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David W. Gardner
LINCOLNTON - David Wayne Gardner, 63, 1404 Old Mill Road, died March 22, 2000, at home. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late John and Flossie Lawing Gardner, brother of the late Tynce Freeman, Joyce Poovey and Betty Poole, worked for Mohican Mills, Division of FAB Industry, for 30 years, recent employee of Ethan Allen, Army veteran.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Meredith Gordon Gardner; sons, W. Rhan and Gregg Gardner, Lincolnton; daughters, Cindy Bozman, Ocala, Fla., Leslie Weber, Austin, Texas; brothers, Red and John Gardner Jr., Lincolnton; sisters, Pauline Hawkins, Ruth Warren, Myra Ewing, Lincolnton; grandchildren, JJ. and Ray Bozman, Will Gardner
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Asbury United Methodist Church, Rev. Lee Ellis, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton 28092 or Asbury United Methodist Church, 3097 Asbury Church Road, Lincolnton 28092
ARRANGEMENTS: Warlick Funeral Home
John J. DeRosa Jr.
GASTONIA - John Joseph DeRosa Jr., 31, 1406 S. Marietta St., died March 14, 2000, in Charlotte. He was a native of Redbank, N.J., employed by Armstrong Relocation, Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Parents, John Joseph and Lynn DeRosa Sr., Whitehaven, Pa.; son, Jeffrey Scott DeRosa, the home; fiancee, Delta Dawn Glance, Gastonia; brothers, Dominic and Anthony DeRosa, Keypoint, N.J., Mark, Matthew and Shawn DeRosa, Whitehaven; sisters, Kimberly DeRosa, Philadelphia, Pa., Casandra Walker, Hazelton, Pa., Sara DeRosa, Whitehaven
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 1 p.m. Sunday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. Dennis Eagle
Avalene H. Farris
CHERRYVILLE - Avalene Hallman Farris, 87, 405 Old Post Road, died March 23, 2000, at Carolina Care Center. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late George W. and Hattie Sisk Hallman, retired bookkeeper from Carlton Yarn Mills Inc., member of Ladies Auxiliary of Carlton Club House, St. John’s Lutheran Church, adult choir and circle, former treasurer.
SURVIVORS: Husband, David K. Farris; daughter and son-in-law, Marsha Farris and Fred Brown, Cherryville; stepdaughters and stepsons-in-law, Mary Etta and Jack Stephenson, Shelby, Patricia and Louis Gantt, Greenville, S.C.; nieces, Angelita Sain Payseur, Betty Jean Saine Barrett, Cherryville; nephew, Don Saine, Gastonia; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Rev. Michael Collins, Dr. Bill Lowe
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Stamey-Cherryville Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: National Alzheimer’s Association, Research Center, 919 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1100, Chicago, Ill. 60611-1676 or church of donor’s choice
William R. Wakefield
CHARLOTTE - William Robert "Billy" Wakefield, 48, 3613 Moultrie St., died March 23, 2000, at home. He was a native of Mecklenburg County.
SURVIVORS: Son, Travis Wakefield, Kannapolis; daughter, Amber Wakefield, Kannapolis; father, Arch Wakefield, Tega Cay, S.C.; mother, Margie Schultz Wakefield, Charlotte; brothers, John Wakefield, Charlotte, Richard Wakefield, Matthews; aunt, Jeanelle Schultz, Gastonia; companion, Wanda Gunn
BURIAL: Private
VISITATION: 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Charlotte, 1420 E. Seventh St., Charlotte 28204
Dorothy Rubendall
COAL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Dorothy E. Rubendall, 93, 639 Center St., died March 24, 2000 at home. She was a native of Lykens, Pa., wife of the late Charles R. Rubendall, mother of the late Charles J. Rubendall, educated in Sylvan Heights Home, Harrisburg, came to Shamokin in 1917, lived with Patrick and Clara McCormick, attended St. Joseph School, member of St. Joseph Church for 82 years, member of Our Lady of Hope Church, Coal Township, Union Fire Co. Ladies Auxilliary, housewife.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Doris and George Wallish, Bensalem, Pa., Jean and Ralph Newburg, Upper Darby, Pa., Nancy and John Bowman, Kississimee, Fla.; sons and daughters-in-law, James and Mary Rubendall, Gastonia, J. Robert and Cheryl Rubendall, Coal Township; 18 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren MASS OF CHRISTIAN
BURIAL: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Our Lady of Hope Church, Rev. Philip Burger
BURIAL: All Saints Cemetery, Elysburg, Pa.
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Monday, James Kelley Funeral Home; rosary recital, 8 p.m. Monday and 8:30-9:15 a.m. Tuesday
MEMORIALS: V.N.A. Health Systems Hospice, Shamokin
Robert Rainey
SHELBY - Robert Byron Rainey, 62, 121 Hillside Drive, died March 24, 2000 at Kings Mountain Hospital. He was a native of Oxnard County, Calif., son of the late Byron Staats and Nelliee Ingle Rainey, custodian with Cleveland County School System, member of Moose Lodge, Buffalo 202, Masonic Lodge Ventura County Scottish Rite, Almahic Shrine Temple.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Sylvia Rainey; sons, Todd Rainey, Los Angeles, Phillip Rainey, Kings Mountain; sister, Frances Flynn, Camarillo, Calif.; 10 grandchildren
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Sunday, Carpenter’s Funeral Home, with Masonic rites
BURIAL: Conejo Mountain Memorial Park, Camarillo, Calif.
