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Al Howery
CAMDEN, S.C. — Al Howery, 63, formerly of Gastonia, died April 4, 2000. He was a native of Cambria, Va., son of the late Dee Howery, retired from the U.S. Air Force, served in Vietnam, retired from Alpha Gary Corp. in Pineville.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Barbara Grande Howery; daughters, Lecia Lynn, Orlando, Fla., Dara McGinnis, Savannah, Ga., Sara Gunter, Gastonia; son, Daniel P. Howery, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.; mother, Gladys Nunn Howery, Blacksburg, Va.; sisters, Patsy Duncan, Janet Dowdy, Madeline Frazier and Loretta Boyle; brother, Alfred Howery; five grandchildren.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m., Saturday, Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden
BURIAL: Quaker Cemetery with full military rites
MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 411, Camden, S.C. 29020
John F. Wilson
GASTONIA - John Frank "Lump" Wilson, 61, 549 Queens Road, died April 1, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Robert and Lucille Hall Wilson, employed by City of Gastonia, member of Mt. Pleasant A.M.E. Zion Church, steward board.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Betty Robinson Wilson; daughters, Stephaney Wilson-Hunter, Ingrid Tatjana Wilson; sisters and brothers-in-law, Dorothy and James Duff, Ruby W. and Samuel Heard, Gastonia; brothers and sisters-in-law, Harry and Ruby Wilson, Charles, Herman, Donald, Leonard and David Wilson, Gastonia; grandsons, Elijah Nicholas Wilson
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. today, Mt. Pleasant A.M.E. Zion Church, Rev. Carl Glenn
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before service
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Eula W. Cashion
BELMONT - Eula Adelaide Wells Cashion, 86, died April 5, 2000, at the home of her daughter in Belmont. She was a native of Hamlet, daughter of the late Verla Adelaide Benton and Thomas Pressley Wells, wife of the late Robert William "Bob" Cashion, sister of the late Benton Pressley Wells, attended Coker College and University of South Carolina, lived most of her life in Hamlet, employed by U.S. Department of the Treasury, Raleigh, office manager for Swink-Quality Oil Company for 27 years, retired in 1985, member of First Presbyterian Church of Hamlet, active in circles of Presbyterian Women, member of Entre Nous Book Club.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Jane Cashion and James Tasker Stallings, Belmont; granddaughters, Caroline Wells Stallings, Hickory, Katherine Hunter Stallings, Charlotte; grandson, Robert William "Bob" Stallings, Belmont; three nieces
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church of Hamlet, Rev.Will Maxwell, Dr. Richard Boyce
BURIAL: Mary Love Cemetery, Hamlet
VISITATION: One hour before service, the church
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, 200 Rice St., Hamlet 28345 or Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
ARRANGEMENTS: Harrington Funeral Home, Hamlet
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors of Belmont
Jo Ann S. Sprouse
CLOVER, S.C. - Jo Ann Smart Sprouse, 64, 1315 Burrell Road, died April 6, 2000, at home. She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late David Edward and Lena Wyona McDaniel Smart, retired from U.S. Postal Service, member of Clover First Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Donald Sprouse; sons, Rick Sprouse, Denver, Scott Sprouse, Clover; brother, Kenneth Smart, York, S.C., sister, Naomi Abernathy, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Revs. Dave Stanford, Charles Poore
INTERMENT: Lakeview Memory Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, 117 S. Main St., Clover, S.C. 29710
Herbert Ferguson Jr.
MOUNT HOLLY - Herbert Earl Ferguson Jr., 67, 601 Spring St., died April 5, 2000. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Herbert Earl Sr. and Grace Jackson Ferguson, father of the late Jackson Clark and Herbert Earl Ferguson III, retired from management of Western Auto Distribution Center, Navy veteran, member of First United Methodist Church, founder of Green Meadows Golf Club, former member of Mount Holly Jaycees and Mount Holly Civitan Club.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Emily Kelly Ferguson; son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Amy Ferguson, Mooresville; daughters and sons-in-law, Lynda Ferguson-Allen and Keith Allen, Mebane, Brenda Ferguson and Hamid Shafiei, Chapel Hill; brother, Robert Ferguson, Miami, Fla.; sister, Mildred Courtney, Tampa, Fla.; grandchildren, Benjamin Earl, Matthew and Cailee Ferguson, Eliza and Emmy Allen, Lyndsey and Ryan Shafiei
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Saturday, Hillcrest Gardens, Rev. Mitchell Murrow
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 3 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church
VISITATION: After memorial service, the church
MEMORIALS: Renovation Fund, c/o First United Methodist Church, 140 N. Main St., Mount Holly 28120
ARRANGEMENTS: Woodlawn Funeral Home
Bessie Estelle Lay
GASTONIA - Bessie Estelle Lay, 87, Brian Center, formerly of Modena Street and Lowell-Bethesda Road, died April 5, 2000, at her residence. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Rankin and Etter Chapman Lay, mother of the late Margaret M. Neely, Glenn Junior Mitchem, sister of the late Doris Lay, Ruth Fredell, Essie Estella Griggs, retired from Burlington Industries, Mount Holly.
