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Dorothy W. Honeycutt
GASTONIA - Dorothy Jane Wilson Honeycutt, 73, died April 20, 2000. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Willis Franklin and Georgia Dulin Wilson, sister of the late Bessie Wilson and Minerva Boyd, retired rate clerk specialist from Akers Motor Lines with over 32 years of service, member of Crowders Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Nancy Lindley Honeycutt, Fayetteville; sister, Ruth Currence, Clover, S.C.; grandson, Thomas Lawrence Honeycutt, Fayetteville
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2 p.m. Saturday, Crowders Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Revs. Pressley Love, James McLurkin
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before service, the church
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
Georgia L. Lynn
LINCOLNTON - Georgia Belle Long Lynn, 84, 715 S. Madison St., died April 20, 2000, at Frye Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Sally Long, wife of the late George David Lynn, worked in the textile industry, member of Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sons, David, Eddie and Wayne Lynn, Lincolnton; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Warlick Funeral Home, Rev. James Cool
BURIAL: Hollybrook Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
Keith R. Faulkenberry
GASTONIA - Keith Robin Faulkenberry, 76, 2301 Linda St., died April 19, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Lancaster County, S.C., son of the late William E. and Odessa Henson Faulkenberry, brother of the late Harvey and Ralph Faulkenberry, Mildred Roach, Eula Lewis, Navy veteran of World War II, member of Friendship Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Izola Hyde Faulkenberry; son, Keith Edwin Faulkenberry Sr., Gastonia; grandchildren, Keith, Matthew and Samantha Faulkenberry, Amberly Treadway, Jimmy Hinson; great-grandchildren, Alex Faulkenberry, Annalyse Treadway
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Saturday, First Freewill Baptist Church, Rev. Randy Sawyer
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Rev. Randy Sawyer
PALLBEARERS: Bill Cowan, Carroll Craft, James Lewis, Ken Revis, Chris Stuart, David Treadway Jr.
MEMORIALS: Cancer Society of Gaston County, 220 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia 28052
Kenneth M. Love II
CHARLOTTE - Kenneth M. Love II, 41, 1024 Stinson Glenn Lane, died April 19, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center. He was a native of Gastonia, son of the late Maynard Love, worked as a detective for the Gastonia City Police Department, also worked as a patrol officer and a vice narcotics detective, received and completed training at Salemburg Justice Academy as a certified police officer and other related training and certification.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Cindy Alfreda Love; sons, Kenneth M. Love III, Tyler G. Love, of the home; mother, Teresa S. Love, Gastonia; brothers, Myron J. Love, Gastonia, Kevin E. Love, Charlotte; sister-in-laws, Diana Love, Gastonia, Alisa Love, Charlotte, Trisha Andrews, Charlotte
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Saturday, Costner Funeral Home
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, funeral home
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
Samuel Brice
GASTONIA - Samuel Brice, 41, 1079 Patrick Road, died April 20, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gastonia, son of the late Elizabeth Marie Love Brice, spinner.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Lakeina "Nee Nee" Meeks, Chester, Penn.; biological father, John L. Dixon, Gastonia; step-mother, Hattie Dixon, Gastonia; sisters, Mamie Dixon, Jewell Setzer, Maholey Hope, Gastonia, Joan Young, Hinesville, Ga.; brothers, Billy Dixon, Gastonia, Avery Crawford, McAdenville; one grandchild
FUNERAL: 6 p.m. Saturday, Costner Funeral Home
BURIAL: To be held at a later date
Louise D. Johnson
LANCASTER, S.C. — Louise Dover Johnson, 78, 1356 Carousel Lane, died April 19, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C. She was a native of Clover, S.C., daughter of the late Ervin James and Lela Ramsey Dover, wife of the late R.L. Johnson, a homemaker, member of Union Baptist Church, Senior Citizens and Minni McManus Circle.