VISITATION: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Sunday, funeral home
Linda Hicks
DENVER - Linda Sue Cornelius Hicks, 56, 2846 Mack Ballard Road, died March 24, 2000 at Frye Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Horace Cornelius, home health care nurse.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Paul Franklin Hicks; sons, Eddie Johnson, Conover, Jeffrey Ray Johnson, Vale; daughter, DeeDee Bruce, Conover; sister, Shirley Layton, Utah; five grandchildren
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 3 p.m. Sunday, Mt. View Baptist Church, Rev. Raymond Hamrick
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Mt. View Baptist Church
MEMORIALS: Mt. View Baptist Church, 5045 E. Maiden Road, Maiden 28650
ARRANGEMENTS: Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton
Fred Cathcart
CLOVER, S.C. - Fred Cathcart, 76, 1433 Woodridge Drive, died March 23, 2000 at home. He was a native of Spartanburg County, S.C., son of the late Jim and Annie Woodard Cathcart, retired construction foreman, Duke Power Co., Army veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Jean Bailey Cathcart; sons, Kenneth Nix, Michael W. Bertram, Clover, Chris Bertram, Beaufort, S.C.; daughter, Deborah Stewart, Clover; brothers, Sam Cathcart, Enoree, S.C., Paul Cathcart, Gray Court, S.C.; sister, Ruby Strickland, Enoree; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Bratton Funeral Home, York, S.C., Rev. Mirian Mick
BURIAL: Lakeview Memory Gardens, York
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
Eugene Blair Dunn
GASTONIA - Eugene Blair Dunn, 72, 1303 Cambridge St., died March 24, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Newark, N.J., son of the late Frank Blair and Ura Woodward Dunn, father of the late Larry Brian and Patricia Faye Dunn, member of Pioneers of America, Myers Memorial United Methodist Church, retired from Bell Telephone-AT&T/Lucent Technologies after 38 years of service, shared many patents while employed with Bell Telephone, Navy veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Helen May Mirante Dunn; sons, Mark Blair Dunn, Clearwater, Fla., Steven Eugene Dunn, Flemington, N.J., Glen Floyd Dunn, New Jersey; daughters, Cheryl Lynn Celentano, Clifton Park, N.Y., Barbara Ann Dunn, Newton; sister, Sharon Lee St. Pierre, Gastonia; 13 grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Myers Memorial United Methodist Church, Rev. Tom Latimer
INTERMENT: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: Myers Memorial United Methodist Church Playground Fund, 301 S. New Hope Road, Gastonia 28054 or American Kidney Foundation, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, Md. 20814
Kathryn Lynch
MAIDEN - Kathryn Propst Lynch, 84, 111 Union St., formerly of Lincolnton, died March 24, 2000 at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Henry Edgar and Vertie Mae Thornburg Propst, wife of the late Cleveland Lynch, member of Laboratory United Methodist Church, sewer with Bassett Furniture Co.
SURVIVORS: Son, Eric Lynch, Lincolnton; daughters, Karen Hewitt, Judith Ellsworth, Maiden; brother, Henry E. "Bud" Propst Jr., Lincolnton; sister, Ruth Drum, Maiden; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Laboratory United Methodist Church, Revs. Linda Stack Morgan, Dale Troutman; body will be placed in church 30 minutes prior to service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Catawba County, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton 28658
ARRANGEMENTS: E. F. Drum Funeral Home, Lincolnton
Doris Lanier
CHERRYVILLE - Doris Abernathy Lanier, 62, 819 E. Main St., died March 23, 2000 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Edward Lee and Velma Hoyle Abernathy, sister of the late Edward Lee Abernathy, wife of the late Wilbert Ray Lanier, knitter with Sweetree Mill, Cherryville, retired after 25 years of service, member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, Cherryville.
SURVIVORS: Stepson, Ricky Ray Lanier, Vale; daughters and sons-in-law, Vanessa Ann and Dean Henderson, Sandra and Wayne Bollinger, Cherryville; brothers, David "Doc" and Guy Abernathy, Cherryville; sisters, Diane Richards, Lincolnton, Lillian Goode, Jane Bradley, Cindy Mellon, Cherryville; grandchildren, Chad Abernathy, Nicole Bollinger, Andy, Billy and Jason Taylor, Rodney and Bradley Henderson, Casey Harmon; six great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Carpenter’s Funeral Home, Rev. Keith Love
BURIAL: City Memorial Cemetery, Cherryville
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
Bille Dye
GASTONIA - Bille Ann Dye, 87, 850 Majestic Court, died March 23, 2000 at Gastonia Village. She was the daughter of the late William Gordon and Katherine Magness Dye, member of Sandy Plains Baptist Church, retired after many years in insurance sales with Union Bakers Insurance Co.
SURVIVORS: Sisters and brother-in-law, Bessie Alexander, Charlotte, Maggie and Andrew Jacobs, Cora Lee McCorkle, Gastonia, Dorothy Davis, Marietta, S.C.; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Sandy Plains Baptist Church, Revs. Richard Brown, Bruce Huffstetler
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: Sandy Plains Baptist Church, 4816 Union Road, Gastonia 28056