SURVIVORS: Granddaughter and spouse, Vicky and Albert Lyman; great-grandson, David Wayne Lyman, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Carothers Funeral Home, Rev. Raymond Johns
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: American Diabetes Association, 1820 E. 7th St., Charlotte 28204
Edna H. Westmoreland
CHARLOTTE - Edna Hawkins Westmoreland, 85, 3619 Marshall Ave., died April 5, 2000, at Hunter Woods of Charlotte. She was a native of Banks County, Ga., wife of the late Fred Westmoreland, a homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Junior Patrick and Janice Westmoreland, Charlotte, John Henry and Joyce Westmoreland, Canton, Ga.; daughter and son-in-law, Hazel and James Champion, Bessemer City; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, Carothers Funeral Home, Belmont
BURIAL: Berryhill Baptist Church Cemetery
Hattie E. Robinson
GASTONIA - Hattie Elliott Robinson, 81, 4014 Windwood Drive, died April 6, 2000, at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Willis D. and Sophia Sawyer Davis, step-daughter of the late Minnie Stiles Davis, wife of the late Elisha J. Elliott and Howard C. Robinson, sister of the late Rev. Mitchell W. Davis, member of First Free Will Baptist Church for over 60 years, choir member for over 50 years, active in Sunday school, serving as teacher in youth, young adult and senior adult classes and held other offices in the Sunday school department, charter member of the Golden Age Club where she served as president for over 20 years, active in Women Active for Christ, sang in church quartets and trios, the namesake of the Hattie Robinson Woman of the Year award, as she was the first woman to recive the honors, retired from textiles, worked in Turbeville, S.C., at the Free Will Baptist Children’s Home.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Ruth and Raymond Whitson, Carolyn and Billy Lingerfelt, Gastonia; sons and daughters-in-law, Raymond and Sara Elliott, Gastonia, Ronald and Lula Elliott, York, S.C.; grandchildren, Joanie and Joe Farr, Lake Wylie, S.C., Scott and Sandi Whitson, Bessemer City, Bryan and Kim Lingerfelt, Lexington, Dana Lingerfelt, Neil and Erica, David, Michelle Elliot, Gastonia, Agnes and Ronnie Hatcher, Rondia and Michael Watson, Kenneth and Donna Elliott, York, Alex and Ginger Elliot, Clover, S.C., Hope and Wesley Cloninger, Bessemer City; 20 great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Walter and Frone Davis, Clover; sister-in-law, Annie Mae Davis, Lancaster, S.C.; sisters, Ellie Lowe, Grover, Iva Lee Groves, Manasas, Va., Marie Harrison, Stanley, Mildred Blankenship, Ranlo, Doris Carter, Muskogee, Okla., Willene Waggoner, Faye Holcombe, Gastonia; family friend, Charles Mauney, Ft. Payne, Ala., care-givers, Betty Beavers, Barbara Wright, Becky Sutton, Hazel Boone, Linda Phillips, Virginia Keever, Ruby Bentley
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, First Free Will Baptist Church, Revs. Randall Sawyer, W.H. Calvert
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, McLean Funeral Directors
MEMORIALS: First Free Will Baptist Church Memory Garden, 2316 Union Road, Gastonia 28054, or Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Frances B. Vassey
SHELBY - Frances Burkhalter Vassey, 71, 3925 Vassey Road, died April 5, 2000, at home. She was a native of Orlando, Fla., daughter of the late Peter P. Burkhalter and Ethel Burkhalter Cheatwood, wife of the late Winfred "Red" Vassey, sister of the late Carl Burkhalter and Melba Perry, homemaker, volunteer at the Senior Center.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Charles Milton Vassey, Mooresboro, Harold Lee Vassey, Lattimore; daughter, Shelia Vassey Houser, Lincolnton, Ore.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Cleveland Memorial Park, Revs. Broadus and Edith Heatherly
VISITATION: At the home of Charles Vassey
MEMORIALS: Senior Center, 408 E. Marion St., Shelby 28150
ARRANGEMENTS: Lutz-Austell Funeral Home
James M. McLean
CHERRYVILLE - James Monroe McLean, 76, 700 Self St., died April 5, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late William and Susie Morrison McLean, member of Rock Hill United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sisters, Hattie Mae Graham, Stella McDowell, Mount Holly, Mary and Dossie McLean, Stanley, Myrtle Grier, Charlotte; brothers, Thomas H. and Alfonzo McLean, Stanley, Willie McLean, Mount Holly
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Rock Hill United Methodist Church, Lowesville, Dr. Vance Hunt
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before funeral, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Ulyessee Currence
JACKSONVILLE — Ulyessee "U.L." Currence, 69, formerly of York, S.C., died April 4, 2000, at home.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Fernando, Darnell, Lovell, Tyrone, Gregory, Howard and Reginald Currence, Jacksonville, Ulyessee Currence, Hickory Grove, S.C.; daughters, Neva Currence, Jacksonville, Dorothy Mae Byers, Charlotte, Mattie "Princess" Robbins, York; brothers, Mozel Neely, York, James Neely, Baltimore, Md.; sisters, Elma Clancy, St. Louis, Lillie Neely, Jessie Mae McCoy, York, Margaret Davis, Charlotte, Joyce Wright, Columbia; grandchildren and great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Saturday, Washington Chapel Baptist Church, Rev. Freeman White
BURIAL: Georgetown Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Spicer Funeral Home
ARRANGEMENTS: Wright Funeral Home