SURVIVORS: Son, Cecil J. Johnson, Lancaster; daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia and Nelson Baker, Gastonia, Jean and Gary Strunck, Charleston, S.C., Linda and Jim Powers, Debbie and Ricky Horne, Lancaster; brothers, Walter Dover, Clover, Darvin Dover, Rock Hill; sisters, Vera Wyatt, Jessie Mae Bolin, Georgia Carnes, Clover; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Union Baptist Church, Rev. Jessie Adams
BURIAL: Church cemetery
ARRANGEMENTS: Mahaffey Funeral Home
Harry Doyle Gantt
DALLAS - Harry Doyle Gantt, 75, 1521 Lower Dallas Road, died April 20, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late William and Dettie Bell Hutchins Gantt, husband of the late Maxine Kilpatrick Gantt, retired from Burlington Industries, Mayflower Plant, after 26 years of service, former employee of Beauknit Corp., Lowell and Ithaca Industries, Gastonia, Navy veteran.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Donna Morgan, Laura Messer, Dallas; sons, Bruce W. Gantt, Gaithersburg, Md., David K. Gantt, Dallas; brother, Ernest B. Gantt, Brandon, Fla.; eight grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Ward Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. Joe McCombs
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home, other times at the home
Alberta H. Boyd
CHARLOTTE - Alberta Harvey Boyd, 86, 11115 S. Tryon St., died April 20, 2000, at Lakeview Living Center, Pineville. She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late Clarence Alexander and Addie Dale Harvey, wife of the late William M. Boyd Jr., retired librarian from the Pineville branch of the Mecklenburg County Public Library System, charter member of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Womens’ Club, commissioner of the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship, taught Sunday school for over 50 years at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church and First United Methodist Church, Clover, S.C., dedicated wife, mother and grandmother.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Bill Curry, Charlotte; sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Suzanne Boyd, John and Katherine Boyd, Charlotte; grandchildren, Dr. William Boyd, Bethesda, Md., Edward Boyd, San Diego, Calif., Nancy B. Nutter, John Harvey Boyd Jr., Leigh C. Odom, Charlotte, Caroline C. Ferrell, Chapel Hill; six great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, Clover, Revs. Paul Hutchison and Bob Jack
BURIAL: Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral Home
Willie Alexander
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. — Willie Alexander, formerly of Grover, died April 15, 2000. He was the son of the late Dave and Viola Alexander.
FUNERAL: Today in Mt. Kisco
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: J.W. Gill & Sons Funeral Home, Kings Mountain
Ralph H. Scarboro
BESSEMER CITY - Ralph H. Scarboro, 80, 207 W. Virginia Ave., died April 20, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Bessemer City, son of the late Robert Eldridge and Mary Ann Wiley Scarboro, graduate of Bessemer City High School and NC State University, Army veteran of World War II, retired from Reeves Bros. Osage Mill where he worked in production and planning, Shriner, member of Whetstone Masonic Lodge, past president of the B.C. Lions Club, former Citizen of the Year for Bessemer City Chamber of Commerce, member of First United Methodist Church, where he was a former treasurer and administrative board member.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Marie Lane Scarboro; daughters and sons-in-law, Becky and Jim Hovis, Charlotte, Edie and Jeff Julien, Pinellas Park, Fla.; brother, Harry Scarboro, San Jose, Calif.; grandchildren, Sarah and Thomas Hovis, Charlotte, Jenni and Rebecca Julien, Pinellas Park
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, Rev. Randolph Harry
BURIAL: Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Members of Men’s Bible Class, First United Methodist Church
MEMORIALS: First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 95, Bessemer City 28016
James A. Smith
IRON STATION - James Allen Smith, 81, 1716 Hwy. 73, died April 17, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Conrad and Lucy Smith, member of Link’s Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Army veteran, retired mechanic from Lockman Motor Co.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 54 years, Mildred Smith; sons, James and Dennis Smith, Meriden, Conn.; daughters, Shirley Smith, Newark, N.J., Claudette Morales, Lincolnton; brothers, Bob and Hayward Smith, Charlotte, Conrad Smith Jr., Winston-Salem, Ernest Smith, Lincolnton; sisters, Frances Froneberger, Charlotte, Ella Mae Smith, Greensboro; grandchildren, Billy Ray Smith, Julia Lewis, Albert L. Smith, Tonya Tomlin, Martina Gillespie, Ralph Jones Jr.; nine great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Link’s Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Revs. Michael Rollins, Roger Hoyle
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Ebony and White’s Funeral Service
Mary Ann W. Rogers
MOUNT HOLLY - Mary Ann Willis Rogers, 51, 101 N. McGinnis Place, died April 19, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Thomaston, Ga., daughter of the late Walter Willis, homemaker, member of Calvary Free Will Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, George Rogers; son, Junior Williams, Warm Springs, Ga.; daughters, Kathy Arnett, Lincolnton, Betty Rogers, Mount Holly, Kiesta Sox, Belmont; mother, Nora Bell Willis, Thomaston; brothers, Tommy, Doug and Jake Willis, Robert and James Cleveland, Thomaston, Bobby Cleveland, Belmont; sisters, Linda Harmon, Peggy Lee, Sally Tharp, Frances Hawkins, Mary Chambers, Thomaston; grandchildren, Joshua and Jacob McPherson, Wilford Sox, Crystal, Debra and Nicole Williams
FUNERAL: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Calvary Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. Darren Duncan
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly
