gastonia 28054
